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I bet I know some folks who know how much The Game Awards is charging for trailer slots this year!

Kotaku would love to know. I can work with you to make sure the information is used responsibly and won't be linked back to you.

tips@kotaku.com

ethangach@protonmail.com

This is why cook books still rule

The Best Video Games of 2025 Continent-spanning adventures, psychedelic puzzles, and one 30-something couch potato who can’t help but fall on his ass.

HERE IT IS: my top 10 games of the year for @vulture.com

TLDR: no Silksong; no Clair Obscur; much Lumines hype; NYU Game Center is massively overrepresented (congrats past and present faculty and alumni); Shadows over Yōtei (bite me); 2025 is Hinako & Nate's year.

www.vulture.com/article/best...

NEW FUNLAND ALERT

I'll double check but it should be fine

I'll try to develop this more deeply at some point, but the pipeline from loot box to "what if your entire life was gambling" is an alarmingly direct one. kotaku.com/finance-bro-...

every year npr puts out the best, most diverse goty list. there are always so many games on here that i haven't played, let alone heard of. it's very cool. i'm super excited to be part of it this year!

How is your game studio celebrating the holidays this year?

Did the Christmas party get downgraded? Are the bonuses smaller than expected? Are time off requests getting ignored?

Kotaku wants to know. We'll help keep you anonymous.

ethangach@protonmail.com or tips@kotaku.com

If even around 10% of the people who followed us kicked in just $1 a month, Skybox wouldn't really have to worry about money anymore. If you'd like us to survive, we need your help.

Kotaku Is Looking for Freelance Contributors - Kotaku We're looking for thoughtful writers to help with covering news, reporting, and more

Come help us write articles for the internet made by humans https://kotaku.com/kotaku-is-looking-for-freelance-contributors-2000650081

I really hope folks read this one. Was very happy and humble to be brought for this review. Big thank you to @ethangach.bsky.social and @alyssamerc.bsky.social for their assistance here.

This is a very "pure" game and it helped me explore a lot ongoing thoughts about "how to play."

Delighted to have @dreamcastaway.bsky.social's byline back on Kotaku for an excellent review of a game I think a lot of people are (understandably) underestimating

My consortium of investors t-shirt is raising lots of questions already answered by the shirt

"It's okay" - desperately needs to paper over the messiness of life because of toxic parents who couldn't find healthy outlets for negative emotions

"I understand" - fully enlightened, neutral in all things, has the strength to recognize what can be changed and what must be lived with.

you'll have to play to find out!

Popular TCGs are all nesting dolls of organized gambling and speculation. It's meme stocks and ramshackle markets all the way down.

These Gifs Prove That Mad Men Would Make For a Fantastic Video Game - Kotaku The fifth season of Mad Men has concluded, and now we must all sit in silence, have long conversations about symbolism... and wait for a depressingly long

RIP kotaku.com/these-gifs-p...

Pokémon Card Gambling Leads To $30,000 GameStop Trade-In Power Packs are the meme stock company's secret slot machines

GameStop is touting a Skyridge holo Gengar buyback as a record-breaking trade-in but it's really a bleak window into its new Pokémon card gambling ring kotaku.com/gamestop-pow...

Can't believe they're trying to Laura Loomer you

This might be the worst kicker I've ever read

A new reoccurring Kotaku feature called 'let'em cook' where anonymous developers write in an tell us all the reasons their game should be delayed

The character swapping ability spam in Marvel Cosmic Invasion feels truly revelatory for a retro beat 'em up. My review: kotaku.com/marvel-cosmi...

Calling shenanigans on this chart. I'm guessing it's pulling total deaths and not deaths per encounter.

Save 60% on STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE on Steam Square Enix and Tri-Ace present the latest title in the Star Ocean RPG series.

Time for one of those show-and-tell threads!

Today, share a game (with link and thoughts) that you never expected to enjoy, let alone love. Something that just completely blindsided you.

After disliking Star Ocean 3-5 (the only ones I'd played) I loved SO6, despite some rough edges & bland art.

If you work a studio that’s been nominated for a Game Award this year (or even years’ past), I would love to speak to you about your experience getting tickets! How many did your studio get? How many did you buy?

This can be anonymous. DMs are open and email is alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.

Big mood

This is like an SNL bit

I'm Great At Baby Steps Because I Walk Like That In Real Life - VGBees CW: medical talk, surgical talk, bones, car accident In late May, an uninsured Lexus driver ran a yellow light and pulled in front of me...

Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...

Thanksgiving hoagie - turkey, mayo, cranberry sauce, stuffing

For 33 years, a 'true story' about the 'resonant frequency of a chicken's skull cavity' written in an MS-DOS help file has fueled an urban legend that a certain sound wavelength will make chicken head... Borland C++ Turbo, you've got some explaining to do.

I promise you that you won't predict where this story will end up