paradox - Aftermath

How Am I Supposed To Review Europa Universalis V

In many ways these games have become their own kind of MMO or Forever Shooter.

By Luke Plunkett

/ 3 Nov 2025

How Am I Supposed To Review Europa Universalis V

Let Me Love You, Crusader Kings 3

I have a problem: when I started working at Kotaku in February 2016, many of my coworkers were big fans of The Witcher 3. Even though a giant fantasy epic

By Riley MacLeod

/ 2 Sep 2025

Give Me A Future Worth Fighting For

I've historically been an enjoyer of post-apocalyptic media, but as our actual times threaten to become as dystopian as our fiction, I'm finding it a

By Luke Plunkett

/ 26 Mar 2025

I Just Like Moving Little Guys Around A Map

Over my years in this job, I've been forced to focus my interests and hone my critical thinking about not just individual games themselves, but the genres they

By Luke Plunkett

/ 23 Jul 2024

I Just Like Moving Little Guys Around A Map

A Video Game Review Can Be Whatever It Needs To Be

It’s a day that ends in Y in a year that ends in a number, so of course someone, somewhere is upset about video game reviews. This week a

By Nathan Grayson

/ 21 Jun 2024

A Video Game Review Can Be Whatever It Needs To Be

Paradox, What Are You Doing? [Update]

Let me be very clear on this: I'm a huge fan of the grand strategy games that Paradox's internal studios are responsible for. Crusader Kings, Hearts

By Luke Plunkett

/ 22 Apr 2024

I Am Sad To Report That The New 4X Strategy Game Millennia Is Very Bad

Sid Meier's Civilization is one of the best games ever made. I've been playing and enjoying the series for four decades now. But as good as

By Luke Plunkett

/ 25 Mar 2024