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Yesterday we featured a post in which I used Halo: Reach's limited edition as a novelty Ragu display plinth. Strangely, in a world full of rape, genocide and tragic diseases, we found out that what really upsets people is when you put a jar of sauce on a videogame box.

Despite the haters, however, most people on Destructoid were emotionally stable enough to get that it was merely intended to amuse and, in typical Destructoid fashion, the community joined in. In this thread started by reader Tremulant, the act of putting tomato-based products on limited editions has continued. From Fallout 3 to Jade Empire, a mass of games have been given the tomato treatment.

This is why Destructoid is awesome. You can post a random picture of some Ragu on a game box, and our community is brilliant enough to take the joke to ludicrous heights. This level of silliness is what happens when people spend their time having fun with videogames instead of complaining and bitching about harmless blog posts. 

Take your "journalistic ethics" and shove them up your arse. The cool kids are trying to have fun while you flood the Internet with your impotent rage.

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Forsaken Bacon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:03
Forsaken Bacon
NO MORE!OH GOD NO MOOOOOOOOOOOORRRE!
Infamy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:03
Infamy
You try way to hard, Jim.
ry mc's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:03
ry mc
Splinter Cell! :) Yay! I love the steelbook on that edition.
Hasney's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:03
Hasney
Jim and the community. Only 2 of the reasons I love this place.

No trolls here please, just feel the love <3
ProperlyParanoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:05
ProperlyParanoid
This is the best thing ever. Also, JOURNALISM.
Onyx Oblivion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:07
Onyx Oblivion
Does anyone have a Beatles' White Album?

Because THAT would be awesome with tomato products.
Tray Ben's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:08
Tray Ben
Super Chunky Mushroom has meat in it?
rexwolf2's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:09
rexwolf2
Dammit, Mirax! Anyways, I agree with Hasney: both Jim and the community are effing (string?) amazing!
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:09
KingSigy
OH GOD, WHY?!
TheLupineOne's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:10
TheLupineOne
Has anyone tried this with MW2 Prestige Edition?

Has anyone even BOUGHT MW2 Prestige Edition, and still has enough money for Ragu?
Tremulant's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:14
Tremulant
I WANT TO SEE NIGHT VISION GOGGLES ON A JAR OF PATAK'S ROGAN-JOSH SAUCE.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:16
Mr Andy Dixon
Forums: you have them!
otogi_guy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:17
otogi_guy
learn how to make sugo. Stop that store bought pre-maid shit.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:18
Jim Sterling
"Can anyone direct me to the hate taking place?"

There's plenty, but a Twitter users called TheCynicsCorner had a series of childish, raging Tweets yesterday in which he randomly lashed out at Kirby's Epic Yarn and went borderline insane when people mocked him for being a terrible person.

He also didn't have the balls to answer me when I tried to engage him. Because of course it's easier to whine about other writers when you refuse to talk to them sensibly.
Rockefellow's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:19
Rockefellow
I don't recall anyone caring enough to become upset just because you did this.

Fuck Halo
pokota's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:21
pokota
I thought yesterday's post was amusing and random, and I love what the forums did with it. Seriously, though, this thing you do where you make another post afterwards trying to justify yourself while throwing insults at your detractors is kind of lame. It's like a kid trying to get the last word in.

Also, yeah, we get you're not a fucking journalist. Point taken. Why this means you feel the need to continuously crap on the idea of journalism, I don't know.

How do you take a situation where you were actually in the right and screw it up so that you come off as a self-righteous twit?
DefiantBadger's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:22
DefiantBadger
I love how your article about ragu on a Halo reach box got more comments than the super hyped game itself.
letshavecake's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:23
letshavecake
has a meme been born??
Tremulant's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:24
Tremulant
pokota needs to post tomatoes OR GTFO
Danzflor's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:26
Danzflor
Hurry, everybody to C-Blogs, NOW.
TriplZer0's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:26
TriplZer0
This is a thing.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:31
Aaron Mxy Yost
I was going to do this with my Batman Arkham Asylum Collector's box, but then I realized I would be too embarrassed to post photographic proof that I paid all that money for a crappy batarang.
Tremulant's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:31
Tremulant
Tomatoes and video games are immoral!
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:34
s0lesurviv0r
Damn, I have a perfectly good can of Hunt's Spaghetti sauce and I sold my limited edition BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. Someone absolutely has to do this with the Steel Battalion ammo crate thing.
pokota's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:35
pokota
@Tremulant
I actually hate tomatoes. However, if I can find a tomato product, I might let it nuzzle up against my Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete box.
Tremulant's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:40
Tremulant
@ Mxyzptlk Post it son, I posted a pick of collectors City of Villains!
FrozenImplosion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:40
FrozenImplosion
Well I didn't see this one in the gallery so I thought I'd add it :D
I hope the pic works, I have no idea if it will cause right now it just looks like "file:///C... etc."
file:///C:/Users/Josh/Desktop/0913001732a.jpg
FrozenImplosion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:42
FrozenImplosion
Ok that didn't work... maybe this?

[img]file:///C:/Users/Josh/Desktop/0913001732a.jpg[img]
FrozenImplosion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:42
FrozenImplosion
Ok that didn't work... maybe this?

[img]file:///C:/Users/Josh/Desktop/0913001732a.jpg[/img]
Tremulant's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:44
Tremulant
@FrozenImplosion Lol, dude you need to upload the pic somewhere then use the [img] tags.
FrozenImplosion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:48
FrozenImplosion
THANK YOU!

Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:49
Aurain
@Frozen

Hi Josh! Learn to internet.
FrozenImplosion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:50
FrozenImplosion
Trying to :p

Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:50
Tarvu
You can't link it from your computer you spanner Josh. Try imgur

Also, Jim is a pretty cool guy.
Jackson Starburst's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:54
Jackson Starburst
Destructoid, you are the greatest people in the world and never fail to impress me.
M1chl's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:56
M1chl
I love this site, because of this, random humor, great articles with opinion and of course unbias reviews. Glad I find it this place on the internet : )
protoknuckles's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 16:59
protoknuckles
This may be my favorite post ever. This is art.
llort het's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:00
llort het
Jim Sterling, I'm just curious can you get British people to stop saying "arse" please? I just find it annoying.

However I love the word "bollocks" I wish that word was spoken in America
Dave Oshry's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:04
Dave Oshry
I know this isn't a collectors edition but it is a true collectors item. I just HAD to join in the fun. The sad thing is, if I have some free time tomorrow I can do even better than this . . .

http://twitpic.com/2o66vi
wedgewu's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:06
wedgewu
Is there actually any real meat in Ragu? Can we call it a meatsauce if there isn't?

Also, I love tomato products.
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:22
Kryptinite
I was wondering when this post would show up :)
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:24
Los255
FUCKING. AMAZING.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:53
Electrium
Eh. Didn't do it for me =S
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 17:56
Skribble
I love you so much, Jim.

Hahahahaha.
radiopools's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 18:39
radiopools
If only I could fit a can of tomatoes on top of my Aion Collector's Edition in my Steam library >_>
Daniel Carneiro's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 18:39
Daniel Carneiro
Haters gonna hate!

This is awesome :D
NO BURGER, EAT FACE!'s Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 18:40
NO BURGER, EAT FACE!
What I think is great is that on the full image of the header image, Rush is selected in iTunes. The Geddy Lee references continue!
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