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The Memory Card .76: Brotherly love

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. We all have experienced our fair s...
The Zen of Gaming: What games chill us out

When I was younger, I played all sorts of games, but now that I fit into that dubious "gamer over 30" demographic, I've noticed an interesting development: I really like games that chill me out. ...
Do the wrong thing: Breaking Sasha's promise

Last week, I was happily playing through Half-Minute Hero when all of a sudden, I did something very bad. Naturally, a lot of evil can be done when you're playing videogames. Some "normal" activi...
New releases: New Super Mario Bros, Left 4 Dead 2 & more

[New releases is your weekly look at all the hot new titles coming out this week.] New Super Mario Bros. Wii hit store shelves this past Sunday. At first, I was completely against the new Mario ...
A spotter's guide to videogame bosses

I have defeated countless bosses in my time as a gamer. Big ones, small ones, ones with no eyes and giant tongues that they use as weapons. There are some truly unique and surprising bosses out t...
Best of the Network this week

[Best of the Network is a look at some of the hottest articles that came out of all the Modern Method Web sites this past week.] DINOSAURS?! On Destructoid, we reviewed Call of Duty: Modern Warf...
My sexy, nerdy, fertility boosting ReBirth wish list

By my definition, any time a new game in a series rejects technological advancements and changes in "mainstream" gaming trends, that's a rebirth. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Mega Man 9, an...
Weekend Destructainment: I choose you, Pikachu!

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.]   GagFilms latest...
Revisited: the ending of Prince of Persia is broken

[Whenever possible, Destructoid critiques overlooked design aspects of games both old and recent for our "Revisited" series.] The end of a game, in an ideal world, is the apex of its presentation...
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-...
The Memory Card .75: The blind fighting the blind

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. Regardless of their varying types ...
Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Ellis

Last year, when Destructoid's staff laid dibs on the survivors in Left 4 Dead, I saw things in Francis that nobody else did. They were so quick to write him off as the least desirable survivor an...
New releases: Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Ball Z and more

[New releases is your weekly look at all the hot new titles coming out this week.] The most anticipated game of the year is finally here: Activision and Infinity' Ward's Call of Duty: Modern...
How to respond to a videogame review

Videogame reviews. Some gamers out there believe that a review is a writer's personal opinion, one that shouldn't be taken to heart because it's just one person's feelings on a game and it doesn'...
This Week in the Community: Secret Santatoid

[This Week in the Community is your weekly look at some of the best Community related work that has come from the Community Blogs and Forums.] Cataract has once again taken charge and is holding ...
Best of the Network this week

[Best of the Network is a look at some of the hottest articles that came out of all the Modern Method Web sites this past week.] Now that we've gotten a taste of Left 4 Dead 2, some questions abo...
Weekend Destructainment: Helicopters raining from the sky

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.] ScrewAttack gives us an ana...
Ten 'classic' games that did not age well

Videogames are a constantly and rapidly evolving medium. While this means that amazing advances in gameplay and graphics consistently surprise us, it also means that those very same advances are ...
Art Attack Friday: Mitch Loidolt

Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist. Today's Art Attack Friday is all about Mitch Loidolt and his outrageous art style. Mitch has drawn up a bu...
Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Coach

Left 4 Dead 2 is really bloody good, and if you don't agree with me then you're an IDIOT who deserves to be split in twain from testicles to cranium and then fed to your own imprisoned family. My...
The Memory Card .74: Crono's trial

"The Memory Card" is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. How many of you reading this right now have at...
Why I will support Modern Warfare 2

[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 the opinions of Destructo...
Promoted Community blogs round-up for September & October

As the site continues to grow, we continue to see the amount of great write ups increase that you all provide over on the Community Blogs. Anyone and everyone is welcome to write a blog. The good...
New releases: Dragon Age, Lego Rock Band, Rabbids & more

This week's major release is Dragon Age: Origins for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It's the latest and greatest from Bioware and takes gamers to the past rather than the future. Oh, and it...
Why I can't support Modern Warfare 2

[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...
Forums, we have them: November edition

[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...
This Week in the Community: A rich and fulfilling life

[This Week in the Community is your weekly look at some of the best Community related work that has come from the Community Blogs and Forums.] This week's setup belongs to mrberns. He somehow got...
Best of the Network this week

[Best of the Network is a look at some of the hottest articles that came out of all the Modern Method Web sites this past week.] EA sent us a big wooden box promoting Dante's Inferno. We should ...
Weekend Destructainment: Anything can happen on Halloween

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.]  As Mega64 shows us, an...
Animal Crossing + Halloween = The best zombie game ever

Zombie games: some are great, some suck, but regardless of their quality, a lot of people are getting sick of them. Personally, I'm growing closer and closer to feeling that way. Becoming numb to...
Top 20 Horror movies that would make great games part 2:

[Update: Saw this awesome image in KrazyKraut's cblog and I just had to take it. Thanks KrazyKraut!] OK, time to finish this list up right, hopefully in time for you to sneak some of these movies...
Art Attack Friday: Omar-Dogan

Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist. People that have been following UDON Entertainment and the Street Fighter/Darkstalkers tribute books know ...
Eight last-minute Halloween costumes for gamers

Poor little videogame-lovin' naked guy. Halloween is literally just around the corner, and he still has no costume! It could be that he can't decide on who to be. Perhaps someone from one of thos...
Top 20 Horror movies would make great games part 1

Last year's list was alright I guess, but I tried to do better this time around. This year I got a lot more input from the other Dtoid editors, expanded the total film count from ten to twenty, a...
The Memory Card .73: Death by funnel

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. Halloween is always such a fun tim...
Phanto: The scariest videogame character of all time

You are staring into the face of sheer terror.Halloween is only a few days away, and with it comes gamers everywhere thinking about (and dressing like) some of the videogame characters that scare...
Nothing is sacred: killing God atop the Tower of Heaven

[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 the opinions of Destructo...
New releases: Forza 3, DJ Hero, GTA: Gay Tony and more

The second expansion to Grand Theft Auto IV is out this week and it's hitting two fronts. The Ballad of Gay Tony will available for download and both downloadable episodes will also be for sale ...
Best of the Network this week

Optimus Prime as a train? Sounds crazy, but it works! Now lets see Megatron as a blimp. On Destructoid, we brought you an inside look at the new Microsoft retail store. On Japanator, Idol of the ...
Weekend Destructainment: The hero of time

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.]  Link, he's the hero of...
Art Attack Friday: Jublin

Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist.Prepare to have your heart broken as today's Art Attack artist shows no mercy to your favorite Pokemons. Ju...
Game 4: Coming next in the BIT.TRIP series

This has been quite a week in Gaijin Games. We've brought you all sorts of exclusive coverage, from the latest game in the series, BIT.TRIP Void, the past and future of Gaijin Games, defending Ni...
The Memory Card .72: The collapsing building

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.For the last two weeks, The Memory ...
Out of the Void and beyond the Beat, the Future of Gaijin

If you've been following along our week long series on Gaijin Games, the studio behind the BIT.TRIP series for the Wii, you know that they have an interesting story to tell about how they came to...
How CommanderVideo ended up in Super Meat Boy

The BIT.TRIP series is faced by one adorable little CommanderVideo. The hero if Gaijin Games' mini-epic is an ambitious little figure, a spaceman with whom the different genres of the BIT.TRIP se...
BIT.Tripping back in the day with Gaijin Games

It's a story we have all heard before. The almost mythical creation of tiny companies in the 70's and 80's who would later transform into epic mega corporations of today. It's the Cinderella stor...
Gaijin Games: Moving to a Different Beat

Arguably, there are three major elements to a BIT.TRIP game: classical gameplay elements evoking an earlier era of games, retro-inspired graphics that embody and celebrate constraints, and the mu...
Gaijin Games leaps into the Void

Gaijin Games and BIT.TRIP. It's a dev team and a game series that has worked entirely within the the constraints of Nintendo's WiiWare downloadable channel. For those who have given their previou...
Nothing is Sacred: Cute characters suck

Take a look at the lineup of four characters above. If you could choose three of them to be in your party based on looks alone, who would you choose? The spiky haired silent hero? The bulky, musc...
New releases: Borderlands, WWE 2010, FIFA 10 and more

Not much in major releases this week, which is a good thing as last week was jammed packed full of goodness. It's also especially a good thing for Borderlands as it has no real competition this w...
This Week in the Community: Double Down!

Today's setup belongs to kauza. He's got a pretty sizable collection and way too many books. Who reads anymore?! He also has a stuffed dog. Yeah ... Hit up his Community Blog for more pictures of...
Demon's Souls: The ultimate multiplayer experience

[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...
Best of the Network this week

Something is going on over at Japanator. I'm not sure what, but it looks like the Anti-Spirals are about to strike humanity. Will you allow this?! Of course not! Who the hell do you think we are?...
Weekend Destructainment: Do the Mario

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.]  In remembrance of Capta...
Make out with your iPhone with this SuicideGirls App

Seduce a SuicideGirl is a new iPhone App where you'll be playing a choose your own style adventure in order to make out with Zoli Suicide. Your goal is to chat up Zoli in a comic book shop and if...
Art Attack Friday: Masa

[Art Attack Friday is your weekly look at videogame fan art created by a talented artist.]Mario & Luigi 3: Bowser's Inside Story was recently released here in America, but the game has been o...
Custom delights: seven of the Net's best custom Munnys

In case you've never visited sister site Tomopop.com, here's a brief rundown of the concept of a Munny: they're small (usually about 3") toys made out of vinyl, vaguely shaped like a monkey,...
The Memory Card .71: The rotating room

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Last week was the first edition of ...
A Halo virgin does it for the first time

For a hardcore retro fan, Halo is the enemy.And not the oh-I-am-just-not-a-big-fan-of-that-game kind of enemy. No, retro fans think Halo actually is the devil and the main thing that is wrong wit...
Badass of the month club: Frank West

Time for another Badass of the Month Club, wherein the staff highlights a character or industry figure of noteworthy badassery. When I first met Frank West, I wasn't all that impressed. He's ugly...


 
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