Remembering Kotaku AU - Seamus Byrne, Mark Serrels, Alex Walker, David Smith | grokludo 4

Kotaku AU has closed. To me and many others, it held a special place in Australia's gaming history. So this is part memorial, part group therapy session, part insider discussion for everyone else's understanding, in which I've gathered former editors of the site to talk about its beginning, middle, and end.
Mark Serrels and Alex Walker had the longest tenures as editor of Kotaku AU, and David Smith was editor during its final years. Seamus Byrne started as editor of Gizmodo, and later became publisher of Allure's tech suite.
The baseball has never been more inside -- but through that kind of insider discussion, hopefully there's an increased understanding of what made Kotaku AU special, and the current environment of dying games media. (And dying media in general)
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:11 - How Kotaku AU started
09:35 - Mark Serrels' introduction to Kotaku AU
14:50 - Bringing on more writers
16:23 - Bringing on Alex Walker
21:30 - Seeing Kotaku AU end & the implications
28:10 - Campaigning for an R18 rating for games
31:23 - Mentorship and getting the right people
35:25 - Seamus' journey with independent media
40:32 - Kotaku AU's challenges towards the end
50:00 - Mark's favourite posts
52:00 - Readers bringing Mark gifts
54:48 - Kotaku AU's special place in media
1:00:30 - Our favourite unhinged posts
1:08:30 - What the world should know about Kotaku AU