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Pew pew pew! EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Monday Mind Teasers: Merlin's Revenge 2 2 Are you done walking in circles from last week? This week we have a spectacular game that shouldn't be too hard to convince you to play. First question: did you love Diablo 2? Thought so. Last qu... Asteroids and astronauts make up today's shirt Woot 4 It seems like 2009 is all about Asteroids all of a sudden. Just last week we found out that there’s going to be an Asteroids movie. Seriously. We even got a glimpse of what the script could... Mega Man needs your help! 40 Robots are always competing against each other. It's just in the very fabric of their being. In order to aid them in this the Robot Hall of Fame inducts real and fictional robots into their ranks... Section 8 revolutionizes the FPS by having guns 27 In case you couldn't tell from the title, this post will be dripping with a little thing I like to call sarcasm. I find when discussing things as immaterial as the guns of an upcoming FPS that sa... Preview: Star Trek D-A-C 8 The new Star Trek movie starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto (best eyebrows in Hollywood) is set to hit theatres next month. To tie in with the movie, Paramount is releasing Star Trek D-A-C for... Preview: Moon 17 The gang at Renegade Kid are pretty talented folks. They came out with Dementium: The Ward last year for the DS and instantly made a name for themselves as being one of the better developers on t... Ex-Resistance and Ratchet and Clank developer goes 2D with Weapon of Choice 28 Weapon of Choice is a new 2D run-and-gun shooter birthed from the mind of Nathan Fouts, weapon designer on Resistance: Fall of Man and boss programmer on Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction. ... Elevator Action returns to arcades ... as a light gun game! 24 I don’t really know how to describe a “joy explosion,” but I just had one upon hearing the news that Square Enix (who purchased Taito) is reinventing classic retro game Elevator... Destructoid/Blast Works contest winners announced 12 The results are in. Grant Poock and his team at BudCat, developer of the modern shmup masterpiece Blast Works, have finally completed their judging in our Destructoid/Blast Works custom... The Destructoid/Blast Works level design contest UPDATE: Destructoid City 11 Alas, we've reached the end of the Destructoid/Blast Works contest. The event goes out on a high note this week with DCity by Shadow1w2, who is the first contestant to really ... Destructoid/Blastworks level design contest UPDATE: Enter Yoshi's Cave 3 It's been another slow week for the contest, and another week of people emailing asking me to wait "just a few more days!" before posting the week's entries because they are "almos... Destructoid/Blast Works contest UPDATE: Some people entered 11 This contest is starting off to a slow start, but a good start none the less. People seem to be taking the task of creating their own Blast Works levels very seriously, as both of the current ent... Jumpgate Evolution begins beta signup 13 I’ve always been a fan of flight combat games -- even though I’ve never been very good at them. There’s just something about flying over wide open landscapes -- while simultaneo... The Destructoid/Blast Works level design contest 38 See that Mr. Destructoid graphic up there? I made that in about five minutes with the ship creation tool in Blast Works' level editor. Then I uploaded it to the Blast Works Depot, where a grand t... Omega 5 on XBLA next Wednesday 45 Time to pull out your party hats, shmup fans! Word has it that Omega 5 will finally hit Live Arcade on January 9 after apparently being finished for some time now.Unfamiliar with Hudson's latest... RetroforceGO! Episode 28: Mega Man Anniversary 47 Ladies and Retromen, once again I find myself confronted with the prospect of another Monday, a day that signifies the beginning of the long work week that a good portion of us must endure. Fortu... RetroforceGO! recording episode 28 tonight: celebrating 20 years of Mega Man 85 In the year 200X, a super robot named Retroforce was created. Dr. Dyson created Retroforce in order to preserve the memories of a time when Mega Man didn't suck. Tonight, this super robot springs... Why threatening to shoot up your school on Xbox Live is a bad idea 63 I've heard my fair share of stupid filth from the mouths of gamers on Xbox Live, but one Frostburg State University student just topped 'em all by getting charged with two misdemeanor counts of d... OMG ROFL: PILOTABLE PELICANS IN HALO 3 ARE CONFIRMED! 63 Straight from the Matlockery of BFeld13's blog, we have OFFICIAL PROOF THAT IS OFFICIAL of Bungie's CONFIRMING CONFIRMATION that pelicans will be pilotable in Halo 3. I mean real, proper, fish-ea... Destructoid Hands-On: Greybush vs. Omega 5, an upcoming XBLA shooter due Winter 61 Publisher's note: Destructoid is launching our own embedded player in the next coming months, and with that we'll be bringing you a lot more exclusive video content of gameplay, interviews, and h... Wii House of the Dead lives...cheaply! 27 Hamza recently told us that the poopy-looking House of the Dead 2 & 3 combo is coming to the Nintendo Wii, and now we see that this remake will be sold at a fair asking price. Sega knows that... Will Call of Duty 4 cheapen the 'plight' of soldiers? 33 It has been said that war games trivialize real war, reducing it to spectacle and throwaway entertainment. No different from the mainstream news, really, but it's videogames that are the scapegoa... Mutant Storm Empire on XBLA this Wednesday 16 As if Wednesday won't be exciting enough already with Halloween festivities going on, Mutant Storm Empire will also be out on Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points the very same day.Anyone who bou... Easily transfer your Cortana nudies with Halo mimobot designer USB flash drives 13 Halo 3 fever is sweeping the nation -- wait, no ... the freakin' Earth, and Mimoco have revealed some sweet little Spartan flavored flash drives. These officially licensed flash drives will be av... The Wii Zapper will lead to murder, chaos and utterly retarded parents 37 Destructoid reader cjpkiller sent me an email this morning letting me know he saw this and thought of me. He was right to do it. What we have here is a nice collection of some of the most insane ... Destructoid Theme Song Contest pentuple penetration 45 When processing the cross-over between the nerd and the non-nerd, a very fine line exists that distinguishes epic win from epic failure. Such distinction comes particularly into play when individ... This franchise needs to die! Or, RetroforceGO! recording tonight 68 Are you tired of Mega Man? Do you feel as if you’ve finally caught as many Pokemans as you will ever need to?  Are you sick and tired of seeing the same companies churn out the same ga... Destructoid Network: Last week's finest 5 Sorry for the delay on this post Dtoiders! I had a long drive from L.A. and only enough energy to write about super secrets last night. Japanator is still suffering from some hiccups so instead, ... Inafune-san in NYC: The Mega Man 20th anniversary celebration 24 I'm sure many of you know that it's the 20th anniversary of Mega Man. Without this franchise, we would never have "PEW PEW PEW." Just think about how monumental that would be. It blows ... Wii shotgun blows the competition away 64 I talked about my immense dissatisfaction with the Wiizapper at E3 time, and despite the passionate argument of Dyson Grigsby, my mind remains unchanged. A lot of my disappointment stemmed from m... 50 Cent shot millions of times, sues ad agency 37 Curtis Jackson, better known as rapper 50 Cent, turns the tables and puts advertising firm Traffix under the gun for the use of his likeness in a web game called Shoot the Rapper. Jackson takes ... The War of the Servers: The most original online film you'll see today 9 What do you get when you merge the Half Life 2 GMod with the plot of Jeff Wayne's concept album, The War of the Worlds? If you're Robert Stoneman, you get The War of the Servers, an amaz... Reminder: the create your own Darkling contest ends tonight! 53 If you've been sitting on a submission for the Destructoid/2K Games The Darkness giveaway contest, the clock's ticking. The contest ends this evening, which means (at the time of this wri... Geometry Wars warms up to Steam 17 Bizzare Creations' Geometry Wars is everywhere -- on your XBLA, Windows XP, Wii and DS -- and Steam, Valve's Golden Boy digital distribution service. With all of the other options availbl... 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... Geometry Wars: Galaxies tidbit palooza 14 Shapes are the worst things in the world, and every time I see one I just want to blast it into oblivion. I've always been thankful that Geometry Wars allowed me the chance to unleash a most ... Controlling your Scarface with your Wii 33 Since the Wii obviously uses a non-standard control scheme, owners are always curious how they'll be able to control certain games. One of those of interest is the mature title Scarface. In... PBC presents: The New Adventures of Captain S 13 We at Destructoid are always receiving new videos and content from readers who want us to help get the word out about whatever it is that they happen send us at the moment. As you would expect, ... Letters to the robot: Smokey's ambition 22 I find that most people have a "video game best friend".  This is someone they've either known since they were growing up and had the same access to games that fundamentally sh... Sony Gamers Day 2007: Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction 12 Sadly, especially for me, I wasn't able to get any hands-on time with Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. But, I did ask around to find out impressions others had of the game an... Heavy Weapons video proves Team Fortress 2 will friggin' rule 53 Ever since we got our first glimpse of Team Fortress 2, I think it's safe to say that for most of us PC FPS players, we've been anticipating its release like no other. The humor, art st... Zach Selwyn busts a Destructoid freestyle 20 In case you didn't know, Zach Selwyn is the man. Not only was he kind enough to stop by our buddies over at Epileptic Gaming and hang out last week, but he also performed some freestyle so... Squeeze her boobies to go pew! 62  File this under the "why in the hell did I not think of this?!" category. Intimate Control was created by Jennifer Chowdhury for her class thesis project. The aim of the game is ... All aboard the Nostalgiabus: Video Power 24 Part of me hates writing these posts, because, hey, if you've seen one episode of game-oriented television in the '80s, you've more or less seen them all. We're at that age now ... A step beyond achievements: the Alien Hominid trophies 7 There's very little I can say here that can express my drooling worship of The Behemoth. Alien Hominid was one of my favorite titles last year, and I was delighted to see it come to XBLA. It ... David Jaffe: AOL Joystiq are 'total fucking assholes' [update] 118 I've professed my adoration and respect for David Jaffe many, many times. He's honest, outspoken, and usually dead on when it comes to his opinions on the gaming industry -- something ... From CNN: How the Wii is causing massive damage on the gaming industry 114 Feelings aside, the Wii has become something of a phenomenon. Demand is still crazy high for a machine that some hardcore gamers consider obsolete, but kids and kids at heart find the most charmi... Sony announces Hot Shot Tennis for North American release 7 This morning, Sony announced that it will be bringing Hot Shots Tennis to the PlayStation 2. Developed by Clap Hanz (the same folks responsible for the once king, now on life support Hot Shots Go... Rosenblum of GameLife arrested over VT-like threat 86 Some of you may have been fans of GameLife and would certainly recognize who Andrew Rosenblum is. If you're familiar with Rosenblum and the show, then this news may come as somewhat of a sh... This game will make you Fat! High-res screens of John Woo's Stranglehold 10 Chow Yun-Fat, that is, the kind of guy who effortlessly slides down the backs of giant dragon statues while shooting terrorists in the spleen while they're watching television. The screens lo... Game Informer: Stealing Destructoid's immature jokes since 1946 23 We here at Destructoid pride ourselves and being toward the bottom of the slime pit when it comes to jokes/posts/life ... whatever. And, often times, we catch other outlets either stealing our i... Double crikey! Aussies also fell madly in love with the DS 21 We neglected to tell you, but Dtoid is going full Aussie now, so excuse us with all the sudden news related to Australia. After just seeing how well the PlayStation 3 has done, take a look at wha... Garry's Mod: Now with 100% more heresy 6 While the latest update to Garry's mod consists mostly of bugfixes, the man behind the machinima did release four humorous screenshots of the kind of stuff you could build with his software -... Xbox 360 goes ga ga for Alien Hominid: Tons of new content released 9 Alien Hominid HD: I like it, but damn, it just gets real old real fast for me. Maybe it's the insane difficulty level or just the feeling like I'm doing the same things over and over, the... Armored Core 4 demo out now on Xbox Live 8 If you're like me, you probably haven't played too many mech games in your lifetime. You are the type of person that won't even pay a few measly dollars to rent a game in this niche ... New Mass Effect Xbox 360 screenies 18 Wanted: Demoralized lanky dog-named man capable of breathing in space while battling hostile vegan aliens in a wantonly landscaped world where everything is covered in a revolutionary next-gen n... New Unreal Tournament 3 details, scans 30 If you took our advice and did your part to save the dinosaurs, this is going to be yesterday's news, but nevertheless it didn't stop PS3forum members from posting eight juicy pages of ... Cute doggies to go multi-platform 14 Get your petitions ready, kids. We've recieved word today that adorable puppies will no longer be exclusive to any one major console; news that is sure to hit many a loyal fanboy like a 12-t... When Hustler calls 22 Today is a sad, yet joyful day. It is with a heavy heart that I tender my resignation at Destructoid. I never thought the day would come, but I'm proud to announce that I have been hand selec... Proud of what's in your pants? 30 Well, you might as well say so. 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