As someone with kind of fucked up hands due to tendonitis, I’ve gotta say that the Wii U was the perfect way for me to play. I can’t hold a regular controller properly any more. I use a fight stick for games that don’t require me to control the camera, and I’ve modded a DualShock to make it into something I can use…

I can’t eat dairy or meat, so did you know that there are some companies that make VEGAN Hot Pocket-style frozen dough pockets filled with odd components? There’s a paleo pizza pocket that I get sometimes, and it’s surprisingly okay. I’m not sure how well it stacks to an actual Hot Pocket, though, since I haven’t been…

This is TRAGIC. Gita, you’re one of my favorite games journalists, and the reason I read Kotaku literally every day with breakfast is because it employs amazing and diverse journalists like you, and as a woman, especially a woman of color, I so admire your bravery in the face of the shit you put up with to share your…

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is hands-down my favorite superhero comic book series ever, not only because Ryan North is a fucking riot, but because Squirrel Girl always chooses non-violence if she can swing it. She’d much rather talk it out, and even when she has to kick some butts, she generally only does so in the…

It made me wish that the Wii U had had more RPGs, both because it’s my preferred genre, and because an RPG is a hell of a a lot easier if I can have a map on my lap. It also makes me pine for the version of Breath of the Wild that never was. It seems pretty clear to me that before the Wii U’s untimely death, Nintendo…

I love this game, and I actually enjoyed having it on the Wii U very much. I thought having my “phone” chatlog offloaded onto the Gamepad screen was fun, and I especially liked having maps to look down at on my lap while I navigated dungeons.

How’s the VR?

I was really excited for a hot minute about a video game called Uhhh...Books?

I just started Suikoden for the first time, and while there’s certainly a little more strategy than Fight/Item/Defend given all the characters, their combo attacks, and the runes, most of it comes down to exploring, talking to and recruiting delightfully weird people, and autobattling. The one glaring absence in its cl…

I’m assuming that I can’t access this event with only the base game? That’s a bummer because I love crafting.

Ugh, that SUCKS. I, too, have IBS, which started out as a way worse digestive disorder called gastroparesis, something that paralyzes the stomach and makes it impossible to eat much solid food. I lived on baby food, stuffing, nutrition shakes, and ice cream for about a year. Since then, I’ve over a period of six years…

As someone who has dealt with the aftermath of a mass shooting at my place of employment, I find the idea of using one as a plot point in a big budget video game that glorifies guns to be utterly disgusting and despicable.

This is almost as entertaining as EVE Online news, but with the added glee of regaling my partner with these tales, as he bought Fallout 76 within the first week of launch and had uninstalled it in disgust by the second week.

This game is brilliant, and I loved every minute of it as a j-pop / MegaTen / Fire Emblem fan (an admittedly small space on the Venn diagram of nerds). I very much appreciated the general trend towards letting the women wear more clothing, as putting young girls in creepy outfits is probably my least favorite thing…

I specifically turned off my adblocker on Kotaku so that I could support the site, but I too would happily pay a subscription to bypass the ads. I pay for my Game Informer subscription, but I read that once a month, and I read Kotaku literally every day because they really have way better journalism. Let me give you…

My family never plays video games, but I got everyone — including my stodgy dad and electronically challenged mom — to play about ten rounds of Drawful the last time the family visited. Everyone loved it, and I thought my aunt was going to fall off the couch laughing at my father’s stunningly terrible drawings that no…

There are so many fascinating Switch exclusives now that it’s starting to seriously test my resolve to not buy a Switch until the Joy-Con drift issue is well and truly fixed. I’ve always wanted a game like this — biking most places and playing DDR and Beat Saber keep me in fair shape, but I don’t generally do many…

Maybe a major console manufacturer will finally create a default controller with buttons I can remap on the fly.

I use Sambal Oelek in very small quantities to add spice to my mild Golden Curry. My partner is very sensitive to spiciness, so the medium Golden Curry is too much for him, but I like just the tiniest bit of kick. I don’t really know what Sambal Oelek tastes like because it requires such a small amount to add…

I use Sambal Oelek in very small quantities to add spice to my mild Golden Curry. My partner is very sensitive to spiciness, so the medium Golden Curry is too much for him, but I like just the tiniest bit of kick. I don’t really know what Sambal Oelek tastes like because it requires such a small amount to add some…