Ethan Gach's saved articles

The thing I miss most is print media and demo discs. Some of my strongest gaming memories are of games I never even owned: demos I played over and over, or even just games I would read about and imagine. In an era when there are so many games available for free or included in subscription services, it’s funny to be… Read more

Passed on the OG PlayStation as I was doing Amiga 1200 and Sega Game Gear at that time, although I spent a number of hours amazed by WipeOut on a friend’s machine. Read more

I’ve been consistently playing Tears of the Kingdom for an hour a week. So I should have that done in another few months -_-. Read more

I want to travel to the alternate dimension where Platinum made Vanquish 2 instead of Bayonetta 3. Unfortunately, our reality is the one where Vanquish was a commercial failure. People just weren’t ready for a cigarette-smoking Clint Eastwood archetype in a power suit who slides around Russian-backed enemy forces. Read more

so i’ve been playing quite a bit of it. i think it’s good mechanically and the absurd narrative pairs really well with bonkers premise but i couldn’t bring myself to write about it for one reason: i’m exhausted with needless live-service elements. idk, i feel like exoprimal would be a much better game if, like i was le… Read more

GT7 for me. My buddy beat my qualifying time for one of the online races by like a second and a half (an eternity in racing), so now I gotta get it back Read more

A few days ago i commented on some guide article about how this website sure has changed and someone replied “elaborate”. And well... now this happened. Read more

I’d assume it’s not confidential, but the sheer amount of playtesting they’ve been doing for months in my city is just crazy. A bunch of friends at school have been playtesting it for a while now, one of their studios being literally in the same building Read more

Honestly, it’s a great game.

I just miss having a party. And everything that comes with that. Party banter, managing equipment, planning out how a fight will go beyond ‘main guy swings sword.’

I miss thinking ‘I wonder if they’ll join my party!’ instead of ‘I wonder if they’ll die to motivate clive.’

I miss the sense of… Read more

Yeeaaa.. as a bit of an old schooler, I’m just not a fan of the combat. Hence why I fell off the series starting with 13. I don’t need all this “action” they keep force-ably injecting in the games. I enjoyed the first and third Devil May Cry games, but I haven’t had any interest in returning to the series or any… Read more

I only have a little time this weekend, so I'm checking out the Ghost Trick demo.
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This story is actually important for a lot of reasons that are still relevant (disclaimer: I work with these people and on these stories.) Here’s the original report:
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I’ll give them $50 CAD for the whole company. Read more

I for one am shocked a brick and mortar retailer that sells physical video games and funko pops isn’t doing well in the year 2023. Read more

Definitely getting Ninja Gaiden vibes Read more

“But wait, there’s more! To dig into the nitty gritty of battle passes for a second, some rank-up rewards will contain cosmetics while others offer a resource called Smoldering Ashes. These can be used to purchase various Season Blessings that let you earn extra XP, Gold, or Obols (used to purchase loot from the…

As a former Neversoft 3D modeler, I am blown away by this. We worked incredibly hard to make all the props, environments and characters. I was largely responsible for guitar and other instrument models on GH3 and then when we added the ability to change textures we increased the instrument team to three people.… Read more

More reviews by Toby, please. My new favorite Kotaku reviewer. Read more

Want to say, this list is fine but some missing things I want to add.
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hi! former kotaku and (until a few hours ago) current launcher reporter here, and I just wanted to say this is pretty much exactly correct. leadership never gave us the resources we needed, and promotion of even our biggest/best stories was sporadic at best. loved having the time and space to report out good stuff,… Read more