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WHAAAAAAT? EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Namco Bandai tease was for Digimon, not Xenosaga 31 A short while back, Namco Bandai had teased that an RPG will be making a big comeback, and fans excitedly crossed their fingers for a new Xenosaga or other such venerable franchise. If you're a f... Man and videogame are wed, face and palm meet again 47 You know, when I posted a video of Love Plus a while back to show off its quirky dating sim charm I thought that would be the last we saw of the game here on Destructoid. After all, it wasn't com... Brad Pitt x Capcom to unleash Dark Void film franchise 20 Capcom has just announced that it's come to terms with Plan B Entertainment on the rights to a film based on its upcoming game, Dark Void. Plan B Entertainment apparently being Brad Pitt's own pr... MODERN WARFARE 2 SUCKS!!!!!! 250 Oh ... my ... God ... Please forgive me for taking the Lord's name in vain, but if you're yet to see this, you will most likely blaspheme along with me. This video is currently doing the rounds,... Kidnapped teen forced to buy a PS3 at gunpoint 48 This is one of those real "WTF" stories. An eighteen-year-old is currently facing charges of kidnap and robbery after capturing a teenager and forcing him to buy a PlayStation 3. Kyle Yarkosky wa... Phalanx coming to WiiWare, banjo accessory not confirmed 13 I have never played Phalanx. The SNES/Sharp X68000 computer game was never something I had the pleasure of playing. Beyond the fact that it's a space shooter I know absolutely nothing about it. N... 50 of the worst voice acting moments in gaming 90 Ever since videogames evolved from the blips and bloops to real voices, there has been plenty of games with horrendous voice actors. From the TurboGrafx-16 to games in this day and age, there's ... Um, okay: PS3 Slim dipped in 24kt gold 43 Computer-Choppers is a company that dips electronics in gold. Why? For rich assh*les I guess. The next project from Computer-Choppers was revealed on ChipChick and the company is set to dip five ... 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 ... The Street Fighter IV WTF blanket 44 So ... this happened. The picture was taken by Twitter user withgandana from some store's shelves stocking Snuggies, otherwise known as WTF blankets. No word on whether the blanket will actually ... Atkinson: Games give you points for raping mothers 61 South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson is the single man responsible for Australia's backwards rating system in which videogames deemed unsuitable for fifteen-year-olds is banned or c... Play Wiiwaa by shoving a Wiimote up into a puppet 36 Uuhhhhhhhh ... that just happened. [Thanks, TimmiT!] Media Molecule: We'd never want to do LittleBigPlanet 2 44 Well, this isn't something you read every day. A PS3 exclusive that has been promoted heavily by Sony apparently isn't in line for a sequel, with Media Molecule adamant that no plans are in place... Modern Warfare 2 has a premium strategy guide, seriously 50 Not content to have two special editions of the game itself, Modern Warfare 2 will also have a "Prestige Edition" strategy guide. Yeah, aren't we going just a little overboard with the whole "pre... You can tip over Brahmin in Fallout 3 and other facts 17 I can't be the only one who didn't know you could tip over Brahmin in Fallout 3 by sneaking up and "activating" them. Right? Right!?! Well, to my credit, I was aware that the game's turn-based VA... Insane cat game becomes worst selling Wii title ever 63 Sukeban Shachou Rena Wii has broken a sales record, but not in any way that should be celebrated. The weird minigame compilation launched this recently in Japan and has swiftly claimed the title ... Man causes hospital blackout, blames Silent Hill 60 You don't often see Silent Hill at the center of a "games made me do it" controversy, but a thirty-five-year-old man claims that Konami's psychological horror series inspired him to bre... More No More Heroes 2 heroes and secret weirdos 9 It seems that the bat-a-rang I spotted in the latest No More Heroes 2 video was just the start of the split-second weird moments. For starters, if you pause the video about one second before the ... AVA banner ads go after Modern Warfare 2 37 Advertising: No matter how retarded your idea is someone will eventually bump into it and pay attention. While not surfing for pornography one of our readers spotted an advertisement for Allianc... Sony flings a PS3 at an LCD TV, films it for giggles 58 After far too many hours of playing Demon's Souls, I know what it's like to want to throw a PS3 at my television, but Sony Australia has actually gone and done it. As part of a big new giveaway ... Florida peoples: Come to Infinite Bits to play weird shit 19 Shameless self-promotion: I'm hosting a Weird Games Panel at Infinite Bits, Miami's biggest video game convention.  We'll kick things off on Friday, 6 PM at the Doubletree near the airport b... Miyamoto: Next console to be 'compact, cost-efficient' 72 Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto would definitely know what Nintendo's next big thing looks like, so we'll take his musings on what the next Nintendo console would look and be like to heart.He tells G... Left 4 Dead fans attack real-life Mercy Hospital 42 Left 4 Dead's "No Mercy" campaign revolves around the survivors attempting to reach and then fight through Mercy Hospital, a supposedly fictional establishment in Pennsylvania. The only... Shield your eyes: Limited edition 360 controller out soon 38 Remember that ugly/fugly/fug ugly limited edition GameStop-branded Xbox 360 controller from way back when? Why am I even asking -- how could anyone forget?Major Nelson reminds us that the black a... Bayonetta dev isn't gay, thinks Itagaki is an idiot 64 Did you know that Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya is bald, but isn't gay? Apparently he wanted the world to know that. He also wants to the world to know that he thinks former Tecmo developer To... Hot mess? Atari to bring Project Runway game to the Wii 26 Ah, I bet you thought I was going to use “Make it work!” in the headline to describe the recent news that Atari is bringing a Project Runway game to the Wii. The popular phrase is the... Shenmue's Ryo Hazuki in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing! 60 I know for a fact that none of you have been paying attention to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, and really why should you? Um, maybe because RYO HAZUKI IS IN IT!? That's right, the Shenmue s... Venetica promises varied, interwoven quests, deep combat 13 You know the drill when it comes to dungeon crawling RPGs. Endless hack n' slash action punctuated by fetch/carry quests and trips to the cellar in order to kill 50 giant rats. Don't get me wrong... TGS 09: Now you can smell like Cloud with FFVII cologne 45 I couldn't make this sh*t up if I tried. Really. Browsing through the Square Enix merchandise booth, I discovered this in a lone case: Cloud Strife Eau de Toilette. Yes, now you can not only emul... Penultimate experience in gaming arrives in Love Death 4 18 You knew it was coming. You knew that one day man would devise a way to control videogames with his penis. We think with it most of the time. Most of the games we play have something to do with p... This Cloud cosplay is so good I thought it was a render 44 I don't make it a habit of posting cosplay here, because there's lots of good game-related cosplay out there, and after all there's Japanator if you want to look at cosplay. The thing is though, ... King of Fighters shmup headed for arcades ... really 16 On its way to arcades this Winter is King of Fighters: Sky Stage, a new vertical shooter from SNK Playmore. The game features flying KOF characters, each with unique capabilit ... wait, what? App... SexBox: new console for playing AO-rated games 58 Oh my. A San Jose, CA-based company called Silicon Xtal Corporation has registered the name "SexBox" in the US, saying it will be used for "a video gaming console comprised of comp... Rockstar's Battle animal wallpapers are pretty awesome 19 You see that image above? Want to know what it has to do with videogames? NOTHING! Well, just barely nothing. The image along with two other equally wtf inducing style wallpapers are over on Rc... This happened: Nintendo patents horseback-riding peripheral 45 When Nintendo announced the Wii Vitality Sensor at E3 earlier this year, I was in shock. Sitting behind me in at the event, a woman exclaimed, "This is happening," clearly not believing... Craving a blogging cat adventure game for the Wii? 38 *man walks into Nintendo office*"Okay, I have a great concept for a game. Hear me out. It’s an adventure game. You know, kind of like Zack & Wiki. But, no, you don’t play as ... Warner Bros. hands a rose to The Bachelor videogame 22 Yup, this is happening.Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Ludia announced today that they will be creating videogames based on the hit reality shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Acc... Man falls in love with ten-year-old videogame girl 79 A 37-year-old man is currently enjoying what he believes to be a loving relationship with a 10-year-old videogame character. By that, I mean the character herself is supposed to be a ten-year-old... Chinese drywall may have killed your Xbox 40 According to Business Report, 12 class-action lawsuits have been filed in 33 states, against builders who used Chinese drywall in their construction during 2006 and 2007. Allegedly, the imported ... GameStop bundling rubber duckies with Wiis ... WHAT?! 52 Dtoider Doskias sent something to the Destructoid tip line that I think is probably my favorite news story for the month on July now. And it's only the second day of the month!Seeing as how the d... Best Mario/Luigi/little boy/fruit snacks 'rap' video EVER! 31 There is no real context for why I am posting this video for all of you to see. To be honest, my friend just forwarded it to me and I laughed so hard I felt the need to share.In the early ‘... Engrish Marketplace entry for Garou is ludicrous 31 Garou: Mark of the Wolves is coming to Xbox Live Arcade today, and despite costing 800 Microsoft Points, it's already providing mass entertainment completely free of charge. Garou's summary on th... Lars Von Trier's Antichrist getting the game treatment 14 Antichrist, Danish director Lars Von Trier's newest film, hit Cannes this year and divided critics more than two rival console fanboys arguing over which system should be able to use the only out... Man carves NES controller into his flesh 83 Some people can love a little too much, and the heady world of body modification is often proof of just that. Take, for example, a man known only as Metal_Games, who has sliced an NES controller ... Germany wants to ban all violent videogames 39 Evidently no one informed Germany's 16 Interior Minister's that E3 was going on this week because I'm sure if they had known they would have waited for a time when their request to the Bundestag ... E3 09: Tom and Jerry are getting an MMO … What? 15 Yes, you read that headline correctly. In one of the odder news bites to come out of E3 week, it seems that the classic cat and mouse duo will be getting an MMO based around them. The game is bei... E3 09: Wii Vitality Sensor announced, no one knows why 46 Nintendo has already announced several really promising titles in this morning's press conference (the liveblog is still going on here), and in the excitement of the announcement for Metroid: Oth... Pre-E3 2009: Rabbids are...wait...what? 27 We've been getting plenty of pre-E3 trailers around these parts. If you scroll down I think you might notice one or two of them. Most of them comprise of awesome action shots and stuff about the ... Madballs making their triumphant return to XBLA 37 What is this I don't even ...Madballs. Yes, we are talking about those obscure rubber balls with faces from the eighties. You remember, right? They had one guy that was a living baseball, a mummy... Bee swarm traps GameStop employees 38 A GameStop in New York became an "urban jungle" this past weekend as a swarm of bees gathered outside like so many Fratboys at a Halo midnight launch. GameStop employees were trapped at... Any excuse to post about 'The Touch' 36 We've already reported the rumor that "The Touch" would be coming to Guitar Hero at some point. However, everyone out there preparing to relive their childhood better take a moment and ... Weird but cool: PS3's .deTuned interactive experience 14 I don't know exactly what it is, but it certainly looks and sounds neat. An experiment made by .theprodukkt is called .deTuned, and it is coming to the PS3 later this year. According to the PlayS... Konami's Tornado Outbreak listed on GameFly...wait, what? 23 Straight away I'll say that I have no idea what Tornado Outbreak is, but judging from its name, I'm sure it's packing a whole lot of awesome. I'm expecting that kind of so-bad-it's-good kind of a... WTF? ZootFly developing Mr. T game featuring... Will Wright? 31 We're not sure whether or not this is some bizarre April Fool's joke that's firing off about a month late, but here's this thing...Developer ZootFly has announced that its secured the rights from... If you like little girls, we've found you a dress-up game! 71 Sometimes we get the most random tips sent in to Destructoid HQ, and sometimes we feel the need to chase them up just in case there's an interesting story at the end of them. Every now and then, ... Pedisedate: Gassing your kids, one Game Boy game at a time 78 You are so not ready for this.A new piece of medical equipment is being tested right now called the Pedisedate. Basically, it is a headset that is placed on a child before they are admitted to su... Ghetto Golf mixes guns, golf, and... Tony! Toni! Tone!? 22 OK, so here's the deal: Raphael Saadiq, former member of the R&B group Toni! Toni! Tone! has his own videogame company, the Denver-based studio Illfonic. Their first project is Ghetto Golf, a... Prison rape in games? Judge Mathis has you covered 25 Television pundits and politicians may claim that videogames allow you to virtually rape women, but really, only a certain few games do that, and they remain in Japan. Come revel in the irony, th... Borderlands on PC Gamer cover ... just ... holy sh*t, son! 47 Gearbox Software has just sent over the cover of PC Gamer, where Borderlands is going to be enjoying a blowout of new information, especially regarding the dramatic shift in art style that was on... Announcements from the grave: Midway's still kickin' 15 Midway is a sinking ship. 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