“It’s called space opera, but people don’t actually realize it’s actually a soap opera .”

That’s a sparkler bomb! My friend did that and blew a chunk out of his arm from a piece of flying electrical tape. Would not recommend based off of that.

Nice! Fulfilling the role I never knew needed fulfilling, a paintbrush-wielding ninja, is a satisfying experience.

These are freakin’ amazing. I’m gonna try them as soon as I get home.

Who actually plays Splatoon at Kotaku? I’ve spent many hours this year going from kid to squid and then kid once again.

I miss Where’s Waldo? Yes, I do.

I got Mario Maker a few days ago and I can feel my life ebbing from me already.

I must believe in rape culture, said one. (I do). Fat people don’t know they’re fat because the chemicals in their brain make them think they’re attractive. (Is this a peer-reviewed study, and can I see?)

I was having a nice conversation with this high-schooler one time and then she brought up the fact that she thinks polar bears’ back legs can morph at a molecular level in the water to form a kind of mermaid tail. I didn’t know what to say other than, “I really don’t think that’s how it works.” And then I changed…

I loved the old ‘woody’ shotgun in RE 4. I always felt so safe with it.

This was why getting a Wii U refurbished was an amazing deal not only for the great discount, but someone had already done all the updating needed. I didn’t even have a TV in my room at the time I believe but for the Wii U of course that wasn’t too much of a problem. I could start playing out of the box almost…

To be clear I didn`t read the article as I`m trying to avoid spoilers although it may be hard to spoil the movie for me. I`m not sure if it will be spoiled, really, because ever since I learned about the bear survival story of Hugh Glass, about five years ago in my Northwest history class, I`ve been telling it on a…

I’ve been a Christian since I grew up that way and have generally found it a good path even after struggling with it at 18 and a science enthusiast since I learned about dinosaurs when I was three and by the time I was six I knew they died out ~65 mya from various sources (such as cartoons and Jurassic Park) and I…

The scientific definition of a toxin is a “toxicant produced by an organism, by a metabolic process or some similar function”. Toxicology is as interesting as it is misunderstood, I’m never surprised when there are mistakes in a news article, whether it claims to be from a science-loving organization or not. Trust the…

As we think of the word “shortage” in a simplified, normalized understanding to mean ‘difficulty or impossibility to acquire’, we potentially overstate the actual scenario of what is going to happen with coffee supplies. This could simply mean that coffee prices will increase or there will be a relatively high…

Ex Machina is my favorite, but Mad Max is close behind.

I will, thanks. I took your post as an implied measure of shared bereavement, as much as saying “condolences” can do at worst, no worries there.

I played through all the Zelda games up to Wind Waker for the first time my freshman year in high school. I was alone during that time, that’s for certain, but I made it out with a new lifelong love for Zelda, which is worth something still to me.

Thanks. It’s going to be hard to go back for Christmas, but we’ll play lots of games like my grandma would’ve wanted.

Games, for me, are nothing without the stories and personalities surrounding them, given life by our memories.