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Japanator EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Best of the Network this week 5 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 ... Best of the Network this week 5 Tomopop continues to allow me to promote my love for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Pedro Cortes reviewed Uplark's Viral figure and the figure looks great. On Destructoid, we elaborated on ridiculou... TGS 09: PSN getting manga love come December 17 Despite having troops on the ground at TGS and the hardest working staff this side of a Chinese sweat shop, we've been scooped on some TGS news by the nefarious ne're-do-wells at Japanator. Don't... Best of the Network this week 11 So on Japanator, that happened. Yup.On Destructoid, find out how we blew the $200 greed check from Dante's Inferno. On Japanator, see what Gunslinger Girl means to Brad Rice. And on Tomopop, are ... AX 09: The West Coast knows how to do videogame cosplay 25 The real highlight of our time at Anime Expo was the cosplay. We covered panels here and there, but what all the readers on Japanator really reacted to, and what you guys did when we put up our f... Solid Snake remembered in cardboard box memorial 23 It has been a tough month for the world as several celebrities have passed away all at once. Apparently Solid Snake, hero of the Metal Gear series of videogames, has also passed. We came across t... For the last time: rape games are banned in Japan 36 [As originally posted on Japanator]So, this seems like the final update in the whole rape game saga: The EOCS has met, with about 100 representatives total gathering, and reached the nearly unani... First changes from EOCS underway in ero-ge genre 20 [As originally posted on Japanator]We've got new word from Canned Dogs on the changes coming from EOCS talks -- first up is Syrup Soft. Their title has been delayed a week, presumably to change t... TBS misrepresents their report, rape games not banned 28 [As originally posted on Japanator] Well, now I've learned my lesson: Never take TBS news at its word, their report is likely a misrepresentation or even made up. Canned Dogs has an update from t... Japan bans rape games. All of them 74 Japan, of all places, is putting a halt to rape games. The country known for its free and open sexuality in media has taken the ban-hammer to PC games that feature rape in it. Now, I'm not on the... Gerard Way co-produced ending theme to Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete 24 [As originally posted on Japanator]This is going to get some flak from you guys, I'm sure.Gerard Way, the frontman for the band My Chemical Romance, is co-producing Kyosuke Himuro's song that wil... Dragon Ball Kai will be getting its own RPG from Monolith 20 [As originally posted on Japanator]All you Dragon Ball fans can rejoice, for already are there videogames being worked on for the series. The franchise reboot has already kicked off their ancilla... Round 1: Ronald McDonald vs Super Mario Bros - Fight! 32 You already know what Mugen is, right? Well, what you may not know is how scary the Japanese Ronald McDonald is. At our sister site Japanator, we actually have a permanent tag for him called Ran... Japanator's December Contest: 30 days of giving 5 A lot of things come across my desk over at the Japanator office. Oftentimes, it's kind of hard to do a review of a volume 8 of this series or DVD 13 of that one, simply because I don't want to g... Hold it! Take a look at Phoenix Wright: Official Casebook Vol. 1! 13 [As originally posted on Japanator] Hold it! I know you're scrolling past this review because it means you've got to do a lot of reading, but where will you get in life with that attitude? The po... Best of the Network this week 5 It sure has been a crazy week, hasn't it? Looking back, we've been announcing things left and right. I guess we need to crank the awesomeness on the site up to 11 before sending the crew off to T... If you wanted to know which Haruhi Wii game to buy, it's been decided for you 4 [As originally posted on Japanator] Browsing through my list of Japanese sites, I came across this story from Famitsu. Apparently the staff from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi anime will be ov... Reminder: Japanator's New York Anime Fest contest ends soon 2 Listen up, punks. Japantor's New York Anime Fest contest ends in 3 days, on Sept. 10th. If you live anywhere remotely near New York, then you should do yourself a favor and enter this contest. Th... PAX 08: The Dtoid-Japanator Panel, part four: Writing for your audience (Dale) 7 Its no secret -- Destructoid is a sausagefest, and we love our sausages. Um. Ok, I think I should start over. This is only going to get progressively worse, especially when the topic at hand is J... Life at home with some of the Modern Method staff 29 The other week, over at Japanator.com, we took a look at what life was like with some of the editors. You got to see our porn, TVs, and cats. Well, I figured that we might as well take a look at ... The lovely ladies of Comiket 74 13 Comiket is the mecca for otaku. It's nothing like we've seen before at Otakon or at E3. The mainstay of the con isn't announcements or hands-on -- it's doujinshi. Comiket is a chance for doujinsh... Japanator Contest: Win tickets to New York Anime Fest! 3 Sure, you may be at PAX or on your way there, but there's another con on the horizon that you might want to set your sights on: New York Anime Fest. While it's only in its second year, they're go... Afternoon Note: Bound for Baltimore 13 To; TophcenteFrom: BradcraftI've finally packed up the car and I'm on my way to Baltimore. Are you ready for the weekend of anime announcements, barely-dressed girls in cosplay, and some Trigger ... Goodsmile Vocaloid accessories now in Virtua Fighter 5 R 6 [As originally posted on Japanator] If you're a hardcore arcade play -- hardcore enough to go to Japan to play Virtua Fighter 5 R -- then you're sure to love the latest wave of accessories. They'... Wii-a-boo? Even more manga is coming to the Japanese Wii 12 [As originaly written on Japanator]The first time the Japanatorians heard about manga coming to the Japanese Wii, they were a little jealous. But now it seems like Japan is just rubbing it in.Som... Xam'd: Lost Memories tops the PSN charts! 17 [As originally posted on Japanator]Announce a world-exclusive anime by a highly-celebrated studio on your download service, and what do you expect to happen? Of course, Sony's X'amd: Lost Memorie... Best of the Network this week 6 Toy collectors! Got a lot of figures but you don't know how you should display them? Well then Tomopop has you covered. Check out Qais' guide at the best way to display your figures. On Dest... Anime Expo '08: videogame cosplay gallery 37 Yes, I know. You're not so much for the anime. You leave that to the guys next door at Japanator. But you don't mind the videogame cosplay so much, right? We've put together a large gallery of th... Best of the Network this week 4 Japanator has been at AnimeExpo '08 this past week where a ton of news has been popping up left and right. AnimeExpo has also shown that Dale North is a machine! I don't know how he's doing it, b... Video mashup: Final Fullmetal Fantasy VI 20 [As originally posted on Japanator]There's a whole lot going on at Japanator today. Plenty of shakeups in the anime world, what with FUNimation nabbing portions of ADV's and Geneon's catalogs, be... D3Publisher to show Naruto titles and Bangai-O Spirits at Anime Expo 4 The Denver airport has sh*t for food. I just scarfed down a horrid beef bowl that cost $11, and now I'm feeling kind of weird. I have to tough it out; I'm on my way to Los Angeles to cover Anime ... Chubby Japanese people are helping game makers get rich 13 [As originally posted on Japanator] At sister site Japanator, we continue to follow the strange eating habits of the Japanese people, and recently we've noticed that their habits have taken an un... Wii-a-boo: Manga is coming to the Japanese Wii 12 [As originally posted on Japanator] Sun Denshi announced plans to distribute digitized manga through the Japanese WiiWare service starting sometime this summer. No fair!The whole thing kicks off ... A-Kon '08: Guinness videogame cosplay record demolished... probably 36 Sister site Japanator recently ran the story that Project A-Kon, America's oldest anime convention, set out to break the Guinness Book of World Records record for the "Most Video Game C... Interview with Winifred Phillips, composer of Speed Racer: The Videogame 7 [Editor's Note: Japanator Guest Editor Jayson Napolitano conducted this awesome interview with the composer of Speed Racer: The Videogame, Winifred Phillips. Check it out!] With the recent reviva... Lucky Star learns videogame music 45 [As originally posted on Japanator] Now, I know that your typical Destructoid reader isn't as up on the world of anime as the kids next door, but I'm sure you'll appreciate the videogame tie... ModernMethod Network: This week's sexiest 03/02/08 9 There are a ton of Destructoid themed wallpapers in our massive wallpaper collection. This piece above was taken by Charlie Suh while at PAX. You're going to PAX, right? I'm always looking for mo... ModernMethod Network: This week's sexiest 02/24/08 12 For you toy lovers out there, Tomopop's first ever contest is ending this Friday. There are some really great entries so far and looks like it will be a tough to pick a winner. Glad I have no say... ModernMethod Network: This week's sexiest 02/17/08 47 An upgrade to this feature has been needed for a little while now and I'm happy to finally reveal the new Network wrap up, version 2 point 0. This feature shall now be known as "ModernMethod... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 02/10/08 21 This little awesome animation was created by Jeff Morrice back during E3. It got lost in the chaos of E3 but luckily, I stumbled on it again this past week. On Destructoid, we say blogging i... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 02/03/08 12 Dtoider Silverhertz has made this awesome picture (along with two others). Steal the wallpaper sizes at the wallpaper collection page. On Destructoid, Off-Raod Velociraptor Safari came out and we... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 01/27/08 24 You know what's awesome? Having fangirls is awesome. Take for example this Boobtendo wallpaper that Dtoider pheonix_blood made for me. She totally wants me. On Destructoid, we dealt with the Mass... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 01/20/08 21 Destructoid is like a giant sponge that easily attracts the best artists that have graced the Internets. It's amazing to see all the stuff everyone does and contributes to the site. This past wee... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 01/13/08 30 It seems that AngelsDontBurn has inspired mid3vol to make her own community video. If you make a community video, then definitely expect it to be featured here whenever possible! On Destructoid, ... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 01/06/08 18 Dtoider AngelsDontBurn has a very special New Years message to everyone at Destructoid. Also, I think ADB is on crack. On Destructoid, Microsoft is going to give away a free XBLA game and Ch... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 12/30/07 9 This awesome little Destructoid Toy was made by Dtoider ekoala2002 who has a rather nice little custom toy collection worth checking out. On Destructoid, we announce our game of year as well as p... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 12/23/07 22 Merry Christmas and merry whatever to the rest of you. Another week at Destructoid ends so here's the weekly recap of some of the more interesting stories of this past week.On Destructoid, Duke N... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 12/16/07 46  Let this be a warning to you all. If you have a really embarrassing video of yourself, Ron Workmeng is going to find it, blog about it, and then I'm going to come across it and post it with... Destructoid review: Godzilla: Unleashed 36  I'm a big fan of kaiju films, I'll admit. I don't get to watch a ton of them, but when I do, I have a blast. Like this past weekend, where I watched Mothra vs. Godzilla. Apparently the best... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 12/09/07 11 Yes, I'm totally recycling the photo I used from YTMND Thursday. It's way too epic to not use again. Anyway, on Destructoid we saw leaked photos and information from the upcoming Street Fighter ... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 12/02/07 18 What an interesting week it has been here in the videogame world! Look at how this drama affected Destru ... Cashwh0re! Other than that, Virtualgirl continues to impress with her Weekly Cosplay o... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 11/25/07 19 I thought I would wrap up the Destructoid Network this week by highlight all the promoted stories that the Community members that did an excellent job on. You all were amazing and it was great wo... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 11/18/07 10 On Destructoid, Colette talked about the Difficulty Arc and how it makes people want to throw their cars at their T.V.s. On Japanator, we brought you all the breaking news on the potentially cata... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 11/07/07 15 Trying something new with Destructoid's top stories of the week. I'm going to start to include reviews and contests for the recap. Obviously this isn't a Top 5 anymore but it will still be the sa... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 11/04/07 16 Halo 3 makes a boy uppercut his mother, Yaoi-Con gets covered at Japanator and the CBlogs, Grim's hack is still freaking insane over at the Forums. What was the hot topic for you this week?The aw... Japanator turns one year old! 32 It's been a year now since Destructoid brought into the world a screaming bundle of joy that could only be described as "Japanator." With eyes as large as plates (and disproportionate t... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 10/28/07 20 Oh Butmac, you are full of epic win. Butmac made a couple of videos that will make all C Bloggers a good laugh.  I won't spoil it for you though -- watch part 1 above and check out part 2 li... Destructoid Network: Last week's finest 10/21/07 17 Sorry for being late on some of my columns this past week Dtoiders. Me and events don't mix well when it comes to me being on time with my weekly columns! As you can see above, I get easily side ... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 10/14/07 9 The above image was created by MrJunko in hopes that we would win the Games Media Award. Alas, we didn't win, but at least the Britcepticons had a jolly old time. The latest Nerdcore went up, a m... Destructoid Network: This week's finest 10/07/07 13 A big thank you goes out to Teta for creating this paper model of Mr. Destructoid. 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