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Kotaku

Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide
URL[1]
Commercial?Yes
Type of siteGaming Blog
OwnerGawker Media
Created byBrian Crecente
LaunchedMarch 4, 2002
Current statusActive
Kotaku.com is a blog which focuses on video games. Kotaku is part of Gawker Media’s 'Glocker' network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Lifehacker.com and Consumerist. The website is often seen as an alternative for news and reviews to bigger, higher-profile sites such as IGN or GameSpot - it is seen as having a more friendly, casual, entertaining style and a less corporate attitude.

Named to CNet News' Blog 100[1], Kotaku is consistently listed in the top 40 of Technorati's Top 100.[2] Kotaku is currently edited by Brian Crecente. Contributing editors include Brian Ashcraft, Michael McWhertor, Flynn DeMarco, Luke Plunkett and Michael Fahey. Contract or temporary contributors include Kim Phu, Maggie Greene, Mark Wilson and Jason Chen of Gizmodo's writers. Graduates of the site include Bungie Studios' Luke Smith and Wired.com's John Brownlee (writing as Florian Eckhardt) and Eliza Gauger.

Unlike similar blogs, including competitor Joystiq, Kotaku is known for its practice of requiring editor approval for users to register for the site, and for publicly banning users deemed to be disruptive to the atmosphere of the site's discussions. To reward positive participation, Kotaku runs a weekly feature reprinting the best comments from the previous week.

Features

This Day in Gaming

A look back at gaming milestones such as releases of games or game events in previous years.

Papercraft

A routine feature exhibiting popular gaming icons being portrayed in a paper origami style.

Day/Night Note

The daily recap section. Often detailing with personal information of the writer to another writer.

Justify your game

A short video segment where a game developer justifies his game, console, or cosplay in 15 seconds. Being cut off sharply at exactly 15 seconds.

Multi-Tap

The weekly round up of comments. Since the introduction of hyper multitap, commentators have nominated other commentators to appear here.

What Are You Playing This Weekend

An open thread designed to allow Kotaku commentator to share what they expect to be playing this weekend.

Sony blackballing

On March 1, 2007 Kotaku released a rumor to the public from an anonymous source, as a follow up to an interview with the Game Developers Conference 2007 executive director Jamil Moledina, that Sony's Phil Harrison would be announcing that PlayStation 3 owners would be "very happy". This rumor stated that the PlayStation 3 would be releasing "PlayStation Home", an achievement and virtual avatar add-on. Kotaku, after approaching Sony for information, was told "(we) do not comment on rumors or speculation." Sony then asked Kotaku not to publish the story. Kotaku decided to publish the story anyway resulting in an email from Sony's David Karraker suspending the two parties' professional relationship. Kotaku published Mr. Karraker's email and the response from Kotaku's editor Brian Crecente. Later that day, Dave Karraker and Brian Crecente exchanged phone calls and sorted the matter out, with Sony reinviting Kotaku to their GDC events and meetings. [3][4]

Criticism

Critics of Kotaku argue that certain posts on the site are not actually newsworthy[5][6][7]. Much of this criticism stems from the volume of posts relating to gaming toys, apparel, and accessories, as opposed to video games themselves. Other posts are argued to be old news, such as the fact that pornographic images of video game characters exist[2], or that the Ocarina featured in The Legend of Zelda series is a real instrument[3]. This has led the editors of Kotaku to make comments appear only after moderator review[8], as well as ban participants that post negative remarks[9][10].

References

1. ^ [4]
2. ^ Kotaku, the Gamer’s Guide: Blog Reactions on Technorati. Technorati.com. Last accessed October 14, 2007.
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