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Animal Crossing Speedrun Shows K.K. Slider Isn’t That Picky After All
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is about luxuriating by a fishing hole or meticulously planning out your town’s layout. That is, unless you’re a speedrunner. While some runners race to pay off their loans to Tom Nook, others are plotting the most efficient way to get K.K. Slider to come to their island and thereby kick…
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Metal Gear Solid 2 Retrospective: Be Careful What You Wish For
The initial technological threat in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is Metal Gear REX. It is an “anti-Metal Gear,” a mech designed to destroy what came before. It is singularly focused on destroying the past, and so is Metal Gear Solid 2. This game is the anti-Metal Gear game. It is the great…
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Resident Evil 3: The Kotaku Review
About five minutes into the Resident Evil 3 remake, I uttered the word “brilliant.” I don’t use that word often. I don’t know if I should have used it then. Brilliance is an incredibly rare thing, and Resident Evil 3 hooked me from the start. It is an explosive game brimming with intensity and some…
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Resident Evil 3’s Demo Shows Off The Nemesis In All His Scary Glory
If there’s one thing that scares the crap out of me, it’s Resident Evil 3’s implacable Nemesis. Even since his original appearance on the PlayStation in 1999, he’s always been my favourite video game monster. As the remake approaches, a new demo is here to show off how Nemesis will be scarier than ever.