I'm afraid to even do a Google search to see how many times this site has mentioned the 100-friend cap for Xbox LIVE, and how many of those times involved someone of authority saying the restriction would be addressed.

Now I can't say how big of an issue this is for the majority of Xbox LIVE users, but for me, most of my fellow bloggers, and I imagine a good portion of you all have either hit the friends cap or gotten dangerously close.

Anyway, Microsoft's Steve Willet told Patrick Klepek over at G4 that no one has forgotten about past promises. "It is absolutely a continued focus and I am not [a] technical architect that you could tell you why it's capped there," he says, "but I will say it continues to come up, it is something that will not be forever, but I can't give you a real time horizon on when it's going to change."

Well that was informative and eerily specific. Case closed, guys! You can go home now.

Out of all the "GOTY 2008" lists I've read, I couldn't find one that featured a "winning" game that I felt any attachment to, not even Dtoid's winner Left 4 Dead. It seems that gaming journalists are growing more and more out of touch with what makes a game not only worth playing, but also worth owning. I know a lot of the guys who write "PERFECT GAME! 10/10!" reviews for titles like GTA IV and Gears of War 2 are paid off to do so, but that doesn't change the fact that gaming reviews are growing ever less effective at helping gamers assess a game's level of objective quality.

Instead of trusting the opinions of out-of-touch, sponsored-by-the-developer game reviewers, maybe we can look to other measures to determine a game's worth? This report compiled by JJ Hendricks of Videogamepricecharts.com may be a good start, as it shows exactly which developers have the best track records for making games people want to keep, as well as a couple top ten lists charting which games have the best and worst resale values. Hit the link below for the report, and the jump for a few highlights from yours truly.

[via Videogamepricecharts]

Easily my favorite this week is Luke goes for the ride of his life YTMND. Well, up until the very end that is. Also, you may notice a few really old YTMNDs for those of you who've been following YTMND Thursday since it first started two years ago. It's been a pain to find good YTMNDs as of late so hopefully you don't mind. Then again, everyone on the Internet has A.D.D. so it doesn't matter if I use some repeats. 

Thanks to Qalamari as always. What were your favorites this week?

• Metal Gear Toy Story.
• Cranky Kong sings. 
• Super Mario Bros 3 Ulae. An old classic.
• METALLICA!
• Luke goes for the ride of his life. The end kills it though.
• This is nice until the music starts. Then it's AWESOME!
• A wild Snorlax appears.
• Masters of Pokemon.
• Thwomps helping to fight the war on terror.
• What's up, stranger?

First off, big thanks to Qalamari for taking over last week's YTMND feature!

Plenty of facepalm worthy moments happened during E3 this year and I'm kind of disappointed that most of them haven't been made into YTMNDs yet. More specifically, the Guitar Hero IV presentation during Microsoft's keynote had some epic fail. But I have video of that which will go up on Weekend Destructainment at least. 

Until then, check out this week's collection and tell us what your favorites were! Thanks to Qalamari and CannibleCalvin as always. 

• THE SONY BRAND IS FINALLY OVER! Dramatic reading of a reply to the PS3 keynote.
• This sums up Nintendo's keynote nicely. 
• Square's epic betrayal. Dramatic reading of Square's bombshell announcement.
• Poor WiiMusic drummer dude.
• The Wii is so metal.
• Fez is good at Rock Band. 
• FIRE FIRE FIRE!
• Diable 3 is too cartoony. 
• Katamari Damacy for Tiger Handheld.
• What is Damacy?

[ In the absence of our resident shark who is traveling for the various gaming events going on next week we bring you a guest YTMND from our Community Blogs. Enjoy! -Niero ]

While I could never replace Hamza (squid are a poor substitute for sharks at best) I was a little disheartened to see no YTMND Thursday this week, so I decided to post a few I'd found. I hope this takes the edge off for those folks who are similarly jonesing. Some of these may have been featured before; if so, sorry- move on to the next one. 

• Diglett sings!
• I guess that's not the Aerosmith version.
• This one's called "Use the Nuke button." Probably good advice at this point.
• Jesus plays NHL `94. I always thought He was more into Bejeweled.
• Speaking of Jesus...
• And we'll try to stay on a roll with this one. Couldn't resist. Sorry.
• The realistic NES game craze extends all the way to the moon.
• While we're in space, The Starfox team has some celebrity ringers.
• Sonic is sooo boned.
• M. Bison is ready to roll!
• Zelda Rap. some NSFW language.
• In case you hadn't heard, Princess Peach has giant breasts. I guess it's only natural for Mario to say this then? (Again, possibly NSFW language)
• Hopefully you're familiar with the N.S.M.B. fad. The original can be seen here, and I also thought this Outrun spinoff was pretty good. Even more NSFW language on these.
• Team Fortress 2 teaches you world history!

This makes it two weeks in a row that my favorite YTMND is a dramatic reading. The Monster Hunter reading gets really good towards the end thanks to the sobbing. Fanboys are priceless. Well, except when they abuse the Community Blogs. 

I don't know why, but the Hammer Bro one just killed me too. If you find any good YTMNDs, please send them my way! Thanks to Qalamari for the assist. What were your favorites this week?

• Lucario is a cripple 
• The dramatic reading of a fanboy rant on Monster Hunter Wii.
• The real Hammer Bro. So stupid, yet hilarious. 
• Sim City disasters in real life.
• Sonic drinks your milkshake. Meh.
• I really want to play Donkey Kong Country now.
• Carlton Kart. Meh two.
• This is basically what Soulcalibur is nowadays NSFW ... kinda.
• The many voices of Lani Minella. "The hive cluster is under attack!"

Easily my favorite this week is the dramatic reading of the Denis Dyack NeoGAF post. Granted, I always love dramatic readings, but this one is just so timely. I also love the Fox McCloud one, as it's just so damn adorable. 

A good portion of this week's selection are pretty random. Hey, if you know of better YTMNDs, just send them in. Thanks to Qalamari for some of the links. What were your favorites this week?

• Captain Falcon gets a DUI.
• Denis Dyack draws the line. 
• The real Fox McCloud ... AWWW!
• Do a Barrel Roll! DUM DUM DUM!
• I don't even know.
• Reverse spoof of a classic.
• Diablo-related thing.
• More Diablo: Deckard Cain raps.
• Kirby Gear Solid.
• I searched for Destructoid and this is what YTMND brought up.

After taking a small break last week, YTMND Thursday is back. This week's selection is a little smaller than usual, but at least I'm not skipping a week again. The extra helping of Random Man Now Dogs should make up for the smaller selection of videogame-related YMTNDs.

My favorite this week is videogames in real life. It's so damn well done. Thanks to Qalamari for the assist. What are your favorites this week? If you find any good YTMNDs, send them in to tips!

Also, we've been toying with a contest related to YTMNDs. We want to see Destructoid-related YTMNDs, but the thing is, I can only think of two people that would actually rock the contest (CannibalCalvin and Bleep). If we were to do a Destructoid-themed YTMND contest, would you enter? I want to see the response before we roll with a contest like this, so leave a comment on what you think of the idea.  

• Videogames in real life. 
• Indiana Belmont.
• Old Snake's extra equipment.
• Star Fox porno from VG Cats with the voice clips.
• Mario ends Luigi.
• Half-Life 2 in real life.
• E. Honda and Guile play Guitar Hero.
• B-Boy vs. Sagat.

Random Man Now Dogs: Jessica Alba gets scarred. Jurassic Park, abridged. The future of our world.

My favorite of this week's collection is the realistic NES games collection. A lot of work must have went into creating all of the Photoshops of what videogames would look like in real life. Also, Titfish is the greatest YTMND ever. What are your favorites this week?

YTMNDs have been really hard to come across as of late. If you come across any YTMNDs on your journey through the Internets, please pass them along to me! 

• The Fresh Prince of DOOM.
• Mario vs. Pee Wee Herman. 
• The Unicorn wrangler. Made by Bleep.
• Milia Jovovich is starring in Street Fighter next.
• Realistic NES games.
• Age of Conan rave. Thanks, Chris!
• Lock, Stock and Duck Hunt.
• Final Fantasy Cosby.
• If you remember the Street Fighter movie, you'll laugh.
• Granted, it's hard to watch anything about the Street Fighter movie without crying from how horrible it was.

Sorry for the delay everyone. I've been really busy this past week, but hey, at least I didn't skip it completely! Anyway, some really good YTMNDs this week. My favorite is the critique of all the Sonic games. The Mario Kart ones are pretty good as well. 

Thanks to Qalamari for some of these! What were your favorite YTMNDs this week?

[Side note: Wow, YTMND does not sound good at all when you combine it with any day other than Thursdays.] 

• If you're going to play the Gameboy, you better learn how to play it right.
• Castlevania rap.
• A critique of all the Sonic games.
• The Eye of Cosby.
• Ain't nothing but a Dreamcast, baby.
• The red shell always gets you.
• Watch out for the banana peel!
• Milia Jovovich is in Street Fighter II.
• Katrina Tetris. So wrong.
• Super Mario RPG in real life.

Another good week of YTMNDs. Thanks to Qalamari, YTMND Thursday will contain various Castlevania-related YTMNDs over the next couple of weeks. Not to mention all the ones that CannibalCalvin keeps on making. 

My favorites this week include Red as a Scout and of course, Cosbyvania. I love anything that has to do with Cosby, if you haven't noticed by now. What were your favorites for this week? 

• Cosbyvania.
• Castlevania XP.
• Castlevania, disco fever.
• The Castlevania dancers.
• Red is a Scout. Made by CannibalCalvin.
• Kick 'em in the nuts!
• Anton sucks at Duck Hunt.
• Supa Soulja Boy.
• Solid Snake vs. the Russians.
• Dramatic reading of Castlevania fanfiction.

Oh boy, a good collection this week. Winners don't do drugs could have only been created while on drugs, the Tetris rap is awesome, and the Destructoid themed ones are fantastic. It's pretty hard for me to pick a clear winner this week. Which ones are your favorite? 

Big thanks as always goes out to CannibalCalvin. He's such a diva. And props to bleep for his gif skills.

• Winners don't do drugs!
• Super Nazi Brothers Brawl
• The Tetris rap. Damn, this was good.
• In Soviet Russia, Tetris plays you!
• Trance Tetris.
• Tetris WRONG!
• Enter your name.
• Charlie Suh and Suff0Cat go crazy in Mario Kart Wii! Made by bleep.
• Who's that Pokemon?! GOD DAMN IT!
• Niero really loves cats. Made by bleep.

I don't know how or why the real Sonic fad picked up again, but I'm not complaining. Is it wrong that I want to spray paint a hedgehog blue and staple a extra tail on a fox and make them run through absurd obstacle courses and fight a giant fat man in a robotic suit at the end of each course? Probably.

Hard to pick my favorite of the punch this week. I guess I'll go with GTA Latarian just because of how timely it is. What were your favorites? Thanks to Professor Pew and CannibalCalvin as always.  

• The Death Egg.
• Doomsday Zone.
• Casino Night Zone.
• No way! OK, that's enough Sonic ones.
• Super real Mario World.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles.
• Colbert vs. Stewart.
• Grand Theft Auto Latarian.
• Lui-Kang is freeeee falling.
• The Pyro's love. Made by Kamikazie Tutor.

Easily my favorite YTMND this week is the flock of Kangs. You just don't expect it at all and it's just perfect. Wow, I really hope this fad starts to take off. I haven't laughed this hard at a YTMND fad in a long time.

Lots of Mortal Kombat themed ones this week. I guess people really wanted to revisit the classic games. I also really liked the 8-bit Guitar Hero remix. The 8-bit version sounds better than the regular version.  

Thanks to Dr. Milkdad and Pedro for a couple of these. What were your favorites from this week? 

• The majestic flock of Kangs.
• Jax shakes babies.
• Shang Tshun is the master of illiusions (Spoofing this).
• Smoke doesn't know how to use treadmills.
• FRIENDSHIP!
• Guitar Hero for the NES.
• The Scout died for our team. Made by CannibalCalvin.
• I hear footsteps, the acid trip remix.
• Phoenix Wright has 99 Problems.
• Mario stole my bike!