dub3 card · kotaku.com
Kotaku (2009)
Requires Shockwave.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Modern (2009 on)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: -1 to +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 2009
A video game website and blog, launched by Gawker Media.
The name mixes Japanese "otaku", an obsessive fan, with the prefix "ko-", meaning small. PC Magazine ranked it 50th on its Top 100 Classic Web Sites list.
In 2009: Business Insider reported that Hearst wanted to buy it from Gawker Media. Stephen Totilo joined as deputy editor.
Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2009 page.
Put it on your site
Run Kotaku, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2009, then plays a short scene. Want Kotaku in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
