Podtoid tonight, guest starring Brad Nicholson's pecs

About Bob,

The guy put himself into the game as a boss, and had a very ideallic approach to getting his game completed. When it didn't work he freaked out.

It looks to me like Bob experienced his Quarter Life Crisis at the end of his game creation cycle, as opposed to when he left college.

It seems that the guy not only crashed hard, but also just went through it publicly. Does he garner any sympathy from you, or is this guy just ripe for lulz for going insane, regardless of how he got there.

what games do you think will fail in 2009

Brad do you ever do crunches while watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre?

Crayon Physics Deluxe. You guys hit that yet? If so, how was the hitting?

Also, do you think a Dtoid soap opera would garner an audience?

Also, also, with the recent introduction of 3D in games at CES, where do you see games changing in the future outside of graphical improvement? What will be done outside of the box, literally(said like Jim) speaking.

I have a question.

If 2009 is a young nubile children with a lot of promise.

What do you think is gonna be "Michael Jackson" and just ruin everything in the worst way possible?

Also to have the best abs of any gamer around. What can Brad recommend?

Do you think Nintendo is right in their refusal to give Bob the SDK? I'm not one to give in to whiney protest and think he's gone about this the complete wrong way, but if Nintendo will let games about Imagining various animals with Z's at the end to flood their systems and godawful tripe like "Elf bowling", shouldn't they be a little more open to the indie dev?

Or do you think they are very open to the idea and there's a story we're not hearing from bob? He doesn't seem like a stable fellow to begin with, I'm sure he's done something to scare Nintendo off...

With the closing and consolation of print magazines such as EGM, do you think this will eventually happen with the internet media too? Will Destructoid eventually take over the world and do things such as buy Kotaku and other game related blogs?

Hey Brad, have you ever noticed you look somewhat similar to the dude from As I Lay Dying?


This guy.

Maybe it's just the hair, I dunno.

So I hear that Dead Rising Wii kinda sucks. Do you think that any 360, PS3, or comparable PC game can be ported well to the Wii? If so, which ones?

With Mirror's Edge coming out for the PC this week, are any of you guys willing to give it a second try?

Also, what do you guys make of the Bioshock on Mac rumors? And as an extension to that question, do you guys think gaming on Macs will ever take off?

Do you think a distributed print version of destructoid could sell well? Can anyone make a good gaming magazine anymore?

(unrelated side note: will microsoft ever make XboxLive multiplayer free???)

with Brad on the podcast, can he use his glorious pecs to seduce Nicole Wiebe and finally achieve what the rest of the cast could not?

Also, if he does reach such a lofty goal, can he come back on you guys have an entire podcast about it?

(great topic for podtoid 100)

ref to imaginarythomas post:

I wonder why that Bob guy just didn't just "pirate radio station" his game and release it as a rom or boot disk? Why would he flip out and trash his stuff?? (unless he is emotionally disturbed)

So, I still haven't deduced whether or not you guys entertain questions that have to do with the topics but I'll try to hit everything.

Is Nintendo's patent, if used, really changing the game all that much? Essentially they are giving you gamefaqs in game(don't have to use it), of course you won't be having that experience at all this way. Where would this even be necessary? When successfully implemented into Aaron Linde's BonerQuest would this work as an expression of one man's sexual inadequacies, seeing as he can't even play as a man with an erection? Would it be one step closer to creating an actual pornographic game?(watching not acting.). Will Brad Nicholson be a rival in the sequel; Aaron Linde's BonerQuest: Boner v. Brawn TM ? In the Wii version will you get to sword fight against Brad Nicholson? Just looking for comment on the rumour.

Lastly, What happened with the Faith thing? Jim can probably take this one alone but I wouldn't mind hearing what the rest of the crew has to say about it. Personally I missed the whole thing and would greatly appreciate a concise vocal summation so that I do not have to go through the c-blogs and read them all... Thats just demanding though.

Also, Call Tiff.

Disregarding the Destructoid style guide, the *unofficial* Game Style Guide, or what Merriam-Webster or Google has to say on the matter, do you prefer "video game" or "videogame"? Or, since that question won't make sense when read aloud, do you prefer it as one word or two?

Hey guys heres a hypothetical question for you all: Do you guys think that Destructoid could ever work as a print medium either as a standalone magazine or a supplemental to the website? Or do you think that the rebellious nature of this site cannot be contained on mere paper alone?

Quick question for all of you;

So I've been playing Sonic Unleashed recently (I shower after), and only after reaching the Spagonia Rooftop stage did I realise that you actually hold down the boost button to continually boost, rather than keep pressing it over and over. This means you can keep boosting so long as you collect rings for ridiculous speed, which clearly made the game a hell of a lot more fun than it actually had been till that point.

So my question is, have you ever played a game where you have completely misunderstood a game mechanic, and that discovery then alters your opinion of the game? For example, not realising that you can swap weapons in the original Contra etc.

Also; Call Tiff.

Given Anthony's reaction to the somewhat favorable mention of Rise of the Robots last week, I was curious to know what all of you would consider one of your 'guilty pleasure' games--one of those titles that weren't that great (possibly godawful), yet you'll still play them. What is it about them that keeps you coming back?

RandomBullseye's Bonerquest VS. Dead Movie Star's Gentlemen Dinosaur; who would win in a leg wrestling competition?

Didn't Bob know all his problems would be solved if he snapped into a Klondike bar?

To get to the other side?

I had grilled cheese for dinner?

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What does the future of Destructoid hold? We already have an impressive blog and several podcasts, but where can we go from there? To me it seems that there is pretty much only paper and video. Could either of these be viable options?

My prime example would be "The Onion", where they publish a weekly paper containing several of the articles throughout the week as well as some exclusive stuff, whilst their website has things that paper cannot provide (Video, special articles, etc.) Could destructoid do something like that? Say, available for free or for a subscription at a local EB games or Gamestop, and increase our audience exponentially that way. Have some things exclusive to the site, as well as some things exclusive to the paper, and we'd all come running for those.

I'm a student of Mass Communications, so this is quite an interesting topic for me. I can has opinion? Want to hire a new marketing guy, say...me?

Why have people turned against "plastic instruments"? Why is that cool to do now?

My little question is Endings, what the hell happened to them. Remember when they were actually fulfilling and FINAL. Now in a sea of games where the story either doesn't have a good one (Eternal Sonata) or cliffhanger it (just about every game in today's popular spectrum) or are completely retarded (new prince of Persia I'm looking at you) What games gave that you that satisfied feeling in your hearts? I think for me it was MGS 4 what about it?

howmuchyabench?

Following Timdabrat's post, what is the best way to ensure that Dtoid doesn't eve go the way of 1Up - and what can us readers do to help?