Two More Gaming Magazines Are Ending
UK gaming magazines GamesTM and GameMaster will publish their final issues next month, owner Future Publishing…
In 1982, People Were Streaming Games On Satellite
In 1982, a technology straight out of contemporary science fiction was on track to be the world’s first Twitter. Living…
It's 2017, Let's Laugh At This Grand Theft Auto News Story [Update]
We’re a few years past laughing at media’s reporting on video games, partly because we just don’t care anymore, partly…
'Reading Books Could Lead To Life-Threatening Blood Clots'
Some days, as I'm combing through the Internet and catching up on news, something interesting gets my attention. An…
GTA V and Dead Island Called Out For Depiction of Women
When you look at the success of stuff like The Hunger Games, Gravity and Orange Is The New Black, it's safe to say…
Yeah, You Should Be Scared Of Wildstar's Full Class Lineup
That is, if you're planning an incursion against the nicer folks making a living on the planet Nexus in Carbine Studios…
Diplomat Accused of Embassy Arson Looks Dumb in Body Paint
Thirty-year-old Japanese diplomat Shinya Yamada is accused of embezzling US$260,000 and torching the Japanese embassy…
Grand Theft Auto V $34, Dark Souls $6, Bioshock Infinite $20 [Deals]
Our Black Friday Deals Guide is coming later today, but there's no need to wait for that, because three of the biggest…
Stock Up On Next-Gen Games And Classic Board Games [Deals]
There are physical games, and then there are physical games. In addition to a long list of current-gen, next-gen, and…
New Humble Weekly, Walmart Early Black Friday, Mad Max [Deals]
In addition to the one-two punch of Walmart's early Black Friday deals and Amazon Digital's Black Friday discounts…
25th Anniversary Akira Hits Blu-ray On Tuesday
Don't know how this flew under our radar, but the 25th Anniversary Edition of Akira will ship out Tuesday in a…
No, Call of Duty: Ghosts Did Not Make $1 Billion on Its First Day
Call of Duty: Ghosts didn't get the usual triumphal announcement from Activision that it was the biggest entertainment…
Nobody Wins When Horror Games Stigmatize Mental Illness
Public attitudes regarding mental illness are frequently apocryphal and damaging, and a major source of these views is…
One Author Breaks Down the Reality of Violent Games in the Media
The sober truth of the world is often a hard thing for the 24-hour TV news cycle to stomach. Blaming violent games is…
I Wish America Had Local Game Coverage Like This
I end up watching a lot of news in my line of work, and one thing that is frequently hammered home is this: mainstream…
Marine Vet Justifies His Argument For Xbox As "Anti-Empathy Machine"
Today on televison, somebody said something reasonable about violent video games.
MSNBC Host Calls Men in Their Twenties Weak, Unmarriable Gamers
In the middle of a dated metaphor about cavemen killing dinosaurs to make ends meet Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's Mor…
Mainstream Media Reacts to the Xbox One
It’s bizarre. On my Twitter feed, in the Kotaku comments and from what I've heard from people involved in the games…
Katie Couric Gets Schooled On the Benefits of Violent Video Games
Yesterday we ran a piece exposing the scare tactics media like to use when discussing video games and violence. Flashy…
Breaking Down The Absurd Anatomy of a Video Game Scare Piece
Yesterday, Katie Couric did an hour-long exposé on the dangers of violent, addictive video games.