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Satire EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag How to respond to a videogame review 172 Videogame reviews. Some gamers out there believe that a review is a writer's personal opinion, one that shouldn't be taken to heart because it's just one person's feelings on a game and it doesn'... Game plots that are clearly rip-offs TV shows and movies 84 [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... How Fat Princess is blatantly better than Feminism 101 Titan Studios' Fat Princess was released this week and, server issues aside, it's great fun. Stuffing princesses full of cake and utilizing the game's varied and fun classes makes for an incredib... Top ten Jeff Goldblum games (because I think he is dead) 94 A very sad and tragic thing occurred this past week. As you may have heard by now, a treasured American legend died. His name was Jeff Goldblum, and even though I haven't seen any official confir... Pre-E3 09: The big important to-do list 45 Tomorrow morning, I fly to LA in preparation for America's largest videogame event, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. This will actually be my very first E3 and I want to make sure I do things p... A Spotter's Guide to the Gaming Press 59 Chances are good that if you're reading this, you're a pretty hardcore gaming fan who often frequents gaming blogs, reads gaming magazines and watches gaming videos. Over the years, you will have... How to improve Xbox 360 Avatars 76 When Microsoft revealed the New Xbox Experience, an unwitting world found itself stunned by the revelation of Avatars. This unique and original phenomenon turned the world of gaming on its head, ... Proof that Beyond Good & Evil 2 video is from Ubisoft 81 A few days ago, hot new footage dropped that claimed to be gameplay footage for Beyond Good & Evil 2. Jaws dropped, tongues rolled and eyes widened at the beautiful footage, although some rem... Why Dynasty Warriors is the greatest videogame series ever 86 Any sane, reasonable, intelligent human being already knows by now that Koei's Dynasty Warriors series is the greatest collection of videogames to have ever stalked the Earth. Featuring a unique ... Ban this SICK FILTH: Games that have upset me 59 Last year, I took you on a tour of videogames that personally offend me. As you may recall, I used to be what you nerds call a "hardcore gamer." Sure, I played many examples of your int... Could these be new Sadness screens? 19 I was talking about Alan Wake with some of my colleagues today, and that naturally reminded me of Sadness. I figured we haven't heard enough about this Wii exclusive from Nibris, so I scoured the... Videogame characters I'd kill and how I'd kill them 124 Videogame history is littered with rage and frustration. While we all love and cherish this noble hobby we call gaming, it has still been the source of thrown controllers, broken furniture and en... What was in Jeff Dahmer's Xbox? 67 Since violent videogames came along, news media and family watchdogs have had a field day. Every violent activity in the world can now be linked to gaming, giving these fine, upstanding moral fol... Why my children can never play the Wii again 96 As a father of fifteen children, nothing was more precious to me than family reading time. Family is important, more important than anything in the world, and reading stories to my precious kids ... Edge's Let's Tap review: A disservice to gamers 77 Look, we're not here to say which reviews are right or wrong, and we're not saying that opinions aren't important, but Edge's review of Let's Tap is wrong and the opinions are completely unimport... MS provides to-do list for Xbox Live downtime, Destructoid improves it 64 On September 29, Xbox Live will go down for about 24 hours while Microsoft gets things prepared for its big fall update. Microsoft seems to believe that its customers actually have nothing in the... The ol' videogame switcheroo: If devs traded games for a day 38 The videogames industry is a broad and unique one, made up of an incredible amount of unique developers and specalist publishers. Each company within this business brings something new to the tab... Crowbar finally shipped to prevent humanity's destruction 53 A month ago we posted a story about Reddit offering to send a crowbar to the brains behind the Large Hadron Collider project. Many fear that the particle accelerator at Cern could cause the end o... The Dishwasher dev gives own game 1/10 33 Indie game developer Ska Studios has decided to take inspiration from Peter Molyneux and review its own upcoming game, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai. Accusing the game of "Falling short of ou... Believa Pinata: Epic video parodies Halo 3 advert 20  The above is a rather amusing spoof of Halo 3's "Believe" ad campaign, using Viva Piñata figurines in place of humanity's last stand. As someone with a fondness for Rare's ... Metal Gear Jesus: religious parallels in the Metal Gear Solid series 71 In between all the awful(ly amazing) Solid Snake impressions on Podtoid's 50th episode, Tiff Chow and I got into a very brief, very nonspecific conversation about the possible presence of the Ho... Ten Golden Rules of the anti-videogames lobby 82 We have had many useful commandments for loyal readers over the course of our Ten Golden Rules series. From learning how to be an online gamer and fanboy, to crafting a successful JRPG or Surviva... Ten golden rules of survival horror 105 By our very nature, we as people are drawn to the dark. We may not like to admit it, but our macabre instincts thirst for blood, as we find ourselves morbidly drawn to brutality and violence. It ... Aaaaand... we're back to our regular scheduled programming 46 Ok, ok, we're done -- Foxtoid.com has filed for bankruptcy despite its unparalleled coverage of corruption and non consensual forced sodomy in the gaming industry.  The co-branded venture ma... Dtoid.tv Coming to G4TV in November (2 Legit 2 Quit) 112 [Editor's note: YEEEAAAHHHH BOOOOYYYY! WE SOLD OUT YO! I'M MAKING  ONES OF DOLLARS NOW! -- CTZ]First of all, I'd like to say that this is not an April Fools joke. I made a pledge... The No Meat Spin Zone: Truckers on strike due to videogames mocking their jobs 17 Hello, I am your host, Cock Inyourson, and welcome to the No Meat Spin Zone. This is my personal segment on Foxtoid that allows me to tell you all how extremely retarded you are for not agreeing ... JosephGate 2008: Leray captured, surrenders unconditionally 14 This just in: Celebrity-turned-fugitive, Joseph Leray, has been captured on his college campus in Mississippi. Sources tell FOXTOID that Leray was apprehended by authorities (his girlfriend) on t... BREAKING: Carmen Sandiego found, arrested for prostitution 50 Only FoxToid brings you the answer to the age-old question Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: According to authorities, the elusive red-trenchcoated world traveler was ... Exposé: Shinobi and Ninja Gaiden protagonists not really ninja 22 You heard it here first -- only on FoxToid. Joe Musashi, lead in Sega's Shinobi series of videogames, and Ryu Hayabusa, protagonist of Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden series are both living a lie. Neither h... BREAKING REPORT: All horse-based videogames tied to Scientology 28 GREEN GABLES: FoxToid has just uncovered what may be the biggest religion-based videogame scandal since the 1991 release of Wisdom Tree Inc. title Bible Adventures.Early this morning, authorities... JospehGate 2008: Leray spotted submitting to videogame overlords 15 Breaking news: In the wake of today's shocking revelation that internet rockstar Joseph Leray has allegedly been involved in the dark world of videogames, new evidence shows Leray partaking of wh... Celeb shocker! Joseph Leray spotted in Mississippi videogame store 21 According to paparazzi photos sent via fax to our news headquarters just moments ago, it would appear that internet superstar Joseph Leray has been sighted in a local area Mississippi Game Stop, ... BREAKING: Geoff Keightley's copy of Mass Effect arrested in teen rape scandal 38 ZIMBABWE: Police have arrested game journalist Geoff Knightley's copy of Mass Effect for indecent exposure and filthy, filthy acts of unnatural sodomy. A neighbor phoned 911 after spotting the Ma... Ten golden rules of Japanese RPGs 137 The JRPG is a venerable and well respected genre, having survived almost unchanged for decades and supported by a community of hardcore obsessives that drool over every statistic and sweeping, gl... Five videogame characters who suck at their jobs 129 In general, our videogame protagonists need a set context for their lives before being thrust into action and adventure. Mario can't just be a dude with a goomba-stomping fetish; he has to be a ... 15 reasons why EA is pure evil 160 Electronic Arts is, without a shadow of a doubt, the Darth Vader, Hannibal Lecter and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan of the videogames industry -- a timeless evil, a detestable arch-nemesis f... R.I.P, world's most f***ed up Nintendo fan 106 Ladies and gentlemen, what you are about to view is footage of perhaps the most dangerous Nintendo fan who ever lived. While the delay of Super Smash Bros. has affected many of us in different wa... Ten golden rules of online gaming 202 People have been hunched over their PCs, firing rockets into the faces of their friends since Doom. The ability to play a game against real human opponents via a network changed the face of the i... Hey Mr. Thompson: Sarcastic Gamer goes for the satirical jugular once more 25 If there's one thing you can rely on Sarcastic Gamer to do, it's create an absolutely merciless satire of something or someone in the form of a well spoofed song. Hey Mr. Thompson is the latest o... Lebanon doesn't like satire, gets political game removed 9 Frustrated with the political situation in Lebanon, native Z.F found an outlet for his anger by creating a flash-based game called Douma (Puppet) where Lebanese politicians duke it out in one-on-... Princess Peach is a c*ckteasing bitch: the wallpaper 37 In Sympathy for the Bowser, I humbly suggested that Princess Peach, a character generally admired for her purity and romantic nature, wasn't really deserving of adoration. She allows herself to g... Sympathy for the Bowser 94 Hitler. Mussolini. Koopa. For far too long have these three names been thought nearly synonymous within the pantheon of historical villainy; for far too long has the name “Bowser... TGS 07: The Chester Anger Society of Tokyo, Japan 34 Yesterday at TGS, I met my ex-colleagues from Kotaku for the first time. Michael "Beardo" McWhertor! Brian "LOL" Ashcraft! Flynn "Fruit Brute" DeMarco! And some pall... Fake game Friday: Enchanted Arms Dealer 11 This week's fake game comes to you courtesy of forumite the GAMEGOBLIN, who also Photoshopped the above screenshot. According to Goblin:Three friends, a dumb-ass, a smart-ass, and one who likes t... Fake game Friday: Talladega NiGHTS 11 If you don't like this week's fake game idea, blame Aaron Linde -- it was his idea. I could literally not know less about either of these franchises, suffice it to say that I imagine thi... Fake game Friday: The Manicurist 7 This week's fake game comes from forumite Adamska. It's called The Manicurist, and it looks to revolutionize the way gamers virtually clip their nails. Always dreamed of clipping nails a... A comprehensive list of video game characters I would have sex with 123 We all know that the world of video gaming characters is a tragically shallow one. For the most part, the men serve only to look tough whilst killing people, and the women serve only to titilate... The Legend of Neil; Best Legend of Zelda spoof ever 52 A new series was just released by EffinFunny called the Legend of Neil- Episode 1. The premise is that Neil was getting drunk and playing The Legend of Zelda one night. While he was playing, he ... Adult Swim's 'Bible Fight' is blaspheveryone 25 It's not exactly Capoeira Fighter or anything, but Adult Swim's Bible Fight makes up for its gameplay flaws with good, old-fashioned, hilarious blasphemy.That's right -- you can play... The Simpsons spoof World of Warcraft 53 Last night, The Simpsons pulled a South Park and had a World of Warcraft themed episode. The episode starts off with Marge and Homer at a PTA meeting. When it comes time for the parents to give o... Another boob list: Geek lotion stock refilled 27 Boobs and video games: They pretty much are like peanut butter and jelly. And, for sites like us and others with the maturity level of an 8th grader, we bank heavily on the fact that the majo... OMG Ponies! Gears of War mod chips run the game on any console EVAR 66 We are gathered here today to set the record straight once and for all. You simply cannot run Gears of War on the PlayStation 3. Can't happen. No way. It would take the army of people at Epi... Prison sex: Your future via Half-Life 17 Half-Life 2 is good for two things: Great gameplay and Gary's Mod. The latest Gary's Mod creation is a set of disturbing sexual positions that for anyone who has spent time in County, kn... Wii Toaster: Friend codes needed for extra dark mode 33 Trying to reach every person out there who has not yet gamed -- I hear there's a hut in the Congo that has yet to play Wii Sports -- Nintendo looks to take over the burnt bread market with W... Is Too Human our next-gen Daikatana? 27 Too Human, judging by the six page glossy "feature" and cover story in a recent EGM (we're guessing that set them back at least $100k, and boy what a psychological fish tale it was... Ergopod: just in time for Burning Crusade 17 BoingBoing is running a feature on the accidentally best selling Warcraft: Burning Crusade accessory ever made: The Ergopod. The desk was originally designed for invalids (that have never heard ... Save the dinosaurs, get free gaming mags 21 The magazine publishing industry needs your help. Actually, it doesn't -- it needs you to forget that video game news is not readily available and more current on the internet. It also needs ... Super fake PSP2 surfaces; fake just got real fake 33 Think of this post as a preemptive diffuser to what will surely be a million Sony fanboys flooding gaming sites and blogs everywhere with what they believe will be the "real" PSP2. This... The PlayStation 3's power = British women stacking plastic cups 23 You can't push American commercials on the British people. It does not make sense. Europeans have a different way about them, different tastes and sensibilities. For this reason, the ads we s... 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