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Swag EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Too much Super Meat Boy news to fit in this headline 24 Crap, I forgot to read the Super Meat Boy twitter for a few days, and it turns out that I missed a f*ck-ton of news. First is the above video, that shows us exactly how terrifying Super Meat Boy ... Plants vs. Zombies swag is cute, Halloween-ready 13 Dear FTC,How are you this afternoon? I’m feeling stupendous and, as usual, ready to mislead our readers with bogus editorial because of the cool stuff a publisher has sent me. Speaking of w... Fact: Cats don't like Squeeballs 14 A crate did the job of my floor mat this afternoon when I found one sitting in front of my door after having spent an hour or two outside of The Fortress of Metal (aka Nicholson HQ). Thinking bom... TGS 09: Look at all this sweet swag you can buy 13 I knew there would be awesome stuff on sale at TGS, but I wasn't quite prepared for how badass it would be in person. Even the Square Enix booth had tons of stuff that they have not shown at thei... TGS 09: Prepare your envy for this sweet Okamiden fan 13 I've been a sucker for Okami's art style since the very first time I laid eyes on it, and while all I personally own from the game is the beautiful official artbook, I've always hoped to get my h... Check out this Zuma's Revenge voodoo doll and keyring 2 This is one of those “Hey, look what we got,” kind of posts, but do stick with the text for a second. There’s a cool story here and an opportunity to learn a little bit more abo... PAX 09: The Behemoth lanyards are so totally baller 11 Yeah, that's right. I just took a picture of my badge to boast about on the homepage. Mostly just because I can, but also because this is by far the coolest event lanyard I have ever gotten. As y... Never leave home without the Dark Void travel kit 2 One accumulates a museum of thoroughly ludicrous items when they've been in this job for a few years, but inevitably some swag always comes along that truly leaves cause for scratching one's head... Batman: Arkham Asylum swag makes me go a little crazy 29 After getting back from school today, I saw a big box waiting for me on my bed. I thought to myself “Oh, videogame companies! They’ll never get tired of spoiling me with free stuff!&r... Dear THQ: We covet your Darksiders cloth map 9 I've been itching to play THQ's Darksiders: Wrath of War for an incredibly long time now. In fact, I was supposed to be previewing the thing in LA several months ago before the event was postpone... E3 09: Dynasty Warriors Chibis acquired! 21 Just before E3, I threw a temper tantrum concerning the lack of Dynasty Warriors Chibis in my life, and threatened to punch someone at the Koei booth and then take everything. Since my punching t... Hammer Time! Ready to win Red Faction: Guerrilla swag? 104 Let me tell you, sometimes giving away all this stuff is not easy. For instance, these Red Faction t shirts I have to give away must be the softest tees I have ever gotten my hands on (and I have... Win a copy of Plants vs Zombies plus some swag! 61 We've been looking forward to the release of PopCap's tongue-in-cheek defense title, Plants vs Zombies, since the very first screenshot hit the web. Add in a few hilarious promotional videos and ... Win Wolverine:Uncaged and a $200 GameStop giftcard! 103 This week, X-Men Origins: Wolverine finally hits shelves (coming to just about platform imaginable), and I'll bet that some of you have been waiting on it. I have to admit I've been interested in... Play Gears of War 2 with us, win killer swag 48 It's been far too long since we have incorporated prizes into Friday Night Fights, hasn't it? Well, I've got some great news to share that I'm pretty excited about, and I am sure you know where t... Atlus Spoils trailer shows off game footage and swag 13 I hate to admit it, but I am a sucker for game-related stuff. Artbooks, soundtracks, toys, shirts, you name it, I want it. You can imagine, then, that the Atlus Spoils program is kind of like me ... MadWorld has mad preorder swag if you live in the UK 9 I hardly need any additional excouragement when it comes to preordering MadWorld, as it's been on my radar as one of my most anticipated Wii titles for some time now. However, the Sega Europe blo... Oh Damn: check out what all comes with Resident Evil 5 Collector's Edition 36 Forget stupid (sorry to the rest of the industry) tin boxes -- check this sh*t out. For the price of $89.99, you get the game in the badass metal case we showed you earlier, a bonus disc with spe... The official Left 4 Dead movie posters are still badass, now up for purchase 29 If you played Left 4 Dead and thought the cool mock movie posters from the game's four campaigns would look great on your wall, you aren't alone.Valve has thrown a bunch of sweet new L4D merchand... Gears of War cog swag points at viral campaign, also, win this thing 324 We got a mysterious little box at the office today. Plain black and stamped with the familiar red Gears of War logo on the top, I opened it to find this metal cog inside and a small note which re... One-of-a-kind custom Ninjatown lunchbox gets my heart rate up 5 [As originally posted on Tomopop] I love everything Shawnimals, and hearing that a DS game was being made featuring the adorable characters was a surreal and wonderful feeling -- toys and games i... Start dieting, girls: D3 ships out Onechanbara costumes to promote the game 33 I've seen some bizarre swag in my day (the giant stuffed animal heads from Hudson to promote Kororinpa were a personal favorite), but I have to laugh at the creativity here. MTV Multiplayer got a... Persona 4 Social Link Expansion Pack available through Amazon only 16 Atlus loves their fans in the truest sense of the word (I know a certain meat lover who could possibly take a cue from them, in fact). Take for example their most recent announcement, the Persona... Atlus sweepstakes prize: 8.5" tall Teddie plush 8 I already told Santa, Jesus, and Robbie the Easter Bunny that all I wanted for Christmas is Persona 4 for the PS2. And if they come across a clean, mint copy of Persona 1, that too. Now I have to... Swag report: de Blob is de bomb! 9 [As originally posted on Tomopop]As Chad Concelmo likes to say, de Blob is de Bomb. After receiving a copy of the game and the enclosed vinyl toy of de Blob himself (which as far as I know is pro... Ubisoft's exclusive Rabbids will soon be available for public consumption 9 [As originally seen on Tomopop]A few months ago, I got a call from fellow Destructoid editor Hamza Aziz about an exciting bit of swag he had obtained at a Ubisoft press event. "Rabbids ... d... PAX 08: What media gets when they check in: A whole bag of ... stuff 20 While the rest of the Destructoid staff are off gallivanting about Seattle doing God knows what with God knows who, I'm acting like a responsible Editor-in-Chief. Early media registration opened ... Japanese Square Enix members get Moogle mug, America gets nothing 19 What do Japanese Final Fantasy fans have to do to get this ultra-happy Moogle mug for their morning beverage needs? It's simple, really: they have to be members of the Japanese Square-Enix websit... Gamestop promotes game trading with ... air fresheners? 22 Before this news, the strangest instance of game promotion was a can of Pringles with trivia on them sent to then-Reviews Editor Aaron Linde, which left all of us befuddled and unsure whether to ... GTA IV swag contest results are in: What does N.O.O.S.E. really mean? 29 Last week, I didn't know what the letters in N.O.O.S.E. -- Grand Theft Auto IV's version of S.W.A.T. -- stood for. Today I have a better idea. We received a boat load of submissions in our "... Become a moving target with this NES controller backpack 43 You'd have to be extremely brave or extremely Nintendo-loyal to rock this NES controller backpack. Wearing this in school or in public would make you an easy target for those who "don't get ... Super Mario Galaxy touches down in Lindevania [Update: Impressions!] 36 After days (weeks? [months!?]) of painful anticipation, Super Mario Galaxy finally showed up on my doorstep, thanks to a kindly ol' FedEx delivery driver who knew not the bounty of wonder that he... Japan snags kawaii NiGHTS pre-order bonus: America envious, vengeful 11 Normally I wouldn't throw a commonly misappropriated term like 'kawaii' into the title, but after looking at the above piece of pre-order swag for the upcoming NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, can you ... Want a Carbonite frozen Han Solo PSP case? 30 Frankly, this announcement made me consider booking a plane ticket to San Francisco next week. Apparently if you are one of the first 200 people to arrive at the Playstation store at the Meteron ... Nintendo gives away free feather stylus for DS 30 Nintendo is giving free stuff away right and left these days. Is it a clever ruse to keep store shelves wiped clean of Wiis? Or simply a not-so-subtle way of screaming at the top of their collect... SPOILERS: Gizmodo's Brian Lam tells Halo fanboys to suck it 55 You guys are not gonna like this. That's ok though, because I like it a lot, and since I write for Destructoid I get to put things I like on the front page for thousands of people to see. Ha!So t... Square Enix announces TGS lineup, lists Tobal comeback 23 Even more TGS lineup listings are coming out of Japan as we're now only 20 days away from the event. Japanese giant Square Enix now lays out the list of their wares, and it shows that some classi... Win the fruits of my suckage: Destructoid community contest 121 [Once again, it's me. Be sure to read me this time! Droobies post here is a special occassion, since we want to give some more stuff for the community. There'll be a metric f***ton... Steal this right now: 333th comment wins limited-edition Halo 3 sauce! 3778 It is a fact that our community manager, the honorable Ron Workman, only consumes two major food groups: cigarettes and Mountain Dew. (Could you imagine the fusion of those two tastes?  We c... Microsoft X'07: Games + a power outage + an open bar = best event ever 17 Let me start off by saying Microsoft sure knows how to throw a great open bar… I mean media event. X07, Microsoft’s holiday preview event was so full of awesomesauce that the cops ha... Reminder: Bomberman contest ends this weekend 8 I know, it's hard to keep up with the mountain of stuff we are giving away this month. Let's see, there's the full $200 Rock Band set, the Bioshock faceplate for being ugly and having... WF Portmanteau: Mi swaga es su swaga 137 This E3 was a lot like the old E3's, except that it was totally freaking retarded and free stuff was hard as hell to come by. Luckily, my supposed Jewish ancestry gives me a heightened abilit... Final Fantasy 20 year celebration in San Francisco 18 If you live in San Francisco and are a Final Fantasy fan, June 26th is your lucky day. Square Enix will be throwing a party at the PlayStation store at the Metreon Center downtown to celebrate tw... Design mediocrity: The contest winners 176 A WINNER IS YOU!  Congratulations to dv8withn8 for the Better than Herpes benchmark graphic, our 2 star photoshop contest winner.  Boy, I cannot wait to hear the calls from PR companies... GTA IV hops on the 'special edition' bandwagon 31 Can't get enough of those wonderful special editions? We at Destructoid can't. We won't even eat unless the food is a limited edition in some way, shape or form. Y'know, things li... Squenix party swag & new site launch 11 The jealousy burns! I'm not sure why I want a Dragon Quest neckband or an  otherwise cheesy looking Ivalice Alliance clock, but I must have them! These items are given to attendants of t... Holy Kororinpa! Great balls of swagness 21 Hudson Entertainment knows how to properly do swag, so when a large box bearing the Bonk creator's name arrived at my doorstep this morning I was as happy as a man who sleeps with baby lambs.... Show us your gamer swag 18 You have it all; the latest consoles and handheld systems, the hottest games and the best gaming accessories, but do you have the ultimate gamer swag collection too? You know gamer swag; Pokemo... SXSW 07: Hands-on with Jam Sessions DS 26 var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/gaming_news/Hands_on_with_Jam_Sessions_for_Nintendo_DS'; Today we spent some personal time with Ubisoft's new Nintendo DS game: Jam Sessions here at the... SXSW 07: Killer swag contest 68 It's fairly standard: You go to a convention, you get a ton of swag. One of the most pimped-out swag items we've seen so far, though, is this hotness from Killer -- they make high-end ne... Wario needs to fire his advertising department 21 Will Greenwald over at Crave: The gadget blog recently received a copy of Wario: Master of Disguise for the Nintendo DS to review and was unimpressed by the swag that came with it. Most game ... Free swag for gamers: Konami RPG Stars site review 31 Ever wanted to get free stuff just for being a gamer? Well some gaming companies like to create community sites where gamers can get free items based on a point system. Sounds good, doesn't... Xbox hats sell a whole lotta Pop-Tarts 19 Remember the crazy good hat offer we posted back in September?  I was among the insane that actually bought 3 family-sized boxes of Pop-Tarts so I could look like an insane Don Hertzfeld ch... Get your Virtua Fighter 5 virtual swag 23 Despite some assumptions in the reactions to this post from last week, I truly am looking forward to Virtua Fighter 5's Feburary 20th release - and to stay somewhat flamebait f... GamePro Expo now renamed to much lamer E for All Expo 13 Leave it to sub-par gaming mag GamePro to pick and change the name of an already awkwardly-named GamePro Expo to the even shattier moniker of Entertainment for All Expo -- or as the cool kids ca... Rockstar spreads the Xmas spirit 1 Tis the season for Xmas cards and tis the season for PR and gaming companies to flood my snail mail box with their well wishes. I thought you all might like to see the holiday cheer that Rockstar... Elebits limited edition plush toy: You're so jealous 48 Does it make me less of a man to be loving my Elebits plush toy right now? I don't think so. I mean, I'm comfortable with my sexuality, honest. So, anyway, here's that plush toy all t... On tchotchkes 10 Today was a big day for me. Brand new titles in two of my favorite series, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops both slipped into brick and mortar shops this afternoon.... Hey! Look at my awesome swag! 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