I haven’t ever considered the racial connotations of the phrase, but once you do it seems pretty obvious. For my part, it just never came up before. It’s not a phrase I (or anyone under 50) use anyway.

Serious question: Has anyone who has ever used the word “cotton-pickin’” (or “pea pickin’”, depending on region) as a de facto “clean” substitute for “mother fuckin’” or “goddamn” given thought to the potential ‘racist connotations?’ Personally, I have to admit, I’d never even considered that until people got mad…

He really crackered under the pressure.

GUARDS, SEIZE HER!

That’s actually not an easy question to answer. I hear a lot of things that I file away in the back of my head as potential stories, and at various points those potential stories might become more or less active, depending who I’m talking to or what my workload is like on any given week.

Totally agree on all points. I want Bioshock to be great in all the right ways, and I hope it is. Infinite let me down.

So how many deep dive studio investigations do you have going on at any given time? I have to imagine you have at least three going on now, and probably far more if you’re working on Blood, Sweat, and Pixels 2.

Wow, the first description of that Rhapsody game sounds awesome!

When you read Kotaku longform stories, you get news!

This is so sad. I know it was the teacher’s fault for forgetting, but he’s now been in two active shooter situations in under two months, and I don’t blame him for being scared and wanting protection. I blame all gun owners for thinking they are above the statistics that having a gun puts them at more risk, but I…

As someone who bought King of Kong the second it was available, this is heartbreaking. I loved that story and narrative, so am trying to not let that experience be sullied.

They probably could.

More often than not, I stop playing a game for a bit for a number of reasons (other than the obvious “It’s a bad game” or “I’m not having fun”)

I’m kinda weird in the sense that I will buy a game full price...play maybe up to a quarter of it, and then just drop it for no explicable reason. Some games I’ve done this to?:

I find the timing more convenient for running in the 2020 presidential race. I think he sees the impending removal of Trump as his prime opportunity to capitalize on the anger this will generate in his rabidly dedicated followers.

Call me a pessimist, but I’m holding off on the dancing.

“Will Ohtani become the planet’s new God King?”