lisa foiles
In Real Life

The Konami Code Shows Up In The Strangest Places

There are misdemeanours I have committed in this life, I’ll admit it. For example, I recently got a ticket for jaywalking and it cost me $US200. For jaywalking. I’m still very angry about this situation and am actively devising a plan to exact revenge on the LAPD, and guess what! Now you’re all accomplices.

December 9, 2011
Nintendo

There Are No Brunettes In ‘Miyamoto’s Angels’

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.

November 26, 2011
In Real Life

Let’s Eat More Video Games For Breakfast!

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.”

October 19, 2011
In Real Life

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

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.

September 23, 2011
In Real Life

A Birthday Letter To Myself About Video Games

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?”

August 23, 2011
In Real Life

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

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

July 23, 2011
In Real Life

How Video Games Changed Me

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.

June 16, 2011
In Real Life

What You Really Missed At E3 2011

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

December 28, 2010
In Real Life

Styling Our Video Game Characters In Real-World Fashions

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

June 24, 2010
In Real Life

Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Says Hi

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.

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