The Graveyard Shift: Ireland Edition

Hey everyone! Welcome to the Graveyard Shift, the nightly hang-out hosted by Kotaku's reader-run blog, TAY. This is a place to talk about anything - your lives, your gaming habits, or whatever else you desire. Hop on in and join the discussion! When you're done here, you could always go … » 3/17/15 9:00pm Yesterday 9:00pm

This Is How You Do an Anime Convention

Conventions are often considered practically holy for any hobby they might pertain to. As an opportunity to meet with like-minded individuals and share interests that you might not be able to do elsewhere, they are very important to a lot of communities, and the anime community is no exception. However, I have… » 3/17/15 6:39pm Yesterday 6:39pm

​TAY Time Chat - Best Day for Gaming

For the few of you that aren't completely distracted with the mountains of new games that had a release date today, welcome to the TAY Time Chat! Sadly, I didn't manage to get anything today because the Amazon warehouse that keeps all of my stuff is simply terrible, so I won't be able to enjoy any of the cool new… » 3/17/15 5:00pm Yesterday 5:00pm

​It's Not A Nintendo Hybrid, It's A Nintendo Ecosystem.

In 2013, Nintendo merged their two game development buildings into a single unit. Up to that point, their handheld games were being developed separately from their console counterparts, and the move at the time seemed like a fairly inevitable bit of housekeeping at best. Yet what followed from that point forward was… » 3/17/15 3:49pm Yesterday 3:49pm

Sunless Sea: How I consistently fail to resist its Sirens call!

NOTE: I have purposefully omitted most images from the game, as they tend to contain spoilers or reveals that are far better to experience first hand.

Sunless Sea, the first Steam title from Failbetter Games (creators of the browser based RPG "Fallen London"), has been in constant rotation on my gaming laptop for… » 3/17/15 1:39pm Yesterday 1:39pm

Spacemon Vol. 2 - Chapter 18: Breaking Point

Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the ongoing tale of my Pokemon TRPG campaign! It is a sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system and GMed by fellow TAY author DragonStorm247. You can get caught up on our previous adventures here! » 3/17/15 12:00pm Yesterday 12:00pm

TAY: Open Forum

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Open Forum. This is a place to talk about life, video games, or anything else, so feel free to hop in and join in the discussion. When you're done, feel free to peruse the articles on TAY and TAYClassic. Is this your first time on TAY or the Open Forum? Then check out this handy … » 3/17/15 10:00am Yesterday 10:00am

How to Finally Beat the Unfinished Games In Your Never-Ending Backlog

In a world of regular Steam sales and cheap used games, it's easy to build up a massive stockpile of games it feels like you'll never have time to get to. Well there actually is time, but you have to approach your backlog the right way. Here's how to do it. » 3/17/15 9:00am Yesterday 9:00am

Rockmandash Reviews: Never 7: The End of Infinity [Visual Novel]

Have you ever experienced something well regarded and great, then looked back to see what the creator has made before, only to be disappointed by the results? Today on Rockmandash Reviews, I'm reviewing the beginning of the Infinity series, Never 7: The End of Infinity, a game that's remarkably average on almost… » 3/17/15 12:40am Yesterday 12:40am