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EmeryHennessy

Thats for that guys! :D How very nifty.

Although after reading the article heading "How to selectively read Kotaku", I had thought this post would let us know how to cut out those posts we're not interested in :/. I vaguely remember you can do it at Giz for Apple-related stuff, etc, but I can't remember how.. Perhaps a reminder of that is also in order!

aelfin

that link just pwned my firefox
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oh, right, i meant to say owned

SinSpawn Wrath

@fuchikoma: Honestly, that's why I love Kotaku. Each writer injects some personality in every headline and tag, which makes viewing Kotaku that much more enjoyable.

negative bro

I tend to skip most of the articles that I'm not directly interested in. Unless I'm real bored.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

I thank the night crew. For when I am awake I refresh my rss ALOT and its nice to see Kotaku updated :P

simmo

>o> I dont want to be missing on anything. xD so I use the full RSS thingy or that =D
Nonetheless, go kotaku!!!

Hades

@Brian Crecente: Thanks, that is a handy thing for discussions :D

satek

I use www.eatthenews.com it lets me check out the headlines, expand to see more of the story, eat the feed if I am really interested, or skip it all together if I'm not... its really handy.

autobought

i prefer to just read every post. its my livelihood!

joelface

one day, i will decipher the evil magic that is RSS feeds. one day.

TheIrishNinja

Way to pat yourself on the back!

Fryfat

@Campion:
Haha... true. Not complaining either. I'm just saying when I see some of the stories on here they could only have been made to generate views for the editor.

But I think Kotaku's personality is one of the major reasons so many people come here instead of a big corp. site with just the facts.

fuchikoma

@fuchikoma: There's an anecdote I've heard about chess master Bobby Fischer.

He was at some chess group meeting or club and the other members were avidly discussing some important current event of the moment. He put up with this for a few minutes before testily interrupting: "What the hell does any of this have to do with chess?!?"

Bobby Fischer died recently, crazy, broke, and not playing chess anymore. Thoroughly discredited, his only remaining mourners were his wife, Dick Cavett, and Iceland.

The moral of the story: 5% variety in one's diet never killed anybody.

Campion

For those who don't have the time or dedication to keep up with all the posts on Kotaku, this added functionality is a god-send...

For real Kotaku otaku's like me, who read every post, it will be useful when we want to refer to a past post when commenting, as well as for future Kotaku krazy kontests...

onomeister

I have some idea why it's hard to keep up... don't you guys get paid per x amount of page views?

I actually think that's a cool merit-based design, but it also means getting posts like "Beatles or Stones?" that'll generate a lot of passionate opinions but relates to gaming only by the thinnest of tangents.

I have to say though that I'd heard the site accused of running sensationalist headlines but I find they're usually pretty factual, just funny to read the way they're written.

fuchikoma

@nxp3: Every time I've ever seen a double-post, it's deleted within a couple hours. Kotaku is pretty good for that kinda thing, especially considering how many writers they have posting stuff all through the night, etc.

dowingba

@Rask: But you might miss "Smash Brothers canceled, mass suicides ensue"!

LumpBeefbroth

maximum risky, everything else does not really matter ;)

mrt181

I don't use the RSS feeds. I use my internal brain tissue memory to recall what the last article I read was and then start from the top and read everything in order until I get down to the last one that I read. Then I wait for further updates and repeat the process. I don't think I've missed a single article since I started coming here.

baked ham

I like trying to read almost every article because as biased as i am towards wii/ps3 i still wanna hear about microsoft =p and other news

Zaos

I'm not as interested in anything Japani-emo, PS3, DS, or PC-Gaming related so luckily I'm not overwhelmed by relevant content at all. 360 news and Maximum Risky all the way!

KindaGamey

@Roto13: haha yea, same. I've yet to see a story where no one has commented.

I don't mind sifting through the articles, as long as you check your rss feeds once a day, its easy to spot which article I'd find interesting.

Albino

There should be a ninja killing game where you are Jack Sparrow, Cowboy of the East.

Losbullitt

@Brian Crecente: I think he meant how many times people replies to him, not to stalk users lol

SpartanQ77

I have two simple feeds, Kotaku and Wired, I prefer Kotaku, lemme tell you that. It's on all the systems I have firefox on (I don't share the same bookmarks, just the same RSS feeds)

SpartanQ77

Am I less of a person if I just snag MAXIMUM RISKY and walk away?

MasterSauce

More functions = Happy Users!

Witzbold

IMO,stuff like Minibash,Haruhi,gamecakes,and so forth are what makes Kotaku Kotaku. If I wanted "just the facts,ma'am" I'm sure there's blogs for that,but I enjoy the extra content as much or more than the real stuff.

kidnicky

Wait. Peter Moore quit Microsoft?

Jay

[reader.google.com]

Subscribe to the main Kotaku feed. Read the ones that you care about. Once you're done reading those, mark the rest of the feed as read and move on. I avoid all SSBB articles that way.

Rask

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but before the last redesign there was a link somewhere on the site that let you see a compact list of just the title + picture of every story. Is there anything like that still around?

dosboot

I agree that most of the stuff is good and actually relevant, however there are exceptions like Bashcrafts Haruhi obesession where I've more than once seen posts totally unrelated to games...and those do feel like fillers.

Therin

@Communist_Gamer:

I know where you're coming from. Before, I used to think only the "big" sites like IGN,Gamespot,etc get the exclusives or scoops if you will.

When I came across game blogs, it was a big big difference. It's more opinionated,up to date and a lot of other things.

I tip my nunchaks to Crecente,Bash and the others. Only site I know who updates constantly within the day. Even weekends.

@Brian Crecente:
Is Drew going to be posting again by tomorrow? Or is it a one time deal?

excaliburps

Does this mean I won't miss ANYTHING anymore?!?!?! Woo!111ONE

-MoarPlz-

My RSS reader refreshes every five minutes and there are still at least 20 comments before I can even click on the news story.

Roto13

A kotaku regular since the controversy of the Sony/Home situation, I have been known to wake up, refresh the kotaku page, which is my home page, and enjoy your fantastic posts.

When I was new I was astounded that stories that Kotaku were reporting up to a week ago were only just hitting the major websites, e.g. IGN, Gamespot, and now you're doing reviews this is my one source of info from now on.

Good job fellas. Plus the comment sections are always a bit better than the Gamespot ones :P

Communist_Gamer

Lol, worthless for me because I read pretty much every story anyways. But bravo on the added functionalness

PaddyStardust

@nxp3: I read Kotaku everyday and I can't recall any dupes (not that they don't happen, but if they were frequent I'd remember). Are you sure you're not mistaking follow ups with dupes? Sometimes they even use the same pictures so it might look like a dupe. I think Kotaku does a great job with avoiding duplicates (better than sites like fark).
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Anyway, thanks for the feeds guys! This will make it even easier to read Kotaku on the go. Keep up the good work, we surely appreciate. Cheers!

bonecows

@nxp3: We do track that, it happens maybe twice a week. Not bad if you figure in the 50 or so posts we do a day.

Brian Crecente

@nxp3: I've noticed that as well. But honestly, I enjoy reading two different writers spin their stories, you get a unique view. Plus, the comments are usually vastly different, except for the couple of people pointing out its a repeat.

Foggynotion

thats gonna be sexy come next contest time.

huginn - No I will not give you a hug!

Yeah but sometimes you guys write about the same thing as the other guy just wrote 24 hours ago. You should really read each other's work. And sometimes same story from a long time ago.

nxp3

pata pata pata pon... It's the other thing I think of all the time, every when I sleep :S Thank god for Kotaku, I can always count on your Writers and Commentators to pick me up when I'm in a gaming rut...

AntiZERO

@satek: You can follow a commenter with your account and it will alert you every time they post a comment. To follow you just need to click on the plus symbol next to one of their comments.

Brian Crecente

Thanks Guys!

The only problem I have seen with the tags is sometimes you guys can tag, for example a Nintendo article as only "Nintendo DS" or the games title etc so hitting the main Nintendo tag to see all the news regarding that company doesn't really come up with all of the articles that really have somethign to do with it.

But I do admit tagging articles must take up a bit of time. Besides that I enjoy scrolling through the whole of kotaku anyway, because with tags, you never know what interesting and bizarre articles you could be missing ;D

Oh and bouncing an idea off edges reply, the only added feature I would really love is for there to be a little button you could press to see all the times people have "@username" replied to you. This way you couldn't miss replies from others on articles that are a bit older...

Of course I don't actually think that it's even a possible thing to implement, but maybe if Kotaku ever got a major overhaul? :D

satek

@NeoStarr: SLEEP!!!
NEVER!!!!
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Brian Crecente

Does that mean you guys actually find time to sleep?

NeoStarr

I feel like a lot of the Gawker sister sites feel inadequate in their post count when compared to you guys. You are like the overachieving nerdy older brother who everyone really genuinely likes but secretly resents.

Foggynotion

Yes sir, gold it is. In fact, a rare diamond in the rough among the other sites too busy with commercialism and pandering to companies with money.

G'otaku!

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I use you RSS through my PSP quite a bit, thanks for the master list :)

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