Lisa Foiles

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There Are No Brunettes In ‘Miyamoto’s Angels’

4:00PM December 9, 2011 | Owen Good

This four-star send-up by The Game Station is clever any day of the week, and especially timely given whatever the hell it was that just took place in the past 24 hours. More »


In Real Life

Let’s Eat More Video Games For Breakfast!

6:00AM November 26, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

I know what you’re thinking, and stop it. “Hey, Lisa, what makes you think you are an authority on such a hard-hitting journalistic subject like breakfast cereal? Redheads are unreliable sources 65 per cent of the time, plus they make up statistics.” More »


In Real Life

New Life+: If Life Were A Game, How Would You Replay It?

5:00AM October 19, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

You’re lying on your deathbed. Family members of the closest kind test the capacity limit of the hospital room, and finish off what was left of the tissue boxes. The nurse’s shoes squeak on the tile floor from the many fallen teardrops. She checks your monitors one last time. A warm hand clasps yours; you squeeze back. More »


In Real Life

A Birthday Letter To Myself About Video Games

4:00AM September 23, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

Many video games turning twenty-five this year could set themselves on a podium and brag until their throats are sore. “Hey, I’m Castlevania and I’ve released over 30 games in the last quarter-century. What have you done?” More »


In Real Life

The Gaming Tragedies That Didn’t Kill Us (But Nearly Broke Us)

7:00AM August 23, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

My proudest moments as a tap dancer are displayed in my parents’ house in the form of sparkly, obnoxious trophies. More »


In Real Life

How Video Games Changed Me

2:00AM July 23, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

With hairpins jabbing into my brain, an assistant director yelling “Hold the noise!” and a vegan Rice Krispie Treat sitting on the edge of my keyboard that may have actually been a prop, I’m writing this from the set of an independent film – a project that never would have found me if it hadn’t been for video games. More »


In Real Life

What You Really Missed At E3 2011

6:00AM June 16, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

If there’s one thing I don’t want to talk about regarding E3, it’s video games. More »


In Real Life

Styling Our Video Game Characters In Real-World Fashions

6:00AM December 28, 2010 | Lisa Foiles

When you see the terms “video game” and “fashion” strung together in the same sentence, your brain probably heads in two directions: More »


In Real Life

Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Says Hi

6:40AM June 24, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Spotted at last week’s Bulletstorm party, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson hangs out with former All That co-star and current Kotaku columnist Lisa Foiles.


Treading The Boards: Game Characters Vs. Movie Actors

2:00AM December 10, 2009 | Adam Barenblat

Being Nickelodeon’s Golden Girl for five years came with inevitable perks, such as limos, an Xbox 360 in my dressing room, free Spongebob DVDs, and opportunities to engage in hand-to-hand combat with those Disney Channel kids at publicity events. More »