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Marketing Shill EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Name a unit in Command & Conquer 4 33 You've always wanted to go down in videogame history, but you've got no game design skills, you're not good enough at games to be a professional gamer and blogging on the weekends at Destructoid ... UK Professor Layton bundle looks ridiculously posh 15 My first reaction to this box set, without even taking a close look at the contents of the package, is that I want it. It's black. It's sexy. It has the words "Professor Layton" on it. ... The Overgrowth webcomic provides ultraviolence, indie cred 8 Lugaru, the greatest rabbit-themed martial arts game ever made, is getting a sequel called Overgrowth. The guys at Wolfire Games have done some of the coolest viral marketing I've ever seen from ... Microsoft spending silly money on 'casual' marketing 12 Microsoft is preparing a merciless marketing blitz that will see it spend more money on pre-Christmas promotion than it did for the launch of the Xbox 360 or the release of Halo 3. The 'Soft's &q... THQ hires porn star as 'special producer' for Saints Row 2 30 Forget the fact that Grand Theft Auto IV and Saints Row 2 are two completely different takes on a shared genre. The games look similar, therefore we're obligated to pit them against one another i... Gonzo Sega artifacts: Rare promotional Dreamcast First Aid kit, Fanta Saturn? 15 We simply can't pass up stuff like this when it comes along. UK Resistance spotted a rare Dreamcast-branded first aid kit, complete with bandages and wrist gauze worn by an escapee of The Yellow ... NVIDIA wants to make its products more 'consumer friendly' 28 The days where we have to spend an excessive amount of time researching video cards are numbered, if NVIDIA has anything to do about it.NVIDIA's VP of Content Business Development, Roy Taylor, ha... Hilarious car dealership ad offers savings for hitting homers in Wii Baseball 19 “SAFE! SAFE! You’re always safe when you choose Hamilton!” Thus begins this priceless car commercial from Hamilton Nissan (Hagerstown, MD) and Hamilton Hyundai (Chambersburg, ... Watch boxing and win a free game during the world premiere of DonKingTV.com 7 In less than an hour, at 8 PM EDT, boxing promoter extraordinaire Don King will launch his very own Web channel, DonKingTV.com. What does this have to do with videogames? Well, seeing as Mr. King... Beware, obese Americans: Wii Fit US campaign will be "biggest in history" 41 The general consumer never even saw the Wii coming. They were all sucked in by the clean white gleam of Nintendo's Wii and those irresistible little Wiimotes with nary a breath of warning. Even i... Mascots That Failed: Volume 7: Alex Kidd 29 [Editor's note: Kwaselow isn't like most gamers. Whereas everyone else focuses on the well known iconic characters we all know and love, Kwaselow can't stop thinking about icons of the pas... The public has spoken, winner chosen for Doritos Unlock Xbox contest 22 Your votes have been tallied and a winner has been announced for the Doritos-sponsored Xbox Live Arcade contest. I wasn't terribly fond of any of the finalists for this competition a few weeks ag... Play and vote for the first 'consumer-created' XBLA games 22 Remember back in June when I told you about a contest involving people submitting concepts for a Doritos-inspired game and that the winning entry would be released as a free Xbox Live Arcade titl... Nicole Kidman FAILS at Brain Training in this new ad 43 What a shocker. A celebrity has a Nintendo DS in her hands ... and is playing Brain Training! Wow, only Brain Age or Nintendogs could ramp up the cliche' levels. Tom Cruise's former snatc... Think you can design a decent XBLA game? Here's your chance 14 Have you ever downloaded an Xbox Live Arcade game trial only to find out that the game was a major waste of time that wasn’t even worth the hard drive space it took up? You probably thoug... XBLA is taking requests 36 Right now, Microsoft are asking you, the despicable gaming public, for your feedback, ideas and requests for all things Arcade. Want to see something on XBLA, a new game and/or feature? Now'... MI-6 Conference 2007: The early sessions 28 Yesterday marked the first day of the MI-6 video game marketing conference held at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco. The niche event was formed by a trade group "designed to support the vid... Michael Bay to direct PoP movie; is no childhood memory safe? 18 Michael "Next, I'm going to bang your mom" Bay has just been revealed as the director for the Prince of Persia movie. Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of such hits as Pirates of 21 J... Acclaim drops Dance! Online; apparently aural suicide is free 6 Acclaim just tossed us a press release announcing the beginning of the beta for Dance! Online, a game created by Dave "Remember Earthworm Jim?" Perry and, we assume, Satan. The title is...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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