Tina Amini

Saints Row IV: The Kotaku Review

Saints Row IV, much like its predecessor, is a game that doesn’t make any excuses for itself. It knows exactly what it is and just how much it caters to the lowest common denominator. And you know what? It straight up loves it. It relishes it. And I love Saints Row IV for it. If…

Here’s what’s going on at Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Cimeas reflects back onSan Andreas and its pros and its cons, Sam G. recalls connections of childhood to Earthbound, GiantBoyDetective has an interesting interaction with a student who is excited to play Saints Row IV

Watch Master Chief Tell His Life Story Through A Series Of Drawings

“Draw My Life” videos have become increasingly popular on YouTube. So popular that fictional characters are picking up dry erase markers to summarize their lives for you. We’ve seen Zelda’s version up on Machinima, now here’s Master Chief.

The Best Of Kotaku, The Week Of August 12

So many reviews this week! Tons of games are out/are coming out to defeat the end of the summer in gaming style. Head on over to Kotaku Selects to read our reviews and other hand-picked articles from the week. The image above is called, “Mario Killed My Friend With My Own House.” 🙁 It’s by…

Are Video Games Taking Over My Life?

What do you do if you don’t like a video game everyone else in the world seems to like? Are you too worried about getting in your gaming fix? What’s your favorite pudding? These questions and more on this week’s Ask Kotaku. Don’t forget to send me questions for next week! Get wild! Ask me…

Guess What YouTube’s Most Subscribed Channel Is

Apparently the fans outweigh the haters… …because PewDiePie is the number one (#1) most subscribed YouTube channel. In the world. Of all the channels. Even over Rihanna. And Justin Bieber. Good job, Internet. I knew I could count on you to love video games more than cheesy pop music. He’s got over 11.9 million subscribers…

Release Date Announcement: We just got word from Square Enix that Thief will release on February 25 of next year. You can watch the new Gamescom trailer released in tandem with the news right here.

50 Jokes, References, Easter Eggs In Saints Row IV In Under 5 Minutes

The ever-resourceful folks over at GameFront compiled a fairly comprehensive video on a bunch of the jokes and references found in Volition’s latest Saints Row title. Which is quite good, by the way. There are a lot. This is just a good, chunky scratch off the top of that iceberg. There’s an arguable spoiler near…

Murder Room

I visit my friends house and all she wants to do is strangle me.

Mmmm Dat Wooden Box

I love that the recycled lines sometimes make your citizens say the silliest things. OH I COULDN’T POSSIBLY PASS UP SUCH A GREAT DEAL ON THAT…WOODEN BOX.

Coffee Addicts

I’ve turned everyone in town. They’re all coffee addicts. They howl at the Roost Café and everything. GIF form cause I’ve been having fun with it:

What Is This Abomination That Moved Just Moved Into My Town

Pietro is a scary, creepy clown and I’m not sure if I should harass him to leave town or stay very far away for fear of DEATH.

The definition of “getting up on the wrong side of the bed”

Just drinkin’ some coffee

Just got the to-go option unlocked!

Watch The Biggest Dota 2 Tournament Live, Right Here

Continuing through the weekend in Seattle, we’ll be seeing the top Dota 2 teams from all over the world verse each other in The International—the largest known tournament for the game—for a prize pool of $2.8 million. Grand Finals close the event out this Sunday, but you can watch it all, live and right here.…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week Of August 5th

Um, animal donuts. That’s kind of all I need to say about this week. But if you want to see the rest of this week’s best content, head over to Kotaku Selects There are also a ton of tournaments going on this weekend that Owen will tune you into later. Sharks are one of the…

How Do I Make My Tween Sister Understand The Dangers Of Social Media?

Youngins aren’t the only ones at risk partaking in social media platforms—just look at some of the controversies that transpired over Twitter that resulted in people being let go from their jobs—but they’re perhaps the most naive to it. On this week’s Ask Kotaku, I address that concern and more. Be sure to email me…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of July 29

We had some reviews this week, a really fascinating and promising EverQuest announcement and introduced a new mini-interview series, but let’s just all admit this was the best part of the week and be done with it. See the rest of my Kotaku Selects selections over here As for my image choice for today’s round-up,…

How Do You Tell A Developer To Their Face That Their Game Sucks?

Everyone’s got an opinion on everything, but how do you confess straight to someone’s face that you dislike something they made? It can possibly be an awkward experience, but in today’s Ask Kotaku I dive in to how I deal with those situations. But let’s go through a few other questions you guys sent me…

The Xbox One’s Insides Have Changed A Little Bit Since E3

The Xbox One we saw at E3 isn’t quite the Xbox One the team at Microsoft has in their hands right now. They’ve been making a few tweaks to the system, Xbox exec Marc Whitten shared on Major Nelson’s podcast today Whitten covered a few other updates on the internal status of the Xbox One.…