Give a boy a gun and he’ll be aware that he is learning how to use a tool specifically designed to kill. Give a boy a gamepad, and that awareness is severely diminished.

Maybe this is me being very German, but I never could wrap my head around the idea that “our arms are good because they safe safe our soldiers’ lives”. No, arms don’t save lives. Ever. Quite on the contrary. If they do, they only do by taking other lives - and the cycle continues.

I never said it was different - yet in some ways, it is. Joysticks are and example of games emulating reality, much like racing wheels: simulations should feel as much like the real thing as possible, so you copy the real peripherals. Gamepads don’t copy anything from reality; turning them into literal weapons,…

No. It’s the point where Kotaku points out that military are decidedly gamefying warfare, in the process removing the act from its victims as they consciously make both gaming and shooting a tank in a real war, with real victims, almost one and the same: gaming peripherals and a computer screen.

The German Army has its own booth at gamescom, Europe’s largest gaming expo. It’s usually staffed with fairly attractive, youthful soldiers (male and female) and they always have an APC to gawk at - but never any weapons on display, which is generally frowned upon in Germany. Interestingly, they only highlight those…

I’d been playing guitar for more than a decade when I got the OG RS. Bought a bass guitar because I figured it’d be a nice chance to learn some songs on bass... and here I am, still obsessed with it and RS 14, despite playing in several bands.

It's fairly regional in that it is limited to one particular German hate group, which explains why you wouldn't find it on the ADL database.

It’s the logo ofGerman hate group Reconquista Germania, presumably styled after the Chi Ro - because obviously! it’s all about Christianity, not ethnicity! - and the similarity to the letter R for Resistance. It does pop up here and there where I live but it’s not terribly common.

That does make a lot of sense. However, I'd argue that a weekend editors job is to cover a broader spectrum of the industry, compared to someone who focuses on a particular area in the day to day business.

I loved every second of it on the DS and I think it still stands tall as a monument to what was possible on that platform. Plus, it was more than just a "GTA IV, but mobile" afterthought that used the platform to its fullest extent.

It is an interesting post, no argument there. And I can see where you’re coming from, combining work and pleasure like that. I wasn't aware of your former role here on Kotaku, I’ll admit that. It just feels a little too focused on one particular publisher / studio - for me, anyway. I liked that review of your snake…

Genuine questions, please don’t take it the wrong way: as weekend editor, why is it that it feels like 90% of your weekend stuff is Rockstar related? Don’t get me wrong, they’ve published one of the most interesting, ambitious, and successful catalogues in video game history but every weekend there’s at least two…

That sounds a lot like my paternity leave - mostly mobile games with him asleep next to me, some retro titles on my GPD XD. I did finish a few TV shows though - on my phone, carrying a sleeping baby around.

The most important “gaming dad” lesson I’ve learned since my son was born last year is this: if you really do want to use those little windows of gaming time, be sure to let your PS4 idle and update whenever you can. There’s nothing more frustrating than finally having those 30 minutes for yourself, only to find out…

What’s there to be defended? He seems to be a horrible boss and business partner whose behavior is putting his employees and indie developers at risk and who fosters a workplace culture that appears to be fairly toxic. Oh, and he’s a racist. Not even privately, he is openly racist and anti-Semitic in workplace…

Oh, but they do. At least here in Europe, unions have enough standing to support you in situations like this by giving legal advice, helping out with (even the cost of) court proceedings etc.

My understanding is that you get updated 2016 maps in Hitman 2 if you have a copy of Hitman 2016 installed / licensed on the same device. If you don’t, I guess you can buy them as a DLC.