Kotaku

Kotaku

File:Kotaku.png Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide
Type of site	Gaming Blog
Owner	Gawker Media
Created by	Brian Crecente
URL	http://www.kotaku.com
Commercial	Yes

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

(blog)|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, Kotaku is

consistently listed in the top 40 of Technorati's Top

100.

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(writer)|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 covering releases of games or game events in previous years.

===Papercraft=== A showcase of a gaming figure done in a [origami] art style

===Justify your game=== A short video segment where a game developer justifies his game or console in 15 seconds. Being cut off sharply at the end.

Arcadeflyer Sunday

===Muti-Tap=== The weekly round up of comments. Since the introduction of hyper mutitap, commentors have nominated other commentors to appear here.

===Ban Hammer Monday=== A day when Kotaku commenters nominate other Kotaku commenters for banning. This is typically targeted towards trolls and other problem makers.

Day note

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

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, reinviting Kotaku to the GDC events and

meetings.

External links

• Kotaku home page