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Apr
27
Could Playing The Wii Compare To Real Exercise?
Category: Nintendo, Wii, News, Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit, Canada, Exercise, Fitness, Vancouver, Wii Sports, Workout | 
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There is a big debate currently raging over whether Wii Fit, the fitness simulator and computerised exercise trainer already out for the Wii in Japan and Europe, and due out in the U.S. soon, could ever be a viable option for real exercise. That game, combined with the massively popular Wii Sports, means kids can […]
Apr
27
[Though developers and publishers like Blizzard are reporting record numbers of online players in China, in a new China Angle column, Frank Yu says the actual number of game players is drastically under-reported, and investigates the populations going unaccounted for.]
Blizzard recently reported that its World of Warcraft reached one million concurrent users in China. […]
Apr
27
First user-created radio station for GTA IV appears
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | Leave a Comment
Attention! Destructoid community member PaulMorel (also known as Evan Merz, the fellow behind the Wii Drum Kit for Windows) has alerted us to his latest project — an mp3 of a custom indie radio station designed specifically with Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV in mind.
"Over the last month I have scoured the internet for indie […]
Apr
27
Games of the week for 04/27/08: Green clarinet edition
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When I wasn’t working my fingers to bone in a South East London office for a pittance of a wage, I spent my free time this weekend OD’ing on the comedy stylings of sirs Mitchell & Webb. Enjoy the whimsical wonders of the green clarinet!
Videogames were also played by the cadre of bloggers on this […]
Apr
27
G4 gives us a helicopter tour of Liberity City
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Just a couple of more days until Grand Theft Auto IV is finally released boys and girls! You’re probably noticing a ton of sites giving their review of the game and releasing a ton of new media content. I don’t know about you, but I’m avoiding all of that stuff like I would avoid a […]
Apr
27
G4 gives us a helicopter tour of Liberty City
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Just a couple of more days until Grand Theft Auto IV is finally released boys and girls! You’re probably noticing a ton of sites giving their review of the game and releasing a ton of new media content. I don’t know about you, but I’m avoiding all of that stuff like I would avoid a […]
Apr
27
‘Realistically painted’ Bowser isn’t realistic, but sure is painted and cool
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If you’re fragile like I am, chances are you’re not quite over Photoshop artist Pixeloo’s creepy digital representation of the "real life" Mario. I’m talking nightmares, people.
As if inspired by Pixeloo’s pedophile-esque rendition of Mario, German student and artist Marcus Blättermann has decided to work up a "realistic" rendition of the Nintendo universe "big bad," […]
Apr
27
Highlights from the Destructoid Community 04/27/08
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Today’s gaming setup belongs to the one and only droobies. He proudly shows off his giant retro collection from the NES, SNES, 32X and more. He also has a couple of those gaming chairs that he has lots of sex on. Pervert. Not shown: his altar dedicated to anything Dyson-related. Seriously, you’d think these two […]
Apr
27
For many of us, it’s been 15 years since we threw down our first banana peel, or sent our first turtle shell screaming towards the bumper of a go-kart. In 1992, when Nintendo released Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo, they arguably may have permanently changed the way multiplayer, arcade-style videogame racing was played. […]
Apr
27
COLUMN: ‘Game Mag Weaseling’: Japan Mag Roundup 2008
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As promised, I bought every (well, ok, most) game mag in Japan while traveling there on holiday, and I thought I’d tell you a bit about what I’ve found.
A quick history of J-mags
From the late 1970s, video games received coverage in Japan’s PC mags and kids’ manga anthologies. The first mags entirely devoted to […]