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Rant EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Lessons on taking games just seriously enough 61 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive the opinions of Destructo... GTA IV isn't helping anime with Princess Robot Bubblegum 150 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Des... German group's 'game burning' protest was a huge failure 64 Last week, we told you about the German group attempting a modern-day book burning by having people bring in their violent videogames and toss them into the garbage. The Action Alliance believes ... 'Immersion' is a nonsense buzzword 62 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... My friends, we are now in the bright age of the "retro-revival" but I am sorry to say that I am not very pleased with what I see 113 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Mortal Kombat 2: Completely offensive 25 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Mortal Kombat 1: Playing on the defense. 40 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Addendum: Nintendo of America needs to STFU... AJPG 93 Sunday before last, Jim rocked the internet with a post called "Nintendo of America needs to STFU." After reading it, I was immediately hit with the urge to follow it with my own though... Stop making sense: A tribute to videogame gibberish 58 Here's something that a lot of people don't get: videogames shouldn't always talk. There is a variety of reasons for this, but I'll just touch on a few. For one, videogame characters are most oft... To the vast majority of Michael Pachter haters: No, you STFU 70 [Editor's note: Leave Michael Pachter alone! -- CTZ] I am always surprised at the amount of hate and venom that is directed at Michael Pachter. He generally seems like a nice friendly guy and he... Opinion: Not talking about Final Fantasy XIV 73 There's been a lot of news swimming around concerning Final Fantasy XIV, the MMO successor to Final Fantasy XI that was announced at E3. This is news I've looked at, but have absolutely zero inte... What's missing from King of Fighters XII 62 [Editor's note: BulletMagnet has a lot to say about King of Fighters XII. -- CTZ] By now I think it’s safe to say that the “dump on KoF” phase around these parts (if there ever... Jaffe Rant: shut the f*ck up, Anthony 250 It's a surprising thing to post a ranting video one morning and then find your inbox flooded with emails (in this case, six emails constitutes a "flood") a few hours later. It's even mo... Rev Rant: Character Empathy 76 What makes a virtual character sympathetic?Probably a thousand things, actually, but I chose to only focus on one or two in this week's Rev Rant.  And one of those things involves Jack Baue... Five ways that RE5: Wii Edition could justify its existence 43 Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, Capcom's first attempt at remaking a HD game on the Wii, was butchered by the gaming press before it was even released. To take a game that has already establishe... Why putting co-op in BioShock 2 is a positively terrible idea 67 All the way back when the original BioShock was selling at retail, the murmurs of the lack of co-op were already surfacing. Not a surprise, considering the current trend to pack co-op play into a... HD Remix designer has beef with Street Fighter IV 71 You can't say anything bad about Street Fighter IV in this day and age. Believe me, I've tried. It's almost as bad as saying how rich you are and how many cars and houses you have in the middle o... Despite constant attacks, Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop zombies stand tall 42 By "tall" I mean over ten feet tall, in what looks like one of Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop's many side quests. Other such quests include taking on three chainsaw wielding killer clow... How Sony is screwing Player Two on the PlayStation 3 55 It sounds great in theory, but having a significant other who is also a gamer isn't always as great as you'd think.Sure, it's helpful that my wife understands my job, my hobby, and my obsession. ... Capcom USA on Dead Rising Wii: 'The TGS build was mostly just a tech demo' 45 Have you read any the hands-on impressions of upcoming 360 to Wii port of Dead Rising? If so, you know that things are looking pretty grim. It doesn't matter if you are generally Wii-skeptical li... Five easy ways Nintendo of America can start making up with their core audience 86 The "big news" from this year's E3 wasn't the announcement of any new exciting game. It wasn't the first sightings of any new, up-and-coming console. It was the news that Nintendo, or m... Give me in-game retries, or give me death 44 This will likely sound completely random and irrelevant, but something occurred to me today as I was playing Galaga Legions (a proper review is coming soon) that I thought might be somewhat comm... The three big WUTs of Nintendo Power's Castlevania Judgment announcement 45 Last Thursday, our own Brad Nicholson broke the rumor that a new Castlevania fighting game titled Castlevania Judgment was announced in the latest issue of Nintendo Power, with pics to prove it c... Jaffe responds to NoE's 'geeks and otaku' claim 51 Yesterday, many Destructoid readers were upset to hear Nintendo of Europe's Laurent Fischer (that's a dude!) thoughts on the Wii storage limit problem, as he feels that only "geeks and otaku... Rockstar wants to f**k casual gaming right in its ear 47 Rockstar Games' Vice President of creativity and Grand Theft Auto writer Dan Houser has very vocally attacked the "casual gaming" craze currently gripping the games industry. He didn't ... Undeniable failure: An open letter to Microsoft on the Xbox 360 Dpad 228 Following our controller episode of RetroforceGO!, I have received a surprising number of emails and messages regarding the Xbox 360 Dpad and the countless mods, DIY fixes, and third-party altern... Opinion: Why people who whine about review scores are wankers 283 Nobody likes being disagreed with, and nobody enjoys having something that they like besmirched. However, when it comes to differences of opinion, there is a marked difference between debating th... Wii hardware 'surprisingly stable,' nunchuk's manliness not so much 39 Wii-a-phobia continues to run rampant amongst the hardcore gaming community. There is a new hate-rant about the Wii written almost every day, and not just by random members of the Internet, but o... Sessler's Soapbox: Play with your damn kids! 32 In the latest edition of Adam Sessler's soapbox, the X-Play host laments the lack of parents who actually take the time to play (and understand) videogames with their children. He references the ... Good joke: ex-ESA says don't cut and run 18 Next-Gen is running a feature on the ex-ESA president's speech at D.I.C.E. that criticized publishers to stick up for their games, litigate to the bitter end for them, and take more respons... Nintendo fails to deliver region-free Wii; WiiKey corrects their mistake 18 There is nothing more annoying for a Japanese video game enthusiast than region locking. We have the same 60 Hz televisions, the games can work perfectly on our consoles, but there is a "f... Real men play Gradius 76 What does it mean to be hardcore? I don't know, but it's likely that you know better than I do; maybe you're the hardest of the hardcore. You probably drink Bawls by the crate, upgrade your com... Idiots live on the Internet 117 Today on Digg.com, there was a front page article about a female gamer with problems fitting into the online community and after reading her article, I feel that she doesn’t understand h... EGM reveals Guitar Hero 80s Edition; Winger still sucks 43 The latest issue of EGM reveals the next step for Red Octane, the developers behind every geek's rock and roll dream machine Guitar Hero. Apparently during the new year, they will be releasin... Rant -- EA announces UEFA Champions League game 22 Disclaimer - The game is called football, since you play it with your feet. Anyone who disagrees can go get bent. Pictured above is who I hope is Jan Vinegoor of Hesselink, who has the best name ... A plea to end the war. No, not that one. 47 Fanboys: they walk amongst us. They're in our schools. At the workplace. Even at your neighborhood grocery. In fact, odds are that someone you know might be a fanboy -- a friend or family mem... Top 5 pet peeves with my PlayStation 3 38 Last week I walked into a store and bought a PlayStation 3 after making a few phone calls. No fortune spent on eBay, no beating anyone up with a bat. It wasn't exactly just sitting on the fl... Rechargable Wiimote dock coming + manufacturers are lazier than teamsters! 12 Engadget brings us a story about an item called the Wii PowerStation that is essentially a recharger dock for the Wiimote. Since it normally runs on batteries, one must replace those batteries at... Second Life ... now with more rape! 6 If you heard Podtoid 10 you know how we feel about Second Life, and rarely we post about it unless it is to trash it ... and this is one of those cases. The glorified chat program posing as a vi... EGM gives Elebits a 4, eats kittens for breakfast 43 Now that you've all had a chance to hate us over a certain recently-posted review, I thought I'd show some similar love for our brothers-in-arms over at EGM, who recently gave Elebits -- ... The 360's "shooter fetish" 6 All right, me buckos. Following that crazy spree of news posts, it's time for some original content. Now, due to time constraints (and late-evening laziness starting to creep into my bones), ...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! Dive in! meetup+play for a chance to win a PC Dtoid Twitter    Got news?   tips@destructoid.com Reviews & Previews Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles review Left 4 Dead 2 review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex review Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! review EyePet review more reviews Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks Monster Hunter Tri Hooking onto, under and above Just Cause 2 PS3's 256-player MAG Rooms The Main Building more previews - The Dtoid Army is 50693 strong - Showing Cblogs with 3+ faps   show all Call for entries: do the wrong thing New to Dtoid? Read the survival guide  Originals Jim Sterling: Think L4D2 is an expansion? 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