Kotaku Does Review Scores

Photo credit: Shutterstock In honor of Gawker Media senior week—our final week of independence as we prepare for wonderful new buyers—the staff of Kotaku got together and started talking about all the things we’ve always wanted to do. I just kept coming back to one thing: review scores. Although our review system has evolved quite…

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The Dumb Shit Kotaku Doesn’t Post Anymore

I’ve been working at Kotaku for *checks watch* nearly ten years now. In that time I’ve seen a lot of things change, and most of them have been for the better. http://kotaku.com/the-future-of-… While we occasionally go public with editorial decisions, for most of that ten years we’ve evolved quietly and confidently behind the scenes, growing…

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The Pettiest Posts We Never Published

Photo: Paul Sancya/AP One recurring complaint about Deadspin is that we’re too mean. We’re certainly snarky, abstruse, and too easily pleased with ourselves, but the notion that we’re too mean is ridiculous. If anything, we’re not mean enough, because we occasionally have the sense to pull a punch on a target that’s too far down….

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