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Apr
3
Over at the Arthouse Games site, there’s a neat interview with Rod Humble about his experimental game The Marriage - and the first thing I spotted was Humble’s interesting background, with games such as The Humans, which is almost Tail Of The Sun-esque, and predates it.
Nowadays, he’s Head of The Sims Studio at EA, […]
Apr
3
GH2 360 axes not quite golden? (See what I did there? It’s topical!)
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We received an email from one of our readers a few moments ago claiming something might be amiss with the controllers for the just-released Guitar Hero 2 for the Xbox 360. I'll let Paul tell it;
Today I picked up GH2 360 at Game Crazy in Hemet CA. Had a bad whammy.. Very erratic […]
Apr
3
Remind bedridden children what they are missing with new NiGHTS game
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OK, let’s see a show of hands: Who is already getting sick of hearing about NiGHTS: Journey Into Dreams on the Wii? Alright, very interesting. Now, who is sick of it primarily because of the 16,000 posts I have done about it in the last few days? Wow, I knew it.
Well, sorry to add to […]
Apr
3
Artists hawk custom GH2 axes for charity; charity bummed that it didn’t get one
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Activision and Red Bull have teamed up with a wide-ranging swath of artists to auction off customized Guitar Hero II guitars. The scratch earned from the auctions will go towards MusiCares, an organization set up in the late 80s as a monetary lifeline for people in the music industry who have fallen on hard […]
Apr
3
MMOG Nation: How Stuffed Animals and Penguins Clobber World of Warcraft
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[’MMOG Nation’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about current events in the world of Massively Multiplayer Games. This week’s column examines the growing influence of youth-oriented virtual worlds.]
Imagine the fun of a Massively Multiplayer world inhabited by adorable penguins, cute fuzzy animals, or some of those incomprehensibly popular Disney television characters. A disturbing, […]
Apr
3
This is it! The final round! Last week we finished round two of our best gaming heroine debate, and it turned out to be one of the most one-sided weeks we've ever seen. Tifa's slaughter of Aeris in round one was even more lopsided, but to pull these kind of numbers in the […]
Apr
3
Gather 'round, all, and I shall spin you a tale…a horrific, mind-numbing tale. It's called Mortal Kombat II. Yes, once again, it's Destructoid's infamous movie night, where everyone gathers together to watch horrible video game movies. Last week, Pokemon was the film that everyone suffered through, and so this week, we bring you a more "mature" film.
If […]
Apr
3
If you're like me, you probably haven't played too many mech games in your lifetime. You are the type of person that won't even pay a few measly dollars to rent a game in this niche genre, much less drop $60 without knowing if you're going to fully enjoy the experience or not.
Luckily for us, […]
Apr
3
Welcome to the first “Story So Far” ever. This series will help you catch up to speed on game sequels and the storylines that preceded them.
Today sees the release of Prince of Persia: Rival Swords for the Wii. Despite the new name and additional Wii-mote functionality, Rival Swords was originally released for last-gen systems as […]
Apr
3
Confession: I have at least two proper-sized boxes of McFarlane* dolls action figures somewhere in my closet. I was a huge fan of his Spidey and Spawn work and when I saw the toys I nearly shit myself. This is relevant because I'm having the exact same reaction to these new figurine protypes of Simon […]