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Fanboys EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag IGN readers HATE Modern Warfare 2 186 Prepare your sides for the splitting of a lifetime, because this is comedy you just can't buy! IGN officially gave the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 a 9.5, but when you compare it ... Insomniac bummed over Resistance 2 fan response 49 Developers make games for the fans -- or at least they say they do. A lot of times I think it's for the money, but in the case of Insomniac we'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Since they ma... Console fanboys make Infinity Ward angry 67 Did you know what when Infinity Ward revealed the packshot for Modern Warfare 2, some people were bitching and whining that an Xbox 360 box was revealed and not a PS3 one, even though they basica... Metal Gear Solid fan movie looks pretty good 27 I say looks pretty good because I haven’t watched Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy yet. This fan made movie is 70 minutes long and I’m feeling way too A.D.D. to focus on one thing at th... Fact: PS3 fanboys are the worst 552 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Talking to the Needlemouse: The Emerald Hills developers 25 There's been a lot of talk about the brand new, 2D, high-definition Sonic game. It's been something people have wanted for a long time, and the idea that this could be a sort of “Sonic 4&... Team 17 calls Microsoft bribe accusations 'bollocks' 31 Worms enjoyed an exclusive period of time on Xbox Live Arcade before gracing other digital platforms with its presence, and Team 17's other big revival, Alien Breed: Evolution, appears to be doin... Fan made Star Fox project looks pretty amazing 83 Star Fox: Shadows of Lylat is a fan made Star Fox project that has been in the works for six years now. Six years is a long time for a fan project but there’s a lot on offer here. Space a... New Metroid II fan remake trailer gives me the fish sweats 55 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... How Killzone 2 is blatantly better than Halo 3 181 Killzone 2 launched exclusively for the PlayStation 3 this Friday, generating much bias from biased people who are biased. It also sold quite a few copies and has been setting the PlayStation Net... Black Smoke: The power of suggestion & the art of self-trolling 135 In 1938, Orson Welles narrated and directed a radio adaptation of H.G Wells' classic sci-fi novel, The War of the Worlds. Using the book as the basis of a simulated news broadcast, Welles and his... Metacritic responds to more fanboy 'score war' nonsense ... we smell a rat 55 This was already addressed, but it seems like fanboys are still causing trouble with their tendency to use Metacritic's user reviews as giant wang-measuring contests. Feeling the sting from havin... Come watch the Spike VGAs with Destructoid! (Live blog and more) 48 We're moments away from the televised broadcast of the 2008 Spike Video Game Awards, live from Los Angeles, California. Now despite the fact that I am on the 2008 VGA Advisory Council this y... Halo themed wedding? Dramamine abuse? This love story has it all 79 This just in: Fanboys can be weird. If you need proof, look no further than Florida, where a happy couple are planning a Halo-themed wedding and intend to be married by none other than Master Chi... Sci-Fi is a troll, posts top ten overrated games of 2008 73 Wow, God bless the Sci-Fi channel. Trolling fanboys can be an art form, but Sci-Fi's blog Fidgit has gone all out with its top ten list of the year's most overrated videogames. Including such gem... Mega Man + period blood = the most disturbed fan art ever 111 Ladies and gentlemen, I now present to you evidence of what happens when fanboyism is allowed to become something ... more. Sure, we all have our gaming vices, and I am sure we have sometimes gon... Metacritic to tighten up user reviews following fanboy score wars 20 The other day I ranted quite sternly about how console fanboys were using Metacritic as their stupidest battleground yet, deliberately giving platform exclusives low scores before they'd even lau... Metacritic: The most pathetic battleground of the console wars 111 It never ceases to amaze me how low some pathetic wankers go in order to prove the "superiority" of their favorite videogames machine. I thought the guys who made little YouTube videos ... Fan translation of Mother 3 is finally finished! 40 Oh my gosh, I can’t believe the day has finally come (and before you yell, yes, I know this news was official a couple nights ago -- you can blame the blind, homeless children I have been r... EarthBound community does Spore spectacularly well 11 Occasionally videogames do more than entertain. These special games often transcend their own genres, capture the imagination and begin to inspire. For fans of the EarthBound series at Starmen.ne... Epic Zelda collection goes for over $2,000 on eBay 19 Making over $2,000 on eBay selling videogame related items sounds like a lot, but I can't help feel like the stuff in this auction was worth so much more. This collection from eBayer mariana9430 ... Mushroom Kingdom Fusion features Quickman Sonic and multiple other mega mash-ups 32  Mushroom Kingdom Fusion is a project that my alter-ego Tron Knotts was lucky enough to get involved with some months ago, with his creation of the Spartan Mario power-up. Since that time, t... Merriam-Webster just added you to the dictonary 26 Congratulations! You don't need to worry about obtaining that fifteen minutes anymore. Now you'll be famous forever with your new entry in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Well, it's not just you.... Eurogamer conducts GTA IV 360/PS3 framerate tests, Destructoid chimes in 120 So the folks at Eurogamer have taken it upon themselves to do the entire gaming community and the world at large a favor, and have conducted detailed framerate tests on the Xbox 360 and PlayStati... Ten golden rules of videogame fanboyism 157 Ah, fanboys. What industry can truly call itself an industry without them? Those who prove themselves obsessively loyal to any product or corporation can be found among many communities, and nowh... Metroid: SR388: Best fan made game EVER! 99 About a month ago we posted video of an incredible-looking fan remake of the underrated Metroid II: Return of Samus. It looked great, but just try to forget about it for a second and feast your e... Blogger says the Wii will be "dead by 2009", rabid fans plot his death 87 Blogger Kezins is either incredibly brave or made of steel plating, but even if he's a bit of both, he's drawn plenty of ire with a recent post on Kezins.com about how he feels the Wii will fall ... Why Bethesda won't listen to the fans 81 With a franchise as devoutly beloved as the Fallout series, Bethesda must have known known it was getting into treacherous, fan-infested waters when it chose to undertake the development duties o... Game Debate to the Death! What's the game you've spent the most hours on? 260 Our last debate was a month ago, and I asked everyone to list their three most anticipated games of 2008. It took me forever to sort through the 500+ votes that were cast, but it was quite an int... Ultimate cross-over game is ultimate: Card Sagas Wars 85 Holy Jimminy Soulja-Boy Christmas. Now this project is totally bananas, and not just because it features Master Chief doing a multi-hit super combo on Mega Man X. What's really insane is that C... Bionic Commando Wii Petition contest update: Awesome fan made sprites 17 This community never ceases to amaze me with it's awesomeness. You wont find this sort of creativity and "can do" on the C-blogs of other gaming sites. Wait, that's right. You wont actu... Free game is free: Fan made Earthbound spin off available now 22 A lot of Western gamers have been sad for years over Nintendo's continued refusal to localize more games in the Mother/Earthbound series (the home of Smash Bros Brawl characters Ness and Lucas). ... Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden 26  About a year ago, we told you about the fan-made RPG Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, which is a spiritual cousin to the 16-bit classic Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!. I LOL'd; you LOL'd. We mo... Horrible, yet awesome, fan fiction: Half-Life: Full Life Consequences 83  In most cases, fan fiction is always horrible. Sometimes though, they are so horrible, they end up being hilarious. Take for instance this fan fiction for Half-Life written by a 6-year-old.... Silent Hill Origins confirmed for PS2 21 Yes, I did say it, you already read it here on Destructoid, so allow me to clarify the difference: Previously we had speculation, and now thanks to Konami we have facts. Unfortunately, we don't h... I think I'm losing my mind: Extra Mario Bros 49  There are times in my life where I think I'm going insane. When I'm up late watching Comedy Central and they actually start dropping the f-bomb despite it being basic cable. When I go to a ... Save Ryu from looking generic in Street Fighter IV: A fanboy's top 10 wishes 112 You've seen the screenshots. You've discussed trashed them. We've listened. Well, we've done more than that.  Destructoid has aggregated a collection of the top 10 most frequent complaints a... Legend of Zelda 2008 Web site is probably nothing, we still ask for speculation 45 Unless Nintendo are planning yearly Legend of Zelda updates a la sports titles, this zelda2008.com Web site is probably nothing to get your panties wet over.The Web site is nothing more than a te... Pew-Pewin' at the top of the world: EVE Fanfest 2007 9 I've gone on record more than once over my distaste for MMOs, but EVE Online has always been an exception, an asterisk slapped on an otherwise lengthy list of games I'd sooner rip my toenails off... EVE Fanfest 2007: What the hell time is it? 17 After two hours by shuttle, twelve hours by plane and an hour cab ride into the city, I've finally arrived in Reykjavik for this year's EVE Online Fanfest 2007, CCP's yearly get-together at the t... SPOILERS: Gizmodo's Brian Lam tells Halo fanboys to suck it 55 You guys are not gonna like this. That's ok though, because I like it a lot, and since I write for Destructoid I get to put things I like on the front page for thousands of people to see. Ha!So t... Starmen.net's EarthBound Anthology 25 Sure, some might stare a bit cockeyed at the EarthBound fan community, but you can't say they're not resourceful, dedicated, and above all, tenacious. Proof positive: over 250 pages of de... PS3 fanboy video proves that 99.9% of Youtube users are stupid as hell 170 'Fanboy' is not a word I like to just throw around like water, idly affixing the label to everyone I meet. Online, the term fanboy, very much like emo, has become far too easily applied t... Another limited edition DS Lite approaches. Command? 12 We've been keeping our eye on the Squeenix DS action here at Destructoid. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles DS has already made the leap to the gaming grocery list that we all keep in our head... Man turns to life of crime to feed addiction ... to Final Fantasy figurines ... 30 I can't stop laughing about this entire thing, so I'l let a quote from this article fill you guys in;A Mesa man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of stealing his grandmother'... Sony Protection Group on the scene; someone call the National Guard 63 When people feel dedication to a cause, they often display unusual courage, tenacity and the determination to stand against anything they believe is adverse to it. In some situations such allegia... Don't mention the CD32: New Amiga line announced 11 Ars Technicha have got a report that the Amiga, legendary and much obsessed-over gaming computer of the '80's and '90's, is soon set to make a comeback with a new line of hardwar... Duke Nukem is angry, French, and has a lightsaber 20 If you're like me, you sit around waiting for a troupe of intrepid fans to get crackin' on a Duke Nukem fan flick. Brace yourself, for today our prayers have been answered in the form of ... Quasi South Park: This is (awkward) living 18 Fact: Fanboys produce 98% of all video-game related mashup videos on YouTube. Some are genuienly funny while the rest are, well, like this South Parkian mashup  spotted by DICK on Sony'... Nintendo's top mistakes ... evil grin 131 Attention Nintendo fanboys and gals, your precious little company is not perfect. Hell, nobody is, including me, which I know is very hard to believe. Thankfully, Games Radar has put together a l... Art Attack Friday: You 11 Today has unofficially become tehuberone day. Or rather Tehubertoid day. First RevAntony featured his fake game concept. Then Summa showed off the extreme Destructoid haircut. Now, here I am with... Destructoid = devotion 24 Our community is the best damn Internet gaming community on the entire Web. Don't believe me ... still? Take a look at what one of our most hardcore members, tehuberone, did to the back of so... Oh no, another Wii fanboy rap! (ducks) Check out Wii better than you 29 While gamer culture as a whole is hard to wrap your pasty arms around, there is one thing that remains ever constant and simple to figure out: fanboys. Behold, yet another example of why DahamuIN... Fanboys tell it like it is: The PlayStation 3 is not the best thing since air 33 Mother nature is a tough one to trump, after all. If you could bare to stomach more painful fanboy videos after ChadWarden's epic PSTriple fanboy performance, these two new videos should put ... Fanboys petition to boycott Capcom over DMC4 going multi-platform (Update) 81 Heartbroken and no doubt frightened by the loss of yet another exclusive PS3 title, some Sony fanboys have taken it upon themselves to start a petition asking people to boycott Capcom to express... Chadwardenn: da PStriple > Wii + 360 yo 91  Warning: if you watch this video, you will die after 3 days. To prevent your head from instantly exploding, forward it to a friend and say the demon's psalm: Chadwardenn showin punks w... Mother 3 translation actually making progress; take THAT Aaron! 22 Remember when Aaron so somberly wept over the last shreds of hope regarding a proper translation for Mother 3? As it turns out, he wept a bit prematurely.HarassmentPanda (which, we're going... Another promised Mother 3 translation goes MIA 30 Another promise of a Mother 3 fan translation was dunked in the toilet today, when the mysterious administrator of NotStarmen.net revealed that his/her firmly promised February 28th release ... We dub thee: Team Adorablesocks! 22 Gaming tattoos are the new thick-rimmed glasses. They're an outwardly visible expression of inner-geekery that immediately identifies one as the sort who could sit for hours discussing the ... Rabid fans go through 7 faulty 360's; still undaunted 22 The term "fanboy" has never been more rightfully earned. Meet Rob and Mindy Cunningham, whose loyalty to the Xbox brand is simply inconceivable. In the past year and a half, the Cunning... « 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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