Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Chronicles of the Going Home Club: The Ani-TAY Review • Barakamon Vol 1. – Manga Review • Episode Duscae: Frightening Future or Diamond in the Rough? • Indie HYPE: Ice-Bound: A Novel of Reconfiguration • Final Fantasy Type-0’s Class Zero… Ranked TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…

iZombie’s Video Game Cameo Is Almost Perfect

Don’t looks so sad, zombie girl. You may be undead, but at least your production staff have a pretty good grasp on proper video game product placement. The pilot for CW’s comic book-based zombie procedural aired earlier this week, and like our friends over at io9, I was completely charmed. It might not have the…

This Week In The Business: Afraid Of Making Games

QUOTE | “I’m scared as a game developer to think about making a game.” – Mike Capps, former president of Epic Games, talking about how hard it is to make a hit game these days and why he’s not starting a new game studio Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week ……

Worth Reading: A Helpful Guide For Falling (Virtually) In Love

If we learn nothing else from this week’s video game writing, it’s that pigeons need love, too. Hey, You Should Read These “Six Japanese Dating Sims To Fall In Love With”by Am Cosmos I could not be less interested in playing a dating simulation, but I love reading about people’s experiences with them. Maybe I…

Three Fourths Home now has an extended edition. The new version of the heartbreaking narrative game adds an epilogue that’s nearly as long as the original story. There are also new stories from main character Kelly’s brother, Ben. It’s an astounding game. Highly recommended.

Guy Uses Team Fortress 2 To Come Out To His Friends

Coming out to friends about any sort of sexuality or queer identity is terrifying. What if they don’t understand? What if they don’t like you anymore? One Team Fortress 2 player decided to tell his friends in a language they all understood: the game itself. Corbin W, aka Rocketjumpingotter, took a two pronged approach to…

Why People Are Arguing About Women Streamers Showing Skin

For the past few days, popular Twitch broadcasters and their audiences have been embroiled in a heated debate. The topic? Women streamers and whether they should—or shouldn’t—be showing skin on stream. Now, it should be noted that Twitch has a pretty strict dress code policy already, so it’s not like people can strip while they…

We Just Witnessed The Longest Dota 2 Match Ever

And it was absolutely ridiculous. Today, two teams faced off against each other in a qualifier match—SFZ versus Cloud9. The match clocked in at 3:20:34. Yes, over three hours. Prior to today, the record for longest competitive match ever was held at 125 minutes and 26 seconds. The match was certainly amusing to watch. Not…

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Sounds Like Hideo Kojima Really Is Leaving Konami

For the past two days, rumors have been swirling that Metal Gear Solid bossman Hideo Kojima will be parting ways with Konami in the near future. Today, Konami issued a statement that seems to imply the rumors are true: Kojima will finish up MGS V, and then Metal Gear will continue… but they’re looking for…

Kotaku Asks: Video Game Journalist Geoff Keighley [UPDATE: Q&A Over]

Ever wanted to know just how Geoff Keighley put together The Game Awards? Or what he does all day when he’s not tweeting about giraffes? Welcome to Kotaku Asks, a brand new Q&A feature that we’re kicking off today. Every week, we’ll be inviting guests from the world of gaming—including both the people who make…

The second episode of Life is Strange is out next Tuesday, March 24. I liked the first episode of Dontnod’s supernatural high school adventure game, despite some questionable writing. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next.