Why we should never pay $60 for a videogame
I’m cheap. Frugal. Miserly. A man of generic brands and packed lunches. Of 2-for-1 deals and 10% tips. Someone who feels a twinge of regret over every cent that leaves their bank account. Na... more
I’m cheap. Frugal. Miserly. A man of generic brands and packed lunches. Of 2-for-1 deals and 10% tips. Someone who feels a twinge of regret over every cent that leaves their bank account. Na... more
Look Game Freak, we need to talk. I know you’re hard at work on and – after all, that umpteenth boulder puzzle isn’t going to lay itself out – but we need to address this past weekend’s, shal... more
Let’s face it: scarves make anything cool. Case in point, Fred from Scooby Doo. Do you think he became the leader of the gang because of his brains? Hell no. It’s because of that devilishly sty... more
I can’t be the only one who feels a twinge of guilt every time they open Steam. Playing a game on my laptop means having to search through a sea of grey for a handful of bright spots. I realize... more
I’m going to this month, and to be honest, I’m really nervous. It’s my first GDC. Hell, it’s my first big convention. I mean, I’ve wandered around Comic Con down in San Diego a couple of times... more
With Valentine’s Day—the contrived greeting card holiday day of love and romance—upon us, I figured now would be the perfect time for us gamers to reflect on those characters we desperately w... more
I recently finished my fourth playthrough of (I previously wrote about ), but only on my second of . Why is that? According to public opinion among gamers (and the games’ ), is an inferior p... more
Thanks to the wonderful power of the Internet as well as the awesome fella that is I proudly present to you, "Bill". A totally hot guy who is so freaking smart but is not geeky. Bill is witty... more
Some games you win by having great reflexes. Other games you win by remembering sequences of intricate button presses. And others you win just by dumb luck. But then there’s another type of ga... more
It looks like it's that time of year again! What time, you ask? Why it's "adopt my avatar to take with you to PAX because I have too much stuff going on in my life right now to get there mysel... more
Being a Nintendo fan is a unique brand of insanity. As an owner of a Nintendo system through every generation of consoles, I’m someone who has been playing the same video games over and over agai... more
It’s Father’s Day today, which means it’s time to give the paternal figure in your life a call, send him a card, or patch over years of festering resentment for failing to live up to his expectat... more
In the golden days before companies realized they could just charge us more money for extra content, unlockables were the best way to squeeze a little bit of replayability out of a game. Whether ... more
I have sworn many, many times that I would slow my collecting down to focus on other things. I've also said that because I literally have no more room in my place to hoard all of this stuff and I... more
Alright let’s jump on this bandwagon, full on…and . , and it inspired me (and everybody else it seems) to write one for myself. I haven’t been able to meet any Dtoiders other than Cadtalfryn in r... more
I love these "10 things" posts, maybe this will turn in to like, an annual thing or something. As like the others before me this blog will be a list of things (10 to be exact) that have to d... more
I had an idea the other day about how GameStop could beat publishers at their own game. This isn’t fully fleshed out or anything, and who knows, it might be feasible at all. Well, here goes. Here... more
Games like and aren’t horror. Now that I’ve got your attention, let me clarify that statement. Sure those games are classified as “survival horror” games, but they don’t represent horror to me,... more
When I was a little upper middle class hell spawn, I had a natural inclination toward anything that cost large sums of my parents’ money. I had learned that a person’s love was directly proportio... more
Welcome to the first installment of “ChillyBilly’s Hidden Gems”, a new blog series that I hope will continue (I say hope because I know how lazy I can be with blogging) on a semi weekl... more
Well, well, well. It's been almost one year since my last proper game haul. Can't believe it has taken me this long to start haul blogging again. I blame the slew of awesome games that released t... more
– Sergeant 3rd Star Jon Bloodspray took place on the 30th of November, 2011. , and belonged to . Hotel Company was to be part of a larger squad sent in to protect valuable assets ( a... more
So there’s this little game that came out a few a weeks ago. You might’ve heard of it. It’s called and Dtoid’s own Jim Sterling . I mean you can fight dragons in it. Awesome, right? Well what if... more
The year was 1977. Jimmy Carter was residing in the White House, disco was just beginning its terrible, glittery rein over the heart of the nation’s music scene, and international jewel thief J... more
Here’s the deal. I love . I cannot hide this fact nor do I want to. is, without a doubt my favorite multiplayer game ever. You read that right, I said “ever” and according to I have played a ... more
Confession time: I’ve never played a Rayman game. In fact I only vaguely associate Rayman with his own series. The first things that come to mind are those Rabbit-thing mini-game collections on t... more
That's right! We want you! To join one of our . Joining is easy, here's all the information you need (This will be a pretty short blog). is Battlefield 3's way of tracking stats, forming pl... more
With nearly five years of some of the best times of my life under my belt, I can't seem remember a time when I wasn't on this crazy Destructoid train. So this is going to be weird to type: as t... more
I've said it before and I'll say it again; the Destructoid community is the greatest community ever! Don't believe me? Want proof? Do I need to post a bunch of pictures with descriptions under e... more
Last time I wrote it was full of well-deserved vitriol and hate toward some of gaming’s worst feathered fiends. Well to prove I’m not just a Negative Nancy, this article will celebrate one of hu... more