‘You Already Have Everything You Need’

It’s a rough Wednesday, but you probably don’t need me to tell you that. If, somehow, you’re learning this through Kotaku and not anywhere else, convicted felon Donald J. Trump is projected to win the 2024 presidential election over Vice President Kamala Harris.

As a queer person in America, it’s pretty hard to write about video games when I know the next four years will be built upon the fearmongering Trump and his running mate JD Vance have campaigned on all year. But, still, the world turns, and we’re all expected to return to our daily lives first thing in the morning. Whether that’s heading into the office, taking kids to school, or, in my case, writing about games like Dragon Age: The Veilguard .

Entertainment journalism is a multifaceted, sometimes silly affair in the grand scheme of things. Whether you’re covering games, music, film, sports, fashion, or any other industry, you must often put your head in the sand to write about your respective beat while everything around you is on fire. A lot of sites, Kotaku included, are built upon the idea that the entertainment mediums we cover intersect with culture, politics, and community.

But every “news” writer confined to a fandom-driven vertical sometimes goes entire days without reporting on the biggest news happening around them, specifically when such news impacts the human experiences of our readers yet some can’t spot an obvious connection between that and what we write about. These are the days wh.