{"id":1228332,"date":"2026-02-24T22:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851784493"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:33:06","slug":"the-games-we-loved-and-hated-this-week-and-other-kotaku-opinions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-games-we-loved-and-hated-this-week-and-other-kotaku-opinions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Games We Loved And Hated This Week, And Other Kotaku Opinions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/the-games-we-loved-and-hated-this-week-and-other-kotaku-opinions.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Opinions are like Kotaku \u2014 they\u2019re a bunch of assholes! I think that\u2019s how that saying goes. Anyway, this week, we liked Pragmata and hated Crimson Desert, felt skeptical of Xbox\u2019s forthcoming handheld and thankful for the Switch 2, and, perhaps most urgently, had a great many things to say about promotional popcorn\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-pragmata-crimson-desert-dragon-age-review-1851784493\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-pragmata-crimson-desert-dragon-age-review-1851784493\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinions are like Kotaku \u2014 they\u2019re a bunch of assholes! I think that\u2019s how that saying goes. Anyway, this week, we liked Pragmata and hated Crimson Desert, felt skeptical of Xbox\u2019s forthcoming handheld and thankful for the Switch 2, and, perhaps most urgently, had a great many things to say about promotional popcorn\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1228333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[209,12044,13601,12357,542,10878,10559,842,10324,6583,17940,8681,10661,13,21,34,6639,356,13603,6578,60],"class_list":["post-1228332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-capcom","tag-carolyn-petit","tag-cinemark","tag-dragon-age-the-veilguard","tag-electronic-arts","tag-electronic-arts-games","tag-ethan-gach","tag-geoff-keighley","tag-handheld-game-consoles","tag-home-video-game-consoles","tag-kart-world","tag-kenneth-shepard","tag-moises-taveras","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-rpg","tag-single-player-video-games","tag-star-wars","tag-taylor","tag-windows-games","tag-xbox-one"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Games We Loved And Hated This Week, And Other Kotaku Opinions | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Opinions are like Kotaku \u2014 they\u2019re a bunch of assholes! 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