Interim Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku Contact: ethan.gach@kotaku.com / ethangach on Discord Secure email: ethangach@protonmail.com / 2673263042 for Signal Newsletter at https://deadgame.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwwemz72ok2bStill blows me away how relatively straightforward it is to get MTG cards if you just want to play with friends and how absolutely impossible it is to buy Pokémon cards to actually play the TCG.02 Oct 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwemz72ok2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwvkvcoasc25No gap between the gushing reviews and the game itself have felt more acute to me this year than Fire Emblem, which had me all excited for spreadsheet battles with Bravo TV characters and is instead full of tons of other much less appealing filler. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvkvcoasc25https://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwvefuniuc2hStar Wars: Galactic Racer is one of those games that treats fun like a dog with a bone who never lets go. Kotaku review via @zackzwiezen.com https://kotaku.com/star-wars-galactic-racer-the-kotaku-review-200073910502 Oct 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvefuniuc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwsxar2rlc2wGears of War: E-Day is very good at some things and very bad at others. Haven't quite finished yet but I've been zig-zagging between we're so back and it's so over with every Act. There will be a full review once we've had time with multiplayer and I've had time to sit with the campaign. https://kotaku.com/the-gears-of-war-e-day-campaign-is-full-of-highs-and-lows-200073892301 Oct 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsxar2rlc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwqpmdjbnk2pI actually disagree on the NYT profile of Sharma reading like a conventional PR puff piece. It's much more barbed than the Wall Street Journal one, in fact.30 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqpmdjbnk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwqpd5o4bs2rif you work at Microsoft and want to share a picture of the counter I will keep you anonymous 2673263042 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqpd5o4bs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwqp2t4i222p“She arrived for lunch at the Modern in a suede jacket despite the sweltering heat and wildfire smoke outside. Alongside her was Craig Cincotta, a corporate attaché in a fedora." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/arts/xbox-microsoft-asha-sharma.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.3j4o.dae9CYU4odK1&smid=url-share30 Sep 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqp2t4i222phttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwfa6q4occ2bFlushed out of the Jersey shore by the unexpected nor'easter and retreating to the Poconos instead26 Sep 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfa6q4occ2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwbn7kg6rk2xIf you read one thing about Halo this week I think it should be this https://kotaku.com/boys-dont-die-a-halo-retrospective-200073676324 Sep 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbn7kg6rk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethangach.bsky.social/post/3mwbn7kg6rk2xIf you read one thing about Halo this week I think it should be this https://kotaku.com/boys-dont-die-a-halo-retrospective-200073676324 Sep 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:idpr7cxv2u34lmpvap62t7kp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbn7kg6rk2x