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More Celebrity and Entertainment Industry Reactions to Trump Assassination Attempt

AlexGherzo | Jul 16, 2024 | 4

Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D were the big story, but they’re not the only celebrities and entertainment industry representatives with awful takes on the attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump that resulted in a bystander being killed. The first will come as no surprise, which suc...

Kotaku Australia and Several Other Gaming Sites Shut Down

AlexGherzo | Jul 8, 2024 | 5

Australia is losing a bunch of gaming websites, to the cries of probably no one. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Pedestrian Group, an Australian “third-party publisher,” is “exiting its licensing deals to publish third-party brands,” which include a number of video game websites: Kota...

Sweet Baby Inc. Employee Contacts Former Employer of Jeff from SmashTV

AlexGherzo | Jun 13, 2024 | 0

The video game journalists/developers/consultants are stepping up their attacks on the other side of what they’ve designated GamerGate 2 (all the while oblivious to the movement’s true mastermind). Their current number-one target seems to be Jeff from Smash JT. Jeff is a figure similar to former...

Kotaku Writer Challenges Gamers to a Fight, Then Changes her Mind

AlexGherzo | Jun 11, 2024 | 3

Want to see one of the funnier stories in the cold war between gamers and games journalists? Don’t worry; it won’t take long. This is the saga of Alyssa Mercante throwing down the gauntlet to gamers… and then quickly picking it back up. You remember Alyssa Mercante, right? She’s the Kotaku j...

Sweet Baby Inc. Detected Discord Server Hacked

AlexGherzo | May 11, 2024 | 1

Remember what Alfred said about reprisals and acts of desperation in The Dark Knight? One of the reasons a lot of the best movies resonate is that you see their themes play out in real life. This morning, Kabrutus, creator of the Sweet Baby Inc. Detected curator and the new DEI Detected website, ann...

Kotaku Writer Targets YouTuber’s Wife, Game Dev Calls for More

AlexGherzo | May 7, 2024 | 0

I doubt anyone thought games journalists and the woker among gaming developers would have a sobering moment of reflection following this weekend’s demonstration of how little influence they have over gamers, but you won’t believe how deranged they’ve become. SmashTV is the brand of Jeff, a for...