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Scheduled Destructoid maintenance tonight: we're gonna break stuff photo

Funny how a year can change our perception of what Destructoid should be, how it should work, and what it should ultimately become. It's been a wild ride so far. I have to say, I can't tell you how happy I am that I received an invite to this year's E3.  TWICE.  Not bad for some dork in Miami that had nothing to do with the industry. The site has been good to a lot of us in little ways like that.

Anyway, I digress. What started out as my outspoken pissy little blog about the gaming industry will forever be changed tonight as we begin rolling out the features we've been trying to nail down since December: Community Blogs.  Please pardon our dust as we completely rape the system to shreads tonight as we muddle out the vulva of 2006.

It is my hope that the next version of Destructoid will better fulfill your personal need to openly discuss video games on both our home page and with the friends you've made in our community, let you all become more involved and integral in our daily omens, and help us further shape the future of independent video game journalism.

I think we are gonna have some fun...

So!  We are surely about to break the site as we do some testing.  Half the stuff you may see is still in production and may not work right away.  Please pardon our rape.








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Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:17
Kif
It needs a new name like Dtoidr. Cos you know, all Web 2.0 sites have those kinda names. It also needs more trolls and pointless blogs.

I can't wait :D:D:D
Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:17
Reeper
yeah!
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:29
DeusPayne
gogo dtoid. rockin it hardcore
DJDuffy 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:33
DJDuffy
Instead of being Web 2.0, the new Dtoid could be "Game 3.0" in a virtual world...

On second thought, maybe not. Carry on..
jimjo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:35
jimjo
Uh-oh,on account of his ties with MS better not let Greybush near it or will be delayed atleast 24hours :p
Adamska's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:41
Adamska
Will it retain a fresh, new blodtoid smell?
Ambulance-Y's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:45
Ambulance-Y
i don't like people messin with my cheese. are the forums gonna be messed up too or should they be relativly stable.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:47
deanhatescoffee
"Please pardon our rape." Well said.
Tempus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:48
Tempus
Oooooooooooo excitement a plenty!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:52
Aaron Mxy Yost
Fantastic news, I can't wait to bore everyone with my community blog ramblings. Thanks again to Niero and all the writers for creating the best damn video game blog in the history of the internets.
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 18:54
Colette Bennett
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:02
Joe Burling
Free rape, FTW!

I'm pumped about the community blogs. It would also be tits to see a cool place for XNA devs to collaborate.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:05
Topher Cantler
Heehee you said vulva
deadpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:05
deadpixel
"If you don't do it, he'll break up with you"

"Just close your eyes and pretend it's a popsicle"
cbebop007's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:05
cbebop007
Bring it on!
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:06
BahamutZero
my blog is going to be pictures of my floor on an hourly update, with musings and criticisms and witty repartee
TheTaj's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:15
TheTaj
The_Taj approves. I'll prolly cover all non-gaming-related topics in my blog.
infinity's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:23
infinity
redesigns are nice. galactic fetus overload selling millions of copies is not.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:23
Chad Concelmo
Rape away, my good man! I won't even press charges. :)
iRaf 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:27
iRaf
WTF IS DESTRUCTOID? Never heard of it? JUST KIDDING! can't wait for the update, better not give me red light of death like microsoft did. =[
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:32
Justice
I cant wait to wake up 2moro!
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:35
Justice
Goodbye left sidebar!
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:35
king3vbo
OH NOES DONT KILL DTOID!?!??
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:43
Pangloss
Guys, my blog is going to be full of big, fancy words, metaphors, and snide comments. I just wanted to warn you all first, before your world gets rocked.

Hurry up and make with the raping, Niero.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:50
BlindsideDork
break your mom?
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:55
Pangloss
Blindside, your avatar is 100% awesome. I demand to know where you found something that badass.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:55
Knivy
Will i get the red ring of death after this?
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:56
BFeld13
My blog is going to be full of random crap that has nothing to do with games. I will write in it fervently for the first three days and then never update it again.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:56
Detry
But I poop from there!
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 19:58
Pangloss
Not right now, you don't.
God Len's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:03
God Len
While the site is broken, i invite you to party at Japanator. We have live bands!

Punch and Pie!
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:05
Justice
Erm, I dunno if you guys did this, but the toilet isn't flushing in the right direction anymore.
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:07
Joe Burling
Look, I drink... aslogqiehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhbdsjfsdsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssmmmmmmmmmfhsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssdjlk;hjdfhkljahsd;lkjahwebnr

...uh, sorry... I drank too much...
Agent Nixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:11
Agent Nixon
just don't fuck up my RSS feeds and I'm a happy goose.
thebluedart's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:19
thebluedart
I sure hope this new Dtoid has the Blue-Rays.
TheTaj's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:32
TheTaj
I hope the new Community Blogs don't bring down traffic on the forum.
UglyDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 20:49
UglyDuck
I've already done my own banner! I live in the UK and it's about 3am now, so what time will "tonight" be? In a few hours? just so i know when to get up.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 21:00
Rainbowblack
im going to blog about shadowrun until you like it
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 21:03
tazarthayoot
What's a classical erection? Getting a chub to Bach or Mozart?
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 21:04
tazarthayoot
OR!

Dressing your wang up in a tiny wig and a girdle?!
Maxpower's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 21:04
Maxpower
Cant fucking wait.
plyr3005's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 21:11
plyr3005
ahh, sidebar... how useless you were...
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 21:13
JLanphear
AWESOME. Simply AWESOME. It's been one heck of a ride and I can't wait for more. Gonna have to make a sweet banner and shit. I think I'll use my vlogs as basis for my community blog.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 22:17
Knivy
Not yet? Do you require more minerals? perhaps vespine gas? or is it about those stupid pylons?
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/30/2007 23:19
Knivy
@Wiisucks
I know!

@Electro lemon

It's exclusive to the DS opera browser for 1 year, after that it will appear on multiple consoles including your PC!!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/31/2007 02:57
Aaron Mxy Yost
WOOHOO! It's rape time! Let's see what we can ruin.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/31/2007 03:09
Knivy
w00t!
Tempus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/31/2007 03:30
Tempus
Top work, I think I'll blog something :D
Simon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/31/2007 05:21
Simon
w00t indeed, the redesign looks great
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