Category Archives: Off-Kilter

Kotaku is Running Great with AdBlock

Infamous gaming website Kotaku has been releasing articles daily for a while now. The site is free for anyone to read and supports itself mainly through ads that offer readers in-site purchases. But the now the site is fully viewable without any ads thanks to a program called AdBlock. The website is know for it’sContinue reading “Kotaku is Running Great with AdBlock”

Kotaku Employee Writes About Video Games. Sounds Suspiciously Like a Vacation.

Kotaku staff writer Jimothy Timmonds was gracious enough to sit down and discuss with me his job at the gaming site and how he doesn’t think people fully appreciate what it take to get articles out there for readers. “People nowadays [think] a gaming article is…you know, just put it through the grinder and another one willContinue reading “Kotaku Employee Writes About Video Games. Sounds Suspiciously Like a Vacation.”

E3 2021: Gamers Have Decided Which Unannounced Games are Good & Which are Trash

E3 2021 is almost upon us. While there are some games that are a safe bet to make an appearance, nothing is confirmed. As such, it’s only natural that gamers online have already made up their minds about everything that may or may not be announced at the show. Despite no confirmation as to whatContinue reading “E3 2021: Gamers Have Decided Which Unannounced Games are Good & Which are Trash”

EA Copies Nintendo Business Practices. Faces Increased Backlash

Nobody like EA. Everyone likes Nintendo. Well except a large portion of Nintendo fans. But most people like Nintendo. Nintendo is so popular and immune to criticism that the corporate overlords at the most disliked company in the games industry thought that all they had to do for some good PR was copy Nintendo. ItContinue reading “EA Copies Nintendo Business Practices. Faces Increased Backlash”

Console War Soldiers Come Home and Finally Get to Play Video Games.

After a long and arduous conflict, soldiers of the console wars are finally coming home. Brave warriors on both sides of the conflict, the Xbox fighters known as Xbots and the PlayStation fighters known as Ponies, will no longer have to risk their lives anymore in the name of their plastic game machine. President ofContinue reading “Console War Soldiers Come Home and Finally Get to Play Video Games.”

Phil Spencer’s Grocery Lists Sparks Online Speculation

Phil Spencer has once again appeared on camera from his home and with it has come another round of people analyzing the background to see what clues lay on his shelf. Uncle Phil as Xbox fans like to call him, got a little more devious this time in hiding Xbox’s future plans in his background.Continue reading “Phil Spencer’s Grocery Lists Sparks Online Speculation”

After Killing Mario, Nintendo Promises It Will Kill Again

At the time of writing, Nintendo’s public execution of famed plumber and hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario Mario is due to happen today. By the time you read this he might already be dead. As the world mourns and wonders how it will move forward without everyone’s favorite Jump Man, Nintendo isn’t finished. InContinue reading “After Killing Mario, Nintendo Promises It Will Kill Again”

Six Days on Twitter is a Video Game That Reenacts One of the Most Controversial Console War Battles

It’s a war that a great deal of people disagreed with but it happened anyway. The Console Wars never needed to happened. Especially not after the backlash towards the first one that happened in the 90s. Unfortunately no matter how much people insisted that it was a waste of resources and protested in the nameContinue reading “Six Days on Twitter is a Video Game That Reenacts One of the Most Controversial Console War Battles”