The Weekend Hotness: Drumming through Gradius

As seen on Weekend D: Dtoider NukaCola does a drum cover of some Gradius III music.

Conrad and Dale bring us a ton of CES stuff, Game Informer’s February issue is on Halo: Reach, Mark Hamill has never been asked to play Luke Skywalker, Aliens vs. Predator demo is happening and more happened over the weekend.

CES 2010:
Razer’s first Xbox 360 controller is slick
This guy made it all worth it for me
If you buy Wii weights, you’re the dumbell
Ion Audio making more gaming hardware
Peregrine glove still excites me, coming Q1
Heavy Rain ‘blows Uncharted 2 away’
Sixense system bringing motion to PCs
Why do I let Dale convince me to look stupid?
A backhanded compliment for the PSPgo
Ron Jeremy says games are worse than porn
I want a moustache ride from Haggar
You dirty R.A.T.
Rock out with your stage monitor speaker out
The kid MMO you’ll want to try: Lego Universe

Destructoid Originals:
Best of the Network this week
Borderlands DLC Roundup: the word on Dr. Ned & Mad Moxxi
Weekend Destructainment: Who wants some Adrenaline?

Community:
Community blogs of 01/09/10 & 01/10/10
Forum of the day: The Official Destructoid Writers thread

News:
Steam Hardware Survey says: Average PCs are the average
Rumor: Battlefield Bad Company 2 axing player-run servers
Industry thinks Halo: Reach will be 2010’s biggest game
Game Informer’s February issue is all about Halo: Reach
Capcom: Harder to make money on Wii than on PS3/360
Project Needlemouse shrouded in total mystery
Survey: 15% of gamers actually buy DLC
Fable III will be unveiling next month
THQ says Darksiders benefitted from post-holiday release
Crayon Physics lets you choose its price (Update)
Sonic Spinball rollercoaster coming to UK theme park
Rumor: Blizzard working on a first person MMO
Aliens vs. Predator demo will be happening
Chicago Public Transit forced to allow M-rated game ads
A lot of Halo work going on at Microsoft
EA: FIFA all up in the domination of PES
Nintendo ceases to publish and ship Metroid Prime Trilogy
Microsoft justifies its early exclusivity of DLC
EA releasing three new scores in the next few weeks
Final Fantasy XIII ‘the biggest swindle in history’
Mark Hamill has never been asked to play Luke Skywalker

Offbeat:
Playboy Playmates attempt to be Bayonetta
Peter Molyneux falls into ice, revolutionizes ice-falling
Welcome to CES 1979, why not try a caaassette
NES are built tough, here’s video proof

Media:
Pssst … there’s another glitch in Modern Warfare 2