I bet you're having a tough time right now/But.../you can do it if you try! [Canada] While I was trying to figure out a way to start this blog, I went for a walk outside. This walk took me to the elementary school I went to, where I en...

Stay fresh? Has it ever happened to you to get splatted in Splatoon 2 by someone who you clearly already splatted a second before? To get splatted while hiding behind a wall as if you were still out in the open? Well, you're not alone....

Set to steal GOTY from the big publishers for sure! Before this weekend, I didn't have any experience in video game development. Well, that's not quite right. I used to work in Quality Assurance for Activision on Skylanders Trap Team, ...

No, I'm not talking about Isaac, Edmund, get outta here I love Super Smash Bros. I was 5 years old when the original entry came out. I didn’t own a Nintendo 64 at the time, something I’d only rectify after reaching adulthoo...

Intelligent Systems' Fire Emblem series is in an interesting place. While Awakening had much more marketing, hype and sales than the previous entries, and Fates carried the momentum well with shared sales of the game's versions nearly ...

I realize I must look like a bit of a hypocrite since I often complain about politics talk, but I figured writing this blog would be a good idea to explain where I stand, and why I'm so averse to political talk. I'm just tired of seein...

Welcome back! Last time, I talked a bit about the mechanics shared between Fire Emblem games and my personal appreciation for the franchise, so if you're interested in this series be sure to check part 1 here first.  I k...

Fire Emblem. One of the most puzzling Nintendo franchises for sure. Most people's first experience with the series was Super Smash Brothers Melee on the Gamecube, which included Marth and Roy. Neither of their games were...

Weeeelcome to the sun-drenched tropical paradise of Jirga Para Lhao! We're so pleased to welcome you to our beautiful home! First, come enjoy a busy marketplace full of life in Lei Colmosna. Enjoy shopping, sight-seeing, or just taki...

Welcome to Bass Comments of the Week! The show where I rip off the popular blogs of two influent community members to feature the content that really matters, which means mine. And only mine. Well okay, Zer0t0nin is also featured this ...

Hey, small fry. 2016 just ended, and you're probably wondering about my opinions concerning the state of its video games. What's that? You weren't? And everyone and their grand mother is making their own list anyway? Hmm... Well, what ...

The Paper Mario series is something special to me. There's no denying that the following analysis of the game design shortcomings of the two latest entries, Paper Mario Sticker Star and Paper Mario Color Splash, will be tainted by my o...

It's been a while since I made my Destructoid-themed Magic the Gathering cards, and since I was in the mood I figured I might as well get another batch of five ready. This time around, I went a bit crazier with abilities, while trying ...

Some of you might know I’m a Guilty Gear enthusiast. I started with the excellent Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- on PS4 last year, then moved on to the previous game in the series, Guilty Gear XX, on Vita later in the summer. Since then,...

Strider makes some cool cards for some cool people, but he can't really be expected to have the time to make one for everyone. I made one for my own profile and then decided to make a couple for other dtoiders while I'm at it...

played: Conquest version (Normal/Classic) Let it be known, I’m not the biggest Fire Emblem fan, but I really do like the series overall. Like many, the GBA titles were my introduction to the series. Following those came Path of Radiance...

The world of fiction in entertainment is a strange one indeed. Where do unique ideas come from, if such exist to begin with? Can a writer's vision be realized when writing with a team? Is this vision apparent to those consumi...

Until recently, I was kind of an oddity. A Vita owner who never played Gravity Rush, Sony's darling new IP on the system. It just came out at the wrong time for me. I was busy with other stuff and by the time I was ready to play it, it...

As I’m sure you all know, Super Mario Maker launched last year. Interested by the levels presented at E3, I bought the game and rapidly started work on my first level, Super Mario Man. I quickly decided to make a whole campaign using this...

[Alternate title: The follow-up to the blog with the unfortunate title] There was an article recently about Panga's newest Mario Maker level. The responses were... surprising to me to say the least. For those who don't know, Panga is a spe...

Why don't we have a little talk about attention span? That seems to be a pretty hot topic these days. We apparently have a lesser attention span than goldfishes now, so that's no good. Have you ever felt like starting a game, then givi...

Someone, somewhere at Bandai Namco looked at Cookie Clicker and said "You know, this is great and all, but you know what would make it better? Having it on mobile so keeping it running in the background is a no-go, and ads!...

Please don't call me Ishmael, that's not my name. But some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little money in purse, yet having nothing particular of interest to play, I thought I would sail a little and see the...

It's the end of another year, and as far as they go 2015 was a good one. While university was brutal this year and I didn't quite have as much free time as before, I did manage to sneak in enough play time to enjoy games on&n...