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This week's top story of last year probably crushed the dream career aspirations of many young men: The atypical tale of a video game game tester on crunch-time. While I think most of us would love to put in a 100+ hour week into our games we could probably do without the musk from a room full of agitated testicles. Other top notables included a sneak peak into various video game movies you probably saw to support the industry but wish you hadn't, a guide on how not to be a tool on Xbox Live, a LEGO video game art, and watching angry customers watch out of Circuit City who were denied an advertised discount on a Nintendo Wii while the assistant manager cowered in his office. Viva consumerism!  Two epic Destructoid favorites also hit the list: The Mario Masterpiece and the ever-present Nerdcore.

Needless to say, this weekend's overriding theme appears to be fear and loathing in the video game industry. Crap jobs, crap movies, crap retail experiences, crap multiplayer experiences, and the utterly crappy people behind them. While there is no hope of getting away from some of these pitfalls I'm optimistically hoping that the future will allow us to digitally duck and manage most of these things from the comforts of our homes where we can filter crap best.  There are already companies experimenting with remote game testing. The advent of digital distribution will make trips to the game store a thing of the past. Uwe Boll is getting denied work at long last.  While there is probably no hope of ridding idiots from Xbox Live, it's safe to say that the future of gaming is looking brighter than ever.

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Developer tales: The true story of an abused game tester

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2   Resident Evil: Extinction teaser trailer 32,377     62
3   Weekend Reading: Some more upcoming video game movies 30,030     34
4   Circuit City: We have the right to bait and switch. O RLY? 28,551     55
5   My name is Bob and I'm an angry gamer 23,778     44
6   300: March to Glory screens 23,315     20
7   2D ain't dead: new Aquaria trailer 16,807     35
8   NERDCORE!!! Sexy Video Game Bikinis 13,194     62
9   Mega gallery: 07' LEGO video game art 13,065     35
10   Why the Super Mario movie is an underappreciated masterpiece 11,340     117

 








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Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 10:21
Niero
haha sorry about that, should be fixed now
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 10:39
Cheeburga
No problem Niero.
We luh u.
<3
manta's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 10:43
manta
This week, 2007 huh?
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 10:56
HarassmentPanda
I remember the gametester article and Rev's Super Mario write up. Rev's recognition of the SMB movie is still one of my favorites.

Niero, couldn't you start doing Destructoid 2 years ago next month? I think it would be fun to revisit some of those early posts with 0-3 comments.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 11:11
Niero
Haha that's a good idea I guess I could. I think the first thing I ever blogged about was how crappy Jaws looked on the Xbox 360
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 11:21
Spartacus
What HarrasmentPanda said!
infinity's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 11:26
infinity
i recall that whole circuit city mastur-bait and switch scandal. i didn't have the money to buy a wii back then, but i was still pissed off.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 11:54
MechaMonkey
Nerdcore strikes again!
VTSvsAlucard's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 13:17
VTSvsAlucard
Now, I don't wanna say that nerdcore is how I found Destructoid, but there is a pretty good chance it is.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 13:40
Bob Muir
Ah, I remember that developer abuse story!
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2008 15:05
LarkOhiya
yeah. From the first month!
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 20:24
Fading Star
Nice.
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