Tina Amini

In celebration of Surgeon Simulator 2013 and the indie sensation that it has become: the most disgusting cake you have ever wanted to eat. Mmmm disgustlicious. Uncensored image follows. (Surgeon Simulator 2013 via Reddit) To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter at @tinaamini

Katie Couric Gets Schooled On the Benefits of Violent Video Games

Yesterday we ran a piece exposing the scare tactics media like to use when discussing video games and violence. Flashy edits, buzzwords, complete ignorance, that sort of thing. Today Katie Couric, the host of the particular segment we analyzed, reached out to her Twitter followers to ask for the “positive side” of violent games. When…

That Tiny Tina Borderlands 2 DLC Will Release on June 25

Today Gearbox acknowledged the next piece of downloadable content coming to Borderlands 2 is indeed named Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep. It’s coming out on June 25, either for $9.99 (aka 800 Microsoft points) or for free as part of the Season Pass purchase. The game centers on narrator Tiny Tina, the rambunctious little…

Why Soldiers Wear Call of Duty-style Masks

Now that Call of Duty: Ghosts is an official thing—and since the only detail we’re being given is something to do with masks, I think—it’s an interesting time to look back on what the famous and one-time-infamous Call of Duty skull mask even is. You might not remember the event that tried to place infamy…

The Cutest, Cheesiest Pokémon Prom Proposal Ever

There’s no way the girl being asked to prom in this video could have said no. Ash Ketchum—or, ok, a high schooler dressed up as Ash—commanding the attention of the entire cafeteria, complete with an announcement, a Pokéball and cheesy poetry? No way she could have said no. I wish my high school prom proposal…

These Are The Three Songs Featured In Those New GTA V Trailers

Rockstar released three new character trailers for their latest game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Up top is “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen to go with Michael’s debut. Then there’s Franklin, sporting the tune of “Hood Gone Love It” by Jay Rock: And finally Trevor polishes the soundtrack off with Waylon Jennings’ “Are You…

Here’s what’s happening on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor GiantBoyDetective shares a story of friendship and generosity, Azureguy gives a personal review of Skies of Arcadia Legends, and Zarnyx visits the video game exhibit at the MoMA for the first time.

We haven’t done a Miiverse Moments post in a while, but that doesn’t mean others haven’t taken notice of the sometimes fantastic art that pops up on Nintendo’s newest platform. That’s why Printing Miiverse—an art show opening up in Nuremberg, Germany on May 4th—exists. To celebrate the very best of those fantastic Miiverse moments. You…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of April 22nd

Another week, another Next Xbox rumor. Or, wait, that’s not right. This week Microsoft finally announced that they will be announcing the next generation console. Mark your calendar: May 21st. That’s soon! We will, of course, be reporting live to bring you all the details of the next boxy device you may or may not…

These Excellent Films Might Become Commercials For The PlayStation

Sony recently announced that they’ve hired MOFILM—a community that holds regular contests meant to “inspire” filmmakers—to crowdsource their advertisement efforts. Which is great! Because MOFILM’s Barcelona 2013 contest churned out some really dramatic films. Here are the winners. Here’s what the winners got You can check out one of the first place winners up top.…

Here’s a new rumor to add to the ever-growing pile of whispers about the next Xbox, which will be announced on May 21. Polygon says their sources tell them that the machine, code-named Durango, will be able to capture and share video; that it will have some form of always-on requirement (that may ring a…

This Guy Draws People’s Weirdest Tweets

One of my favorite Tumblrs—next to Sports Balls Replaced With Cats, of course—is this one where Mike Rosenthal draws people’s silliest, funniest, downright weirdest tweets. The tweets themselves are pretty great, but Rosenthal really emphasizes how uniquely strange and funny they are through his drawings and (sometimes) animated pictures. There are even a few video…

YouTube’s Silliest Personalities Get Re-Created In Source Filmmaker

Remember the pure genius that was thatscoutisaspy‘s recreation of the Game Grumps absolutely losing it to Sonic ’06? If you don’t, do yourself a favor and get acquainted The Game Grumps continue to play games and be silly about it, and thatscoutisaspy continues to take the silliest of their content and recreate their interactions in…

Turns Out Gearbox Is The Highest Bidder On Homeworld

Gearbox today announced that the mysterious highest bidder on Homeworld was actually them. Luke gave us a rundown on the runners up last night, but the winners of the RTS series once owned by THQ wouldn’t reveal themselves at the time. The only other details Gearbox mentioned in today’s announcement included their dedication to preserving…

Dead Island: Riptide: The Kotaku Review

There are so many things so wrong with Dead Island: Riptide that I’m not even sure where to begin. Sometimes you have to dig and climb your way through a game before the payoff hits. If you’ve ever played a lengthy RPG, this might be a familiar feeling to you. In the end, you won’t…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week Of April 15th

Man, what a week! Stephen was out this week so things were a little busier than usual. We also introduced a new review sidebar that we’re considering tweaking still (suggestions are always welcome!). All of our best content from this week, and the one previous, can be found at our new Kotaku Selects home. But…

The Most Expensive (And Elaborate) Domino Set-Up Uses 10,000 iPhones

And the best part isn’t even that it uses 10,000 iPhones. It’s that they apparently use the Near Field Communications feature to effectively talk to one another, which creates the lighting effect and the finale that you see in the video above, by AatmaStudio Edit: Scratch that, it’s likely just CG. Boo. 10,000 iPhone 5…

Check Out The 18 New Games That Were Just Green-Lit On Steam

Steam just got a whole bunch of new games approved by its community. From Japanese RPGs to strategy games to zombies to I-Don’t-Even-Know-What-That-Is-But-It-Looks-Pretty to Something-That-Looks-Like-Slender to dungeon crawlers and so many more, there’s a ton of interesting new games you can check out. I think I like Dreamfall Chapters best simply because I want to…

BattleBlock Theater: The Kotaku Review

BattleBlock Theater is what I want to do on a Friday night. The first time I played it was in the middle of the work week. I stayed up until 2am playing. I don’t stay up until 2am when I have to wake up at 7am for work, not normally. The second time I played…

The Best Of Kotaku, Mass Effect Week Edition

It was Mass Effect Week here at Kotaku. We, uh, we might’ve overdone it a bit! It’s the first time we’ve tried a themed week and we probably got a bit too excited at the prospect of sharing all of our thoughts with you, in light of the conclusion of the trilogy with the release…