Keza MacDonald
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Monster Hunter World: The Kotaku Review
20Video games often deal in illusions, proffering the fantasy of control and power even when your meaningful influence is minimal. Monster Hunter: World, the new third-person action game from Capcom, absolutely deals in fantasy. It plucks you from reality and sets you in the domains of exotically imposing monsters that you must hunt. In this…
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My Most Embarrassing E3 Encounter With A Gaming Celebrity
I would like to tell you about a mortifying encounter I recently had with a very well-known figure in video games. It’s a better story if you don’t know who it is until the end.
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God Of War Gets The Stress Of Parenthood Right
Video games’ version of paternalism is usually reductive: parents and children rarely stray from the roles of protector and charge. You, the player, are almost always the parent (and always a father), chaperoning a character who is vulnerable.
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Nintendo Labo: The Kotaku Review
The first question you might have about Labo is: What’s so special about a box of cardboard and some mini-games? And the first thing to understand about Labo is that what’s actually in the box is only part of the appeal.