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You're browsing in compact mode. Expand all stories Do the wrong thing: Breaking Sasha's promise 36 Last week, I was happily playing through Half-Minute Hero when all of a sudden, I did something very bad. Naturally, a lot of evil can be done when you're playing videogames. Some "normal" activi... The art of Once Upon a Pixel: Katamari Damacy 13 Did you enjoy last week's Once Upon a Pixel episode? Want some insight as to how and why I created the dark world that Death Ball takes place in? If the answer to either of these questions is "no... Once Upon a Pixel: Katamari Damacy 44 Once Upon a Pixel kicks off its official first season with an episode based on Katamari Damacy! Except this time, it's not a bright and happy videogame about consumerism. You see, in the world of... dTunes Editor's Week Day 10: Ashley Davis 46 [dTunes is a community organized blog showcasing the musical tastes of Destructoid's users. For two weeks, the editorial team is commandeering the series because, hey, we like music too. To furth... Eight last-minute Halloween costumes for gamers 75 Poor little videogame-lovin' naked guy. Halloween is literally just around the corner, and he still has no costume! It could be that he can't decide on who to be. Perhaps someone from one of thos... Nothing is Sacred: Cute characters suck 60 Take a look at the lineup of four characters above. If you could choose three of them to be in your party based on looks alone, who would you choose? The spiky haired silent hero? The bulky, musc... The art of Once Upon a Pixel: BioShock 23 I made a video. It was the pilot episode of Once Upon a Pixel, a sort of sister series to the ever-popular Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'. It has a lot of art in it that I drew. People asked me if I wo... Review: Champions Online 29 Ah, the MMO. It's a tricky beast, alright. Making one seems to be such a delicate process. As developers and publishers try to replicate the immense success of World of Warcraft, we've seen few s... Once Upon a Pixel: Bioshock 50 If we lived in a world where videogames didn't exist, where would their stories go? Into science fiction books? Big budget movies? Gritty graphic novels? Educational children's shows? My brand ne... The Forgotten: The King's Field series 41 Demon's Souls is an upcoming game that has been getting a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Not only does it have a difficulty level that's leaving the most hardcore gamers screaming, but it's... RunMan: Race Around the World dated and trailerized 7 In December of 2005, we were blessed with the gift of RunMan's Monster Fracas, a simple, charming, and hugely addictive indie game. Now the followup game, RunMan: Race Around the World, has been ... The Flora and Fauna of Gaming: Slimes 60 There's an old adage that states, "To defeat your enemies, you must know your enemies." This way of thinking could not be truer in the case of playing a game. That's why manuals and tut... GDC Austin 09: Storytelling Through Independent Games 12 Alec Holowka, formerly one half of Bit Blot (Aquaria) and currently the head of Infinite Ammo (Paper Moon), was the last speaker to go on at the Independent Games Summit of GDC Austin. A lot of t... GDC Austin 09: Twisted Pixel's 'Splosion Man Postmortem 6 We all know that Twisted Pixel's 'Splosion Man is a great game. But do you know how it was made, what went into it, or what mistakes were made during its development? I didn't either, until I att... GDC Austin 09: Flashbang: How to Make a Game in 8 Weeks 4 It's very likely that you've played the hell out of one of Flashbang Studio's games. They've been on a roll the past few years with releases like Off Road Velociraptor Safari and Minotaur China S... GDC Austin 09: The Fantastic Contraption Postmortem 5 Fantastic Contraption is a Flash-based browser game. Colin Northway is the man who made it. He is now a full time game developer for it. It's as simple a story as the game itself. The Independent... From the Console to the TV Station: Part 6 32 Today's From the Console to the TV Station is a very special one, or it is to me, anyway. There is only one show up for discussion, but it is my favorite example of a game-to-TV adaptation in the... GDC Austin 09: Gaijin Games: Holistic Indie Game Design 8 Many eyes have been upon Bit.Trip developers Gaijin Games recently. They are just barely a year old, but within the span of six months, they've already made three fantastic games. Not only that, ... Why Catrap is the coolest puzzle game you've never played 28 Every Wednesday, we profile a forgotten or underappreciated game for our "Games Time Forgot" series.Time travel. Not only does it make for an interesting plot device in games, but it's ... Derek Yu's Spelunky coming to XBLA in 2010 22 Surely the cosmos are in perfect alignment for the indie game developer this year. Cave Story and La Mulana are making their way to WiiWare, and now Derek Yu's cave exploring masterpiece, Spelunk... I suck at games: But I'm still a gamer 54 This month's musing all began with a statement I made to Anthony almost exactly a month ago: "I suck at games." Now, I didn't make this revelation just recently. I've always kind of kno... Badass of the Month Club: The Sprite 25 Time once more for the Badass of the Month Club, wherein the staff highlights a character or industry figure of noteworthy badassery.This month's inductee into the Badass off the Month Club certa... Games Time Forgot: Thayer's Quest 14 Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our "Games Time Forgot" series.Even though the format has long been defunct, a few Laserdisc games have transce... From the Console to the TV Station: Part 5 17 Television is a universal thing. Everyone, no matter where they live, has comedy shows, dramas, sports broadcasts, and cartoons. But there are cultural changes in these shows from place to place.... Review: Wii Sports Resort 48 The Wii Series (Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Music, and so on) often gets a lot of flak from the gaming community at large because of the games' accessibility. Now the newest entry of the series is ... From the Console to the TV Station: Part 4 28 Hey boys and girls! Welcome to another edition of From the Console to the TV Station, a miniseries that gives a retrospective look back at all the videogame themed programming that has ever come ... Games Time Forgot: Super Ninja Boy 19 Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our "Games Time Forgot" series.Super Ninja Boy was part of a series known as Super Chinese in Japan. Culture Br... Two new DualShock 3 colors coming to brighten your game room 30 My favorite thing about growing up with a Nintendo 64 were all the different controller colors there were to choose from. Each member of my family got their favorite color and used it exclusively... 'Splosion Man and the lost art of the idle animation 68 While playing through the XBLA game 'Splosion Man recently, I couldn't help but really fall in love with the fiery fellow I was playing as. Why? It wasn't because he had an epic, heartwarming sto... From the Console to the TV Station: Part 3 29 Videogames are, by nature, a very action-oriented medium. In the vast majority of them, players are tasked to hop around, collect items, power themselves up, destroy the environment, and kick the... The Flora and Fauna of Gaming: Birds 44 Some people make a hobby out of studying animals for fun in the real world. But not me. Why would I ever want to do that when there are even more interesting creatures to watch inside of the game... From the Console to the TV Station: Part 2 42 Last week, From the Console to the TV Station discussed the very first TV adaptations of videogames. Now we jump ahead a few years to two of the more memorable game-based cartoons.The Mario and S... Review: Kodu Game Lab 34 After being involved in the creative process of a few indie games, I've acquired quite a taste for game making. I now feel that I won't be completely satiated until I make a game all on my own. T... The art of Once Upon a Pixel 45 Yesterday, a super-secret project that I have been working on little by little over the past month finally came to fruition -- the Once Upon a Pixel episode of HAWP. This was one of the biggest p... From the Console to the TV Station: Part 1 21 A while back, I wrote about two of my favorite subjects combined: videogames and cereal. Now I want to take you through another avenue of pop culture history that will help to complete the trifec... Games Time Forgot: Pulseman 21 Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our "Games Time Forgot" series.As an American, I feel a little weird writing this week's Games Time Forgot colu... Games Time Forgot: The Journeyman Project Trilogy 50 Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our "Games Time Forgot" series.I was never much of a PC gamer. I missed out on many of the games considered to ... My Father the Phone: A tribute to Ness's dad 31 Today is Father's Day, and many videogame characters out there are likely celebrating their fathers and father figures. The Koopa Kids and Bowser Jr. have Bowser, Jade has Pey'j, and Mega Man has... Huge videogame etymology study is educational and awesome! 14 There are some gamers who just play games without giving any part of them outside of what is immediately going on any further thought. Then there are others who play games and wonder, as they sto... How the Metal Gear Solid series changed my life 73 As you may or may not be aware, Anthony and I have been on a bit of a Hideo Kojima kick lately. This was initially brought on by his desire to get me, a person who had never played Metal Gear Sol... Toadstool's ???: What is Princess Peach hiding? 85 Princess Peach Toadstool has ruled over the Mushroom Kingdom for many years, keeping a calm and kind demeanor as she juggles her monarchly duties with repeated abductions and appearances in spor... Games Time Forgot: Chulip 21 Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our "Games Time Forgot" series.It's always been a hobby of mine to visit videogame stores, without the intent o... Eduardo the Samurai Toaster to toast toast next week 10 The kind folks over at Semnat Studios just shot us an email to let us know that their odd WiiWare creation, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, is going to be released on June 15th, 2009. June 15th, 200... E3 09: Pluff 14 The general attitude shown by all of the big three companies this year at E3 seems to be a push towards realism by taking the emphasis off of button presses. The Wii MotionPlus, Sony's motion con... E3 09: AAF E3 Special! Into the Pixel 4 Art is a very important part of gaming. It all goes in a great big circle. Concept art gives way to videogames, and then those who love the games pay tribute to them through art of their own. It ... E3 09: Burch 'n Davis play Scribblenauts 16 Shoved in a lonely little corner of the show floor was 5th Cell's Scribblenauts. Even the DS display was facing backwards from everything else, making the game hidden from the rest of the world s... E3 09: Burch 'n Davis play R&C Future: A Crack in Time 12 Anthony and I were in the Sony booth mostly to check out Ghostbusters, but there was quite a line for it. Before we committed to making our way through it, we popped over to the side to try out t... E3 09: Burch 'n Davis play Mini Ninjas 6 There are some pretty cool areas set up around the E3 showfloor that physically depict the environment that you would find in the games presented there. For example, the Arkham Asylum area is bui... E3 09: Burch 'n Davis play Brutal Legend 18 Brutal Legend. You've seen it, heard it, and most likely have waited for it in great anticipation. I know that Anthony and I both have. And today, we finally got to have some hands-on time with a... E3 09: Hands-on with Cave Story Wii 29 Cave Story is probably one of my favorite games of all time. It has everything a great game ought to have; fun gameplay, a variety of weapons, a compelling story, and best of all, amazing sprite ... E3 09: Burch 'n Davis play The Legendary Starfy 15 While in Nintendo's area of the show floor at E3, there just so happened to be two lonely looking DS units just waiting for Anthony Burch and I to come to them and try out the demo of The Legenda... E3 09: Hands-on with Muramasa: The Demon Blade 20 Anthony and myself hit the show floor today, and we went -- as the kids say -- positively buck wild. We hit the sizable Nintendo booth first, forcing our hands onto every controller in the immedi... E3 09: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box media 18 The Professor Layton series is finally getting its second English entry with Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. This entry of the series will center around the mysterious box mentioned in ... E3 09: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is cute 4 The Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games have been pretty okay by me. They're at least something different than the normal formula, and I really like being able to take that little peek into the world o... Wii hacker Johnny Lee is working on Project Natal 20 Here's a little tidbit of news that may give the doubtful more faith in how well Microsoft's Project Natal will work once out from the conference and into the living room; Johnny Chung Lee, the m... E3 09: Hey! It's an Assassin’s Creed II trailer 14 I'm here at E3 today trying to help out the rest of the crew relay back to you, the readers, the total influx of news, videos and images coming down the pipe. The stories are being divvied out wi... Games Time Forgot: Chameleon Twist 25 Every Wednesday, we highlight rarely-remembered but interesting games for our "Games Time Forgot" series.Anthony Burch, whom I share this weekly article with, often tells me how he beli... Other Worlds Than These: The Neverhood 20 Many years ago, through a little PC game called The Neverhood, I was put into the shoes of Klaymen, a person who initially has no knowledge of who he is or the world he woke up in. Initially, aft... Review: Klonoa 34 In a time where non-human heroes were a commonplace thing, a long eared catrabbit carved a small niche into the hearts of gamers. Klonoa was never the world's most famous anthropomorphic videogam... Review: Banjo-Tooie (XBLA) 30 I don't know, but I've been toldBanjo-Tooie is kind of oldBut now it's back on XBLAShould you go out and get it today?Read on for the answer! « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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