As usual, Destructoid's April fool's joke broke the cblogs for a whole day. It was just the layout, so not quite as bad as when they made them basically inaccessible on a Friday. Maybe they can take a lesson from Gaijin Games next time. These rainbow-shooting ponies, apparently, were not only added to the game, but were downright OP. That's the impression I'm getting, anyway.
Edit: Oh, wait. It looks like the sections for cblogs are still a bunch of reddit shit instead of the normal options.

In other news, I think that Dark Souls PC mod that ensures you can see your friends soul signs is complete dook, sacrificing the spirit of the game for the purposes of mild convenience is the sort of thing that has been making games into homogenized, boring hallways. It's difficult-to-impossible to intentionally meet up with someone in Dark Souls because it's supposed to be. It's shocking that people don't understand this or, for that matter, do understand and complain about it anyway. And don't give me that wishy-washy, "but it doesn't change your experience if someone else uses it" bullshit. I can look down on them for modding unique systems into boring, conventional ones all I like. Oh, but it's more convenient. How nice. Gamers demand something new and different, and then cut it out when it's outside their tiny comfort zone only to complain again when companies give them cookie cutter games. The message of this "fix" is that superficial originality trumps the actually unique multiplayer system. You find a glowy thing on the ground in-game, but it's still just a list of people you've approved, and if the connection pool is entirely filled up by your friends then what? No invasions from anyone that will be ruthless to you and no random co-op? You've exchanged something unique for just another invite system dressed up so you can still pretend you're not one of those casuals. I'm sure we'll hear about how lazy it is if Dark Souls 2 uses a standard invite system too. They've already said it's going to be "more straightforward." I can only hope that Scamco doesn't screw it up too much to appease people like this.

It truly is unfortunate that more developers don't have the balls that FromSoft does. Dead Space 3 was good fun, but the DLC has watered down versions of things I hoped to find in the whole game. It could have been remarkable rather than just fun, if only they were more interested in impressing gamers instead of placating the chubby-fingered, lily-soft consumers that get all pouty when their participation trophy isn't shiny enough. Grow a pair of whatever things you want two of and deal with it, or have enough guts not to beg for acceptance by "liking" the same things as other people while still getting teary-eyed over it not being tailor made for you. Likewise, if you don't want something sanity-annihilatingly spicy, don't ask me to cook it for you. It will be. If your eyelids don't sweat, it's not hot enough. Dark Souls is a game about getting fucked over at every turn. Capra Demon doesn't come in mild sauce. You're supposed to wish you were dead and still take another bite. If you don't want to wish that, maybe I'll wish it for you: >:[ DARK SOULS >:[

In other, other news: heu heu heu heu heu heu. Someone's gonna be in trooooooooooooooouble.

▪Trev

Welcome to the PS3 side of Destructoid's Friday Night Fights! Every Friday, members of the Destructoid community get together online to play games and all you need to join is a user account. Down below, you'll find a list of games that we'll play tonight along with the times they'll start, the people that you should hit up for invites, and any other information that you may need.

If you want to play, leave a comment with the games from the schedule you want to play and your PSN name. You should also send a PSN friend request to the host, including a message to say who you are here on Destructoid so they know you're one of the cool people and not just some random friend request.

If your favorite game isn't on the schedule, host it yourself! You just need to give us the game, start time, and your PSN name so we can put it on the schedule. Last minute additions in the comments here are fine, but games can also be added earlier in the week by visiting the forums and finding the thread with the coming Friday's date. Adding a game there ensures it's on the blog from the moment it goes up.

All times Eastern.


BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend with Trev
Time: 8pm
PSN: ElZilcho
CAPS LOCK AND LEARNING BOOK LADY


Anarchy Reigns with Ckarasu
Time: 9pm
PSN: Ckarasu
DEATHBALL TO THE MAX


Persona 4 Arena with Ckarasu
Time: 10pm
PSN: Ckarasu
ORGIA MODE EDITION


Street Fighter 3 Third Strike with Hyper Lemon Buster Cannon
Time: 11pm
PSN: Cbizzle2590
YEAH YOU GOT THE PICTURE

DO NOT SPOIL THIS GAME
▪CornflakeJustice

Welcome to the PS3 side of Destructoid's Friday Night Fights! Every Friday, members of the Destructoid community get together online to play games. FNF is an event run by and for the community, so everyone is welcome to join. Down below, you'll find a list of games that we'll play tonight along with the times they'll start, the people that you should hit up for invites, and any other information that might be required.

If you want to play, we need to know who you are. Leave a comment with the games from the schedule you want to play and your PSN ID. You should also send a PSN friend request to the hosts, including a message to say who you are here on Destructoid so they know you're one of the cool people and not just some random friend request.

If your favorite game isn't on the schedule, don't just sit there and whine about it. Anyone can host a game for FNF! You just need to give us the game, start time, and your PSN name so we can put it on the schedule. Last minute additions in the comments here are fine, but games can also be added earlier in the week by visiting the forums and finding the thread with the coming Friday's date. Adding a game there ensures it's on the blog from the moment it goes up.

All times Eastern.


BlazBlue: CSE with Clockwork-Zombie
Time: 8pm
PSN: ClockworkZombie


Anarchy Reigns with Cadtalfryn
Time: 9pm
PSN: Cadtalfryn


I'm not actually sure what game he his hosting. with Cadtalfryn
Time: 10 or 11pm
PSN: Cadtalfryn

Two things that go on in Call of Duty lobbies are pubstomping and people leaving to avoid being stomped. For those that don't know, "pub stomp" referrs to an organized group of players ("clan") forming a party and joining public games to face random, unorganized players and pad their stats. I don't really understand the attractiveness of an easy win like that, but I'm also not a stats-obsessed asshole who thinks a game with as much aim assist as Call of Duty proves I'm good at something. But, because we all had "TOID" set as our tag and each made a unique Mr. Destructoid emblem, people assumed we were out for a pub stomp. Little did they know that they are running from nothing. One evening, where we had a particularly large number of people leaving lobbies, I suggested everyone change their clan tag... and then it began.

To blend in, we set our tags to things like "YOLO" and "MURQ". Almost nobody backed out, but some noticed our semi-matching emblems. Now almost everyone has an intentionally-horrible "camouflage" emblem in storage. I'm honestly pretty proud of how well I've rendered a neon green pot leaf on mine, at such an angle to compliment the off-center skull wearing gold shutter shades. I threw in one of the "ha ha" things and some blood just because. Unfortunately, the garish background meant I had to skip the sniper crosshair. Oh well. I've also made a pretty bitching Cthulhu, but it doesn't fool anyone into thinking I'm stupid.
▪Trev

Welcome to the PS3 side of Destructoid's Friday Night Fights! Every Friday, members of the Destructoid community get together online to play games. FNF is an event run by and for the community, so everyone is welcome to join. Down below, you'll find a list of games that we'll play tonight along with the times they'll start, the people that you should hit up for invites, and any other information that might be required.

If you want to play, we need to know who you are. Leave a comment with the games from the schedule you want to play and your PSN ID. You should also send a PSN friend request to the hosts, including a message to say who you are here on Destructoid so they know you're one of the cool people and not just some random friend request.

If your favorite game isn't on the schedule, don't just sit there and whine about it. Anyone can host a game for FNF! You just need to give us the game, start time, and your PSN name so we can put it on the schedule. Last minute additions in the comments here are fine, but games can also be added earlier in the week by visiting the forums and finding the thread with the coming Friday's date. Adding a game there ensures it's on the blog from the moment it goes up.

All times Eastern.


Bulletstorm with Epic-KxDtoid
Time: 8pm
PSN: UncannySilk


Anarchy Reigns with CornflakeJusice
Time: 9pm
PSN: cornflakejustice


Defiance Beta with CornflakeJustice
Time: 10pm
PSN: cornflakejustice
The beta download is available to all PS+ subscribers


Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with CornflakeJustice
Time: 11pm
PSN: cornflakejustice


Skullgirls with Ckarasu
Time: 11pm
PSN: Ckarasu


Persona 4 Arena with Hyper Lemon Buster Cannon
Time: 12am
PSN: Cbizzle2590

I'm sick, I hate all of you and everything. Video games yo. Play them. Also, stop scheduling Bulletstorm and Anarchy Reigns at the same time please I like them both and want to play them both.
▪SickflakeJustice

Welcome to the PS3 side of Destructoid's Friday Night Fights! Every Friday, members of the Destructoid community get together online to play games. FNF is an event run by and for the community, so everyone is welcome to join. Down below, you'll find a list of games that we'll play tonight along with the times they'll start, the people that you should hit up for invites, and any other information that might be required.

If you want to play, we need to know who you are. Leave a comment with the games from the schedule you want to play and your PSN ID. You should also send a PSN friend request to the hosts, including a message to say who you are here on Destructoid so they know you're one of the cool people and not just some random friend request.

If your favorite game isn't on the schedule, don't just sit there and whine about it. Anyone can host a game for FNF! You just need to give us the game, start time, and your PSN name so we can put it on the schedule. Last minute additions in the comments here are fine, but games can also be added earlier in the week by visiting the forums and finding the thread with the coming Friday's date. Adding a game there ensures it's on the blog from the moment it goes up.

All times Eastern.


BlazBlue: CSE with Trev
Time: 8pm
PSN: ElZilcho
Beesbeesbeesbeesbeesbeesbeesbees


Bulletstorm with UncannySilk
Time:9pm
PSN: UncannySilk


Anarchy Reigns with Ckarasu
Time: 9pm
PSN: Ckarasu
PIMP HAND SLAP


Persona 4 Arena with Ckarasu
Time: 10pm
PSN: Ckarasu


BLOPS2 with CornflakeJustice
Time: 10pm
PSN:CornflakeJustice

[img]YOU GET NO PICTURE BWA HA HA HA HA[/img]
Darkstalkers Resurrection with UncannySilk
Time: 11pm
PSN: UncannySilk
Darkstalkers 3 only, Turbo 3 settings


Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 with Ckarasu
Time: 12am
PSN: Ckarasu
I AM THE ULTIMATE NINJA

I've had PS+ for a while now and I had no idea when it expires. That's how you check. Enjoy. We get Spec Ops and Disgaia 3 this month, for free. Well, "free" since you pay for the privilege, but how many pretend-free games are required before the next one counts as actually-free? I think I crossed that line a while ago.
▪Trev

Welcome to the PS3 side of Destructoid's Friday Night Fights! Every Friday, members of the Destructoid community get together online to play games. FNF is an event run by and for the community, so everyone is welcome to join. Down below, you'll find a list of games that we'll play tonight along with the times they'll start, the people that you should hit up for invites, and any other information that might be required.

If you want to play, we need to know who you are. Leave a comment with the games from the schedule you want to play and your PSN ID. You should also send a PSN friend request to the hosts, including a message to say who you are here on Destructoid so they know you're one of the cool people and not just some random friend request.

If your favorite game isn't on the schedule, don't just sit there and whine about it. Anyone can host a game for FNF! You just need to give us the game, start time, and your PSN name so we can put it on the schedule. Last minute additions in the comments here are fine, but games can also be added earlier in the week by visiting the forums and finding the thread with the coming Friday's date. Adding a game there ensures it's on the blog from the moment it goes up.

All times Eastern.


Anarchy Reigns with Ckarasu
Time: 9pm
PSN: Ckarasu
Deathball!


Bulletstorm with Epic-Kx
Time: 9pm
PSN: UncannySilk
It's pretty rad.


Persona 4 Arena with Ckarasu
Time: 10pm
PSN: Ckarasu
DAT TEDDY ITEM SPAM (is it as bad as infinite catflail? -Trev)


Battlefield 3 with CornflakeJustice
Time: 11pm
PSN: cornflakejustice
Join the platoon.


Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 with Ckarasu
Time: 12am
PSN: Ckarasu

It's been a crazy couple of weeks! With the release of Dead Space 3 (thank you Zilcho for playing me through that, it was great!) the announcement of the first truly next gen console (Not to hate on the Wii U but it feels a little current gen to me, so yeah, to hate on the Wii U) the one and only Playstation 4! I'm finally getting into Far Cry 3 and Dishonored will be up next on my playlist, plus we finally heard a little more about Bungie's Destiny game. Decidedly little concrete and useful information, but hey, you win some you lose some. How about that Killzone trailer too though?! I've attached an HD version I found on YouTube because trust me, it looks way better than any of the streams you may have seen originally. Plus, another inFamous game? Aw yiss, I could not be more pleased. Oh, wait, they added a share button so when I do something stupid with ClockworkZombie we can post it and you can share in our glorious, often explosive, revelry? I retract my previous statement about not being able to be more pleased. I am more pleased.

On a more amusing note, how would people feel about a once monthly "dinner date" where someone suggests a recipe/meal we can all cook and have for dinner while we play? KimikoLoco and I did this last week and it was fairly fun. It's just an idea (and an easy blogpost) that might be fun, figured I'd see if y'all were interested as you are our demographic or whatever. Thoughts? Feelings? Abhorrent methods of insulting me for daring to suggest such a thing as cooking together? Let me know in the comments!

▪CornflakeJustice

Welcome to the PS3 side of Destructoid's Friday Night Fights! Every Friday, members of the Destructoid community get together online to play games. FNF is an event run by and for the community, so everyone is welcome to join. Down below, you'll find a list of games that we'll play tonight along with the times they'll start, the people that you should hit up for invites, and any other information that might be required.

If you want to play, we need to know who you are. Leave a comment with the games from the schedule you want to play and your PSN ID. You should also send a PSN friend request to the hosts, including a message to say who you are here on Destructoid so they know you're one of the cool people and not just some random friend request.

If your favorite game isn't on the schedule, don't just sit there and whine about it. Anyone can host a game for FNF! You just need to give us the game, start time, and your PSN name so we can put it on the schedule. Last minute additions in the comments here are fine, but games can also be added earlier in the week by visiting the forums and finding the thread with the coming Friday's date. Adding a game there ensures it's on the blog from the moment it goes up.

All times Eastern.


Playstation All-Stars: Battle Royale with Epic-KxDtoid
Time: 7pm
PSN: UncannySilk
I apologize for the, wow, WOW, that is a bad banner... I'm sorry for the banner image for PSAS:BR, I couldn't make my computer do what I wanted it to today, I'm suffering for lack of brain.


Call of Duty: Black Ops II with DrunkflakeJustice
Time: 8pm
PSN: CornflakeJustice
Join the sodality. (because "clan" sounds stupid)


BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend with Trev the Dinoczar
Time: 8pm
PSN: ElZilcho


Killzone 3 with Epic-KxDtoid
Time: 9pm
PSN: UncannySilk


Anarchy Reigns with Ckarasu
Time: 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific
PSN: Ckarasu
Deathball and Team Deathmatch!


Dark Souls with Ckarasu
Time: 10pm Eastern/7pm Pacific
PSN: Ckarasu
Go to the Ruins team arena, not the dais. Soul Level 100, people.


Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition 2012 with Epic-KxDtoid
Time: 1130pm
PSN: UncannySilk



The extraordinarily shitty stream was unfortunate during the PS4 conference. So here's a taste of the Killzone: Shadow Falls sequence that was shown in HD. I was waiting in the station before, but now I'm all up in this Hype Train. Choo Choo Motherfucker