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  • What Even Is A Video Game Sequel Anymore?

    What Even Is A Video Game Sequel Anymore?

    Change is inevitable. It happens every day, bit by bit, to everything in existence — except, for a time, video games. It used to be that games came out, they were more or less static objects, and then, years later, they might get a sequel featuring an additional gun and all of that year’s football…


  • Our Low Down Dirty (Character Creator) Shame

    Our Low Down Dirty (Character Creator) Shame

    This week on Kotaku’s Splitscreen podcast we play god and fiddle with the fabric of creation. Whether to perfect our imperfect selves or make a creature so hideous it begs for the sweet release of death, character creators offer players the ability to express themselves with their own customised avatars. But not all character creators…


  • The Best Kirby Game For Non-Kirby Fans

    How can anyone not like Kirby? For this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, I got my two cohosts to try out Kirby: Planet Robobot because I won a bet. Kirk has never played a Kirby game before, whereas Jason is just a sceptic. By the time they’ve beaten this game, they’ll both be dedicated Kirby…