GAMESREVIEWS
VIDEOS
COMMUNITY
Rising (10+)Notable (20+)Popular (30+)Promoted (Front Paged!)
People you followTaggedGeneral - Opinion/EditorialCommunity ReviewsOff-topicCommunity PodcastersBloggers Wanted ResponseLetters to Dtoids EditorsGet InvolvedGeneral BadassnessJoin a Live Stream EventListen to CommunitoidJoin a Playdate EventCompete in a Contest
The full title was supposed to be "Why is Nintendo such a polarizing company, and why do we care so much about the industry?" One of the most fascinating aspects of videogames to me is the sheer ... more
The coverage on that so far mostly leaves Youtube completely off the hook, and is all about how evil/justified/stupid/smart Nintendo is for going after LPers, while the potentially most important... more
The game industry is changing, and "disruption" is the buzzword of the day. Everyone now plays electronic games in some shape or form, and inclusion is the name of the game. Every publisher's wet... more
Oh Canada and the United States, those wonderful, wonderful lands of opportunity freedom, prosperity, honor, the American dream... and, most important of all... cheap games! What's that, you say?... more
For the first time ever today, I joined the Dark Side and traded in a whole bunch of games at Gamestop. Like, around 30 games between PS3, Wii, 3DS and PSP. I generally like keeping my games, loo... more
Destructoid has, like everyone else, fully embraced the Kickstarter craze, and for good reason. The brave, exciting new world of crowd-funding offers a world of opportunities and possibilities un... more
Or: AAA game companies have officially become batshit crazy. It's now well known Square Enix is disappointed with games that sell 3.5 million in 4 weeks, but we didn't know just how disappointed.... more
As any Nintendo fan knows, having a relationship with Nintendo can be really trying at times. Or often! It's like dating a super hot girl who knows she's super hot and thinks she can get away wit... more
Or: 10 hours of my life I'll never get back. It seems my DSi just died. Lovely! Yesterday, I saved my Dragon Quest V game and went to bed. The clock stood at 09:44. So now I try to go back to it... more
Max Payne 3, as some of you may know, is set in São Paulo, Brazil's richest and biggest city. As a Brazilian myself, it was interesting to finally get to play a game set in my country. The target... more
Destructoid hasn't said a word about it yet, so I'll just throw it out here: WE'LL GET A NEW TORMENT GAME!!!!!! WE'LL GET A NEW TORMENT GAME!!!!!!! WE'LL GET A NEW TORMENT GAME!!!!!! Did I menti... more
Last week, a cosmic event of cosmic proportions sent shockwaves throughout the world: some retailers jumped the gun on the price cut, and the PS Vita slightly outsold the Wii U in Japan! This wee... more
In the past couple of weeks, the games I've been playing aligned in such a way that I finished several in row, making a good dent in the sizable backlog to the right: NSMBU, Black Ops 2, The Jak ... more
When Nintendo announced the Wii U in 2011, EA immediately came off as its strongest advocate. Riccitiello talked of an "unprecedented partnership", and EA execs constantly talked up the console i... more
It all began innocently enough. I went to a buy a new vacuum cleaner and perhaps, depending on the price, a wireless Bluetooth keyboard for my PS3, but I ended up buying so much more than I expec... more
We're back! Sometime ago, I wrote about my Skyrim exploits. I am now done with the game, and since it was pretty fun the first time, I figured I'd have another crack at it. My save file tells m... more
Around 8 years ago, I had a fascinating conversation with my then 8 years old cousin and godson, who's like a little brother to me. He was talking about either something a female friend of his d... more
Welcome to Norway, I mean, Skyrim! It's been over a month since I began trekking through the holds of Skyrim. During this time I've slayed countless dragons, became arch-mage, saved lives, cons... more
I finally took the plunge and bought Skyrim from Gamersgate. Being as spoiled by Steam as I am, I was patiently waiting for a 75% discount, but unfortunately (for me. Very fortunately for Bethesd... more
I just finished playing F.E.A.R 3 (note to developers: we speak Portuguese in Brazil, thank you very much!), and I was reminded once again of a gaming "evolution" I'm not particularly fond of, a... more
Sexism controversies, legitimate or manufactured, are all the rage in the gaming media these days, and with good reason, as evidenced by the hundreds of comments such articles get in a matter of ... more
Very quick post just to vent a little about the pointless DRM checks in Arkham City. I recently started playing it on Steam, which is also designed as DRM. So there we have DRM check 1. After la... more
This is a little story I've been meaning to share for while, something completely removed from the reality of my (mostly) anglophone fellow dtoiders, and hopefully an interesting read. It is a st... more
Niche. I think 2007 was the year the "games are mainstream" idea really started to spread far and wide. The Modern Warfare behemoth was born that year, and Fox News went wild with the "sexbox"... more
This post is more of an open question to the community than a rant. According to financial analysts, consoles are in trouble due to competition from tablets and smartphones, and I can't help but ... more
I'm currently playing Deus EX: Human Revolution (awesome game), and since I'm in a blogging mood I thought I'd share the tale of how I ended up getting it for free courtesy of . Most of you are ... more
I love the possibilities Tim Shaffer's Double Fine opened with Kickstarter, and they have the potential to give us great games we wouldn't otherwise get. We soon had another industry luminary an... more
Not too long ago I remember feeling a slight discomfort when thinking about casual games. Not because I hate them or because they "aren't real games" or anything like it. No, it was because seemi... more
That's a scary thought. Ever since I played Ocarina of Time, my first Zelda game, I've been wowed and amazed by every single console Zelda since (except Majora's Mask, the only one I missed for s... more
If you still haven't played ME3 and don't want anything spoiled, don't read any further. You've been warned. I tried pushing the text to the bottom of the page but I just realized the big spoile... more
surf dtoid with 
