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Ethan Gach
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Senior reporter at Kotaku. Have a gaming industry tip? You can reach me securely at [email protected].

I keep meaning to catch up on Witcher season 3. Was all in on the show at the end of season 2, but the summer backlog is real:

Foundation
Silo
Whitehouse Plumbers
Lincoln Lawyer
Justified: City Primeval
Secret Invasion
The Bear Read more

This was filed end of day Friday, and after playing 10-15 more hours of Final Fantasy XVI over the weekend I’m more convinced than ever that:

1.) Purely on a vibes basis it’s the most FF-feeling FF since FFIX. There’s just so many old-school callbacks.  Read more

It’s still not nearly as free-form as the earlier games but things do open up more around level 20. Read more

Definitely thought it was a Team Ninja game at first.  Read more

False alarm on the exclusivity. The PlayStation Blog said PS5 and PC only, but Bungie’s website confirmed it will be multiplatform. Read more

Hey Arlo, thank you so much for your work on the series and sharing these insights. Let me know at [email protected] if you’d be up for a chat sometime.  Read more

It was tough--even the bad games are great! Read more

All great picks! Bravely Second not as good imo, but still deserves a home.

I went with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate because Generations Ultimate is available on Switch.  Read more

I hope there are like 30 Ringer podcasts about this show Read more

Thanks for pointing out that out! I’ve updated our story.  Read more

Yes I’m sure they are still losing money on it.

They can drive adoption with a lower price point or with killer aps, and so far not seeing where this middle ground will get them.

But maybe Horizon will be way more impressive than it looks so far (though it’s not even priced like a premium PS5 game which signals to me Read more

Fair, but given how seasons are frontloaded the reasons to keep coming back after the first 8 weeks really drop off. Read more

Let me see what Keenings I’ve got in my vault... Read more

That story beats have definitely been fantastic but the red border grind killed my enthusiasm and I really don’t like the structure of the new story missions (last year’s Splicer missions were laid out better imo). Read more

Ive been playing and yea it’s a train wreck. Still love the gameplay, absolutely do not understand why the expansion is so barebones. Read more