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Left 4 Dead 2's Midnight Riders have a blog and stuff

Following on from our discovery of a Midnight Riders teaser site, we've just been tipped offLeft 4 Dead 2's resident rock band now has a blog, as well as a Youtube channel. Check it out because i...
Experience the world in third person with Avatar Machine

You know what sucks about real life? It's only from one perspective. Where are the variance in genres? You can only play real life in first person, and we all know too much of one type of genre ...
Guy steals 100 copies of Modern Warfare 2

If you decided to steal from a GameStop, what would you grab? The expensive consoles? As many games as you can dream of? If you're one man in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the answer is easy -- keep i...
Art Attack Friday: Andy Helms' Dude-A-Day project

[Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist.] Back in February (which, if you'll recall, was the internet Stone Age), Hamza featured Andy Helms' Dude-...
Patapon shoes will rock someone else's feet

Kyozo Kicks returns! The guy who brings us awesome Zelda and Phoenix Wright shoes that we can never wear because he only makes one pair of them has brought us another pair of shoes we can never w...
Watch an Alien and a Predator play Rock Band together

What else needs to be said? A Xenomorph, a marine, a Predator and two of the Predator's friends team up to play The Automatic's "Monster" on Rock Band. This footage was captured at Lon...
World's largest Lego Mario up for auction

Quick, as of this posting you only have 7 dagen and 21 uren to win yourself the largest Lego Mario in the world. In case you're wondering why I'm speaking in Netherlandese (yes, I am well aware t...
Atlus re-stocks Demon's Souls (Deluxe Editions all gone)

This is rather brilliant news. Due to a demand that exceeded initial expectations, Atlus has today announced that it will be shipping out more copies of Demon's Souls so that the multitudes strug...
Madasgascar gets a kart racer

Kart racing. It's pretty much the genre equivalent of the village bicycle. Not everyone has had a ride quite yet, but we're getting there and there's only a few franchises that are still waiting ...
Hot mess? Atari to bring Project Runway game to the Wii

Ah, I bet you thought I was going to use “Make it work!” in the headline to describe the recent news that Atari is bringing a Project Runway game to the Wii. The popular phrase is the...
NA Club Nintendo gets some awesome Zelda love

While the North American version of Club Nintendo still pales in comparison to its Japanese counterpart as far as giveaways and benefits go, it's safe to say that the service does offer up some s...
Greed is good: How Dtoid spent Dante's $200 (update)

Contest update: Superdrybones wins $69 nacho+cat+skateboard flavored dollars and a slightly used Publix mallard duck. We'd  love to also send you photos of our puss-filled breasts that shoot...
TGS 09: Trains, games & techno!

Moshi moshi... that's all I got. It's currently Thursday morning in Tokyo, and I'm listening to our beloved Nick Chester curse and bark at our television -- it's a beautiful thing. This can easil...
EA teases bringing back SSX

During my time here, there has always been one game that seems to be met with universal praise whenever it gets mentioned, and it's a game you might not immediately think of: SSX Tricky. When the...
The full list of usable words in Scribblenauts

Scribblenauts comes out this week! However, it somehow got leaked and a few people have been playing it already. Any of them who do not buy it at launch should be gutted and strung out to die slo...
Life size Link papercraft puts everything else to shame

And I thought this Ninja Gaiden papercraft was awesome. I was very wrong. In fact after today and seeing the life size Link papercraft I'm pretty sure that all other papercrafts are going to pale...
Flashbang's Time Donkey is now available on Blurst

Flashbang Studios, purveyors of weird and creators of Off-Road Velociraptor Safari and Jetpack Brontosaurus, have released a new game. It's called Time Donkey, it was made in eight weeks, and you...
GC 09: Loads of Eyepet pictures and fun and it's cute!!! <3

I may be a cold, stone-hearted, ruthless son of a bitch, but I'll be damned if I don't love ridiculously cute and retarded nonsense. Enter the Eyepet, a virtual friend that lives inside your PS3 ...
New high-def videogame remake art is beyond brilliant

About six months ago we posted a gallery of gorgeous, absolutely striking art depicting what some classic videogames would look like if they were redone with a new, high-def, stylish sheen. Actua...
Scribblenauts art defies the use of adjective to describe it

You know what game I'm perfectly fine with over hyping? Scribblenauts. I'll post the most trivial item available for this game and you'll like it, you hear me! However, you'll like this one on yo...
Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games

Anyone beat last week's mind teaser yet? Didn't think so. Okay, no more games until we get past that hellacious hurdle -- see you next week!Okay, okay, okay. I'm not that cruel. But I am cruel en...
Sexy sprites: New Machinarium trailer gives me the vapors

How coincidental is it that the moment I added the recent Ali Larter/Beyoncé craptastic thriller Obsessed to my Netflix queue (just released on DVD!), a brand-new trailer for upcoming PC a...
INVESTIGATIONS: Miles Edgeworth Web site is now live!

If you are excited about the new Ace Attorney INVESTIGATIONS: Miles Edgeworth game for the Nintendo DS, let me hear you say “Eureka!”EUREKA!Man, I can’t wait for this game. Sadl...
Scribblenauts was already win, but this makes it winnier

Australia rocks. I know, I've been there. It's a very cool place with good people. The games are too expensive, but the world is about to make up for that because Australia is the only place conf...
Monkey Island statue is made of greatness

This weekend I come to you on my knees begging for forgiveness. Why do I do this? Because I have never played a Monkey Island game. Not even part of one. Not even one mouse click to make a charac...
SDCC: Five more Game #3 trailers, just for you

The great thing about conventions is that news moves at lightning pace: this morning, Jim brought you guys a new gameplay video from The Behemoth's "Game #3." Well, a few more have hit ...
Dr. Zilog's chiptunes "My Girls," with 8-bit video to match

Dr. Zilog is a self-described "electronica, experimental, death metal" group that, until today, I'd never heard of. That all changed when they released a chiptunes cover of Animal Colle...
Scribblenaut artist does Street Fighter, Final Fantasy VII

I know, I know. It's probably not responsible of me to keeping hyping Scribblenauts to hell and back. You could even say that I'm biased towards 5th Cell's upcoming do-anything puzzler, but I can...
Five seconds of retro goodness coming your way

In life things that take five seconds are often a disappointment, leaving your fiancee (I got engaged last weekend!) looking at you yet again with disappointment as you roll over and fall asleep....
RUN FOR SHELTER! In Crysis, it's raining men ... literally!

What were The Weather Girls thinking?!For decades, people around the world have raised their hands in the air and danced to the international hit early ‘80s anthem “It’s Raining...
NeoGAF adds Scribblenauts hype with fan art avatars

I don't think I'll ever get tired of reading and writing about 5th Cell's adorable Scribblenauts, an upcoming puzzle/platformer that's been making a stir since this year's E3, and the epic NeoGAF...
Custom Katamari Damacy box art is na-na-nice and incredible

Unhappy with the official box art for Namco Bandai's Katamari Damacy, Destructoid forum-goer Matthew Blake took matters into his own hands. He created his own. While we're flattered by the fact t...
Scribblenauts and the motherf*cking robot zombies

We can all agree that Scribblenauts is awesome. 5TH Cell is one of my favorite developers, and it makes me emotional to see so many people paying attention to the developer in the weeks following...
New Metroid II fan remake trailer gives me the fish sweats

My God this game is looking incredible.After more than a year in production (and after a fair share of Destructoid posts about it), the fan remake of underrated Game Boy game Metroid II: Return o...
E3 09: Endless Ocean 2 shows off hot dolphin/penguin action!

Haha ... I just realized that headline sounds dirty. Sorry. After the Nintendo press conference, as I was walking out of Club Nokia, an associate at Nintendo whom I know walked up to me. Before I...
EGM is back

Remember childhood? It was a time of innocence and happiness, when everything was always sunshine and roses and if it wasn't your mommy would take care of it. It was a time when the printed mediu...
Acclaimed Wii game Fragile officially coming to America!

IGN has just reported that Xseed Games (the publishers of the addictive Retro Game Challenge) has picked up the North American release rights to widely acclaimed Japanese Wii RPG/adventure game F...
Breaking barriers at the highest arcade in the world

Reflex- or twitch-based videogames are a lot like visual art or music in a lot of ways, particularly in that they don't depend on language to communicate ideas effectively. A good game is good, n...
Max and the Magic Marker may be the best WiiWare game yet

Okay, I know I am being dramatic -- there are a lot of great WiiWare games out there (well, not that many). But after watching video of one of Max and the Magic Marker's demo levels, you will eas...
Pink Punch-Out!! hoodie leaves me wordless -- well not quite

I am literally livid with myself for not knowing that these existed before today. Evidently Nintendo was giving away pink Punch-Out!! hoodies just like Little Mac wears at the Nintendo World Stor...
Muscle March: The greatest videogame trailer ever created

Prepare yourself. You are about to watch a trailer for upcoming Japanese WiiWare game Muscle March that will include the following:Constellations in the shape of musclesRainbowsSheepMore penises ...
Civilization IV: The Complete Edition announced

Are you ready to get your strategy on? 2K Games has announced Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, a collection of Civ IV plus the expansions, and it's hitting North American ...
Arcade crazy? Build your own Vewlix style cabinet

First off, this DIY option is not for the layperson. Hardcore only, I'd say. But, if after reading this headline you already have your shoes on to rush out to Home Depot, we'd love to see what yo...
Pedisedate: Gassing your kids, one Game Boy game at a time

You are so not ready for this.A new piece of medical equipment is being tested right now called the Pedisedate. Basically, it is a headset that is placed on a child before they are admitted to su...
Grim Fandango action figures are to die for

I am not a huge action figure collector, but if I ever see something that tickles my fancy I will usually snatch it up and display it in my office. Like, right now I am looking at a rather sassy ...
Vote for Destructoid, help us win the People's Choice award

HOLY SHIT! Destructoid was nominated for a Webby in the games-related category.  There's probably no way in hell we'll win it, but with your help we may stand a chance. We're asking everyone...
Sony patents a PSP-controlled car ... yes, they've done this

It is very rare that an idea comes along that is at once both truly brilliant and utterly stupid, but you can be sure that Sony is usually behind it. The latest hare-brained scheme to come from S...
Could Close Range be the funniest faux FPS ever?

It's highly possible that it is the funniest faux FPS ever, but I've been known to get worked up over incredibly stupid things before. Then again, haven't we all? The Onion has a first-hand repor...
RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive ends TONIGHT!

[Chad's far, far away in the land of dolphins at the moment so I thought I'd give it a bump! -Niero] This Sunday evening (3/29) the RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive charity auction is officially over. ...
New Punch-Out!! trailer shows off Doc and a new opponent!

When Punch-Out!! for the Wii was first announced last October, I have to be honest: I was a little nervous. The game looked great, but something about it felt a little rushed and, I don’t k...
Mega Man 2.5D is the coolest thing you will see in 200X

This is creepy. Through the mystical force of the Internet, we here at Destructoid have discovered a video so awesome it has the power to magically control your finger to hit the Caps Lock and im...
First gameplay video of A Boy and His Blob Wii remake

A note to developers: this is how you remake a classic 2D NES game on current-generation consoles.Just a couple days ago, it was revealed that a remake of A Boy and His Blob would be hitting the ...
Practice throwing jellybeans: A Boy and His Blob set for Wii

There isn’t much I can say in this post aside from OMG A NEW BOY AND HIS BLOB GAME IS CONFIRMED FOR THE WII!Seriously, that’s pretty much all the information available.According to th...
New Woot shirt presents the original Sonic the Hedgehog

Buying a shirt from Woot appears to be a gambling game which you rarely ever win -- the designs are just so awesome that each new product seems to be sold out within minutes. That's why I did the...
Half-Life 2 fan made mini-series is absolutely amazing

Escape From City 17 is a short film series made by the Purchase Brothers. Part one was just released onto Youtube and this is easily going to be the best videogame related fan made video of 2009....
Convulsions of joy: hot Muramasa: The Demon Blade trailer

Look, we don't need to do this thing here. We don't need to tell you what Muramasa: The Demon Blade is. You've already heard of it and want it. We've been going on and on about it since 2007. It...
Be prepared: High-def videogame remake art is beyond beautiful

I think this is the first time in my life I have ever been speechless.Before anyone cries “OVERDRAMATIC!” please take a look at the attached gallery. Artist Orioto has recreated some ...
Nintendo show their true colors when a fan loses everything in a fire

I've gotten comfortable with the fact that the Nintendo of today is not the same company I was once enamoured withas a child, and that's ok with me -- they're still changing the face of gaming, w...
Watch me Hadouken GameTrailers TV tonight on Spike!

Possessing the massive thighs of Chun-Li and the curvy package of Ryu, I strutted into the GameTrailers TV studios a couple weeks ago and shot a segment in which I talked about the most anticipat...
Contra action figures hit the scene; Teela breaks up with He-Man

I am not a toy expert like our brothers and sisters over at Tomopop.com, but I know a good toy when I see one. And, man, these Mad Dog & Scorpion Contra action figures are some damn good toys...


 
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