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Dec
27
ATTN Readers: Windows 98? Really?
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Okay, people. So I’ve been going through some of our many pie charts that track daily traffic to the site. Now, I don’t care about the numbers, so long as those of you who do come here like what you see, and come back for more. If nothing else, we give free crap away all […]
Dec
27
From World of Y!Craft To BravoNation
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Over at Gordon Luk’s GetLuky.com, the Yahoo! developer has been discussing the new BravoNation.com website, a Y! project currently in closed beta.
Interestingly, the site is aimed at bringing Xbox Live-style achievements to, uhh, life on the web itself, for any real, imagined, satirical, or factual achievement of your choice.
Andy at Waxy.org has a good […]
Dec
27
If you’re going to have cluttered workspace, at least use some good-looking clutter. These awesome Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass gashapon should do the trick.
A mere $14.95 will land you a set (hopefully) of these fine Yujin pieces for your desktop. Importer Play-Asia actually has this collection in stock; though knowing them, you’ll want to […]
Dec
27
Jack Thompson versus The Unholy Alliance: Madman targets Defense Department
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It’s been a while since we poked fun at the silver-haired maniac known as Jack Thompson, but the videogame-obsessed protectobot of chilluns everywhere is making sure he’s not forgotten. His plans for the new year involve a new target — the United States Department of Defense. He’s not just fighting games anymore, readers — this […]
Dec
27
Nintendo Wii Requires More Effort than Xbox 360, Study Shows
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In news that really should surprise absolutely nobody, the Nintendo Wii requires you to spend more energy than playing the Xbox 360. Seriously – the British Journal of Medicine actually took time and money to conduct this study.
They took six boys and five girls, ages in the 13-15 range, and had them play four games: […]
Dec
27
Graphics card and processor maker Nvidia was named the Company of the Year by Forbes magazine.
Forbes lets the gamers and geeks worry about things like SLI and GPUs; they’re more concerned with how much money Nvidia is making. They now own 62% of the graphics market, and that’s up from 57% a year ago. In fact, since Nvidia […]
Dec
27
Opinion: 2007’s Top 5 MMO Trends
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[Continuing the year-end retrospective over at Gamasutra, Slashdot and MMOG Nation’s Michael Zenke takes a look back on the biggest moments of the year in massively multiplayer online games - and is eminently worth reprinting here, so we’re going to, nuh.]
This has been an unbelievable year for Massive games. Unfortunately, I don’t mean that […]
Dec
27
The best of Destructoid’s YTMND Thursday 2007
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Here is the top 15 YTMNDs of 2007. The list of 50 was narrowed down by votes from various community members to what you see here. Obviously, not everyone will agree with this list. So I want to hear what you think should have been number one in the comments.
Also, be sure to check […]
Dec
27
The nominees for Destructoid Game of the Year 2007
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It goes without arguing that 2007 was one of the best years of gaming in a very long time. It seemed like every console and handheld had a robust handful of topnotch games, covering pretty much every genre in the book (from beautifully designed platformers to epic first-person shooters). There really was a little something […]
Dec
27
We all know that the Wii was (and still is) one of the hottest products of 2007, game or otherwise. It seems that Amazon.com did rather well with the Nintendo console, selling 17 Wii per second when they were in stock.
According to Gamasutra, sales of the Wii were among Amazon’s top selling items of 2007, […]