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The Daily Hotness: Freddie Wong heats things up

1 hour ago - 11:59 PM on 01.27.2012   |   Liam Fisher


Freddie Wong's videos don't always do it for me, but his latest was pretty special. It's more than just the story of a man on a quest for fire-based flora, it's a critical look at man's constant quest for power and the (often) unintended destruction that follows. The cycle th... Nevermind. 

Kingdom's of Amalur has an online pass that people aren't happy with, Samit reviewed NFL Blitz, PC players are getting an upgrade on their Witcher 2, and more happened on 1/27/2012.

Destructoid Original: 
BritToid Ep. 22: Keep Calm and Look Back At 2011
Dat DLC: Orcs Must Die! 'Lost Adventures'
With Vita I am the greatest UMvC3 player alive!
DTOID Extra: I am in lava with Happy Action Theater
See how the MLG Pro Circuit Controller can swap sticks
Art Juice: The Mega Man
Exclusive: Meet Final Fantasy XIII-2's sound team
This weekend on Twitch TV: Passing the torch
Friday Night Fights: Resistance is futile
The DTOID Show: Wii-U madness and Pokémon Photoshops

Community: 
Community blogs of 1/27
Forum thread of the day: Doomsday Chimes

Reviews: 
Review: NFL Blitz
Review: Mecho Wars
Review: The Blackwell series

Previews:
Preview: Collisions are a glorious thing in DiRT Showdown
Preview: 5 things to know about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

Events:
David Jaffe invites YOU to a Twisted Metal Tournament!


How awesome is Capcom's Yoshinori Ono?

THIS awesome. What sells the video isn't that the producer of Street Fighter X Tekken was willing to do this. No, what really puts it in God Mode is the stilted English, the pimp robe, and the Blanka-in-a-glass cocktail. Street Fighter Movie Reenactment with Capcom's Yoshinori Ono [1UP] more


Review: The Blackwell series

Point-and-click adventures were big in the '90s and Wadjet Eye Games looks to bring them back with the Blackwell series: four episodic games that follow a reluctant detective and her ghostly relative. Each game tells ano... more


Have a very classy Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer

SEGA has released a new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. It's exclusive to IGN, but you can view their Youtube version of the video just above.  There's no gameplay footage, which I'd really like more of at this st... more


The DTOID Show: Wii-U madness and Pokémon Photoshops

Happy Friday, everyone! Hopefully you all tuned into our live show today and won an XBLA code for the latest Orcs Must Die! DLC, but if not, don't worry! There will be plenty more giveaways in the near future - and that's a ... more


Fan project Renegade X: Black Dawn available tomorrow

Fans of the Command & Conquer series have had to deal with their fair share of ups and downs for the past few years. Up: Ric Flair fighting a bear. Down: Command & Conquer 4. After three years of work from Totem Arts... more


Resident Evil: Revelations will be sold for $39.99

Last year, Capcom announced that it had to put Resident Evil: Revelations on a 4GB card instead of the standard 2GB, causing the price to jump from $39.99 to $49.99. Ever since this announcement, Capcom has diligently been wo... more



Egoraptor turns a critical eye towards Castlevania IV

Egoraptor's Sequelitis, if you haven't been following along, is a fairly new series that breaks down the game design advancements and downgrades between sequels, while also adding a bit of that manic Egoraptor pizzazz that w... more


The special forces of Mass Effect 3's co-op

I imagine people like me will play Mass Effect 3's co-op long enough to see what it's about and quickly lose interest, moving back into the quiet realm of offline play. It all seems to come down to how much you enjoy the ser... more


Watch this dude play (Street Fighter 3) with himself

This is sick. Dude, stop it. You're making everybody uncomfortable. Have you no shame? This, ladies and gentlemen, is fighting game virtuoso Desk as he plays a few rounds of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike one-handed against.... more


Indie developer redesigns UI specifically for one player

User-interface design is a tricky part of game development. You have to find the right balance between usability and attractive aesthetic choices. This is only taking an "average" gamer into account, but there are m... more


Mother Brain needs more minions

Designed by Dtoider Balthazar "Fluffy Pancakes" Rosiles, this minimalistic Metroid shirt is sure to confuse the shit out of your stupid co-workers. "Dude, it's the sensor from Predator right?" *Rolls eyes* Check it out! Have a killer idea for gaming shirt? Contact Us




38 Studios has attempted to justify the content being gated behind an online pass in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. When asked why an entire quest line was being held to ransom in exchange for new sales, the developer said it was originally planned as paid DLC.

"The House of Valor content is, for all intents and purposes, our first DLC content," said community manager Muse. "Instead of holding onto it for a month or more and charging everyone for it later, we opted to give it to those who purchase the game new for free."

This is a pretty smart move on the part of 38 Studios. Using the already questionable tactic of holding back content for paid DLC in order to make the more questionable tactic of online passes look almost heroic is a master stroke of PR genius. I have to applaud that. 

It's a complex situation though, I grant you that. Giving away DLC is more akin to rewarding new customers rather than punishing used ones, something I've actively encouraged. Still, one can then argue if it's really a "gift" when it could have been in the game originally and was taken out to sell at a price. It certainly bears a lot more thought than it looked like it deserved, given the clumsy presentation of the pass found within the game's box.

In any case, I maintain that having this pass as the first thing a customer sees really sends the wrong message about how confident a publisher is that it won't be traded into GameStop within a week. Maybe next time, don't have a game box that's nothing but the disc, the EULA, and a "Please don't trade me in" flyer. 


This weekend on Twitch TV: Passing the torch

Jon Carnage may be on his way out of Dtoid's Twitch TV channel, but he's going out with a bang with his final few appearances this weekend. It starts with the last regular episode of Mash Tactics as hosted by Jon Carnage and ... more


Friday Night Fights: Resistance is futile

As you've probably heard, Insomniac has officially bowed out of making new Resistance games. Considering the third (and best) game didn't sell well, I can't say this comes as a shock, but it's still a sad day overall for fans... more


Exclusive: Meet Final Fantasy XIII-2's sound team

Dale summed up the Final Fantasy XIII-2 soundtrack pretty well with his simple and direct "WTF?!" This soundtrack is a total departure from anything we've known as Final Fantasy music, with styles including rap, hip-hop, jazz... more


Art Juice: The Mega Man

[Every week (until I get bored), Art Juice takes a recent videogame story and provides an unremittingly artistic slant, telling us a little something about ourselves in the process ... whether we want to know the truth or not... more


David Jaffe invites YOU to a Twisted Metal Tournament!

Upon the news that a new Twisted Metal game was coming out, many gamers couldn't wait to sink their sweet teeth into it. Well, if you live in or near San Francisco, you will have the opportunity to check out this game next... more


A little more on A Game of Dwarves

Developer Zeal Game Studios did the original Dwarfs game and are back for more with A Game of Dwarves. The CEO of Paradox Interactive, Freddrick Wester, was the one who actually approached Zeal Game to make a newer version, ... more


Preview: 5 things to know about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

The original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater holds a special place in my gaming heart, as it does in Conrad's. I was fresh out of high school without a lot of money, and the addictive nature of trying to complete the perfect run elimi... more