1. I nearly drowned when I was two
I jumped into the deep end of a pool when no one but my brother, who is only 15 months older than me, was around. Unable to swim I began to sink, but thankfully my brother held me afloat by my hair until m...
I don't read a word of Japanese, so I'm not really sure what any of this says, but I found this screen online this morning so I thought I'd share. All I know is that this has perked my waning interest in Square-Enix's newest Final Fantas...
So, back before PAX I held a simple contest. I got a lot of neat stuff from PAX and have been mulling over what I should give away as a prize. I finally settled on awarding one of the fellows below: The winner can choose which color he/s...
So, I'm heading to PAX late tonight (early tomorrow, really) and am feeling generous. If you look at the attendee list you'd think just about every Dtoider is going. However, if you're one of the miserable few who was unable to make it this...
I've had my 360 for about a year now and just this past week finally got around to renting Dead Rising. After about an hour of playing I took the disc from the tray, stuffed it back in its Gamefly envelope, walked down to the road and sho...
I’ve been a Destructoid reader for a few years now, but only recently decided to register specifically because I felt the need to comment on a particular article. I wrote a brief blog post on July’s Monthly Musing topic, but I never rea...
In a long line of colorful and often outrageous characters that emerged from the creative minds at LucasArts, the dominant developer of quality adventure games last century, one stands out above the rest. His name is Manny Calavera, the p...
About the Golden Avatarone of us since 2:19 PM on 06.17.2008
Game Systems I Own (In Order of Acquisition) Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Playstation
Playstation 2
Gamecube
XBox
Wii
XBox 360
Playstation 3
Game of the Year Awards 2008: Braid 2007: Portal 2006: Half-Life 2: Episode One 2005: Psychonauts 2004: Half-Life 2 2003: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2002: Metroid Prime 2001: Final Fantasy X 2000: Chrono Cross 1999: Final Fantasy VIII 1998: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1997: Final Fantasy VII 1996: Super Mario 64 1995: Chrono Trigger 1994: Donkey Kong Country 1993: Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle 1992: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991: Super Mario World 1990: Super Mario Bros. 3 1989: Duck Tales 1988: Contra 1987: The Legend of Zelda 1986: Metroid 1985: Super Mario Bros. 1984: Castle Adventure
Honorable Mentions 2008: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, World of Goo, Fallout 3 2007: Super Mario Galaxy, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, BioShock, Mass Effect, Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure 2006: Okami, Oblivion 2005: Shadow of the Colossus 2004: World of Warcraft, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Far Cry 2003: Beyond Good & Evil, Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic, Deus Ex: Invisible War 2002: Morrowind, Kingdom hearts, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Timesplitters 2 2001: Shadow Hearts, ICO 2000: The Legend of Dragoon, Vagrant Story, Perfect Dark 1999: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Planescape: Torment 1998: Grim Fandango 1997: GoldenEye 007 1996: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Mario RPG 1995: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1994: Super Metroid, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1992: Super Mario Kart 1990: Star Tropics, The Secret of Monkey Island 1989: A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia 1988: Super Mario Bros. 2, Double Dragon, Mega Man 2 1987: Mega Man
Since bloodylip, in a jealous rage, decided to ban everyone who's at PAX from IRC I have to post this here.