Some writers just jump off the page. Some because of the beauty of their prose, some for the amazing thought that went into crafting a world for the reader, but they all make you FEEL something.

Mike Fahey was the first gaming journalist’s byline I remembered and looked for.

Think I’ve teared up three times reading this site: Mike’s struggle with gaming addiction, Mike’s story about being in a coma, and today reading this tribute.

Yeah. That much I expect.

Not surprised. This is the closest Game Freak’s ever come to releasing a “modern” game.

Your nihilism/anti-moralism sucks, and your actions do affect others, especially those who are older or disabled or immunocompromised. But go on tooting your own horn for doing the easier thing. You’re such a big boy for meeting Goofy and drinking punch and having a big dance with your friends at the beach. Maybe next…

It is hard not to react to posts like this with pure rage, because people with your attitude have basically stolen two years of my life at this point. The USA has the highest number of infections and the highest number of deaths in the entire world, and we’re close to the highest number of deaths per capita. Yes, we…

It’s very weird to watch the Kotaku I’ve lived with ‘Ship of Theseus’ itself over the year. It’s still Kotaku but that’s just a brand, it’s the writers and editors that we come here for and it’s always sad to see them go.

This is exactly why I come to Kotaku.

I have a job writing about food because I do weird shit no one else will and sometimes it works out really well.

I think that’s probably a big part of it, but the “devs are lazy” argument is pretty popular among a lot of toxic fans and it just seems to be extra present in the Pokemon fandom for whatever reason.

A lot of Pokemon “fans” are people who can’t just admit they’ve grown out of the series, even when nothing that’s made satisfies them anymore

Lol, wut? Zelda and Mario franchises evolving is a good thing, but it has nothing to do with belief in the Switch.

Doctors give worse care to high BMI people. Get the shot because you will not be getting the best care if you get sick.

Moving beyond random battles is always a good move for a JRPG. I remember Chrono Trigger going with the “nearing the enemies on the screen initiates combat” model and finding it so much better than the SNES Final Fantasy games’ seemingly endless random battles. It creates a better and less frustrating flow to the…

Old tattoos on old people actually look fricken amazing. I have no idea where the “wrinkly old tattoo” idea comes from, but it’s wrong.

I always forget how people have negative biases against tattoos, having a bunch of them one tends to tune the criticism out, but reading I saw it again

Counterpoint: tattoos can help you start liking your body more. It helped for me anyways.

They also, even more indirectly, announced Kirby Fighters 1 to me in particular.