Who finds Mileena sexy, anyway?
Recent comments made by Howard Stern, an American radio host and prominent ‘shock jock‘, provoked anger in me. I realise how idiotic that sounds -- ’shock jocks’, after all, are apparently dedica... more
Recent comments made by Howard Stern, an American radio host and prominent ‘shock jock‘, provoked anger in me. I realise how idiotic that sounds -- ’shock jocks’, after all, are apparently dedica... more
Gordon Freeman is the working man’s theoretical physicist. Despite spending more time caving in the skulls of aliens/military forces/Combine than bending the laws of physics, Freeman is evidently... more
For five days of the week, I go to school. There, I study with quiet dedication, stopping occasionally to participate in some light-hearted banter. After school, I go home. I haunt the internet a... more
Before you stretches infinity, your view of the horizon only interrupted by the jagged black skeletons of ruined skyscrapers in the distance, and the swirling dust blown about by the rattling win... more
’s Aperture Science Enrichment Center -- Valve's masterpiece of sparse, minimalist design -- is a deeply desolate place. A deeply inhuman place. Despite consisting of cavernous rooms virtually ... more
David Cage is, undoubtedly, a very talented man. A very talented man with a clear vision -- a vision which he pursues with each game he releases. However, David Cage’s visions jar with the ideas ... more
Obsidian’s has cemented itself in my metaphorical heart as one of my favourite games of all time. told a devastating story of a collapsed behemoth of a country struggling to drag itself from ... more
The future of the Xbox 360 is looking bright. The little white box that could is ploughing ahead and, arguably, leading the market at the moment. A host of talented developers have created games ... more
I’ve been revisiting the floating wreck of the space-faring this week. I discovered my neglected copy of lurking around in my bedroom looking up at me with metaphorical puppy-dog eyes and a thi... more
The power of fiction should never be underestimated. Fiction, is, if you like, the most powerful gaming engine ever devised -- universes can be created within this vast, cavernous space; rulebook... more
A few days ago, my arguments for and against the very existence of DLC crept into the Community Blogs. In this post, I dismissed ’s ‘Severed’ DLC -- a bold move for someone who hasn’t yet experie... more
Before we get started, I should probably mention that the entirety of this article is a big, fat cliché. A big, Gabe Newell of a cliché concerning the equally-loved and equally-maligned method of... more
Because I found kjptx1998’s post on Bethesda’s to be sadly lacking in content (although full of potential), I decided I would hijack his/her idea and manipulate it -- hopefully -- for the better... more
March’s Monthly Musing is all to do with game difficulty. As a new user, I wanted to write a little something on this subject with a fresh twist and an appropriately lengthy, intellectual-soundin... more
One thing I know about Destructoid from careful outside observation is that the Community Blogs are regularly swamped by new users introducing themselves and attempting to integrate with the comm... more