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This is getting ridiculous EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft 68 Erik Estavillo, the agoraphobic Resistance player who keeps attempting to sue Sony for banning his trolling arse, has now decided to try and get some money from Microsoft and Nintendo as well. Hi... Sonic Classic Collection coming to DS because we need it 29 Jesus C*nting Christ! Despite there being roughly ten billion Sonic the Hedgehog compilations, it seems that Sega feels we can always have more, and has recently submitted Sonic Classic Collectio... New EA store sells EA Sports Active, and nothing else 19 Apparently EA Sports Active is so important that it deserves its own store. Throughout the run-up to Christmas, Electronic Arts will be operating two stores in San Fransisco and Boston, and EA Sp... Pre-order Split Second, get a vehicle of some sort 6 Exciting, huh? Black Rock's Split Second provides so many thrills that the studio decided to turn the insanity down a notch for the game's obligatory GameStop-exclusive pre-order bonus. As you ca... The biggest UT 2004 explosion you'll see today 23 Disclaimer: this isn't nearly as good as the Crysis "Raining Men" video, or most of the other "spawn a bunch of objects, it'll be funny" CryEngine 2 videos, for that matter. H... Gamers to use real security cameras to spy for the cops 62 I'm not sure if this is manipulative, scary, brilliant, hilarious, or all three. A brand new PC game called "Internet Eyes" will allow players to view thousands of CCTV cameras around t... German principal: Games turn kids into homicidal maniacs 56 Last Thursday, there was yet another attempted shooting rampage in Germany. Fortunately, nobody was killed, which is of course why no major news outlet run the story. Despite the fact that no liv... New Shantae game for DSiWare? Yes, it's real! 28 [Update: Nintendo Power has a full feature on the game that confirms THREE episodic releases in the Shantae universe!] Shantae is one of those games that you either remember with incredibly fond ... Nintendo won't call a gun a gun 35 As much as Nintendo has changed and warped since the success of the Wii, it's nice to know that the company hasn't abandoned all of its old sensibilities. Like its complete fear of violence and l... Sony's new PS3 ads upset Nigeria (that's racist!) 61 Oh Sony, you and your international PR disasters!You've all doubtless seen Sony's new ad campaign that pokes fun at bloggers and Internet rumors. If you haven't, then Nigeria certainly has, and i... BioWare: Piracy is always a problem 33 Piracy is a hot topic for any PC developer, so when I went to check out Dragon Age: Origins in Edmonton, I took the opportunity to ask BioWare whether a loyal fanbase makes piracy less of a probl... David Jaffe to 'shut the f**k up' for six months 59 Destructoid is no stranger to the words flying out of David Jaffe's mouth. In fact those words have flown directly at us. In short (if two sentences are too long for you), David Jaffe has a big m... Xbox 360 Arcade getting UK price hike AND less stuff 47 Not again! Hot off the heels of Activision's Modern Warfare 2 price hike, it's been revealed by a number of British retailers that Microsoft is planning to raise the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade ... Just Cause movie is happening just 'cause 9 As reported by Variety, the rights to make a film out of Just Cause have been acquired from Eidos by Adrian Askarieh, who is currently working on producing a Kane & Lynch movie as well. You m... Games on Demand: Pay $100 for Mass Effect! 58 Games on Demand hasn't even officially launched yet, but Microsoft's penchant for greed has already reared its ugly, drooling head, causing concern for gamers. Titles have popped up on the servic... Obama in brief videogame reference SHOCKER! 87 You know, I'm all for criticizing those who attack videogames. Anti-game lobbyists are one of the core subjects I write about here at Destructoid. However, that doesn't mean that every single per... Seahawks receiver unhappy with Madden rating, boycotts game 32 Sure, the annual Madden ratings are a big deal to football players -- and for the particularly egotistical ones, it’s natural to feel that the game doesn’t properly assess their talen... Thailand planning cyber cafe curfew for kids 16 Thailand's ridiculous crackdown on videogames continues apace, with the country's authorities devising yet more ways in which they can ruin everybody's fun. Concerned now about "addiction&qu... Left 4 Dead 2 is racist because 'several' zombies are black 212 This is unbelievable. I've seen people try and find racist undertones in harmless entertainment before, but The Houston Chronicle's Willie Jefferson takes home the prize for making the most ridic... Sony's Tretton: PS3 price cut? Pfffffffft! 75 The PlayStation 3 price cut saga has become long and grueling, with various industry figures demanding one and Sony consistently refuting such demands time and time again. Now it's Jack Tretton's... Math shows that Wolfenstein will have 1,638 kills 13 Here's a little bit of non-news that involves math. MTV Multiplayer got some time with the upcoming Wolfenstein, and during their gameplay they saw that their progress was being kept track of. Pe... Activists cry about 'predatory' game industry 57 Because the world needs another overly conservative activist group moaning about videogames and using harmful vernacular because they don't know what they're talking about! The latest gang of pus... Pro-Left 4 Dead 2 Steam group causes trouble 76 I'd promised myself I'd step away from the Left 4 Dead 2 silliness for a little while, but this one is just too good to pass up. The 30,000-strong mob of angry protesters whose lives have been ru... Left 4 Dead 2 protest group is over 13,000 strong 180 Yesterday, I wrote a post tackling those who were bawling their eyes out over Left 4 Dead 2. It looks like, however, I may be taking on an entire army, since a Left 4 Dead 2 protest group has for... Thai officials shut down game sites following boy's suicide 27 Yesterday, we told you about a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide after his parents banned him from gaming. The most curious aspect of the story was the fact that Thailand's overbearing Minist... Videogame biz 'in denial' over game addiction, allegedly 59 Australia's largest daily paper, the Herald-Sun, has written a charmingly alarming piece that accuses the games industry of being "in denial" over the very real and very serious threat ... Games are an evil military conspiracy, claims researchers 45 Hating videogames in Germany has always been popular, but it's become a downright fashion statement ever since Tim Kretschmer's school shooting. Busybodies have been rubbing their hands with glee... Videogames invented wrestling, use it to kill child 37 As if you needed any further proof that the media loves to blame tragedy on videogames, this one takes the cake. A young boy died by jumping from a garage roof with a makeshift parachute, possibl... German games: Double the age rating, double the hysteria! 37 In the wake of Tim Kretchmer's gun rampage in a South German school, hysteria surrounding videogames is getting more and more ridiculous. As you can see in the above picture, Grand Theft Auto: Ch... RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive ends TONIGHT! 9 [Chad's far, far away in the land of dolphins at the moment so I thought I'd give it a bump! -Niero] This Sunday evening (3/29) the RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive charity auction is officially over. ... Combat gun crime by restricting World of Warcraft in Germany 26 In the wake of the recent shooting rampage in South Germany, there have been calls to raise the age rating of World of Warcraft, a game known for its extreme promotion of gun crime and simulation... NIMF bashes MadWorld for ruining the Wii's family fun ... ugh 72 It's been a while since some gang of whiny pussies moaned about the Nintendo Wii daring to have a bit of variety on its system with Sega's M-rated MadWorld, but luckily The National Institute on ... Censor demands jail for parents who let kids play violent games 50 A New Zealand censor has demanded that parents who allow their children to play adult-rated videogames should be sent to jail to provide "shock value" for other families. This proposal ... CBC news exposing the 'dark side' of gaming 33 Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Despite the Brandon Crisp thing happening months ago, CBC has nevertheless decided to hop onto the late bandwagon and strongly implicate videogames in his death. Apparen... Rumored PSP-4000 details: Wait, do we really need ANOTHER one? 34 The PSP-3000 was only released last year, but Sony is intent on beating a dead horse by announcing yet another new model for the disappointing handheld. After years of promises and only a handful... Silly study: Violent games make you 'comfortably numb' to the pain of others 42 It never ceases to amaze me just how far some "researchers" will go to "prove" that videogames are harmful. From blowing airhorns to electric shock tests, some truly wacky and... Seriously? Microsoft responds to Hirai's 'longevity' remark 22 Lately I've been making parrallels between the Microsoft/Sony fight and a schoolyard argument between infants, but I think the sheer blatant childishness of the two companies is rendering such co... Politician proposes health warning for videogames 40 If you don't want some anger to go with your corn flakes this morning, look away now. A new bill has been proposed by congressman Joe Baca which would require a health warning on videogames, tell... Japanese newspaper quietly retracts MGS4/360 quote ... this is getting so old 37 Will this sad routine ever die? A rumor surfaces about Metal Gear Solid 4 coming to the Xbox 360, Konami denies the rumor, we wait a few weeks, then it happens again. A Japanese newspaper attribu... Resident Evil re-remake coming to Wii ... seriously 51 Sometimes a publisher must sit down and think to itself: "Okay, we've remade this game roughly 10,000 times. This is stupid." Capcom has no such self-awareness, however, and has announc... The five best videogames to play during a stock market crash 53 The stock market is at its lowest in nearly ten years. The American economy is in shambles. Major investment banks like Lehman Brothers have collapsed. Basically, people are freaking out.But I sa... Buy level ups for Vesperia as DLC? Scamco strikes again 46 There's a reason why people call the company Scamco Bandai, and that's because Namco's approach to DLC borders on the insulting. Not content to sell incomplete games at retail and charge people f... Too Human haters 'don't get it' according to Dyack 66 With Too Human's release date fast approaching, it seems that Denis Dyack's mouth is running into overdrive. According to Silicon Knights' chief demagogue, people who dislike Too Human only do so... Mega Man 9's in-game store revealed: Transvestite Man power-up costs 200 bolts? 29 Today, NintendoWiiFanboy.com revealed some interesting details about the in-game store/shop to be featured in Mega Man 9. Just like in Mega Man 7 and 8, the shop here is run by Auto (the strangel... Prosecute videogames for murder? One crazy Thai offcial wants to 33 This nonsense in Thailand is going way, way too far. Ever since an idiot kid murdered a cab driver in an attempt to steal his car, Thai officials, as well as people in other parts of the world, h... Plant destruction blamed on GTA IV: Game hysteria officially jumps the shark 41 Okay, that's it, this bollocks has gone on long enough. With Grand Theft Auto IV, as well as games in general, being blamed for murder, the corruption of our youth and the breakdown of American v... Lollercoaster: Six Flags theme park videogame announced 23 A couple of months ago, Nick came across a hint that said a Six Flags theme park game might be in the works. Now confirmation has come by way of a new announcement from Brash. Yay. Brash Entertai... Microsoft bans another gamertag for being too 'gay'? 78 Last week we told you about the Xbox 360 user whose gamertag “theGAYERgamer” was banned due to the name being “offensive.” Well, the big ol’ gay shenanigans are back... Big in 2007: Naming your child 'Raiden' 85 The United States Social Security Administration has revealed the top baby names for 2007, and much of the list is unsurprisingly banal. The top three boy names are Jacob, Michael, and Ethan; the... Wii Fit's Wii sh*t, courtesy of Mad Catz 22 The Mad Catz PS2 wireless controller is the single worst thing that mankind has ever created (and I say that without hyperbole). The third party peripheral maker is continuing its commitment to p... Let the crappy add-ons commence! Wii Fit gets a 'yoga mat' 34 Wii Fit hasn't even hit shelves yet, but that hasn't stopped the third party rubbish from kick starting. Introducing the Wii Fit yoga mat, a special piece of cloth that you need to own if you're ... UK newspaper offers money for game violence stories 83 Just when I thought the British media couldn't get more pathetic, a newspaper finds some way to both surprise and sicken me. A national paper is offering "hundreds of pounds" in exchang... Games to get cigarette-style health warnings in the UK [Update] 80 Oh for f**k's sake.Sorry, I know it's not technically considered kosher to open a professional blog post with "oh for f**k's sake," but having just woken up to the news that Prime Minis... Issues found with console versions of MLB 2K8, fixes forthcoming 17 It seems like people get sick a lot around these times of year — that is, when the seasons change — and videogames are apparently no different. A patch for problems with online play i... Custer's Revenge used to attack videogames: Wait, what!? 68 I've heard some pretty ridiculousness nonsense from people attempting to paint videogames in a bad light, but this is definitely in the top ten. Award-winning author Tom Keenan has decided to use... Rumortoid: Minesweeper coming to XBLA? 44 I know it may be hard to swallow, but part of you may just want to see it happen. According to a solid tip this morning, the most elaborate PC game of all time, Minesweeper will be making it... Banning Bully will make children magically stop being evil wankers 57 Big shock -- Bully: Scholarship Edition is released today for the Wii and Xbox 360 and right on cue, here come the parade of prehistoric scaremongers who want to see it banned under that age-old ... Fox News murders children, drinks their blood 86 It seems that Fox News is up to its old tricks again. I thought I was imagining the idea of Fox going out of its way to attack videogaming, but headline after headline is proving otherwise, as Fo... Nintendo won't put out: Still tight lipped about European Brawl release 42 Most fans in Europe who are eagerly awaiting Super Smash Bros. Brawl have most likely come to terms with the fact that it will be months after the US release before they can (legally) play it. Ni... Fox: Videogames will destroy the Earth (one OTT headline deserves another) 128 Not satisfied with making an utter fool of itself over the Mass Effect "controversy," Fox's pathetic attempts to discredit the games industry have reached new levels of ridiculous as it... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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