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Drugs EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Monday Mind Teasers: Samorost 1 & Samorost 2 4 After last week's little game Little Wheel, I decided to make this week dedicated to the game that heavily influenced it and countless of other online flash games back in the day. Is Samorost old... Critique a notebook design, win The Beatles: Rock Band 8 Somebody smart once said that something to the effect of "the interface is your product". I think this is how Apple gets away with overpricing their low-powered computer line (and they ... Used Grand Theft Auto comes with free ecstasy tablets 34 A British man was stunned after buying two second hand Grand Theft Auto games and discovering some free ecstasy tablets wrapped in plastic and slotted into the one of the game's manuals. For some... Smoke pot, suck at games, claims anti-marijuana campaign 123 Anti-marijuana campaign Above The Influence is targeting gamers by demonstrating how bad their playing skills can get while feeling the effects of funny cigarettes. Pointing out the effects of po... EA stands behind Mirror's Edge and Dead Space, calls them 'successful' 28 And they should. Sure, both of their new IPs didn't sell as well as they hoped, but EA Europe's VP Patrick Soderlund thinks that they've done a good job with the titles, and says that they will b... Guitar playing isn't a f*cking videogame, says Noel Gallagher 43 Oasis string plucker Noel Gallagher is at it again, sharing his expert opinion on videogames. A while back, he decided to blame knife crime on games, and now he's summed up Guitar Hero in the onl... A drug-addled Alec Baldwin's refuge? Why, Galaga, of course 8 It wasn’t easy being Alec Baldwin in the ’80s. The decade that became infamous for its addictive excesses nearly consumed an endless list of celebrities, including Baldwin, who just w... Mother of heroin 'victim' wants drug-dealing iPhone game banned 37 There's nothing like the "I was personally affected by this, hence I want it banned" routine. The mother of a British heroin "victim" wants iPhone App Underworld, a game we me... Now you're playing with power: NES controller bong 40 Perhaps inspired by the Nintendo 64 controller bong we saw some time ago, Gizmodo reader James tried to make an even more compact one based on the classic Nintendo Entertainment System controller... iPhone drug pushing game on the way, renamed itself for App-ceptability 8 The world of a drug dealer is not something I'd ever imagine as videogame-friendly entertainment, but that hasn't stopped developer a-steroids from bringing Drug Lords to the iPhone. At least, ... SCEA calls the PSP a 'gateway drug' into consoles 26 SCEA senior marketing manager John Koller called the PlayStation Portable a "gateway drug" into the console world at the 6th annual Wedbush Morgan Securities Management Access Conferenc... Does GTA IV promote drunk driving? 71 Rockstar just can't help themselves, it seems. As well as all the SORDID HARD SEX (i.e, some strippers and dry humping) and the REALISTIC MURDER SIMULATIONS (i.e, being able to work a sniper rifl... Grand Theft Box Office, Sessler's take on an old Hollywood's tale 37 During the course of this week's episode of Sessler's Soapbox, the ever suave, yet somewhat neurotic G4 host takes on the controversial subject of release dates for popular games -- and their st... Game Suppli: vitamin supplements for gamers 35 As gamers, we have a sort of reputation for being unhealthy. I'm not saying that all of us slam bottles Mountain Dew and cram a slice of pizza in between rounds, but you know what I'm talking abo... Gravity be damned: Just Cause 2 details surface 27 Avalanche Studios is bringing Rico Rodriguez back for more gravity-defying action with a sequel to its free-roaming third-person shooter, Just Cause. In an interview with CVG, Just Cause 2's lead... Who needs drugs when you have videogames? 23 We recently told you how videogames are being used to cure migrane headaches, and now it looks like a similar approach is being taken to chronic pain.It seems that virtual reality can offer as mu... Super Mario Power Up! Energy Drink contains cocaine 31 Ok, it doesn't, really. But if it had, wouldn't it have been some crazy gossip to tell your friends? "So, I was up trying to finish this paper, and I only had 6 hours left before class, so I... Mass Effect metaporn: Strip clubs in the future will still be poorly lit 34 The above clip demonstrates Mass Effect's stunning slutty-aliens-designed-to-pander-to-teens rendering system. Then again, maybe we're being too cynical. After all, it would be unrealistic to t... Livin' it up in a virtual crackhouse: New sim designed to help kick the habit 20 If you're anything like me, you'll find drug abuse hilarious, but there are some out there who take it very seriously indeed. Drug addicts, mainly, but university professors as well (who may or m... Square Enix the dirty wino: Bringing the sauce to DS 14 When Square Enix isn't busy whoring out its major videogame franchise to anyone who'll listen, it can be found in a street corner bar, a glass of merlot in hand, looking down on all and sundry be... Five new Haze screens: Needs more companion cube ... 21 Courtesy of NeoGAF poster Blimblim who "Just got these from Ubisoft", we bring you a gallery of five new screens from the upcoming current PS3 exclusive Haze. Based on the pics, it's qu... More Achievements = higher sales, better reviews, tastier muffins 29 This piece at IGN has an intriguing look at the world of Achievements from a sales perspective. It seems that games emphasizing various levels of accomplishment (and containing a higher number of... Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 brings the filthy wrestlers to Nintendo's DS 20 Wrestling is the modern era's poetry, a deep and philosophical journey toward the center of a man's soul. It represents the pinnacle of mankind's achievements, the highest of art and the most ref... Space Giraffe and Street Trace: NYC on XBLA this Wednesday 21 Space Giraffe (400 MS Points) and Street Trace: NYC (800 MS Points) will indeed be this week's Live Arcade games. If you've been following Jeff Minter's blog, you know what the certification proc... Gamefly bumps up subscription prices ... no more Faberge eggs for you! 28 With the rising prices on video games and the sheer volume of worthwhile titles to play, online rental service Gamefly is a god-send, the likes of which have not been seen since Adriana Lima'... Controlling your Scarface with your Wii 33 Since the Wii obviously uses a non-standard control scheme, owners are always curious how they'll be able to control certain games. One of those of interest is the mature title Scarface. In... Doctors to prescribe Wiis in the future? 5 It seems that there isn't much Nintendo's Wii can't do these days. If  being a tiny, affordable, joyous piece of hardware wasn't enough for you, now you can add therapeutic t... Devo inspires Castlevania shirts; Greybush buys a case of Cool-Whip 18 What horrible day to have a cursed wardrobe! Fear not, as Konami is offering up two Castlevania-themed shirts for almost the price of their fine portable games (hello?!!) -- just $19.95 plus shi... Haloid: the craziest fan movie you'll see this week 104 Haloid is quite possibly the most interesting Halo-related fan movie in existence. It manages to combine multiple genres and provide non-stop action as well as answer the question, “who wou... Weird Game Wednesday: The Bandai Collection 8 Today's instalment of Weird Game Wednesday is so packed with absurdity that you might actually want to import this game for the amusement of your friends and inner child. To be perfectly hon... God of War 2 ... R E M I X E D 17 digg_url = 'http://digg.com/videos/gaming/God_of_War_2_video_remix'; Remember that part in God of War 2 where techno music* suddenly comes on and Kratos starts raving with Fat Medusa? ... Cooking Mama or Lucifer incarnate? You be the judge 13 digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/gaming_news/Cooking_Mama_or_Lucifer_incarnate_You_be_the_judge'; Cooking Mama has been quite popular since its debut, and not just with Harajuku types desper... A fistful of video game art and music 21 Flynn's incredible Mog of War discovery inspired me to take a day to explore video game art on the web ... and by that, I mean that I did absolutely *nothing* for the last 5 hours but slack o... Why there is no Podtoid this week 26 Hi all.I just wanted to send a quick update to the community to let you all know why we don't have a Podtoid for this week. We've been having major technical difficulties (Vista is kicki... Adding 300GB eSATA to a PS3 in pictures 28 Remember the first version of the PS3 we saw? It has a gazillion input ports for Firewire, USB, and even an internal coffee grinder. Naturally costs have to come down and dreams must be crushed, ... Nintendo's creepy Wii are Familii posters 18 As we exited the Wii expo area at Otronicon we found a disturbed looking little boy. He was looking at a colorful Mii poster curiously, face twisted in an expression of utter confusion and curio... Server maintenace complete 36 Update: The little marine said "job's done" Is anyone still awake? No? Ok, good! We're going to take down the site for a few minutes into the wee hours to add some new hardware ... Soothing voiceover humor in Warioware 27 As if this game couldn't get any weirder, it appears that they've packed in more oddities since the beta that we sampled last year.  Among the differences are  soothing voiceove... EGM reveals Guitar Hero 80s Edition; Winger still sucks 43 The latest issue of EGM reveals the next step for Red Octane, the developers behind every geek's rock and roll dream machine Guitar Hero. Apparently during the new year, they will be releasin... Proof that Wii Boxing is crap 24 If a 6-year-old girl can win in Wii Boxing by pumping her arms like a milk maid on a coke binge, then you know you've made a game that doesn't work as intended. But hey, at least the gi... James Brown is dead, merry Christmas 4 Instead of waking up this morning to presents and a glass of empty milk, I had to see that Niero passed along the news that the Godfather of Soul and crazy mug shots, James Brown, was dead at 7... Dude (long pause) the Wii is like, trippy 10 Wiid smoking fanboys do the craziest things. Using a slow shutter speed on his camera and an ever-glowing console, Dirtyknobs has created some etheral landscapes in the dark of various compositio... Is he really writing about Second Life? Yeah. He is. 6 When I started this writing gig, I promised myself and my mother that I would never write about the furry haven that is Second Life. I am about to break that promise.BoingBoing (Who totally heart... If Warhol and Kraftwerk made game music, they'd probably be Keb Keb Keb 3 Words fail, as does my perception to understand what this band's name actually is. These musicians are some sort of homogenized chiptune band who's MySpace Music page is so dysfunctional ...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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