Tina Amini

We’re at E3! And I’m doing something different this year. I’m planning on recording our journey through the socially connected world of the Internet—Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Vine, even Periscope. These will all be experiments, but if there’s something you want to see, let me know in the comments and I will try to make it…

Peeing In A Coffee Can, And Other Gaming Marathon Stories

This week I asked all you fine, potentially troubled Kotaku readers what your most impressive (most disturbing?) gaming marathon story is. And, well, yeah… I’m…worried about most of you. Here are 15 interesting tales of perseverance in the name of gaming. Peeing In Coffee Cans (via Killer_WaLrUs) My senior year of high school, I decided…

Track: Veins | Artist: Keyes | Album: Veins Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

What’s Your Craziest Gaming Marathon Story?

If your story involves some kind of homemade urinating contraption and a strict diet of whatever is within arm’s reach and doesn’t require cooking, you’re probably delightfully gross and I want to hear from you. Ditto if your story involves days of unwashed clothes, missed jury duty dates, or anything involving the words “temporary paralysis.”…

Attack on Titan, Explained

One of the most depressing shows I have watched is also one of the greatest. Attack on Titan is many things at once: an anime, a look at human nature, a horrifying tale of defeat. From the outside, it might just seem like any other anime show centering around kids with cool skills. But if…

Title: White Wine and Fried Chicken | Artist: Hot Chip | Album: Why Make Sense? Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

What’s the coolest competitive gaming moment you’ve ever seen? (Other than EVO Moment 37, of course!) Kotaku is working on a documentary series highlighting the performances of great players in tournaments, speedruns, and other areas of competitive gaming. So, what’ve you seen? What would you like to learn more about? We’re ready to go behind…

Microwaving Your Game Is Never The Answer, And Other Rage Stories

The Kotaku readership has collectively broken many, many controllers. But here are some of the better (read: entertaining) rage quitting stories you shared. There’s a surprising amount of fire involved. Microwaving Your Game Is Never The Answer (via soniko) Mine was few years ago but I will never ever be able to forget it, during…

Catlateral Damage, a game that we played back in its early alpha stage that we called a Jerk Cat Simulator, is now officially out on the Steam store for PC, Mac and Linux.

What’s Your Worst Rage Quitting Story?

Sometimes that boss just WON’T go down. Or there’s some really annoying kid on your team who won’t stop killing you for some reason? Maybe it was a glitch that did it. Whatever your story is, you rage quit. And you rage quit hard. Rage quitting isn’t just putting the controller down and deciding to…

‘Sodomize Me Jesus’ And Other Crazy Video Game Stories

Hoo-boy, have you guys done some insane things in the name of gaming! I asked you guys to share some stories of the great lengths you’ve gone through for games, gaming systems, gaming lifestyles…and you certainly did deliver. Here’s a hand-picked selection of some of the, uh, ‘best’ ones, edited for clarity. Never stop being…

I’m Sick Of This ‘Cat Lady’ Bullshit

Look, I like cats. I grew up with them. I own one. I’ll chase them down on the street to try and pet them. But just because I have a cat, that does not make me a cat lady. Frankly, I haven’t personally been accused of being one either. But I’m still sick of people…

What’s The Craziest Thing You’ve Done For A Video Game?

You’ve probably been to your fair share of midnight launches and spent long nights replaying previous titles in preparation for sequels. But dig down deep and share your more shameful stories. Did you steal a friend’s game? Fly to Japan? Mug an old lady for the cash for one? Sleep with a hooker and then…

Adventure Time, Explained

Adventure Time is the source of much of my happiness. Considering the rabid fans out there, you’d think I wouldn’t even have to explain Adventure Time Five years, six seasons and countless comic and game adaptations later, Adventure Time still commands a powerful (and creative!) fan community. You either get it or you don’t. You…

The Japanese Cat Game We Can’t Stop Playing

At least 20 times a day, I check in on my virtual cats. I consistently have the impulse to do so, in fact. Neko Atsume, the Japanese cat game a bunch of us at Kotaku are addicted to, calls to me. It speaks to my soul, and I can’t stop playing it. You can see…

Beating A Boss With Your Back Turned, And Other Video Game Exploits

I just bought this self-help book. It’s called “So your readers are all cheaters.” But, hey, I’ve been a video game exploiter before, too. So here are some shining examples of the exploit stories you all sent in, with minor edits for readability. Trapping Your Enemies (via Mike Fahey) Back when I was first playing…

Tell Us About The Time You Exploited A Game

I’ll admit it: I’m not above exploiting a game if I feel like it adds to the experience. In the case of Left 4 Dead 2, when I ran into some players who taught me a trick to lagging out the game, I was happy to play along. The trick was you had to quickly…

We’re Getting A 3D Adventure Time Game

We’re getting another Adventure Time game, coming to basically every platform imaginable in the fall. It’s set in a three-dimensional Land of Ooo—including Candy and Fire Kingdoms, Wizard City, and Castle Lemongrab—where Finn and Jake embark on an investigation initiated by their parents. It’s an adventure game, so it’ll mostly include a lot of wandering…

What’s The Worst Troll You’ve Encountered?

Over a game of some Call of Duty, someone once asked me if I worked at Hooters. Because I am a woman with a woman’s voice and this is a thing you ask people, I guess? Shockingly, that’s one of the few “troll” stories I have to share from my time gaming with people online.…