Kotaku

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**Kotaku**
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide
URL	http://www.kotaku.com
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Gaming Blog
Owner	Gawker Media
Created by	Brian Crecente
Launched	March 4, 2002
Current status of site	Active

Kotaku.com is a blog which focuses on video and computer games, written in a humorous and often snarky tone. Kotaku is one of Gawker Media’s 'Glocker' network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Lifehacker.com and Consumerist. The official description: "As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, prediction. Don't get a life just yet." The website is often seen as an alternative for news and reviews to bigger sites like IGN or GameSpot - it is seen as having a more friendly, entertaining style and a less corporate attitude.

Kotaku is currently edited by Brian Crecente. Contributing editors include Brian Ashcraft, Michael McWhertor, Flynn DeMarco, Luke Plunkett and Michael Fahey. Other contributers include Alice Taylor and Colette Bennett. There is also a "This Day in Gaming" feature, covering releases of games or game events in previous years, edited by Mark Wilson.

Graduates of the site include 1Up's Luke Smith and Wired.com's John Brownlee and Eliza Gauger.