It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

Found my collection of old gaming magazines

Lend a hand if you can!

Napkinless Man With Grease-Covered Fingers Realizes He Trapped In A Prison Of His Own Creation https://theonion.com/napkinless-man-with-grease-covered-fingers-realizes-he-1825856994/

Spotted at my local Quick Trip.

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If you are able to help support our site migration that would be amazing! I am very bad at asking for help but right now, @butwhytho.net needs it. We have to get set up on a new host, work with a dev, and our old host still has not refunded us the $3k they took. Anything helps!

remember when celebrities seemingly randomly started coming out talking about how much they loved NFTs and thought it was super valuable and the future?

you can literally just impeach all these guys. all you need is the votes. you don't even need a good reason

outta my way lady i gotta write Jurassic Park

Side-side-note: It's weird that Kotaku has ended up with two Zacks. Good weird.

quick side-note: AI has made it incredibly annoying just to image search something as previously ubiquitous as "dr doom throne"

Disney has apparently decided to erect its own parallel version of IMAX to charge more for Avengers: Doomsday tickets instead of getting out of the way of Dune: Part 3 https://kotaku.com/disney-creates-their-own-imax-to-charge-more-for-avengers-doomsday-tickets-2000688803

underrepresented take on the Wii U library: its "amazing" games were often only made *worse* because if Wii U hardware and the games themselves were IMPROVED when ported to Switch.

Pragmata commission. Thank you Capcom for the trust 🌙

i looked into historical car pricing data when the volkswagen id buzz launched, and found the same: the new bus costs triple what the old one did, after adjusting for inflation, and a higher percentage of both average new car transaction price and median household income. the cars are too expense

i have seen some posts from people who i think are maybe a little younger than me that insist that the Wii U was entirely a failure of marketing despite amazing software. this is not true. the software was merely pretty good most of the time

A new addition to my indiedev testing controller stash.

BREAKING: First screenshot from Epic's Disney extraction shooter.

“Frustration with modern dating” feels like an awfully charitable phrasing for what’s motivating these guys

Pancake morning! *Slams fists on table*

It was a real honor presenting at the BAFTAs last night. My first time there and what a fantastic show! You can watch the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/GZ7WPbZ...

A badly worded poll is making vaccine skepticism look more common than it is. www.statnews.com/2026/04/17/v...

Nearly every morning this is how Sasha greets me

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

This chair is uncomfortable.

OOP New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!' www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Ewwwwwwww

Costco Is Randomly Selling Big Switch 2 Games For Just $30 https://kotaku.com/costco-sale-switch-2-games-cheap-pokemon-2000688792

The idea that Stephanie McMahon did a lot for women's wrestling is propaganda. WWE presents her as a feminist icon so their record of abuse, objectification, and misogyny is ignored. Especially now, when they've sold their women's roster out to Saudi Arabia as false signposts of feminist progress.

I cannot overstate how profoundly influential Space Ghost Coast to Coast was on my being. When I was a sullen teenager, it was Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and The X-Files that gave me a window into a weird world into which a weird kid like me would someday fit.

We will look back at the era of "Compiling Shaders" and laugh. Can't wait for that point.

The lead singer of Imagine Dragons helped create a game studio. It launched a live-service shooter this week on PC. It advertised it with the band's social accounts (10 million followers) It has yet to reach over 600 concurrent players on Steam. Stop making live-service games, folks.

Even The Lead Singer Of Imagine Dragons Can Barely Get Anyone To Play His New Live-Service Game

Players thought Clash of Clans was joking about selling feet decorations but it very much was not https://kotaku.com/clash-of-clans-decides-to-sell-feet-pics-2000688639

Clair Obscur has now won GOTY at all five major award shows. Only the second game to do this. Baldur's Gate 3 was the first.

on the 50th anniversary of the release of The Boys Are Back in Town I'm morally obligated to share my favorite story of all time

LMAO But Why Tho? Dying because of a shitty developer is not what I had on my bingo card. We have 48 hours to figure out what to do for a new host and find a developer to help us.

same

The codev company says the hard times are trickling down: "Players consume games in new ways. Publishers have different criteria for investing in the development of games. This new normal has impacted all our partners."

Iron Galaxy has revealed another round of mass layoffs as it tries to "evolve" for the game industry's new normal. One source told Kotaku as many as 90 employees could be affected. https://kotaku.com/iron-galaxy-layoffs-tony-hawk-last-us-part-2-remaster-2000688573

Robot Runner Crashes And Burns Before Even Starting Race kotaku.com/robot-runner...

TMZ setting up in DC to follow politicians around is FINALLY the appropriate lowbrow "news" coverage this administration has merited all along.

The evil idiots in charge of the US Govt are so stupid they don't realize that one of the most important parts of maintaining your regime is to keep the soldiers you need fed and happy.