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Not what I had in mind EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Miyamoto: Next console to be 'compact, cost-efficient' 72 Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto would definitely know what Nintendo's next big thing looks like, so we'll take his musings on what the next Nintendo console would look and be like to heart.He tells G... Starcraft II officially delayed to 2010 62 This has not been a good year when it comes to delays on the games we're really hoping for. News that BioShock 2 was pushed back hit recently, Splinter Cell Conviction and Red Steel 2 have also b... No, seriously: Pimp yourself out in Space Invaders bling 20 Are you ready to get ICED OUT? Blingvaders now offers the hippest new gear for wannabe pimps in the form of the "Iced out Space Invaders neck chain". Yours for just twenty dollars in fa... E3 09: PS3/360 video recap part one (with PSP bonus levels) 16 I have the feeling that I missed a lot of best PS3/360 games at this year's E3. Shadow Complex and PixelJunk Shooter were supposedly on the show floor, but I never saw them, despite looking high ... E3 09: Wii Vitality Sensor announced, no one knows why 46 Nintendo has already announced several really promising titles in this morning's press conference (the liveblog is still going on here), and in the excitement of the announcement for Metroid: Oth... Screw optimism: a Shadow of the Colossus movie is a BAD idea 72 I am the most positive and forgiving person on the planet. When I got punched in the face by a bully in the 5th grade I actually apologized to him for hurting his fist on my large pumpkin head. T... Faith and a .45 officially on hold, tears officially shed 20 Many of you may have forgotten the promising Faith and a .45, a depression-era co-op game from the same outfit that brought us Total Overdose. Its unique setting and Bonnie & Clyde-esque char... Gore Verbinski is the new Uwe Boll: 'Pirates' director to take on Second Life 29 First BioShock and now Second Life? It looks like director Gore Verbinski has found a new calling in life!According to recent reports in Variety, the Pirates of the Caribbean director has just si... Five design decisions that put the suck into Populous DS 14 Populous DS had promise.  The Molyneux classic primarily involved pointing and clicking, so this game should have translated beautifully with stylus controls on the DS platform. Instead, pla... Wow, I can't wait: Pac-Man movie is a go 74 I'm generally testy about the topic of videogames being made into movies, as they are rarely much better than spending the night gazing into the ass of a horse. I have to admit, however, I'm beyo... Haze will require a 4GB+ install, will run in sub-HD 1024x576 110 As Hamza just noted, Haze hits this week, and the developers have been busy answering questions on the Ubi forum. To our surprise, the May 16 update reveals two ugly technical facts about the gam... More Vii for you: another Wii knockoff hits the scene 36 We had a giggle over the Vii last year, but like any massively popular icon of pop culture, the ripoffs are far from over. We spied this recent imitator over at Engadget, with comes with a slew o... NewsBlaster proves that tragedy can be fun! 24 More than a year ago, we here at Destructoid told you about NewsBreaker, a Breakout-type game the MSNBC Web site created to get younger people to read its news. The concept was simp... Man confesses to sexing picnic table, God of War videogame is clearly to blame 58 Some people enjoy sitting on the porch and discussing the antics of neighborhood hooligans, trading what will they think of nexts while they ogle passerby for the next potential source of gossip.... The moron strikes again: Uwe Boll says games have no story 64 There's a difference between looking like a moron and just being stupid. Uwe Boll has crossed that line with his usual dignity and aplomb many a time, and each time I hope without reason it may b... Guinness 'Guitar Hero Relay Marathon' frightens and confuses 20 I think it's safe to say that I like to play videogames; I wouldn't be here writing this if I didn't. And I'm all for competition, be it professional first-person shooter play or more casual play... More painful than dying in a fire: Alvin and the Chipmunks on the Wii 40 What's harder? (A) Producing a popular cartoon show for nearly 30 years about a trio of fat-faced high-pitched maladjusted chipmunks and their three whiny rodent girlfriends or (B) Producing a si... PC World names the most offensive games of 2007 34 2007 was a banner years for gaming, but that doesn't mean that tripe isn't being turned out at an equal pace. Some crappy games are hilarious though, and I think my world would be a different pla... The Great Retro Quiz! .15: The games of 2007 42 I hope you all had a wonderful holiday yesterday and the scary red chimney ninja gave you everything you wanted. Wait, what? You asked for a special end of the year Great Retro ... Rock Band on PS2 hits retail tomorrow 18 The PlayStation 2 version of Rock Band has shipped and will be up for purchase from your store of choice starting tomorrow. Great news for those of you without a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360, rig... Arcade Hits coming to XBL tomorrow, plus a sneak peak at upcoming XBLA games 37 As most of you already know, the Xbox 360's Fall Dashboard Update hits tomorrow. Included in this update is a new program called Arcade Hits, which allows you to purchase previously released Live... New PS3 commercial features clowns, dog, man with lipstick 30 I just feel sad about PS3 commercials. I don't want to ridicule them, discuss them with other journalists, contemplate why they aren't great anymore or pen angry letters. I just want them to be g... Another Xbox 360 backwards compatibility update hits (Don't get your hopes up) 66 With the latest update to the backwards compatibility list finally here, there are now over 300 orginal Xbox games that'll play nice with your Xbox 360. But unlike the last update, there is a con... Is this where PS3s are born? 44 A brand new PlayStation 3 is shiny and impressive when unboxed, and you'd probably never imagine that the slick, gleaming black game console was created in what looks to be an over-packed car gar... The invisible political commentary of Blacksite: Area 51 35 The Brainy Gamer (via Electro Lemon) has a very interesting article up discussing the heady ideals of Blacksite: Area 51, Midway's latest attempt to bring the Area 51 label a decent game. By all ... Final Fantasy XIII possibly delayed until 2009 42 Square recently held their yearly fiscal meeting, which yielded some very distressing news for RPG fans awaiting the newest Final Fantasy with baited breath: The game may not be released until 20... The Difficulty Arc: How frustration ruins the gameplay experience 86 The scenario: You, controller in hands, sitting on the sofa, staring at your television with a mixed expression of frustration and anger. You've hit a point in a game where you can't get any furt... Sony to maintain availibility the 20GB and 60GB PS3s in Japan? 8 According to Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai, Sony will be maintaining the availability of the 20GB and 60GB models of the PlayStation 3 in Japan.  1UP has translated an interview ... Harmonix game Phase: The Music is the Game available on iTunes 12 File this one under "A pleasant surprise, but not quite what I had in mind." Harmonix has released their portable rhythm action game, Phase: The Music is Your Game onto iTunes. The $4.9... Eternal Sonata for PS3 will feature new playable characters 37 I used to hate the early Xbox years when a title like Silent Hill 2 for PS2 would hit, and then shortly afterwards a version for Xbox with more content would appear. Seems the process is being co... Wii hard drive dispelled again; asks us to micromanage storage like the iPod 63 While the meager storage space on the Wii is only mildly annoying for even the most hardcore Nintendo fanboy, the company continues to surprise us by renouncing hard drive peripherals for their c... What? No! Why?: Xbox 360 Rock Band's USB hub requires external power 45 While I'm sure the folks over at the 1UP offices have been enjoying Rock Band, not all is well. You see, the Xbox 360 hardware only has three USB ports, and Rock Band utilizes four USB instrument... Want the Guitar Hero wireless bundle? Don't go to Wal-Mart 24 Forget to make a reservation and find yourself bolting to a 24 hour Wal-Mart at 3 am? Be warned: Reports have been flooding in that Wal-Mart is selling the Guitar Hero 3 bundle with some slight a... Phantasy Star Universe gets expansion in November, no one seems to notice 24 Ambition of the Illuminus, the upcoming expansion for Phantasy Star Universe, will be available for download via Xbox Live November 20th for $20. However, if you don't have an Xbox and want to pl... E For All: Or, I could be masturbating right now 24 E For All has received a great deal of skeptical feedback since its initial announcement, and as the show date drew closer it became more obvious that the event was not being supported by fans an... It's about time: Our 80GB PS3 Bundle weiner announced! 62 I'll be the first to say that this was supposed to be a way cooler post.  The original plan was to do a video where we would hand-cut the ballots and put them all in the planters peanut can,... Too Human trailer: This is the generic action we've been waiting for? 48 I don't know what I was expecting from Too Human, to be honest, but I know I was expecting something a little more than this. For a game that's taken so long to develop and is surrounded by such ... Girl gamers want to raise ... Babyz? 59 Ubisoft, in an attempt to pacify the market of young girl gamers out there, have created a new line of games called Imagine to cater specifically to said girls. What type of games do young girls ... Silent Hill Arcade leaves me feeling corpsey 8 Do you know what I hate, gentle readers? When someone comes along, strips a rich game of its storyline, and makes it into something cheap and easy. Hence my dissatisfaction here about a Silent Hi... Seeds officially changes their name to Platinum Games 11 Quick recap just in case you don't already know (but I trust most of you Dtoid regulars know quite well), Seeds is a game company made up of several major members of the now-defunct Clover Studio... TGS 2007: Video Game Museum less exciting than Akihabara 9 If you're going to take up an entire section at one of the world's largest industry events and call it a "Video Game Museum," you'd better be damned sure it delivers. Never mind for a m... Uwe Boll snaps up unreleased game -- AGAIN! Zombie Massacre is the next victim 22 Okay, remember a few weeks ago when I covered an upcoming Wii game that sounded absolutely awesome, Zombie Massacre? Well, President of 1988 Games and producer of Zombie Massacre Benjamin Krotin ... Another original IP on the Wii bites the dust: Pollen Sonata cancelled 17 With Project H.A.M.M.E.R already cancelled and games like Disaster: Day of Crisis and Sadness going very quiet, the future for original franchises on the Wii looks pretty damn bleak. It's a trage... TGS 2007: What's the deal with Dead Rising 2? You may not want to know 36 The guys over at Kotaku were lucky enough to nab Keiji Inafune for a quick interview outside of the Tokyo Game Show, and what he had to say regarding the sequel to Dead Rising just might surpris... RadioShack to stock Xbox 360s and Halo 3 26 The dim, pitiful, uninviting cave of switches, batteries, wires and various pegboarded electronic goods known as RadioShack may soon stock Xbox 360s alongside their humdrum wares.The Seattle Time... Sonic 2's false advertising upsets gamers, Microsoft accused of ripping us off 41 One of the reasons I was so excited for the release of Sonic 2 on Xbox Live Arcade was the fact that 2 player co-op was touted as a feature. Yes, even though nobody would want to play as Tails be... Master P has ideas, one of them is a videogame 46 Yo! Dis' s**t be off the chizzle!Hollywood Reporter be reportin' 'dat Master P, Seth Green, and Matthew Senreich of Stoopid Monkey Productions and ShadowMachine Films be talkin' 'bout chillin' an... PAX 2007: Mass Effect is disappointing, but nice looking 187 Watching the first 20 minutes of Mass Effect played by a cute BioWare representative, I couldn't help but be reminded of a ventriloquist I saw on America's Got Talent a few nights ago. Why I happ... Game of Life goes Wii, changes a few things up 30 Hasbro's classic board game The Game of Life (remember that clicky colored wheel?) is making the move to the Nintendo Wii, and Famitsu has some new screenshots from the TOMY developed title. It's... Condemned: Criminal Origins being turned into an 'Unforgettable' film 19 Word from the Hollywood Reporter is that director Tarsem Singh is set to helm the upcoming science fiction thriller, The Unforgettable. The film's plot involves a cop who, over the course of a mu... Koei Media Day: Samurai Warriors Katana trailer 11 Before the Nintendo Wii launched, Koei announced an exclusive title for the system called Samurai Warriors Wave. An announcement was almost all that was made before the game seemingly disappeared... Puzzle Quest coming to the Wii? Only if Jesus loves me 19 I used to think that only licensed games and Geometry Wars were released on every single console availble. Thankfully, I see the error of my ways, and have repented of my ignorant and pagan ways.... Microsoft set to take on Nintendo, Sony not even mentioned 30 Even though Microsoft is doing well in the UK, they think that the battle of Armageddon will most likely end in a climactic showdown with Nintendo -- with the casual gaming market hanging in the... The truth about Leon Kennedy: My baby's got a secret 54 Like many of my comrades in the gaming army, I was psyched to pick up the Wii edition of Resident Evil 4 this weekend. Then, I remembered I suck at that game. Hardcore. So Leigh, let's take a... Nicole Kidman the new face of Nintendo ... Wait, what? 53 Yes, you heard me right. Nicole's not satisfied with the film biz alone; apparently the 40-year old actress has quite a weakness for the make-you-smarter DS titles. Perhaps she namedropped at... Final Bioshock boxart ... love it or hate it? 49 Here you have it: The final box art for the 360/PC versions of Bioshock. I have to say that I am very much disappointed. Anybody else getting a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vibe from the Big Dad... Dirty Dancing game announced: ZOMGROMANCE!!! 14 I tremble at the logic here. Somewhere, a room full of people not only came up with the concept for this game, but decided it would be GOOD. Blame Codemasters for this fearful turn of events, who... The Non-Newsround #2: Serving you garbage on a silver platter 28 Sometimes, I like to wrap my fingers around the shaft, press a thumb on the end, and pretend that my penis is some sort of warm joystick, and that I am playing video games with it. When I'm n... Paleontologist models Pac-Man's skull 19 Here's something you don't see every day! Today new photos surfaced of Pac-Man's skeletal structure, a 2002 art project by Le Gentil Garcon.  The result is certainly odd and fall... New Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s tracks revealed; welcome to the Hagar era 49 Gamers absolutely love the Guitar Hero franchise. 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