Sorry, this isn't a scoop, just more of an open forum

The time has finally come and there were a few nay-sayers that said it couldn't/shouldn't be done, but I already feel like Capcom has got another hit on its way. The first trailer we've gotten is a tease from hell, but what interested me the most is the freakin' Atlus Sphere you see for 1.27 seconds in the trailer.


Anyways, to the point: a co-worker and I (who I recently forced to play the first Dead Rising) had a conversation about how fun it would be for the sequel to have some online mulitplayer modes a-la L4D, and maybe even a "build your own survivor" mode. So, my question to all is, if Dead Rising 2 had a mutliplayer mode, what game types would you like to see? Go crazy, get creative, I'm just interested in everyone's ideas.

haha, but seriously, I really didnt think my video would ever have a chance, seeing as I thought of it last minute and forgot one of the stipulations of the contest. (saying destructoid)
Also, I wasn't willing to blow money on a football that would be in the trash the next day. (screw Toys for Tots, haha) Anyways, I based it around the Watchmen game and filmed it at the last Halloween party of the year, so it just made sense to me. Speaking of that, I just got my issue of EGM, and flipping through it, I saw a screen shot of Nite Owl glowing.......WTF Nite Owl is supposed to be powerless, and I'm already pissed. I have yet to actually read it.

Rorschach Tackles Anchorman


Oh and btw, I'm yelling "Who's killing masks?!"

if you've read the book, you know.

And heres the new full trailer for the uninitiated:

Some people know me as Ash as I have been for the past two years, but a few months ago I finally read Watchmen and it only got me more excited for the movie coming March 6th. I aslo decided to get the jump on all the nerds that'll be doing it next year (a'la the Joker this year) and do Rorschach for my costume this Halloween. As many of you know, Rorschach is basically the main pro/antagonist of the Watchmen story and wears a mask that resembles an inkblot test. So D-Toid asked and I will show.....here is my attempt at a costume this year. I'll post the new Rorschach-heavy trailer for those fellow nerd who haven't seen it yet.

BeHind yoU.
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I know its been like this for a while, but I just found out the other day. It also has Trophys now, but only for online games. Am I the only one excited about this?

Remember that Mushroom Men writing contest for the Wii? Well it ended a while back and I was emailed a few days ago from the Space Squid editors that I had won, not the grand prize,(wii)but a reward for my scribe-work would be due. About an hour ago they said that the runners-up are getting a Gamecock Media game of their choice, and a Les Claypool signed Mushroom Men poster. That and the six(5?) runners up along with the winner will have their stories all featured and that they want a headshot....haha. Well that part sucks. Now I'm just curious as to who else were runners-up and who actually won?(and if they were even d-toiders) Congrats to all who placed, and here's my entry....which in retrospect isn't really that good. Bahaha, and yes there is a refrence to LOST and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in there.

Roger Works, Man
a short story by
Andrew Godsey

Roger Workman was a normal man of normal beliefs and normal stature. He was single, mostly due to his horrible hygiene habits which had resulted in an awful case of Tinea Pedis (commonly known as Athlete’s Foot) which he had been suffering from for years. He woke each morning, got ready for his dead-end job in furniture sales, prepared a bowl of cereal, and watched the morning news. This morning was different.

He turned to channel 7 to a computer-rendered model of a meteor, the one the scientists said would arrive sometime last night, but Roger had forgotten all about it.
Initially, everyone in the NASA community said it would miss the earth and be mostly harmless, but in the night as it was supposed to pass harmlessly by, something peculiar happened. NASA had missed something, or kept it quiet because they didn’t know what to do about it. It was actually grabbed by Earth’s gravity and pulled down to the surface. As it fell it seemed to be glowing green in the moonlight, only it wasn’t emitting green radiation. It was actually spewing an alarming amount of an unknown gas into the Earth’s atmosphere and after the surprisingly uneventful initial impact of the meteor, had spread globally in the air currents. The general community had been alarmed in the early morning hours while Roger slept, but the authorities were already stating on channel 7 that the gas was “completely harmless.” Hearing this, Roger shrugged off the strangeness of the situation, finished his cereal, and finished getting ready for furniture sales.

The day before, Roger had finally invested in a topical treatment spray for his pedal fungal infection. He had seen it a few times on commercials being endorsed by a famous sports-caster. Today, Roger had planned on changing his routine for the better, and a green-gas-spewing meteor wasn’t about to change that. He walked to the bathroom and grabbed the sealed pharmacy package, ripped it open and removed the first step in his cure to the “Single Disorder” as he called it.

For months Roger had been planning on changing his ways; better hygiene, better cologne, a nicer house away from the ‘burbs, a cooler job, no more athlete’s foot, and hopefully, a pretty girlfriend to boot. This plan stemmed from a disastrous evening out with friends where he attempted to open a conversation with a lovely woman in her late twenties with “What did you think of the new release of Steel Cog Liquid 4: Weapons of the Patriot Act?” Needless to say that was the beginning AND the end of the conversation. As mentioned, the fungal treatment was step one. Should it be step two and he got a girlfriend sooner than expected, Roger feared that his feet would run the poor girl off.
“Shake well, apply to affected area, do not swallow” were the directions on the bottle. Roger shook it and his feet seemed to tremble: a sensation similar to a lack of blood flow to his feet like dull pins and needles. He stopped and examined his feet fearing he would pay for all those years of fast food with some odd sort of mini-stroke that maybe, in this case, affected only his feet. His feet were fine; they had stopped trembling when he stopped shaking the bottle. Roger aimed the bottle between his toes, and sprayed.
His foot jerked in an awkward side-swipe manner and made a sneeze-like sound. Then, without warning or command from Roger he started to walk out of the room in a zombie-like stride. “This is it, I’m having a stroke” Roger thought, but he couldn’t recall ever hearing of strokes involving hallucinations. His feet carried him to the front door and kicked it until he felt that his toes may start to bleed at any moment. In a confused stupor feeling that the pain meant that this was all really happening and that he was about to break a toe, Roger swung open his front door revealing a shocking sight.

Mushrooms. They were everywhere on his front lawn screaming at each-other in miniature mumbling gibberish. They appeared to be waging a sort of ancient-looking battle using blades of grass and small twigs as rudimentary weaponry. Roger could only think of how changing his life for the better probably won’t be so easy anymore. After all, he obviously wouldn’t be going to work that day, or meeting any nice girls for that matter. His feet and their Tinea Pedis had just become the Amanitas’ secret weapon.

When I see the beginnings of a promising game, be it in the pages of EGM or the blogs of D-toid; I tend to keep a keen eye trained on them in order to see which direction they may head. More than anything I hate seeing a game that has a solid premise and innovative gameplay turn sour before it hits the shelves. Recently via E3, several of these titles I have been watching for a time have been flooding the 'nets with new information and trailers. Some of these: EXCITING. Others:no so much.... Read on if your interested in how E3 has changed my take on some of these titles.

Gears of War 2

To me really, its just more of the same. I'm not saying that's bad mind you. I mean the extra stuff they are showing in their sequel looks much more innovative than Bungie ever did with those Halo sequels. I just can't wait to see what kind of messes Marcus will get himself into this time.
Excitement level: 8.5/10

Ghostbusters

This one has lost some of my faith....especially after seeing the last trailer last relied mostly on clips from the movies. Admittedly, I was a little excited by the actual gameplay footage and I thought it looked surprisingly scary in some places. I will admit I will want to play this game no matter what simply because it is basically the Ghostbusters III that never quite made it....just minus Chris Farley for some reason. I think its awesome that all the original Ghostbusters are back, but it would have been cooler with Rick Moranis [i]back too. Really, when all is said and done, this is still a movie franchise game.
Excitement level: 4/10[/i]

Dead Space

Ok, now this game I am more pumped than ever about! The graphics,
the innovations, the sheer TERROR. Its looking to me like one
of the best horror games to be released in the last 5 years.
Excitement level: 10/10

I Am Alive

Honestly, I had not heard about this until a few days ago, but I had to
mention it. Again, promising premise, but in the trailer I've seen, there
was only pre-rendered video. Just a little explanation of the story, and no
gameplay mechanics or the like. It looks fun, but since it's Ubisoft, all I'm
anticipating is a LOST the game 2....and not to scare anyone, but I actually did
design a gobo for "LOST in 2.0"....whatever the hell that is.
Excitement level: 6/10

Left 4 Dead

Been watching this for a good while, like many of you, I'm sure. Its been delayed
and delayed, but the slowly streaming in information and screenshots look really
promising, especially with all the talk of this "director" AI....sounds like a
lot of fun. Old truths apply here, a delayed game is more promising than a rushed game.
Excitement level: 7/10

Resident Evil 5

Capcom just keeps bringin' the funk. Haha, with word of a co-op mode ala Army of Two, any hesitations I may have had dissolved once I saw it's gameplay. I don't think a Resident Evil game can fail, because the gameplay and stories are always so fresh.
Excitement level: 9/10

Final Fantasy XIII

Final Fantasy...a franchise I have been devoted to since part 7. Once I played through 12,
however, I vowed to never buy an FF game on release ever again. Now, however, after seeing the new trailer announcing it for the 360, I may be attracted to my favorite series
once more. This time around it just looks like its going back to the part 8 kind of world, which was my 2nd fave next to 7. Maybe its just me, but 9 was bull$#it, and 11 was "hey lets go MMORPG," and 12's story just didn't reel me in. So, my interest in this game has sky-rocketed.
Excitement level: 8/10

Last Remnant

New trailer hasn't changed my opinion in any direction.....awesome developers=awesome game. Not to mention those visuals.
Excitement level: 9/10

Force Unleashed

Haven't seen a whole lot from E3 really on this one, but what I have seen looks
incredible. Aside from a somewhat klunky looking physics engine, I don't see any
problems with this one. I'm glad were done with all the goody-goody Star Wars
games we've had to suffer through the past few years. Maybe now we'll have an explaination of why Jedi's can levitate themselves with the force in games, but seemingly they just don't consider about it in the movies...
Excitement level: 8/10

Mirror's Edge

The first time I saw a trailer for this, I just thought "Great, a game version of that terrible UltraViolet movie." but the more and more trailers I see, the more I wanna play it and be an Urban Ninja.
Excitement level: 8.5/10

Hydrophobia

Ok, another one I had no idea about, but the water effects made me salivate a bit.
So yeah, A.W.S.M.O.
Excitement level: 6/10

Prince of Persia

I initially hated the idea of a rebooted Prince of Persia, but after watching the new
trailer for the first time, my mind is changed. I'm loving the new look, even though
i was kinda iffy about the cell-shading. It really just looks like a fun, interactive
comic-book. Even the chick side-kick is pretty sweet, and the idea that you never technically die is pretty interesting too. This will probably be the first cell-shaded game I
ever purchase.
Excitement level: 8/10

Where are these games this E3???

Splinter Cell: Conviction???


Alan Wake???


Prototype???


City of Metronome???


Fanboys????????Bahaha!


I guess all-in-all I'm pretty excited about all the info coming out of E3.
Now I'm off to a midnight screening of Dark Knight. If you're as big a nerd as me, I hope to see you there.