Joshua Rivera

Editorial

Nov 11

HBO's Watchmen Is Better At Lore Than Most Games

Watchmen, the new HBO television series that we find incredibly intriguing, has a lot in common with some of my…

Nov 4

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: The Kotaku Review

Across thousands of years of existence, we as a people have come to regard war as pretty bad. Senseless violence and…

Oct 31

10/31/19

Sans From <i>Undertale</i> Is A Wrestler Now

Sans From Undertale Is A Wrestler Now

Pro wrestler Kenny Omega loves anime and video games. Like most people who love both of those things, he’s also a…

Oct 25

Modern Warfare Demands Your Attention, But It Might Not Deserve It

It opens with a suicide bombing. You are in a van full of terrorists, nervous, silent, about to do something awful.…

Oct 24

Ubisoft Admits Ghost Recon Breakpoint Has Been A Disaster

During an earnings call Thursday, Ubisoft gave investors a brutally frank appraisal of Ghost Recon Breakpoint, its…

Oct 24

I Deleted An Endless Service Game And I Am Finally Free, Like My Hard Drive

Earlier this week, I finally deleted Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 from my hard drive, a video game that I had spent…

Oct 24

Ubisoft Delays Watch Dogs Legion, Other Games

Ahead of an earnings call this morning, Ubisoft announced that Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Gods &…

Oct 24

10/24/19

<i>Command & Conquer </i>Made Me A Strategy Cornball

Command & Conquer Made Me A Strategy Cornball

On Wednesday, EA Games released the first gameplay footage of Command & Conquer: Remastered. It’s a brief 30-second…

Oct 24

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers now has a Japanese release date and a brand new trailer. The musou take on Persona drops in Japan on February 20, 2020, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It also looks slick as heck, as you might expect from a Persona 5 spin-off.

Oct 23

Destiny 2’s Ongoing Story Has Potential, Even If The Vex Are A Little Boring

If you’ve logged on to Destiny 2 over the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed something different. The…

Oct 22

A Mario Maker Remake Perfectly Captures The Moodiness Of Hollow Knight

Mario Maker isn’t all that great if you’re craving something moody. The game has proven itself to be an incredibly…

Oct 21

Monaco Brings Good Old-Fashioned Thievin' To The Switch

I love a good heist, and I wish more video games let me pull one off. Sure, Grand Theft Auto: Online lets you plot…

Oct 21

We Discuss HBO's Unsettling New Watchmen TV Show

Like the graphic novel did over 30 years ago, HBO’s adaptation of Watchmen immediately surprises viewers with one of…

Oct 21

I Will Always Love Where A Good 2D-Style Background Takes My Imagination

Like a lot of things, it started with Street Fighter II. I was a kid, not nearly as good at the game as my extremely…

Oct 18

Manifold Garden Is A Puzzle Game About Infinity, No Big Deal

Video games are quite fond of the work of M.C. Escher—you’ll see his influence in the mundane labyrinths of Control,…

Oct 18

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senators Call On Blizzard To Reverse Hearthstone Suspension

Today, United States Senators Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio signed a bi-partisan letter with support from…

Oct 17

Character Creation Should Take 5 Minutes, No More, No Less

I love creating a character whenever I start a new role-playing game. I also love stressing myself the hell out over…

Oct 17

Everyone Should Have At Least One Jackbox Party Pack

There are a few things every home should have. Potable water, non-perishable food, a smoke detector, fire…

Oct 17

Manifold Garden, a gorgeous mind-bending puzzle game long in the works, is finally out tomorrow. The former PS4 exclusive is now coming to Apple Arcade and the Epic Games Store on October 18.

Oct 16