4:46 PM on 01.28.2008 |
Niero
As Destructoid lurks closer to celebrating its *TWO YEAR* anniversary (this March) I'd like to introduce a new column called Destructoid Rewind: A retrospective of the top stories from this week in 2007. I find it fascinating to look at the things our community cared about last year, as newcomers to Destructoid might care to take a peek at our thoughtful and sometimes raunchy editorial skeleton closet. In January 2006 there was no Destructoid -- I was too busy watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force or something.
Nerdcore aside (Will CTZ ever live that down?) our flashback top 10 features a frightening homage to Zelda on the CD-i and Sympathy for the Warcraft Addict starring Tyra Banks as the witless village wench -- an interesting inclusing in light of the recent Fox witch hunt against Mass Effect. I'm curious what buzz game can be blamed for the evils of the world next year. Maybe we can get GTA 4 on the Tony Danza show as the leading cause of adolescent sneering and trimmed beards. Here's the top ten from January 28 - February 2, 2007.
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NERDCORE!!! Sexy Video Game Bikinis | views
22,340 | comments
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| 02 | | Mortal Kombat Wii: The control scheme | 17,404 | 35 |
| 03 | | Korean developer brings Katamari Damacy online | 17,131 | 13 |
| 04 | | Wii Sonic release date set | 14,908 | 43 |
| 05 | | 1,007 Mii Parade! | 14,410 | 34 |
| 06 | | Warcraft junkie fools Tyra Banks, wife,
and sea of women in a TV intervention | 14,326 | 90 |
| 07 | | Totally metal hack allows custom Guitar Hero II songs | 8,130 | 44 |
| 08 | | The two greatest game endings ever produced | 5,360 | 86 |
| 09 | | Nintendo's creepy Wii are Familii posters | 3,288 | 18 |
| 10 | | The entire DOA movie (update 2) | 3,286 | 144 |
Here's the takeaway from this week's list, which have two Mii related posts. I feel like blog posts about Mii character customization and in-game have systematically died down since the launch year. I can only fault Nintendo for not opening up the Mii convention to third party developers to protect their intellectual property, which is on its way to becoming irrelevant. Is your Mii character's involvement in games something that you still care about or was it just a fad on its way out?
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Anyway, none of the links are working for me.
As for Miis, fuck them. I honestly could care less at this point. They are useless in almost every game I've played lately, so fuck em.
Nerdcore!!! is still number 10 on the most popular story list
So yeah, seeing them show up randomly (or not randomly, as centerpieces) is something I'd definitely like to see more. Also, MOAR FACIAL FEATURES PLEASE.
Wowzers.
I wasn't really that active, but I was already registered after months of lurking =).
Also lulz @ remembering the Tyra WoW thing.
Still can't believe it's been over a year!
Mii's don't seem to be a big deal..it's just cool that they are there some times.
As he is now, I wouldn't even want to use my Mii in Smash Bros because he'd look as generic as Mokujin does (except not as funny).
Where´s my Katamari online? I completely forgot about that one, and i was really hyped. Like the Dragon Ball MMO.
Oh, and answer my fucking email.
What a paradox.
I love this place and all the awesome people on it. Most of the time I just forget about new websites that I come across and join, but I'm still coming here nearly every day. DTOID FTW!
BTW, Miis = fail. I usually forget they even exist until I see a post about them or turn on my Wii (which doesn't happen too often).
This is a fantastic idea for a feature.
Ah, to be young again...
Please stop using line breaks in your news post titles, it messes with many rss aggregators and is generally a pain in the bum.
Thanks,
No Line Breaks.
Yeah!
Also, NERDCORE!
http://www.destructoid.com/post.phtml?pk=29492 is 404 for me or goes to the "Ghostbusters 3: Snot Ropes, Pepto Rivers, and Singed Marshmallow" story. Kind of alternates each time I click it.
But http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-s-creepy-wii-are-familii-posters-29492.phtml works.