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Destructoid EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Join Destructoid at the University of Miami's Launchpad 21 Who wants to play an altered reality RTS about sustainable publishing processes called Destructoid?  I'll be at the University of Miami's Launch Pad event today at 4 PM trying to explain wha... Forums, we have them: November edition 28 [Forums, we have them is a monthly recap of all that's gone down in the forums the previous month.] Here we are again for another edition of FWHT. We had a busy month in the Forums. I've added so... dTunes editor's week, day 9: Joseph Leray 29 [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 furt... Destructoid.TV launches! 24/7 videos, trailers, and smut 57 Remember Cinematech?  It was a G4 show that played the latest trailers, cut-scenes, and commercials of upcoming video games (with a special segment on smutty Japanese games) with little or n... Connect to Destructoid with Facebook 66 Just a quick site update: You can now login and comment with your Facebook account. Better late than never, right? Since FB is larger than most countries and 40% of the Internet is always logged ... Forums, we have them: October edition 28 It's that time again! Welcome to the October edition of Forums: We have them. This month, I've got a brief PAX recap, we did some updates to the Forums to make it mesh with the front page, we got... A look back at PAX 09 through the eyes of the community 28 Just like PAX last year, a ton of you made a community blog recounting your tales at PAX 09. And just like last year, I've (hopefully) managed to find all the blogs that were made and recapped th... Southpeak responds to our Section 8 review, finds a bug 49 I'll give Southpeak credit where it's due. We've torn many of their games to shreds, but not once have they ever complained, demanded a re-review, or thrown bitter accusations at us. That said, o... Mr. Destructoid presents an award at The Burgies 22 Mr. Destructoid's had the honor of appearing at a lot of great events, but now he's about to add a new one to his repertoire: presenting an award! On September 14th here in lovely Miami, Florida,... And Dtoid's PAX Game of the Show nominees are... 66 So apparently, the Penny Arcade Expo show floor is packed with videogames. Who knew? Some are better than others, and some of them, well... some of them we think are simply great. We've hand-sele... Forums: We have them September edition 33 Welcome to the next installment of the Forums: We have them article. This month I’m not going to talk about PAX. That’s the hip thing right now and I’m excited, but I figure I&r... The Gamer Studio: A peek into how Destructoid came to be 63 Destructoid turns four next year. That's ridiculous. Surely we should be either bankrupt or lecherous sellouts by now, right? Somehow we're still here by no small contribution of Dtoid's plucky e... Destructoid's unboxing of the PS3 Slim 57 Winners: Virgin Mobile Freefest! 4 Yesterday, we gave three New York City-area Destructoid readers the chance to win a ride down south to check out the Virgin Mobile Freefest in Columbia, Maryland. The winners have been chosen, an... Contest: Live near NYC? Rock with Sony at Virgin Mobile Freefest 29 On Sunday, August 30, the grounds at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, will get rocked by the Virgin Mobile FreeFest. Scheduled to perform at the festival are Weezer, Blink-182, and Fra... NARP update: GameUnicon 09 happening today! 6 The biggest videogame convention in New England is happing today! GameUnicon 2009 is going to be open around the clock until Sunday evening and a three day pass is just $40! GameUnicon 2009 is g... Make your time! PAX schedule is live 23 The Penny Arcade Expo 2009 schedule is finally live. There’s going to be a ton of panels, some awesome concerts, tournaments and a ton of things for people to do while at the Expo. There ar... Contest: Become Mr. Destructoid for an hour at PAX 77 The excitement at Destructoid HQ is bubbling like dynamite in my grandma's toilet, as PAX is just three weeks away! There are a ton of people planning on going from the Dtoid Community, and we ha... More No Apparent Reason Parties heading your way 37 No Apparent Reason Parties, NARPs for short, are a long standing tradition here at Destructoid. NARPs are parties hosted by Dtoiders for Dtoiders and everyone is welcome to attend a party. It's a... Comment of the Week: Lack of originality in whining 30 Earlier this week, we pointed to Marvelous' Yasuhiro Wada's statement on the lack of originality in games. He feels that Japan's gamer population is shrinking due to the lack of variety in gaming... A weekend without Destructoid - server upgrade time! 48 Destructoid is moving on up (to the east side, in a deluxe server cloud in the sky) this weekend, so the site may be down for extended periods of time as we set the current servers on fire and da... Here he comes: Mr. Destructoid figure in color! 70 Well, Tomopop's readers seemed to really enjoy the unpainted teaser pic, so we thought you might enjoy checking out the progress we've made so far on the Destructoid collectible that's coming yo... Comment of the Week: Defy the future with boring fonts 25 Earlier in the week, Disney revealed two teaser posters for the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time film, set for a May 2010 release. We criticized it, not because of what you'd expect. Jake Gyll... Comment of the Week: Question on reviews 42 Last week we announced our new weekly "feature," something we're calling "Comment of the Week." The idea: encourage legitimate, entertaining discussion about videogaming news,... Introducing: Destructoid's Comment of the Week 98 We love you guys; really, we do. And even more so, we love hearing from you. Even better, we love it when you have something relevant, interesting, or even funny to say. With that in mind, we'd l... Forums, we have them: July edition 33 Here we are, back again to regale you of tales of wonder and astonishment. Tales so frightening they will cause your hair to turn white. Tales so humorous, you literally bust a gut laughing. Tale... Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is coming to the Penny Arcade Expo 33 If you're going to PAX this September (and really, why wouldn't you be?), you might like to know that both Ashly Burch and I will be presenting a panel on the first day of the expo.On Friday, Sep... Check out some games made by Dtoid community members 25 There are a lot of crafty people here at Destructoid. We've seen amazing artworks, custom hats, songs about Destructoid to so much more. Recently, we've been seeing more and more games being made... Destructoid's post-E3 editors' interview, part two 15 We're back with our second part of the Destructoid editors' post-E3 interview. Yesterday we talked to the staff about how they thought they fared at E3 this year, as well as how successful they t... Good times at the Destructoid KarE3oke party 22 The Destructoid KarE3oke party sponsored by Hammersuit, GoNintendo, IndustryGamers, and GamersGate was a huge success (PC and Mac World even talked about our party!) The party held at the Caffe B... E3 09: How E3 was like High School 41 The last thing I'd ever want to do is go back to High School again, but it seems like I just came away from a week-long session of classes. Bear with me here.I thought we were done with the cliqu... E3 09: Things that Totally Just Happened at E3 2009 44 We do this all the time. Destructoid's editors come together and talk about the strange occurrences that we've experienced throughout our work week. With events like E3, we're usually so busy doi... Destructoid KarE3oke party: We're overbooked, come early 25 Just a quick reminder to everyone that RSVP'd for our E3 Party on Monday night: since Facebook doesn't let you set an event cap, there was a flood of entries and we are accidentally overbooked! I... Forums, we have them: June edition 17 It’s another month and time for another update on the Forums. The biggest thing that happened is the creation of a new section of the Forums. Inspired by the mighty Dyson of Retroforce... Destructoid descends on E3: Here's what you can expect 29 E3 holds a special place in my heart. Coming here is a little dream a million nerds like me share, and I'll never forget when I put all logic aside and just went for it by firing up my own gam... Lose your voice before E3 at Destructoid's party, June 1st! 57 Destructoid is having an E3 party and you're invited! Come watch the spectacle of 50 midgets set on fire as we hurl gasoline-soaked Neo Geos into their mouths! Just kidding -- it's just an open b... Podtoid 100: Podtoid 100 37 Yay. You can listen to it here, or subscribe to us on iTunes.- Do you people really want a Sportstoid podcast? Really? - Adam Dork's Podtoid soundboard- We retrospect the hell out of everything- ... Miami's biggest gaming party is tonight! GameNarp.com 29 If you're in South Florida and missed the last one, here's your chance to redeem yourself! Destructoid and friends are hosting our next gaming event TONIGHT at Florida International University So... Mr. Destructoid, the collectible? You bet 56 [As originally posted on Tomopop] What is it you're looking at here, exactly? Well, it's the first sneak peek at the very first Mr. Destructoid collectible! Sculpted by Trevor Zammit, who has wor... Destructoid Mac Widget version 2.0 [Update] 13 Have you guys been paying attention to the Dtoid UserVoice page? We've been getting a lot of great feedback from it and you should totally be voicing your opinions on it too.A while ago, Jackal27... Over 1,000 avatars combined to form these Dtoid wallpapers 112 Some of you may remember the Mr. Destructoid avatar mosaic that was made by Community member tehuberone way back in the day. The images were made up of over 500 user avatars forming an unholy all... Forums, we have them: May edition 41 Destructoid has Forums? That’s a question that gets asked around here quite a bit. The answer to that question is very much YES. For those of you that are new to Destructoid or maybe ha... Upcoming Destructoid No Apparent Reason Parties 42 No Apparent Reason Parties, NARPs for short, are a long standing tradition here at Destructoid. NARPs are parties hosted by Dtoiders for Dtoiders and everyone is welcome to attend a party. It's a... Runner, a game made by Dtoid staff members, is now playable 126 Runner is a free, independent, downloadable game made by  Jonathan Holmes (sprite art), Ashley Davis (other art), and myself (design, programming). It was finished over the weekend (barring ... Write Dtoid's 5-word Webby speech, win $1,000 cash! 119 Tuesday was awesome. I was away doing the nerdiest thing possible (at a Final Fantasy concert) when Destructoid was nominated for a Webby in the games-related category. Could you imagine my O-fac... Vote for Destructoid, help us win the People's Choice award 42 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... Destructoid's homage to Silent Hill: Shattered Memories 169 You've seen the art for the upcoming Wii, PS2, and PSP game Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, haven't you? There's all of two images right now: one is of an unattractive logo for the game and the ... Download the DTOID PlayXPert in-game software 21 It feels like just yesterday Destructoid was first telling the masses about PlayXPert; an in-game overlay tool designed to put a little less wear on your alt+tab keys. Just recently we ... Dtoid contests update: WTF is this sh*t, Bleach Boy? 17 We have an on-going contest at Destructoid where we ask our dear readers to stuff our office mailbox with the most random crap they can find (for the purpose of decorating our office with absurdi... The making of the new Destructoid helmet 43 Want to know how a real pro does it? Don't ask me. The original Mr. Destructoid helmet, while awesome in its own homeless way, was built using a bunch of air conditioner sheet metal bolted and du... A birthday message from Sonic the Hedgehog 85 Destructoid.com is three years old today, and this special anniversary also marks the birthday of its founder, as well as the man I've been proud to call "boss" for the past two years o... Destructoid turns three 205 Not one. Not two. But three. Man, time flies. Even though he's just a baby (pimp), we gave Mr. Destructoid a facelift by hiring Volpin Props, who created this stunning piece. He (and his hoes) ar... The Destructoid children's alphabet book 131 Last year, GuitarAtomik sang, Rio McCarthy made a bunch of awesome, Necros was racist, itemforty drew the staff, RockVillian made a prologue, CannibalCalvin was creepy, LarkOhiya made a Destructo... Destructoid three-year anniversary live stream! 54 Destructoid is turning three years old this Monday! It's also Niero's birthday on Monday! OMG CELEBRATION! We're holding a party at the new Dtoid offices here in Miami and the cops have already b... Mr. Destructoid will need your clothes, your boots & motorcycle 91 A week from Monday, Destructoid will be celebrating its third birthday. The Miami office is ready to welcome with open hands its staff and community members with liquor, air mattresses & robo... Let me tell you about my Office Space Tim Burton Final Fight MMO 8 It is customary on the Pushing Play podcast to ask their interview guest about what game they would make if they could*.  I was a guest on this week's show and my answer was a tale of failur... Breaking! Free Destructoid shirts for the ladies while they last 22 Time to clean house!  Nerdyshirts is closing out the last of our 08' Destructoid skull & crossbones shirts for $5 plus shipping (all men's sizes are sold out, sorry!) but here's how to g... The Destructoid Comic: Time to formulate a plan 37 The story so far: CyberneticTigerZ decides to push on ahead, much to Jim's objections. While they head towards the Destructor-toid they suddenly find themselves surrounded! They are attacked by... Guacamole! 83 Remember the guy that made that utterly insane portal gun replica and the little sister life-sized syringe? We got in touch and, well, let's just say I've kept Mr. Krix a little busy.Way bigger. ... Give your loved one some robot lovin' with the Destructoid Valentine's Day card 14 Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and what better way to celebrate the day of love then by giving some robot lovin’ to your significant other. 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