Rest in Peace, Rande, the Best Friend a Game Journalist Could Ever Have

In May of 2006, months before I started writing for Kotaku, my then girlfriend and I went to the pet store to buy her a kitten. There were cages filled with various mewling beasts, fluffy, bright-eyed animals eager to find a good home. And then there was Rande. I didn’t like him at all.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); A tuxedo cat wearing a black Batman mask with eyes like obsidian, the kitten my girlfriend chose was, in my opinion, a little freak. For the first two weeks after we brought him home he’d sit in the corner of the living room while I played video games, his eyes melding so perfectly with his black fur I couldn’t tell if he was staring or not. It was unnerving. Over time we bonded, and soon he was following me around our apartment. If I sat down he was on me, digging his razor-sharp claws into my legs lovingly. If I was at my desk he was under it, curled up around my feet. When my girlfriend and I parted ways he stayed, and for the past five years he’s been my constant companion. He’s been a part of Kotaku as well. He first appeared in 2007, when I attemped to photograph a copy of Pokemon Snap for an article and he decided it was his. He’s shown up in unboxings, he’s helped me review food for Snacktaku, and he’s put up with incredible amounts of shit for the sake of your entertainment. http://kotaku.com/330494/pokemon-snap-to-us-vc-this-monday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDSF9adivnw Last night my wife bundled up the twins to come and pick me up from the airport following my trip to E3 2012, Rande slipped out the door unnoticed. When we got home he was nowhere to be found. I stayed up for hours calling u31 เครดิตฟรี 188 him, and when I finally slept I did so on my front porch, in hopes that I’d wake up with him curled up in my lap. Around 5:30 AM my brother, who lives close by, called to ask me if Rande was in the house. He had just passed a black and white cat in the middle of the road that had been hit by a car. I ran outside and down the street, and there he was. I bundled him up and drove out to my mother’s house, made him a space with shovel and bare hands, and now he’s resting peacefully in a place where they’ve hopefully got plenty of ice pops and E-Z Cheese Rande was a large part u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ of my life, and he was a part of Kotaku as well. I’m glad I got to share him with our readers, and that our best moments are preserved here, where years from now someone will stumble upon a video of a twisted creature shooting ninja stars out of its w69 rear end and experience just a small fraction of the happiness he’s brought me over the years. Sleep well, Rande, you freakishly wonderful cat.