Kotaku: Cooking

Here’s How to Cook Skyrim Soup

Evan Narcisse — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST

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Bethesda's latest RPG hit presents players with lots of things to see, hear and shout at. You can add taste to that list of action words, too, Gus Mastrapa's already cataloged what he's been eating in the game's virtual world but the lads at Joystiq have brought one of Tamriel's medieval recipes into the modern-day kitchen. More »

Turning Video Game Food Into Real, Delicious Food

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:30:00 EDT

Daniella Zelli is making me hungry. She runs a website called Gourmet Gaming, which exists solely to take the food found in video games and bring it into the real world. More »

Let's Cook Tasty Pork Treats with Capcom's Big Cheese

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:30:00 EDT

Kenzo Tsujimoto is the CEO of Capcom, one of the world's most famous video game developers and publishers. But that's not all he does! He's also mad for a drop of the ol' claret. Oh, and he makes a mean okonomiyaki as well. More »

The Princess And The Frog Screens Look Like All Other Disney Games

AJ Glasser — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:20:00 EDT

The Princess and the Frog is the first Disney feature animated film with a black princess, which has a lot of people in a snit over racial stereotypes and social equality. More »

Activision Introduces Science Papa, No Relation

Mike Fahey — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:00:00 EDT

What company would have the gall to release a series of science experiment mini-games for the Nintendo DS and Wii and call it Science Papa? Oh yeah, that company. More »

Eat That PETA - Majesco Launches Cake Mania

Stuart Houghton — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:20:00 EST

Oh please, PLEASE let there be a meat loaf level... More »

Pierce Film, Cook Xbox On High For Five Minutes, Then Stir

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:30:00 EDT

Ingredients: Kids, a camera, an Xbox 360, a microwave, the timeless human desire to bust stuff up real good. Preparation: Remove white plastic shell from console. Cooking Directions: Insert Xbox 360 in microwave. Cook until in flames. Remove from microwave, inhale toxic fumes, high-five everybody in the room, take photographs. Serving Suggestion: Video of microwaved 360 is above, with a gallery of fried console components in the gallery linked below. More »

Iron Chef Host Says "Kotaku", Announces Game

Mike Fahey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:20:31 EDT

What better way to announce the video game for Food Network's Iron Chef America than Mr. Mark Dacascos - the chairman himself - name dropping Kotaku? I can't think of one, which is why I spent all weekend playing this clip over and over again. Ko-Tah-KOO! Destineer and Black Lantern Studios is bringing Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine to the Nintendo Wii and DS this summer, allowing you to face-off in kitchen stadium against world famous chefs. The whole thing sounds a bit like a version of Cooking Mama you can play against the computer, with 15 main ingredients, hundreds of recipe variations, and 300 different mini-game tasks to help you get the job done. Being an embarrassingly huge fan of the show, I will more than likely by this, as long as Alton Brown signs on to do commentary, or failing that - John Madden. just imagine the beauty of that for a moment, and then hit the jump for the full trailer and first screenshot from Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine. More »

Shadow the Hedgehog Can Cook

Maggie Greene — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:20:27 EDT

Mark G. sent along a link to the Sega-themed episode of his show Geek Eats!. I laughed (it's been a long week), though I have to wonder if some people don't have too much time on their hands; still, it's a better way to spend a few minutes than watching 95% of the current offerings on Food Network. You can catch more episodes over at his Geek Eats website. More »

Martha's Wii Cake - The Recipe

Mike Fahey — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:20:33 EDT

Crecente was completely right about the Wired Martha Stewart Wii cake. My head did explode, and once I got around to shoveling the various bits back inside of my skull I immediately started searching for the recipe for this wonder of wonders. Then I got sidetracked by something shiny and forgot about it completely until Kotakuite Chilly directed me to the New York Post of all places, which has posted the recipe in its exhaustive entirety courtesy of Lesli Heffler of the Sono Baking Company and Café. The recipe isn't easy, and it certainly won't be cheap. The cake portion alone requires a recipe for two 8x2 inch cakes multiplied roughly 24 times. That's over 72 cups of flour, 48 cups of sugar, and 144 ounces of butter. The only thing more staggering than the list of ingredients is the sheer amount of effort needed for the massive undertaking, which is why you won't see me making one of these any time soon. Remember kids, glory doesn't come cheap. More »

Tetris Ice Cubes

Kim Phu — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:40:00 EDT

Granted, you have to plan a barbecue at least a month in advance to make enough ice cubes to truly make enough ice blocks to give it a Tetris feeling (and who knows how much time to make the mold), it doesn't mean this Instructable is impossible to make for anyone who has a little time and patience. The step-by-step goes through the process of building a unique silicone Tetris mold that you can then put water in and freeze. Regular store-bought food dye gives the block its color, but I can't imagine what happens when it melts in your drink and gets all over your lips. You'd probably look like you've been sucking on Otter Pops all day. Kim Phu More »

Nintendo Cake Pans

Kim Phu — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:40:00 EDT

Oh how it rains in Amsterdam. So much so that there is really not much to do but to sit in my kitchen and think about baked goods. Strawberry Pikachu Cake sounds like a lovely dessert to serve to guests, but how to get it into the Pikachu shape? Why, with Nintendo shaped cake tins, of course! These two bad boys are available at various online locations, and you can't say that they don't inspire you to pull out a Martha Stewart annual or two and make something Nintendolly delicious. I'm toying with the idea of baking both cakes and switching the heads. Kim Phu More »

Xbox 360 Cooks Your Breakfast

Jason Chen — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:40:30 EST

This must be the second most cancer-inducing plate of scrambled eggs I've ever seen, next to the time my wife brought home a plutonium skillet she found at the swap meet for 84 cents. In any case, this guy's 360 gave him the three red lights of death, and since it wasn't under warranty, he decided to open up the case and start frying. More »

Eat, Write and Be Merry with the DS

Brian Crecente — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:00:27 EST

After the tremendous success of the brain games in Japan, Nintendo has decided to experiment with some even stranger "games." More »