This is so exciting!

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From: Lloyd Smith <lloyd019@hotmail.com>
Subject: Yo what's Up saw you on Destructoid

FUCK YOU BITCH ON THE NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA BLOG YOU PIECE OF SHIT! YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL LOOKS YOU WROTE LOCKS YOU FUCKING RETARD GO BACK TO SCHOOL YOU LITTLE PRICK. YOU SAY RACHEL LOOKS STUNNING WOW YOUR FUCKING SICK IT'S A VIDEO GAME BITCH. YOU SICK PERVERT THERE NOT EVEN REAL GET A LIFE YOU FAGGOT. BET YOU JERK OFF TO SCREEN AS WELL. I NOTICED YOUR GAY SLI BLOG OF YOU AND YOUR UGLY WIFE SETTING UP TWO DIFFERENT TV'S TO PLAY RE5 ON??? YOU DRAGGED THE TV SO BOTH YOU COULD PLAY IN THE LR THEN WHEN YOUR DONE YOU DRAG IT BACK LMFAO. YOU ARE TWO FUCKING IDIOTS GET A FUCKING LIFE! YOU UPLOADED A PIC OF YOUR UGLY FACE YO YOU LOOK LIKE SHIT AND I BET YOUR WIFE LOOKS THE SAME. WITH YOUR STUPID GUITAR IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY IT. I SWEAR IF I KNEW WHERE THE FUCK YOU LIVED I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, YOU LITTLE BITCH. STAB YOU 50 TIMES IN YOUR FÍNG FACE BUT SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK YOU LIVE I GOTTA PREY THAT SOMEONE DOES THE JOB FOR ME YOU WALKING PIECE OF DOG SHIT!

Look, I respect the idea of LAN parties, so don't get me wrong. But thank god for the Internet. The picture above is the ridiculous nonsense my wife and I rigged up so we could play Resident Evil 5 cooperatively on two screens. For whatever reason, the review build doesn't support Xbox LIVE, so we had to drag a second TV and a second debug 360 into one freakin' room. This is what I get for working from home, I guess.

The results, of course, have been glorious -- it's Resident Evil 5 co-op; the echoing of Chris and Sheva's dialogue has not been glorious, however. So should we add a pair of headphones to the mix or what?

To those of you who won the Silent Hill CDs in the contest I held in my cblog back in 1957, your stuff is on the way. Keep an eye out for it this week and shoot me an email when you get it. Sorry for the delay.

This is a good question. Let me check the letter I received two weeks ago when Capcom sent me final review builds of the game. What's this? "Any online review coverage from this build is embargoed until the release of Street Fighter IV, February 17, 2009." /looks at calendar.

So that's that, guys. I've seen a few reviews have gone up, already -- you can search and find them easily online. While it's entirely possible other outlets were given free passes to post their reviews early (print mags or larger sites like IGN, for instance), I'll just be sticking to our original plan here.

If you're wondering (and haven't figured it out yet), I'm just going to recommend that you buy it. And chances are, you've already made up your mind. If you spend $60 tomorrow and you intend on playing human beings (either online or in person), you're not going to be disappointed. Check back tomorrow for more words, some pictures, and a number (if that's what you're looking for).

Sony held a little event recently where they showed some press God of War III, and I was there for Destructoid. Unfortunately, I'm gagged until Friday, so I can't reveal any details yet. Fortunately (or unfortunately), the info from Game Informer's cover story has made its way to the Internet, and sure you can find it if you look hard enough.

I can say that David Jaffe's "holy fucking shit" reaction to whatever he saw is warranted. As the daddy of the series, seeing his original vision brought to life on the PS3 had to have been a sight to behold. On a much smaller scale, as a long-time fan of the series, I had a similar reaction.

So Friday is the day. Info on gameplay, an interview with one of the devs working on the game, and -- wait for it -- a new trailer. You won't be disappointed.

1. I met my wife at a karaoke prom (I was voted prom king!). We were both drunk, and she approached me. I hardly remembered it the next day.

2. I play games other than Rock Band.

3. I have three cats that I obsessively spoil and treat like humans -- they are: Atari (female), Ico (female) and Blinx the Time Sweeper (male).

4. Before doing Destructoid editor-in-chiefing duties full time, I used to sell mattress for not one, but two separate companies. I was a manager for a Select Comfort store in a mall, and then moved on to being a sales person for Sleepy's. Both were terrible, terrible jobs, but they allowed me to also focus on writing for Destructoid (and traveling). My wife is very patient.

5. When I was in college, I took a crap in our dorm's elevators. I'm sorry about that.

6. I enjoy shopping for clothes. A lot. Like a girl, or one of the Jonas Brothers.

7. I had long hair in high school, and looked like a total douche.

8. I grew up in Great Neck, Long Island in New York. There were two schools -- North and South -- and North was voted (by a very important magazine that I can't remember) to be the high school most like the film Clueless. I went to South, and happened to go to school with the designer of Word Jong, Scott Balaban. No, I didn't know him, and I don't remember him; we both found out when I did a phone interview with him last November. What the fuck, right?

9. My wife and I sleep with a stuffed animal, a bunny named BooBoo. If you're perceptive, there's even a picture of him in a header for a Destructoid article I wrote ...

10. I hate pickles and olives.