Hi everyone, This week's Retroid looks back at vintage puzzle games. We discuss the origins of the genre and some of our favorite titles, all the way up to the modern era. From Tetris to Bejeweled, Dr. Mario to Puzzle Quest, there's so...   read

If you were told exactly what 30 games you would get in the GMG Loot Box, would it be as alluring? Nay, the mystery box draws one towards it like a deer in the headlights. This weekend GMG has Loot Boxes back in stock and with a 20% off&nbs...   read

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite had a cloud of uncertainty going into E3 and one of the factors was rumor of its complete character roster at launch. One of the best words used to describe it was flaccid. The roster wasn't outright bad, but it ...   read

I want to take some time out of my day to talk to you about our lord and savior Jeff Minter. When VR headsets were first announced, I was smitten. Since I've been a little kid farting around the house pretending in I was a videogame instead...   read

Namco has released a second teaser trailer for Little Witch Academia: The Magic of Time and the Seven Wonders, the upcoming PlayStation 4 game based on the hit anime, Little Witch Academia. Along with showing off more of the game in action,...   read

One can be sure that discussions of the Konami-Kojima fiasco will go on for several years. If it doesn't, I'll be back. Depending on how Death Stranding turns out, this bit of gaming history may also become a genuine legend. I say...   read

Kingdom Hearts III feels like it’s been in development since before the release of Steamboat Willie. After Kingdom Hearts II’s release all the way back on the PS2, we’ve seen nothing but spin-offs and side stories since, s...   read

There's a special place in my heart for Ape Escape. It's one of the first video games I remember buying. I played it for hours. Its combination of cool gadgets, goofy apes, and groundbreaking dual analog control scheme blew my middle school...   read

The Microsoft Hololens might be the so-called leader in mixed reality, but at $3000 per unit and zero must-have apps we've almost forgotten that it exists altogether. Recently, a genius developer (who Starbucks baristas know by fifty d...   read

Another E3 has come and gone, and now we play the waiting game. In the meantime, let's discuss one of the big reveals from the show: Monster Hunter: World. Capcom's landmark hunting-gathering series has long been a phenomenon in its na...   read

[Promoted from our community blogs! Can you relate?] No seriously, I'd like to know the answer to that.  When in the hell did I become an old gamer?   I've had a lot of time for quiet contemplation recently and with my birthday co...   read

I asked the nice scary folks over at the Communicord to give their recommendations for what to pick up in the 2017 Steam Summer Sale. Here are their responses and very short justifications why. None of the people mentioned in this blog shou...   read

Arkane Studio's Prey is a sci-fi masterpiece. It's an open-ended game that encourages player expression through intricate systems supported by countless little details that create a sense of life aboard a floating space station.  Throu...   read

So for the second year in a row, local fish turned cyborg private investigator Blondbass turned everyone onto the idea of crafting report cards for E3. Unlike last year's round up, this year we're here to share our complete E3 thoughts, fro...   read

For the "I'll wait until it gets cheaper" gaming crowd, guess what? ...You've won. The tidal wave of PC gaming discounts known as the Steam Summer Sale, and other summer sales, has now arrived as of Thursday. Thousands of games are on sale ...   read

433 of you, the Destructoid Community, slaved over a hot keyboard in order to vote in our Best of E3 poll. And your winner is...   read

When last folks heard about God Wars: Future Past, its subtitle was God Wars: Beyond Time. Whatever the real motivation for the change, I think the new, current subtitle is a bit more appropriate.  Playing God Wars feels like step...   read

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners can leap into Poi next week. According to developer PolyKid, the 3D platformer will release digitally on both consoles Wednesday, June 28.   read

It's starting to get difficult to keep track of every iteration in the Nintendo 3DS console line up. First, there was the original 3DS console from 2011. Then came the 3DS XL in 2012, which simply provided users with a larger variant of Nin...   read

The saga of Take-Two fighting against modders of their mega popular Grand Theft Auto series has just received another chapter and this one is a bit of a doozy. While no one has outright confirmed that mods will be returning to GTA V, Rockst...   read

How many of you are holding farts down in your chairs twenty times a day? Sure, you indulge yourself like a Chinatown trash compactor, but have you ever considered that you might be lactose intolerant? Studies indicate that 75% of gamers wh...   read

While hunting for the now totally sold out Gamestop exclusive Twilight Princess Link amiibo on Friday, I got to chatting with the store manager about Nintendo and their tendency to make things that people can't buy. He was surprisingly pass...   read

As much as we all love the actual gameplay of various video games, there is no denying that the look and style of a game is becoming all too important. Even with that said, there are still naysayers out there who proclaim that gameplay is t...   read

As we continue to wait for Gundam Versus' release in the West, the latest Gundam anime, Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS, is now on GundanInfo's YouTube channel. The Web anime series is based on a novel that takes place ...   read

The Nintendo 64 wasn't my favorite console. Even on a good day, it doesn't make my top five. And many of its best games don't hold up super well if you're running them on the original hardware. But, all that said, the N64 does warrant a spe...   read