While competitive players continue to plumb Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s strategic depth and tease out its tactical wrinkles, one creature has gotten a shocking amount of playtime over the last month: Murkrow. The unevolved flying dark type isn’t a heavy hitter and its stats are absolute trash, but it does have a…
Source: Kotaku – Pokémon Players Are Getting Wrecked By This Weird Little Crow Right Now
In recent years, it’s become harder and harder for me to make the kinds of in-depth, year-end personal best lists that I once prided myself on. That newfound difficulty is for one reason: I’m not playing as many games. This year, there are so many games I either didn’t play at all or didn’t spend enough time with that…
Source: Kotaku – Carolyn Petit’s Top 5 Games Of 2022
2022 was the year of Elden Ring, of Miyazaki, of Malenia. The highly anticipated FromSoftware title held the industry by its throat for months, dominating the conversation around difficulty, damage scaling, and player builds (including everyone’s favorite nepo baby, Elon Musk). It took over streaming, it renamed every…
Source: Kotaku – 2022 Was the Year Of Elden Ring
What did Kotaku readers click on this year? Once you see the list of 2022’s top 10 posts below, the topics likely won’t be too surprising. Things like Pokémon, hentai, and and fast food are practically internet catnip. You might read about them even as you curse your curiosity about these subjects. That’s how we get…
Source: Kotaku – The 10 Biggest Kotaku Posts Of 2022
The line between an amazing video game name and a terrible one is nebulous. Some game names try so hard that they loop back around and become good, despite being objectively bad. Some game names are good only in that they use cool words, but the vibe screams, “I was created in a vat overseen by a focus group.” And…
Source: Kotaku – The Best (And Worst) Video Game Names Of 2022
“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”
Source: Kotaku – Sonic Advance 2 Perfected The Series 20 Years Ago (Maybe Video Games, Too)
After two years on the market, you’d probably think scooping up a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X would be simpler by now.
Source: Kotaku – Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series S/X Is Sorta Easier Two Years Later
For some of us, games have always been a source of comfort in challenging times, offering a respite from harsh realities in our own lives that we couldn’t escape, or providing a place where we can focus on manageable challenges while the real world feels unmanageable. But in recent years, more and more people have…
Source: Kotaku – 18 Cozy Games That Feel Like A Warm Blanket
Ah, the holidays. In these modern times they’re synonymous with over-indulging on alcohol to drown out GamGam’s spicy takes on President Biden and vaccines, but back in the day they were all fuzzy pajamas and shiny wrapping paper.
Source: Kotaku – Our Favorite Childhood Holiday Gifts, Video Game Edition
It feels like forever since the war in Ukraine began, but it hasn’t even been a year; Russian tanks rolled across the border in February, just ten months ago. Yet what was once headline news has now blurred into the background for most of us, a conflict that for the rest of the world is now simmering three scrolls…
Source: Kotaku – Ukrainian Devs Remind Us Life Is Still Hell As Russian Missiles Strike Cities
If you’ve played Half-Life 2 or Source engine mods, you’ve likely seen the in-game model “Corpse01.mdl.” The burnt corpse appears multiple times in Half-Life 2’s sewers and other parts of the game, and modders often used it in fan projects. All is well, yes? Well, it was until recently, when fans noticed that the…
Source: Kotaku – Fans Discover Half-Life 2 Corpse Has Actual Dead Human’s Face
Defeating the Elite Four and the regional champion in battle is a rite of passage in most Pokémon games, and that includes Scarlet and Violet. These are supposed the most-powerful Pokémon trainers in the Paldea region, and overcoming them and their teams is the only way to become the regional champion yourself.
Source: Kotaku – So, You Wanna Take Down Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Elite Four
A Witcher’s most common tools of the trade are their steel and silver swords. But as students of the magical world they live in, they can also cast simple spells, or Signs. The Witcher 3 gives you five signs to cast in battle, each with varying magical attacks and defenses. The latest update to the game also gives you…
Source: Kotaku – What You Should Know About ‘Next Gen’ Witcher 3’s New Casting System
It’s not truly the holidays until Gabe Newell flips the switch over at Valve HQ that activates the digital storefront’s annual winter sale. This year the sale runs from today until January 5. To help you get to take advantage of this massive sale, I’ve dug through Steam to find 30+ deals worth checking out.
Source: Kotaku – The Steam Winter Sale Has Started, Here Are The Best Deals
Those kiddos are at it again with their TikTok trends. The latest fad on the mobile app is actually quite hilarious because they’re tricking its anime ai filter into giving them comedically large boobs.
Source: Kotaku – TikTokers Trick Its Anime Filter Into Giving Them Big Boobs
Twitter has been a sinking ship ever since billionaire jerk Elon Musk took it over in October 2022 (though, arguably, you could say it’s been that way for a while now). The SpaceX and Tesla CEO has been throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, including bringing on noted iPhone jailbreaker and PlayStation 3…
Source: Kotaku – PS3 Hacker Hired To Fix Twitter By Elon Musk Just Quit, Yikes
The first thing anyone says in Edith Wharton’s 1924 novella “New Year’s Day” is “she was bad…always.” Though nothing I do will intrigue as much as Lizzie Hazeldean appalling Wharton’s fictionalized New York high society with her affair, “running out of the Fifth Avenue Hotel on New Year’s day with all those dressed-up…
Source: Kotaku – What Are Your Video Game Resolutions For 2023?
2022 was somehow both a very big, successful year for Xbox and Game Pass and also one that it felt as if the gaming giant was starting to lose some steam.
Source: Kotaku – The State Of Xbox And Game Pass In 2022
