Tag: Kotaku
Ori Director Thomas Mahler Thoughtfully Responds to Kotaku Writer’s Insult
You know the saying, “Kill ‘em with kindness?” Yesterday, a video game developer tried just that, and on the volatile landscape of social media, no less. Thomas Mahler is the CEO of Moon Studios and the director of Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and the upcoming No R...
Read MoreMore Celebrity and Entertainment Industry Reactions to Trump Assassination Attempt
Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D were the big story, but they’re not the only celebrities and entertainment industry representatives with awful takes on the attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump that resulted in a bystander being killed. The first will come as no surprise, which suc...
Read MoreKotaku Australia and Several Other Gaming Sites Shut Down
Australia is losing a bunch of gaming websites, to the cries of probably no one. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Pedestrian Group, an Australian “third-party publisher,” is “exiting its licensing deals to publish third-party brands,” which include a number of video game websites: Kota...
Read MoreSweet Baby Inc. Employee Contacts Former Employer of Jeff from SmashTV
The video game journalists/developers/consultants are stepping up their attacks on the other side of what they’ve designated GamerGate 2 (all the while oblivious to the movement’s true mastermind). Their current number-one target seems to be Jeff from Smash JT. Jeff is a figure similar to former...
Read MoreKotaku Writer Challenges Gamers to a Fight, Then Changes her Mind
Want to see one of the funnier stories in the cold war between gamers and games journalists? Don’t worry; it won’t take long. This is the saga of Alyssa Mercante throwing down the gauntlet to gamers… and then quickly picking it back up. You remember Alyssa Mercante, right? She’s the Kotaku j...
Read MoreSweet Baby Inc. Detected Discord Server Hacked
Remember what Alfred said about reprisals and acts of desperation in The Dark Knight? One of the reasons a lot of the best movies resonate is that you see their themes play out in real life. This morning, Kabrutus, creator of the Sweet Baby Inc. Detected curator and the new DEI Detected website, ann...
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