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California EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Pre-E3 09: A peek at the Expo as a work in progress 12 Although E3 proper doesn’t start until this Tuesday, we hoofed it down to the Los Angeles Convention Center to pick up our badges and to see how things were going. With two more days to go ... Move over, Mama: Activision announces Science Papa 33 I knew it. I knew someone was listening. Right after Majesco trademarked Babysitting Mama, I joked around and said that someone should make a male version of the game. And then Activision announc... Square Enix is hiring for action game at new Los Angeles office 8 The careers page at Square Enix's North American Web page let slip that they're working on an action-oriented original IP. Square Enix is needing programmers for this new game, so they have to le... E3 2008: Destructoid's horror stories 61 The general consensus is that the 2008 E3 Business and Media Summit sucked. And everyone you asked had their own reasons to say so. Some took issue with the ghost town of a convention hall, which... STFUAJPG: IDG 'thrilled' with E For All attendance 32 Poke around on the Internet, and you'll see a lot of videogaming Web sites throwing a negative spin on E for All's inaugural year. A few bloggers and journalists snapped a few photos of what appe... Destructoid Contest: Win ten free 4-day passes to E for All today! 62  You've read the news.  You know the venue.  If you'll be anywhere near the Los Angeles convention center next weekend and want to play Smash Brothers Brawl, Metal Gear Solid 4, Gu... Confirmed: Nintendo's Senior Marketing VP George Harrison leaves company 8 As Nintendo packs up and heads out of Redmond, a few of Nintendo's power players have decided to stay behind, Marketing VP George Harrison included. Nintendo is moving to hang out with the cool k... Mega64 mega-update: premiere screening and DVD 6 Mega64 (remember their 'greatest skit ever'?) has updated their news page with a big fatty chunk of news, some new announcements, and some event attendance reminders. Oh, and this, if you... Letters to the robot: LA fires, hot homeless people, and an easy way to Wii 26 We receive all kinds of email at Destructoid. We mostly get death threats, naked women covered in video games, news tips, legal threats, polar bear ransom letters, and desperate pleas for Summa&... MI-6 Conference 2007: The early sessions 28 Yesterday marked the first day of the MI-6 video game marketing conference held at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco. The niche event was formed by a trade group "designed to support the vid... Jonquel shoots 3 over PlayStation theft, still strangely cool with his own name 6 The New York Times is running a story about a California college student named Jonquel Brooks who went on the lam after killing one man and wounding two others with gunfire. The unfortunately-na... Happy birthday to G4 TV's Zach Selwyn 13 Look, I drink......and from time to time I have the luck of meeting some great people in the industry. Aside from my chance meeting with Jesus at a bar in Denver, Zach Selwyn is one of the&n... 300 advance tickets to E for All -- limited supply, available ... RIGHT NOW! 22 As promised, Destructoid locked in 300 advance VIP tickets for our readers and are available starting today until they sell out. Here's the link with my super secret code (dtoid):http://tix.... Blizzcon 2007 announced: August 3-4 in Anaheim, $100 a ticket 22 ZOMG a Blizzard party! The details for Blizzcon 2007 were just announced on their official Web site, along with a programming gig if you're l337 and seeking. Here's what you can expect: &... E for All Expo: Get in the VIP Areaaaa 8 Got plans for October? Besides scaring little boys and girls in a robot helmet, Destructoid will be hanging out at E for All in LA for the four days of the show ... plus an extra 7 hours of ear... New Mass Effect Xbox 360 screenies 18 Wanted: Demoralized lanky dog-named man capable of breathing in space while battling hostile vegan aliens in a wantonly landscaped world where everything is covered in a revolutionary next-gen n... Destructoid: The Italian Restaurant 9 Diversification is important for a growing gaming business, as is stockpiling marinara sauce and not making offensive Mario impressions when Italian people visit. This is why we broke in a local... Friday Robot Intermission, Also, shirts, GDC, SXSW, and Dtoid 1 year anniversary 17 Friday. Happy hour. Lights out. Go tell your boss to shove it and that you're not working next week because you're taking a spontaneous trip to San Francisco to party with us. Summa, Ron,... A Destructoid virgin does it for the first time 173 Now that I have been officially “beaten in” by the Destructoid gang, I just wanted to introduce myself -- I am resident nOOb, Chad! I would shake all of your hands, but I am not sure ... GamePro Expo now renamed to much lamer E for All Expo 13 Leave it to sub-par gaming mag GamePro to pick and change the name of an already awkwardly-named GamePro Expo to the even shattier moniker of Entertainment for All Expo -- or as the cool kids ca... Weekend Lost Planet Photoshop contest 125 Destructoid has four more free copies of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition to give away, and we're giving all of them to our best Photoshoppers. All you have to do is get creative with a few of ... Lost Planet Giveaway #3 -- 2 copies! Go! 35 As you may have heard, we are giving away free copies of Lost Planet on the Xbox 360 all week long. Today we're giving away another 2: Here's how you win your free copy:1) One winner for ... San Fran's PS3 launch: MEGA COVERAGE 7 San Francisco is home to the Sony PlayStation store, and for last two days it has also been home to something else: the hardcore. Over 750 people were lined up and waiting outside the Metreon whe...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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