
Patricia Hernandez
Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she ⛦served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. She specializes in offbeat internet culture stories, along with reports on unbelievable player triumphs.
Latest articles by Patricia Hernandez

Pokemon TCG Pocket best decks and meta tier list (June 2025)
By Joel Franey last updated
Guide The best PTCGP decks are ranked for 🌊the current meta in🌺 the wake of Extradimensional Crisis

"Everyone is here": the three magic words that made Super Smash Bros. Ultimate one of Nintendo's greatest achievements
By Patricia Hernandez published
Opinion Opinion | Smash's future on the Switch 2 is uncertain, but it's hard to imagine anything being bigger than Ultim﷽ate

Spider-Man has become every Marvel Rivals player's worst nightmare
By Patricia Hernandez published
Opinion Opinion | Friendly n🌊eighborhood Spider-Man? More like Marvel Rivals menace

Shadow of the Erdtree changes everything we thought we knew about Elden Ring's story
By Patricia Hernandez published
Opinion Opinion | There's actu✃ally quite a lot to unpack in the lore-heavy expansion

There's a strange sound haunting Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree players, and nobody's figured it out yet
By Patricia Hernandez published
Features Controllers are v🅘ibrating with a myste🃏rious heartbeat, but what's causing it?

Fortnite players are begging Epic to let them spend more money
By Patricia Hernandez published
Features "When is Lady Gaga e♚ver going to leave the item shop?"

Why we can't quit zombies
By Patricia Hernandez published
The tide of zombie games mirrors that♏ of zombies themselves: relentless. What's with our fascination with the und𓃲ead?

10 games to play on Halloween
By Patricia Hernandez published
Getting into the Halloween spirit for a gamer means playing some of the most terrifying, mind-bending, ee𝐆rie games out there. We have some recom🐼mendations to suit all levels of depravity...
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