So about a month ago Destructoid held a special edition Gears of War 2 Friday Night Fights. Coincidentally, I had just recently started playing the game, so I thought I would tag along to meet some more Dtoid community members, and to blow some of them away. After all, the best way to introduce yourself to a fellow Dtoider is to blow their head off with a shotgun blast. Don't you agree?

One of the perks for attending this FNF, was some Gears of War 2 related prizes that were being given out by the staff. The winners were being chosen using trivia questions, and I just happened to answer one of them right. Well, I've been waiting patiently for the last couple of weeks for my prize to arrive, and finally today I got my wish.

Check out the picks to see what I got.

I can’t take it anymore! Hollywood wants to destroy every childhood memory I hold dear, by remaking all of my favorite cartoons into horrible movies. They already took Transformers and made into the laughing stock of the cinema community. From what I can tell, they plan on doing the same thing with G.I. Joe in a couple of months. They even have plans to bring Voltron to the big screen, which I’m sure can only turn out horribly bad. Now though, they have gone too far, because today it was announced Hollywood would be remaking The Secret of Nimh.

I read this story today as I was perusing through IO9.com and I immediately threw up a little bit in my mouth. I don’t know about the rest of you, but “The Secret of Nimh” holds a very special place in my heart. I consider it to be one of the classic animated movies of all time, created from one of the most classic children’s novels of all time. I mean they just don’t make movies anymore like this. It was dark, gritty, and edgy, yet humorous and light hearted all at the same time. It had very memorable great characters, including evil villains, old mystical wizards, a clumsy crow, and some of the most adorable mice you’ve ever seen. The whole movie was blanketed in a cloud of mysticism that really set the tone for the entire thing, especially the end. They just do not make children’s movies like this anymore. Hell, they don’t even make adult movies like this anymore.



Now Hollywood wants to take this classic movie and remake it in a CGI shit fest. Now look, you might think I’m going to far by saying this. I mean after all I haven’t seen a single second of footage yet, so I could be totally wrong. Trust me I’m not wrong. Read this quote from the makers of the new film.

“It's likely the new "NIMH" would combine live-action and animation in the manner of "Alvin & the Chipmunks" and other kiddie hybrids.”

Did any of you see the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie? It was absolutely horrible. That’s another childhood cartoon I watched, and used to love until Hollywood went and ruined it. If they are trying to relate the new Secret of Nimh movie to the before mentioned Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, it can ONLY be a bad thing. I just have to many examples that prove Hollywood does not know how to take cartoons and turn them into movie. Maybe the problem is that cartoons just don’t translate well into movies anyways, but that’s a discussion for another time I think.

Hollywood is completely out of ideas right now, so they are scraping every last cent off the bottom of the barrel by taking my childhood cartoons and turning them into movies. Now they want to take a classic like The Secret of Nimh and remake it as well, most likely destroying it in the process. I just can’t take it anymore. FUCK YOU HOLLYWOOD!!!!

All I can do now is watch this trailer from the original movie, to remind myself of a time when 2D animated movies ruled the world.

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to buy Street Fighter 4, MadWorld, or Animal Crossing: City Folk, now is the time to do so, because GameStop has temporarily dropped them all down to only $19.99. For six days only, from July 28th until August 2nd, GameStop is dropping the entire list of games below to $20, and there are a lot of really good games on that list. The great thing is, this deal is available in both the brick and motor stores and the online store.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m going to pick up a copy of Street Fighter 4 for the PS3 and MadWorld for the Wii. I’m heading there as soon as the stores open at 10AM. Are any of you gonna take advantage of these awesome deals?

Animal Crossing: City Folk – Game Only (Nintendo Wii)
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo Wii)
Excitebots: Trick Racing – Game Only (Nintendo Wii)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Playstation 3 and Xbox 360)
Lair (Playstation 3)
MadWorld (Nintendo Wii)
Mario & Sonic at Olympic Games (Nintendo Wii)
Silent Hill: Homecoming (Xbox 360)
Street Fighter IV (Playstation 3 and Xbox 360)
Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Playstation 3 and Xbox 360)
Wario Land: Shake It (Nintendo Wii)
Wii Music (Nintendo Wii)

Back by popular demand, it’s time for another edition of GAME BRAIN TEASERS. This time I’m trying something completely new. What you see below is a long list of Destructoid community member names. Each name is written with a font used by a specific video game title, or perhaps a the logo of a video game system. Your job is to figure out which font corresponds to which video game title or console logo. Good luck!

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Imagine a world where, at any point in time, you have access to the entire Destructoid Community at your fingertips. Imagine a world where you could read Jim Sterling’s snarky editorials, watch Anthony Burch’s Rants, or check out Yojimbo’s latest Blazblue blog without having to surf the internet. Now imaginee that you could do all of this anywhere in the entire world, whether you are relaxing on a beach in the South of France, snow boarding in the Colorado Rockies, or chilling on your friend’s couch as you watch him play another round of Street Fighter 4. You are probably saying to yourself right now, “how can all of this be possible. That is all make believe science fiction nonsense. Nothing like that could possibly exist in the real world.” Well maybe not, but if someone created an “Official Destructoid iPhone App” then this fantasy would become reality.

Now right about now you are probably thinking to yourself that someone who owns an iPhone can already access Destructoid using the internet browser. Why would they need an app that can do something that’s already possible? Well while it is true that you an access the Destructoid website using the built in Safari iPhone browser, it’s unfortunately really slow. It also doesn’t help that the site is fairly large now, so it can take a while to sort through the site and get to where you are going. I’m talking about an app that is streamlined specifically to make everything at Destructoid accessible at the touch of a finger.

I must admit that this is not some original idea I came up with. This more stems from seeing other websites do a great job of creating their own iPhone apps that make it much easier to access their website’s content. The best and most recent example of this is the GiantBomb iPhone App that was released last week. This app makes it extremely easy to access a lot of the content of the GiantBomb website, including reviews and videos. Not only does it make it easier to access, but it’s a lot faster to access then using the Safari browser. Now, unfortunately you can’t do everything on the GiantBomb App you can do on the website, but it’s still a huge step forward. This is kind of what I would like to see from Destructoid.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I would definitely pay for an official Destructoid iPhone app. I would say a price someplace between $1.99 and $4.99 would be completely fair. Not only would you get easier and faster access to the content, but you would also be financially supporting the site, which I am always a proponent of.

My question is, is a Destructoid iPhone App in the works? Does Niero have a top secret group of people working on it? Would anyone else purchase one besides me? Speak up and be heard, and maybe someone will notice and this fantasy I have created will become a reality.

Back by popular demand, it’s time for another edition of GAME BRAIN TEASERS. Each picture below is an image from the box art of a console or PC game. I have zoomed into a specific portion of the box art though, so that the entire original image is not visible. I have tried my best to include enough imagery in the zoomed in portion so that you could figure out what game the box art is from. Unlike last time, I have tried choosing games that were not as well known. Because of this I have included more of the box art imagery then I usually would. They might take you a while to figure out, if you can at all. Your job is to figure out which game corresponds to which image. Good luck!

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