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i’m just ken
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writer @ kotaku | ex-fanbyte | the 🏳️‍🌈 one @ normandy fm | he/him | nyc | kshepard@kotaku.com

ears still ringing, arms still swinging
The people need to know
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reposted by i’m just ken
My rebuke. 286 words, probably including the title, idk.
A (very) brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
They got the sauce
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Like, even if you don’t play it, don’t shoot down the people who advocate for it on staff. Even if it’s outside your usual wheelhouse, you gotta respect the swings.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
*gasp*
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
how to find out if you have rbf
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Fuck Zam for taking down all my old writing on Before Your Eyes, but I got into why that game is so special to me at this PAX panel last year. Goodnight Universe has a lot of the same soul. It's still worth trying even if it didn't hit me the same way.
Video Game Cocktail Party | PAX East 2024 Panel
YouTube video by Pass The Controller
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
fdsafdsaghdfahgfdagdsf
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
who's the out-of-touch one now, baybee?
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
this is obviously a very silly thing in the grand scheme of the nonsense kotaku has received in its many years but the uptick in venom, hate mail, and just general disingenuousness directed toward the site over the past few months is actually a sign that we are So Back. I live.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
me when i call a box a box
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
one of the most you things you've ever posted
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
i used to be good at this game
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM