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Utterly pathetic EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft 64 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... Xbox 360 failure rate in UK? 60%, says CNET 110 It's the story that never dies, which is ironic because that's exactly what Xbox 360s keep doing. The old "Red Ring of Death" thing has all but disappeared from the news, but CNET has followed up... Aussie game banner: Real-life issues more important 52 Evil Attorney General Michael Atkinson is the man solely responsible for Australia having to pay more for less content. He is the man standing in the way of his country joining the real world and... Russia bans Modern Warfare 2, recalls all copies of game 157 As everybody knows by now, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 includes an incredibly controversial level set in a Russian airport that has generated much discussion. The level has proven to be so inf... This is what the Modern Warfare 2 boycotters are playing 131 Infinity Ward won itself no friends when it announced that dedicated servers had been scrapped for Modern Warfare 2. Nerd rage was radiated, petitions were signed, and boycotts were joined in ord... FOX News tries to debate Modern Warfare 2 144 It wouldn't be a videogame controversy without FOX News trying to have a ham-fisted, awkward and ill-informed debate about it. Modern Warfare 2 has generated all sorts of intelligent and interes... Modern Warfare 2 is barbaric and awful, says columnist 78 The grimly predictable media farce over Modern Warfare 2 continues to trudge on. This time, Washington Times culture columnist Marybeth Hicks has decided to demonstrate her complete lack of accep... IGN readers HATE Modern Warfare 2 186 Prepare your sides for the splitting of a lifetime, because this is comedy you just can't buy! IGN officially gave the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 a 9.5, but when you compare it ... Daily Mail jumps on Modern Warfare 2 'outrage' 53 How pathetically predictable. The first of the big mainstream "news" outlets has finally taken the bait, with British tabloid (read: glorified toilet paper) The Daily Mail claiming that Modern Wa... Scamco strikes again: Ludicrous Vesperia DLC hits PSN 29 Oh Namco Bandai, is there any type of DLC that you won't be ashamed to sell us? Tales of Vesperia is rocking the PS3 in Japan, and that means it's time for Namco to do what Namco does best -- try... Left 4 Dead 2: Censored edition 60 As we all know by now, Valve has had to edit Left 4 Dead 2 because Australia's rating system is demented and won't allow any game deemed unfit for fifteen-year-olds. Unfortunately, this means th... Predictable: Modern Warfare 2 footage upsets people 65 It didn't take long. Modern Warfare 2's controversial footage showing civilians gunned down in an airport was confirmed only yesterday, and already people have decided to get offended and upset. ... Daily Mail implicates videogames in schizophrenic attack 40 Oh Daily Mail, where would we be without you? Probably in a much better world. The Daily Fail's latest mess is a story revolving around James Callaghan, a schizophrenic teenager who attacked a 65... Banned PSN troll tries to sue Sony again ... twice 51 Erik Estavillo, the troll who got banned PSN for abusing Resistance players, tried to sue, then failed miserably, is at it again. Not content with getting his ludicrous case thrown out of court, ... Man kills his son over a missing videogame (facepalm) 159 A forty-year-old man becoming enraged beyond reason over a missing videogame is worrying enough, but when you find out he's prepared to kill his family for it, things enter a whole new level of d... Xbox's unofficial memory unit lockout dissapoints people 78 Microsoft recently decided it would be fun for the consumer if third party memory units weren't able to work on the Xbox 360, effectively forcing everyone to buy proprietary machines or screw the... Sony: Blame publishers for not getting PSP games on PSN 64 "Hi, we're Sony. We're going to make an all-digital PSP that costs lots of money and has no reason to exist, then take a totally hands-free approach and redirect all complaints to developers... Modern Warfare Wii compared to Modern Warfare PS3/360 75 Really, Game Informer? Really? Is this what we're doing, now? We're comparing Wii games to PS3 and Xbox 360 ones? Apparently we are!Yes, Game Informer has seriously run comparison shots between M... German group hosts modern book burning for 'killer games' 59 This is simply depressing. The pathetic treatment of videogames in Germany has already jumped the shark several times, with the German authorities aping their intolerant forefathers and banning a... 15-year-old set on fire over $40 videogame debt 101 A group of kids are currently in detention for setting one of their peers on fire over a $40 videogame debt. Micheal Brewer was set alight at an apartment complex in Deerfield Beach, Florida, whe... British paper says Modern Warfare 2 goggles are for pervs 59 As you all know by now, Infinity Ward is offering a pair of night vision goggles with the Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare 2 . As you also may know, British tabloid "journalists" love... PSPgo Rewards scheme screwed over by DRM restrictions 42 I want to submit the word "Sonying" as a new English language word. Sonying is the act of having good ideas and then sabotaging them personally so that they don't work. The latest schem... FTC demands blog disclosure, governs the Internet 61 I've often said that the Internet is one of the last bastions of free enterprise we have left in the world. I've also said it's not going to last. The FTC has taken us one step closer to proving ... Activision defends Modern Warfare 2 price hike 66 Modern Warfare 2 was always going to sell like crazy in the UK, especially given the ridiculous success of World at War, but Activision decided to bump the price up to fifty-five quid anyway. Act... Guess what! PSPgo Rewards scheme is not for Americans 71 You remember yesterday when we announced that Sony had introduced one not-quite-awful idea for the PSPgo? Well, this is Sony we're talking about, so I guess I was naive to think it would last. Th... PSPgo costs the same as PS3 in Denmark as boycotts add up 49 Wow. Looking at how much the PSPgo costs in some areas, it's no wonder that the system continues to be a retail pariah. As stores across Europe boycott the all-digital handheld system, it's been ... Blaze does Sony's job, provides PSPgo necessities 63 I have a PSPgo on preorder, mostly because my GameStop credit is ludicrous and I have plans for a certain Destructoid video that I'll be shooting with it. Even though I have work-related reasons ... PSPgo gutted, battery is 'unofficially' user-replaceable 33 Breaking: PSPgo dismemberment reveals battery placement chicanery! You remember when Sony said that the PSPgo battery would be untouchable in an effort to curb piracy? Well, it turns out that the... 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... BBC continues to attack Sony for PS3 hardware failures 68 The big drama yesterday came in the form of serious accusations leveled at Sony and the PS3 by the BBC. The British Broadcasting Corporation aired an edition of its consumer complaints show, Watc... Watchdog attempts to humilitate Sony, fails hard 72 Earlier today we talked about how UK TV show Watchdog was running a scathing feature on the alleged high failure rate of the PlayStation 3. In a bid to shame Sony, the show parked a branded van o... Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia 56 Yet another videogame falls victim to Australia's backwards and broken rating system. If you live in Australia and decided to be part of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott, your job has just been made eas... Sony pussies out over Nigeria complaints 109 The other day we ran a story about Nigeria's ludicrous decision to be offended by a joke about the infamous "Nigerian Letter" scam in Sony's latest PS3 commercials. While most reasonabl... Idiot sues Bungie and Microsoft over Halo 3 46 Randy Nunez is a man on a mission. A mission to make Microsoft and Bungie pay for their crimes against gamers. Despite Halo 3 being a relatively well polished, complaint-free game, Nunez claims t... Bill Wyman thinks Rock Band stops people playing music 62 Another day, another out-of-touch old rocker who thinks that games like Rock Band are stopping people from playing real instruments. This time around, it's the turn of former Rolling Stone Bill W... PSP download games will cost the same as retail games 77 One of the best things about digital games is that they lack the cost of physical production, packaging and shipping, ultimately meaning that they cost less to create and should therefore cost le... Gundam creator: 'Videogames are EVIL!' 51 With the amount of videogames out there featuring giant robot suits that kick the crap out of each other, you'd think that Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino would appreciate the medium. Dismayingly... Microsoft tries to justify Xbox 360 Arcade price hike 66 A few days ago, we talked about how greedy Microsoft used the Modern Warfare 2 price hike to sneak in a price raise of its own, adding an extra £20 to the cost of an Xbox 360 Arcade and pil... Venezuelan politicians want to ban violent videogames 34 Because of course, Venezuela has no other more pressing problems to deal with than those evil, evil videogames. The Bill for the Prohibition of Video Games and Toy Weapons seeks to ban the sale o... Sony: We broke the mainstream barrier, not Nintendo 98 Many people would claim that it was the Wii that truly cracked the mainstream audience and brought gaming to a whole new demographic. However, those are people who inhabit reality, and not the bi... Peter Molyneux got hate mail for Fable 2's ending 57 One of the biggest problems with American audiences in particular is that they need a happy ending. The movie version of Little Shop of Horrors, for example, had to have its brilliant dark ending... Videogames: They cause gambling now 36 Laziness, murder, suicides. Videogames have been linked to all sorts of sin and vice, so what's one more problem to throw on the pile? New "research" (i.e, some people with an agenda a... Vietnamese legislator: Moral and mental erosion in games 8 Here's a very telling story about how progressive and open-minded politicians are. Vietnam's Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop has been accused of not doing enough to combat ... 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 ... Microsoft's bullsh*t response to Games on Demand pricing 63 Last week, we all learned how Australia is being expected to pay a ludicrous 6000 Microsoft Points for Mass Effect, as well as other titles. The inconsistent, rather insulting price points for a ... Six Days in Fallujah developer 'pretty much dead' 32 It looks like one brave (if foolhardy) decision to set a game in Iraq has spelled death for one poor developer. While those that gathered around to criticize Six Days in Fallujah like flies on do... Oh my God! Microsoft STOLE LittleBigPlanet's music! 56 Today, on what must obviously be an incredibly slow news day, Microsoft has come under fire for BLATANT THEFT, shamelessly stealing the music that was 100% totally invented for LittleBigPlanet. T... Kotick: I would raise game prices higher if I could 157 Modern Warfare 2 might be causing a stink in the UK thanks to its disgusting RRP of £54.99, but if you think evil publisher Activision cared, you'd be mistaken. In fact, CEO Bobby Kotick ha... Game critic wants ten-day ban on videogames for schoolkids 43 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is a name that pops up in anti-videogame circles now and then. He's an author and former military man who believes that children can train themselves to become snipers by p... Madden NFL 10 developers drop knowledge on whiny receiver 28 For those who thought that Seattle Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh was merely joking when he complained about his attributes in Madden NFL 10 and said he was boycotting the game, well,... 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... Left 4 Dead 2 is racist because 'several' zombies are black 211 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... Pedophile blames videogames for being a pedophile 44 Blaming videogames for your sins is all the rage, and it's such a hip movement that even dirty pedophiles are doing it! 38-year-old Ontario man Michael Cherry loves him some kiddy porn, but in pl... Game & Watch coming to DSiWare ... haha ... hahaha 22 Brilliant. Absolutely bloody brilliant. As if the Nintendo DSi needed yet another downloadable clock, it's been made apparent that the Game & Watch series is here to save the day! Only confir... Microsoft won't rule out pay-to-play in 1 versus 100 17 Microsoft already makes tons of cash on Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. It also makes plenty of money from advertising on Xbox Live. Why not make some more? Despite being ad-driven itself, 1 vs. 10... German officials ban Counter-Strike in public 55 Looks like Germany's at it again. The fascist anti-videogame state has continued its persecution of videogames by now banning Counter-Strike from public view, demanding that it not be brought out... Patent parasites sue Microsoft over Xbox Live 40 When it comes to frivolous and greed-driven lawsuits, few disgust me more than those instigated by patent trolls. People who make vague patents and then sue whenever they can claim infringement s... BlazBlue DLC jumps the gun, sucks crocodile nuts 58 You have to love bad DLC, especially when it's as shameless as this. Not only is the upcoming downloadable content for BlazBlue available on Xbox Live before the game's even out, the stuff you ca... Australia is also banning Second Life 72 Australia's censorship crusade continues! Yesterday, we talked about how the Australian government was about to start censoring the Internet, and today we find out that Second Life is also about ... 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... « 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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