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Love to hate it EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag You will never look at Mario the same way again 19 What is it about this obese Mario mask that makes it so damned terrifying? My immediate thought was the tongue. Oh God, the tongue! But then my eyes were drawn to the bulbous red nose. Has Mario ... The return of the mack: Luc Bernard's new game is out 27 Yes friends, from here on out, Luc Bernard will officially be known as "The Mack", and he has returned. Ironically, his theme song is not the 70's funk hit by the same name, it's actual... Too Human finished ... may God have mercy on us all 45 It appears as if Too Human's long and painful development has finally been put to rest and, presumably, Denis Dyack can go back on his meds again. That's right, Too Human is gold and ready to go.... Conflicted about how to show your love? Give her The Heavy! 40 That sounds infinitely more perverse than I intended it, but it's too late now. Thanks to the talents of graphic illustrator Alexandra Neonaki, showing the geek guy or gal in your life that you h... GDC: We didn't invite Jack Thompson 19 Yesterday we told you that GamePolitics found news that Jack Thompson might be attending the Game Developers Conference as a keynote speaker, but it turns out that the GDC knew nothing of this. ... The Memory Card .17: Hover bike madness! 38 Although they may have gotten more complicated and deep over the years, videogames have definitely not become more challenging. Not to say that is a negative thing by any means, it ... Camelot developed We Love Golf! announced for North American Wiis 10 Capcom has announced that they will be publishing the Camelot developed Wii title, We Love Golf!. Previously revealed under a more clever name, Wii Love Golf, for Japanese territories, the title ... The Memory Card .13: The submerged letter 38 This series focuses on the most memorable videogame moments of all time, but who says some of these self-proclaimed amazing moments aren’t unforgettable for all the wrong reas... BBC thinks that games are serious business 53 I was totally unaware that the BBC got owned in the face when it was revealed that a number of its phone-in competitions were fakes. That's hilarious, especially as the good old British Broadcast... Your Xbox 360 looks like a rice cooker 12 It's been called a gigantic mouse, a pregnant wii, and the new MAC. But what is it really? I wish it was a fuzzy logic Japanese rice cooker/Xbox 360 combo, but it's just a concept replac... The top 14 guilty pleasures of gaming 56 The word hardcore when applied to gamers tends to paint a picture of a person who plays games like Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and Gears of War, not someone who sits with his little Nintendo DS and... Experience the hardest Mario ever (no fluffing required!) 62 If you are ever in a situation where your little sister complains about a Mario game being too hard, please just slap her and show her this video.Created by a random somebody in Taiwan (my vote ... Tetris is keeping women in the kitchen (update) 87 Doctor Freud would love feminists because they seem to be as obsessed with penises as he was. Mighty Ponygirl over at Feminist Gamers recently wrote a piece about how Tetris is a sexist game. I ... My name is Bob and I'm an angry gamer 46 We all get frustrated playing video games. No one likes to lose and no one likes to run the same level over and over again trying to complete it. It sucks when a game isn’t going your way... Japan gets Naruto Wii next week. Care? 32 Naruto may be the butt of every Japanator joke, but the popular anime franchise does have a huge following. Underachieving children everywhere will eat it up!  This new trailer, however cra... Resident Evil 4 could have been scarier 42 HardestBoss spotted a video of an early Japanese E3 build version of Resident Evil 4. These concepts were dropped from the final game because it was "too paranormal" to mesh with the ga... Nintendo's last-gen graphics turn off Bethesda, Epic Games 58 A ShackNews interview with Bethesda reveals that the company wanted to bring Elder Scrolls Oblivion to the Wii, but the system obviously doesn't have enough under the hood to support the gam... Destructoid's most discussed of 2007 11 In addition to tracking the most lurked through stories on Destructoid, we also keep an eye out of the most active discussions.  You can always find this info on the top right hand corner me... Shield video game: Attention whoever made this piece of crap 32 Licensed games, there's a reason they suck. Most of the time they are pathetic rush jobs and just an excuse to make an easy buck while never putting that much effort in quality control. I&#... Like Second Life? Go get a First Life instead 24 I don't like MMORPGs. I don't like the concept of it and I despise what it can do to a person. But I'd rather go play World of Warcraft than to ever get into Second Life. If I had to ... Sims Stories: episodic standalones inbound 13 Episodic content isn't going away. No, it is instead leaking into all kinds of franchises and into the dirty minds of those that ruined the concept of "expansion pack" for everyone.... Old G4TV lives in Canada 29 Over a year ago, G4TV opted to change their station format from an all tech/gaming channel to more of an all guy channel with new programming like that of SpikeTV, in hopes that they would dra... Soda Popinski, I will end you 85 Yeah, you're l33t as hell. You can trounce waves of fearsome baddies without breaking a sweat. You've made your friends scream in anguish over Xbox Live and humiliated them with your mad ... The glory days of G4TV remembered 61 Ask any gamer that watched G4TV before 2005 about the state of the station's programming now and expect him to spit on the ground, set a picture of Kevin Pereira on fire, and then curl up ... A guide for all console haters 34 Having a hard time coming up with that perfect comeback on why the PS3 sucks compared to the Nintendo Wii?  Tired of never knowing what to say when you want to slam Xbox 360? Well, Ottsel th... Sexism in video games 28 While surfing on my favorite blog to hate, Official Shrub.com, I came across this documentary, "Damsels, Vixens and Buff Guys: Sexism in Video Games", which looks at the stereotypes u... Sony fixes PS3 video issues; world passes out from disbelief (Update) 15 So, I've finally crossed 100 posts on Destructoid (this being #101), and am a little high, considering I've only been here about a month. Within this short period of time, I have managed ... Gamer girls hate gamers girls; They must be on the rag 9 As a gamer, it's not commonplace to come across women, especially attractive ones while playing a few rounds of Warsong Gulch or while 'fragging n00bz' in UT2K4. Compounding this ... EA invents new meaning of irony 11 Are you sitting down? I'll wait ... OK. Look what this fool from EA had to say about Gears of War. Keep in mind, we're talking about EA, Electronic Arts: Alain Tascan, general manager for EA M... A video game journo East Coast vs. West Coast war begins now! 1 That's right, I'm throwin' the mutha f*ckin' hammer down! I'm tired of looking at that dapper Kevin Pereira and Geoff Keighley walk around like they own the place. And 1UP guys, I'm talking to ... No shock here, but Contra is broken 0 I don't really understand why every retro XBLA title that comes out has to have some bug or crazy crash or some other malfunction that really shouldn't exist after you plunk down your Microsoft... Game of the year Elebits delayed 0 My favorite game in the whole wide world, Elebits for the Wii, has been smacked down with the delay stick. Despite previously promised as a launch day title by Konami, it seems that the quality... Windows Vista finally gold; pigs crashing into jet engines all over America 0 Yahoo brings us the news that Microsoft has finally declared it's often-delayed, often-criticized new OS, Windows Vista, gold. It should be winking at you seductively from store shelves in earl... New Gears video & Sony-Microsoft XBL bash 0 For the rest of us who have yet to engage in a hot and heavy makeout session with Microsoft, here's a killer new Gears of War video. We won't ruin it for... How would you pwn Saddam Hussein? 0 As I'm sure you're all aware by now, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced today to the gallows for his crimes against all that is holy to us decent folk. So, in honor of this happy ... A view into EA's kick in your pouch 0 [Editor's note: After examining the "list" further, it is apparent the maker of the list has no clue what he or she is talking about. Clearly, I have none either. Still, it's worth it just for ... Despite crap games, EA raking in millions 0 Game bugs and glitches be damned! EA is still gonna turn a profit off the ignorant gamer who sees an EA logo and has a "must buy" light blaze inside their empty skull. According to Gamasutra, E... EA continues to suck incredibly hard 0 EA is riding this microtransaction gravy train as long as they can and in a continued effort to milk the lazy gamer -- and also give the rich advantages over the poor -- EA is now offering up p... 3 New PSPs in next two months for holiday 0 Gamers want a PSP price drop, Sony gives us more PSPs. Sigh... Check out the three new PSPs you'll be seeing in the next 2 months, all for $178. The pink one will be released first on November ... The ponies give the puppies competition 0 In an effort to outdo Robert's masculine F.E.A.R. story, I bring you ... ponies. Eidos is going horseshoe to paw against Nintendogs (and the utterly lame Catz ripoff) with its pink and proper p... Console Wars: A new perspective 0 The “Seventh generation of Console Wars,” as some people like to call it, is finally upon us. The Xbox 360 is currently booming, and even if Microsoft isn’t exactly raking in the profits ... Have a grudge against the Virtual Boy? Buy Jack a Wii! 0 Nothing seems to draw out the masses (and their wallets) like a good ol' fashioned console murder. At destroymyvirtualboy.com, a member of our own internet community, by the name of Jack, is ... EA continues to stab self in ear 0 Apparently Electronic Arts doesn't care any more about the consumer. In the tradition of the Madden and NBA Live messes that occurred, EA continues its quality assurance by implementing the mos... The Third Reich is alive and well in FIFA 07 1 Zoom into wide angle view for the full effect What do FIFA 07 and the Nazis have in common? Hint: Don't look at the players. Unfortunate single frame taken out of context, or is EA trying to... Postal 3 coming to 360; using Source 1 Not that it will stop the game from sucking ass, but it has been announced that the next craptard in the Postal series will plop itself onto the Xbox 360, as well as the PC, using the Source en... Nintendo fanboys: Can you feel the love? 0 Tonight, I've come under a Wii bit of heat for my recent Metro column on the state of Nintendo in the console space. When faced with an opinion that is counter to their ideas of a Utopian world... Kotaku's Florian = that annoying ganker 1 Kotaku's loveable and squeezable Florian "Flow-bee" Eckhardt has come out of his rat hole and admitted that he is indeed one of those annoying Rogue gankers that plague the experience of many W... Kotaku's Florian = that annoying ganker 0 Kotaku's loveable and squeezable Florian "Flow-bee" Eckhardt has come out of his rat hole and admitted that he is indeed one of those annoying Rogue gankers that plague the experience of many W... Kotaku's Florian = that annoying ganker 0 Kotaku's loveable and squeezable Florian "Flow-bee" Eckhardt has come out of his rat hole and admitted that he is indeed one of those annoying Rogue gankers that plague the experience of many W... Debate Kaz's concept of PS3 value; win one 0 Sensei Hirai recently told GameSpot that "The PlayStation 3 would have a lifespan of 10 years, and at $600, was a fantastic value for consumers." Hmm ... is value really the right word to use h... Debate Kaz's concept of PS3 value; win one 0 Sensei Hirai recently told GameSpot that "The PlayStation 3 would have a lifespan of 10 years, and at $600, was a fantastic value for consumers." Hmm ... is value really the right word to use h... Debate Kaz's concept of PS3 value; win one 0 Sensei Hirai recently told GameSpot that "The PlayStation 3 would have a lifespan of 10 years, and at $600, was a fantastic value for consumers." Hmm ... is value really the right word to use h... The new PS3 ad: sophisticated and forgettable 0 Kotaku has ripped the first American PS3 commercial called "The Wait" and posted it for the gaming community to watch rip apart. Like bitter estranged relatives, some gamers are voicing that it... G4 is sucked into the blob that is the E! Networks 0 Well, we all know how much G4TV sucks now, well guys.... it's about to get worse. G4 will now be under the control of the E! Networks as Comcast has decided to merge their West Coast entertain... G4 is sucked into the blob that is the E! Networks 0 Well, we all know how much G4TV sucks now, well guys.... it's about to get worse. G4 will now be under the control of the E! Networks as Comcast has decided to merge their West Coast entertain... G4 is sucked into the blob that is the E! Networks 0 Well, we all know how much G4TV sucks now, well guys.... it's about to get worse. G4 will now be under the control of the E! Networks as Comcast has decided to merge their West Coast entertain... Kristanna talks BloodRayne 2, buddy Boll 0 Terminator 3 hotness and game-turned-movie-turd Bloodrayne front woman Kristanna Loken doesn't share the community contempt for Boll, also known as the man responsible for her regime-sized payc... The BBPS presents: Tonal Torture 0 One of my favorite series of all time is the Resident Evil saga. I've watched the movies, read the books, and played all the games. Of course, whenever you start talking about Resident Evil, th... Judge Friedman to Take-Two: Produce Bully at 3 p.m. tomorrow and I'll decide how bad it is 0 "Never in the history of gaming has a judge ever asked to review a game before its release -- and that is going to happen here tomorrow." These are words spoken but a few feet from me as Jack T... Judge Friedman to Take-Two: Produce Bully at 3 p.m. tomorrow and I'll decide how bad it is 0 "Never in the history of gaming has a judge ever asked to review a game before its release -- and that is going to happen here tomorrow." These are words spoken but a few feet from me as Jack T... « 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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