This Is What Video Games Are: A Dispatch From a Crowded Gaming Expo
“Sometimes I’m tempted to just, like, lie,” laughs a colleague across a table from me.
One-Man Console War, Vol. 1
The only people who ever lose a console war are people who make games. The people who actually play games usually win.…
Man Cave Fan Fiction
About two years after The End came a memorable day: Mark unearthed an incredible stash. Coarse-knuckled and…
Why I Cried at GDC
I did a lot of crying at GDC this year.
I Wish I Were Good At Video Games So I Could Be Cool Like People In 90s Movies
Having Mad Skills is a huge part of the video game culture mythos. Do you remember the future promised to us in the…
How To Launch Your Game Development Career In 2013
Okay. You need one original idea that no one has ever had before. Try this: Everything we do is a game.
Why a Free iPad Game is Better Than Every Blockbuster Game Released in 2012
Many people who went to film school will tell you that film school made them hate watching films. In a similar fashion,…
You Asked a Game Developer Anything. Here Are His Answers.
Hey, Kotaku readers! I'm currently wrapping up development on our Summer of Arcade game Hybrid as we speak! If all goes…
Ask a Game Developer Anything: DLC, Bad Video Game Writing, And More
Hey Kotaku readers it's almost E3 time! I'm super busy preparing for E3 right now and it's madness over at the studio.…
The Bum in the Unlocked Bathroom: How Bad User Interfaces are Ruining Bathrooms, Buses, Video Games and Other Wonderful Things
I can summarize my experience designing user interfaces like this: if you were to place a refrigerator and a toilet…
Ask a Game Developer Anything: Your Excellent Questions Answered.
Hey Kotaku readers, I'm back at it again this month. Apparently things went well enough last month that Kotaku decided…
Ask a Game Developer Anything: Your Excellent Questions Answered.
Hey, Kotaku readers! Welcome to my very first column. I'm now officially a game journalist as well as a game developer!…
The Beautifully Melancholy Chrono Cross Was Unfairly Overlooked
Japanese RPGs used to be a lot more controversial. Or maybe it was just because I was a teenager during the genre's…
The Konami Code Shows Up In the Strangest Places
There are misdemeanors I have committed in this life, I'll admit it. For example, I recently got a ticket for…
Forget Call of Duty and Battlefield. Real Military Training Needs a Different Kind of Game
You're playing a game like Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty, shooting and grenading left and right. And you're thinking,…
Warning: I Dared To Imagine What Famous Video Games Would Smell Like.
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, and still no smell-o-vision inventor has stepped forward to wave…
Looking For A Video Game That Is a 'Literary Masterpiece'? Try Odin Sphere.
The last thing I want to do is start another debate about video game storytelling. That sounds almost as fun to read as…
Last Year's Best, New(ish) Video Game Ideas
2011 was yet another good year for video games, but on its face it was a little predictable.
I’m an Actor. I’m a Gamer. But I’m No Street Fighter
I recently was given a part in The Game Station's 6-episode miniseries called "The Street Fighter," and I didn't even…
The B3st and Worst Gam3s With a 3 In the Title
Anyone who knows me knows that my second-favorite hobby (after making sure my fingernails have no white parts) is…