So with Castle Crashers getting real close to being in our dirty, grubby, slimy, prickly, nasty lil' hands.... I think we should look at it some more and salivate... like a Xenomorph.

Racism? In my Castle Crashers? OH NOES!!!!!!



Oh god Look at this awesome chase! Doesn't it remind you of Battle Toads?



JESUS CHRIST!!! It's a CAT SHARK!



Uhhhh!!! HELP ME!!!!!



Ok boys... It's time to fight each other!
VERSUS MODES GOOOOOO!!!!!



Ok so that last video was a bit boring because the guy presenting it was boring... and we were not playing it.

Now, I need to try and beat some more of your scores in Geometry Wars 2 :D

Looks really nice.

And if that embed doesn't work here is the link: CLICK ME!

Well guys and gals it's just about time. We only have a few days left until I go buy food and drink and wait for people to come eat and drink and play games. From the looks of it though it's going to be a small gathering. This weekend is also my roommates birthday so on Saturday we will be having even more people over to the house with a Keg and more food. So there will be some drink'n going on.


So who is still planing on coming? I know Kryptinite is still going to be here... and if he's the only one. Then we will carry the heavy burden of making this party awesome. Maybe there will be video of us and a bunch of stripper-hookers on the internet after it's all done... who knows.

Feel free to email me @ "james DOT bloodworth AT gmail DOT com"

I need a drink.

Ok DToiders, we've set the date. July 11th - July 13th.

We have a place. My House.

Now we [I] need to know who's coming and what you will be able to bring.
I'll supply the foods, we'll split the cost of drinks.
At the house I have 2 360s, 1 Wii, 1 25" TV, 1 23" LCD monitor, Grill, Patio... and other fun stuff.

Also, I need to know if you can afford to make a trip out to Epcot for the Destructoid Drink Around the World Tour.



So far I know the following people have said they can make it:
Kryptinite
Snaileb
GuitarAtomik
Mr. Wilson
MATTFOO < UR Not 21...
emotoaster < UR Not 21...
...

So who else is coming to the party?

Back in 1986 I attended a summer computer camp at my elementary school. I had just turned 6 and my mom, who was a teacher there, suggested it to me. On the first day all of the kids were given a designated seat in front of a computer. Once I was seated I looked on at the ugly, beige, brick of a machine in front of me. It had a multicolored logo on it. A rainbow colored apple. We spent the next hour learning how to turn it on, off, and how to put a disk in the five and a quarter inch floppy drives. After that we spent the rest of the day playing with programs that taught us how to type and run programs.




The first day sucked.

The second day, however, was awesome. We were allowed to play anything we wanted. We quickly opened the clamshell containers full of floppies and started reading off the labels. If it sounded cool, “run” it. I quickly picked up a copy of Moon Patrol and typed the RUN command. Now the simple act of sliding a floppy “disk” into the drive and telling the computer to run what ever was on said disk was fascinating to me. It was damn near magic.



Magic is just what happened when I saw the title screen for Moon Patrol.




I started the game and quickly hit every key on the keyboard until I figured out what the controls were. After that I was a driving and a hop’n and a shoot’n all over the Technicolor moon. This gave me a new joy, a new sense of wonder and, I needed more. I quickly pulled the disk out of the drive, set it aside, and ran back to the containers. I looked around to see what the other kids were playing. One screen had two figures in what looked like a hand to hand fight. I asked what it was. After learning the title of the game I fished out a copy for my self.



Karateka was my introduction to one on one mortal combat. This was even more amazing than Moon Patrol. I watched as Princess Mariko was imprisoned by Akuma. I looked at my character as he climbed over the side of a cliff and onto that long, long, loooong path. My first few fights didn’t go so well. I was promptly handed my ass over and over again. Once I learned to be patient and attack my enemies, with left right combos followed by a quick retreat, did I start to kill any enemies. I fought them over and over again, slowly making my way to Akuma and his damned bird. Jesus… I hated that bird. After vanquishing my enemies I entered the Princesses room. I was still in my fighting stance when I walked up to her expecting to a warm greeting… instead I was welcomed with a fatal kick to the face. That was my first WTF moment in video gaming. I then learned that you had to run to her and into her open arms.



Many of you have seen this, I'm sure:



Later I chased a bitch named Carmen around the world. All my attempts ended in vain. I was never able to get her, but I did capture a lot of her henchmen. I swear if I ever see a girl dressed all in red with a damned red hat I’m going to punch her in the face.



I took control of a transforming robot in Thexder: Hyper Dual Armor. That robot was sweet because it was armed with heat seeking lasers! FRICK’N HEAT SEEKING LAZERS PEOPLE! The creators of this game had clearly been fans of Robotech.



I spent the rest of my week playing these games and others. My thirst for games grew and grew. Since my mom was a teacher at the elementary school I had hours every day after class to spend with the Apple II. I would play on it every day. Everyday that is, until I was given something that I learned to love even more, the N.E.S. Even though the Apple II saw less and less of me, I still thought about it from time to time.

Shortly before all of the Apple IIs were replaced at my school I sat down one afternoon and played. I played until my mom and I had to leave so they could lock up at night. That was pretty much the last time I played on one. It was a good afternoon…

Greetings Florida DToiders!



Summer is here! It's time to get out the Bar-B-Que lay down the Slip-n-Slide and, most importantly, set a date for the first annual Central Florida NARP! Now, I know some of you are wondering what hell has taken so long. Well... my plans have a way of falling flat on their face. With that said, lets get down to it.

PLANNING!

We need a plan here folks. I would like to suggest the following:

End of this month (June 27th - 28th)
People get off work on Friday and head to Orlando to meet up at my house.



We eat, drink and, game our asses off; maybe even go downtown for a little while. Then on Saturday we head to Epcot and get ourselves some day passes and commence the first ever DESTRUCTOID DRINK AROUND THE WORLD MARCH! We'll start in Mexico, meng, and make our way around the lake drinking at each country themed section of the park until we either pass out or make it back to the gate(CHAMPIONS!); after that we can head back to my place and sleep it off and then on Sunday - "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. (^_^)"

Because of all the drinking that I'm sure will be involved I think we should make this a 21+ event. However, if everyone is willing to pass on the bar hopping Friday Night then I guess 18+ is acceptable. This way we can have the younger members DD for us after Epcot...

Now... with that brief plan laid out, what does everyone think? Is there enough time for everyone to get that down in their calendars?