Why spotlight terrible artwork?

How to draw generic characters 101.

I actually like most of the music in the game, even though it does that Dragon Commander thing of having electronica and some rock in there that doesn't mesh. Still like the music on its own, and the game is weird enough, that I don't mind.

Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: The Wolf Among Us - Season 1: The TAY Review • Why Gamers Should Stop Hating Indies and Wanting Only AAA Titles • Dark Souls 2: Crown of the Sunken King: The TAY Review

Let a little love into your day. Play The Arboretum, a lovely, melancholy short story/game by Matthew Burns. It's really good.

Totally, I would also say it depends on the game type being played. Last of Us multiplayer is very strategic, and it's hard to work effectively as a team when you can't talk to your mates. Other games like Halo, if it's slayer, I couldn't care less if I can talk to my team or not, but I would prefer to talk to them…

Best way to play: with your friends, via Skype, with a bot running 80s music via Mumble, co-op.

For those who need more convincing to try some TAY writing. Our temporary mascot in all his glory.

From a friend on Skype:

Step off the ship...

LOL Microsoft Xbox can't even release a highly anticipated beta on time. Instead they release it a day early. Pathetic.

The sequence of events has led some gamers to speculate that Sky found out about Square's announcement and released the patch to preempt them, but Sky says it was just a guess. In fact, he believes that Square's announcement was actually just a reaction to them releasing the unofficial patch.

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"Imagining Mass Effect As An Indie Title" would be more accurate.

You'd never see a font that small on the SNES...

He didn't need to start that conversation, he needed to defend himself. Being accused of a crime, especially rape, is serious business that can destroy lives.

New article "How a Kotaku writer tried to pick on a guy accused of rape"

So why did you write up a huge post criticizing his ability to read consent properly when he says they didn't even have sex to begin with?