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May
31
CBS to broadcast WSVG events; ESPN to counter with Stuart Scott peeing on ducks
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In what will no doubt be hailed as a huge step forward for the legitimization of gaming as an actual sport, the World Series of Video Games announced earlier today that they've entered into an agreement with CBS to televise four event recap sessions beginning this summer. Featured games will include Quake 4, Guitar […]
May
31
Lowood Opens Up On Game Preservation
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Via How They Got Game, the Stanford University blog about game preservation and studies, they point out a relatively new Game Face interview with Stanford’s Henry Lowood, the curator for the history of science and technology collections at the school - and it’s got some useful, scholarly thinking about preserving game history in it.
I’ve […]
May
31
You might remember that on Monday, Jim gleefully reported on the fact that the scourge of game-based film and bringer of the bleeding eyeballs Uwe Boll is failing dismally to sell a role in his new cinematic hate-crime, Far Cry.
While this widespread apathy to Boll's generous act of fan outreach / cynical marketing ploy […]
May
31
If the Internet isn't the melting pot of lies that some would have you believe, then the guys over at iBricks.org have something new to show us in the form of an exclusive screen shot of the game in action, as well as what appears to be some conceptual art of the upcoming […]
May
31
If the Internet isn't the melting pot of lies that some would have you believe, then the guys over at iBricks.org have something new to show us in the form of an exclusive screen shot of the game in action, as well as what appears to be some conceptual art of the upcoming […]
May
31
The quite frankly bonkers UK game ‘web-a-zine’ Way Of The Rodent has just released Issue 84, which seems to be themed around crap British summers and have a review of The Red Star in it (both positive things!), but there is a highlight, oh yes.
This would be an extract from Mr. Biffo’s new book […]
May
31
A Guide To Recognizing Your Gamers - Chapter 2
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Welcome, my friends, to the second part of Destructoid's ongoing field guide to the anthropology of the various modern gamer sub-species.
Before we go on with this week's study, I must confess that only one of the two breeds I had planned to detail in this chapter has actually made it in. However, this is […]
May
31
RetroforceGO!: Episode 2: Just like episode1!
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Welcome once again to Destructoid's very own retro podcast, guaranteed to be 100% Halo free! Colette, Chizzo, Topher, and I reprise our roles as the Core Four of RetroforceGO! to bring you the absolute nerdiest podcast on the site.
This week's show is an overload in 2-D, and I swear, if we ever talk this […]
May
31
Guitar Hero 3 footage; every game is exactly the same
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"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." — Bejamin Franklin
The Guitar Hero series has been playing the exact same tune since its inception. Thankfully, since that tune happens to be Awesome in the Key of Kickass, it's hard to get real upset about it.
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May
31
The Hot Shots series has always been good for a few laughs and the occassional first date. This summer, the series is coming off of the green and hopping onto the clay with Hot Shots Tennis for the PlayStation 2.
Are you sold yet? Yeah, me neither. But free demos are nothing to scoff at, […]