In Real Life

Forget Quake, It’s Cake Team Arena Time

In celebration of this weekend’s QuakeCon and the 20th anniversary of id Software, id and Bethesda sent me the most hideous cake I’ve ever had sitting on my coffee table, and I shop at the Publix bakery.


December 9, 2010
In Real Life

DC Universe Online Artist Now Tries Competitive Cake Making

Kotaku has a proud history of showcasing the artistic intersection of video games and cakes, so it’s no surprise who our favourite contestant is “Cake Boss: Next Great Baker.” Meet Brian Stevens, senior artist at Sony Online Entertainment.


November 11, 2010

Night Vision Cake Makes For A Prestigious Birthday

Was it really a year ago that Modern Warfare 2 was the it-release, and its night vision goggles were the opulent special edition premium. This cake doesn’t celebrate that anniversary, it’s for “stepTOF,” from his girlfriend. Sent in by TEAMCHINA.


August 17, 2008
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But the Bride is in Another Castle!

Newlyweds Frank and Paige Hackett are gamers, he on his PS3 and SNES (yep), she on her DS and PSP. They’re also, in Frank’s words, a “short Italian guy and much taller blonde girl”. So it would follow that that thing, above, would be the cake at their wedding last weekend. Frank provided us the source pictures and we’ll have an architectural discussion on the jump.


April 27, 2008
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Gamecakes: Kirby Starring in Robotron: 2084

I swear to God, that’s what this looks like. See, Kirby, that pinkish blob in the middle, vaguely phocomelic appendages, with smiling eyes … and what looks like three members of The Last Family around him. That’s a Kirby-Robotron mashup.