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Madonna once said, “Music makes the people come together.” She also said, “There’s, like no lessons…. There’s, like, no books about anything,” probably in that stupid fake British voice she has goi...   read

I see you reading this summary before clicking. You don't have to click, but you'll miss one of the best gaming experiences in a long time. You may be thinking "I'm not really into adventure games, and I never played any of the original Kin...   read

When coming up with this week's question, I had a thought. Looking back over the past Destructoid Discusses, I never centered one around the Xbox. Now, part of that reason is I've never owned an Xbox. I have been able to play all three gene...   read

Things have been a little slow on the blogging-about-video-games front, which works out okay now that we've got shows like Red Rocket League and The D-Team up on our new Dtoid Fight YouTube channel, but makes for some scattershot podcast ep...   read

I just got back from a family vacation and have been feeling pretty burned out. For my wife, kids, and I, it was the first significant journey we took anywhere; a mere 14-hour road trip which might not seem like much, but with two kids in t...   read

Fun fact: I haven't stood on a boat in a few years. My friends and I used to rent out a medium-sized, beat-up vessel once every summer and host a three-hour tour around some of New Jersey's finest beaches. Our trips weren't for sightseeing...   read

Sitting on my desk right now are unopened copies of Bloodborne and Dark Souls 2. Having just got a PlayStation 4, I’m playing a bit of catch up with some of the games I’ve missed over its life. I’ve never played a Dark Sou...   read

The 3DS’s days may be numbered, but the plucky little handheld isn’t ready to call it quits just yet. Today it’s seeing the release of two new first-party games in Hey! Pikmin and Miitopia. Both are cute, late-in-the-game ...   read

Hopefully you are already following my quest to eat Brett out of house and home by making him spend a maximum of $3 per day in Rocket League microtransactions. The first video is up here. We went 2-1. How did we do this time!? Find out on ...   read

Years back I attended my first Symphony of the Goddesses concert. It was perfect timing as the 25th anniversary was happening and I was in the process of replaying every Zelda game to date. It all sort of just came together during that...   read

Last week, the cinema world lost one of its giant giants. I refer to George A. Romero as a giant giant for two reasons: 1) He basically invented an entire genre of film, and 2) the motherfucker was 6’4”. Goddamn that is tall. If...   read

Jordan, Brett, Ray and I have been having a blast with the unwieldy-named 100-person battle royale PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. We want to share that blast with you. Please join us, The D-Team, in our quest to win, win a chicken dinner, ...   read

It has been a slow week for video games, so this episode of Podtoid is mostly just the crew talking about whatever come to mind. One topic was who the press secretary for video games would be. Our guess is Dorito Pope himself Geoff Keighley...   read

Following this weekend’s announcement that the next iteration of the popular British sci-fi series Doctor Who would feature a female actor in the lead role, the BBC set off a new firestorm today after it was announced the next Doctor ...   read

Video gaming as an industry has been around for a few decades now. It’s older than I am, probably older than anyone who will read this. For 40+ years we’ve been gaming, and in that time I’ve seen, and probably you’ve...   read

When it comes to competitive multiplayer games, we all have our favorite characters and classes. In this series, I'm putting some of mine under the microscope to see what makes them tick, how they fit into their games, and ultimately why I ...   read

It's Podtoid, the podcast in which some dudes talk about some things. Sometimes it's video games! This time around, Steven Hansen relayed a story from PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in which he had his loyal squadmate Jordan Devore cover him...   read

Final Fantasy is back. Did it ever leave? Well it depends on who you ask.   read

Welcome to July 13. Exactly 30 years ago today, the original Metal Gear was released on the MSX2 in Japan. With Metal Gear Survive in development, it remains one of the longest-running active video game franchises in the world, lo...   read

Wait. Hear me out. Yes, the first few missions are terrible. Yes, the combat is weird. But once you get past those niggles, Alpha Protocol is one of the best modern RPGs, rivaling even Mass Effect. I'll explain why.   read

Over this past Fourth of July extended weekend, I spent much of my time chilling out in the hotel pool while on vacation with my family. It was nice to just sit back and let the water envelope my body, to get some exercise swimming from end...   read

[Update: Whoa! This piece got a lot more people talking than I bargained for. What a pleasant surprise! If you want to read more about the topic of how PoC are represented in games, these pieces by Tanya DePass, Gita Jackson, Shont&eac...   read

The lead-up to the launch of Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow has been entertaining. Since the show’s second cancellation, I’ve been trying to get any heaping helping of Fry, Bender, and Leela available. Last year that meant sufferi...   read

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild may have ruined open world games for me. Why? Because it's so goddamned good, it reveals the flaws in nearly every other open world game ever made. Here are a few things Breath of the Wild does that a...   read

You want more video on Destructoid? Here's a thing. We haven't even named it yet. I'm Lyle McDouchebag and I'll be in my trailer. You can subscribe on YouTube.com/Dtoid Anyway, here's what video games did this week.     read