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Jun
15
It was a, um, very slow weekend. To make up for that, here’s Weekend Disappoint from Disappointed People. The original was tragically lost but they reuploaded the video onto YouTube not too long ago. Enjoy!
Original Features:The ten best videogame dads EVER!The path of no divergence: Why linear games have their place
Weekend Regulars:Weekend Destructainment: Overly sexual […]
Jun
15
Highlights from the Destructoid Community 06/15/08
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This week’s gaming room belongs to secret Microsoft cyborg spy, pinksage. She was in the moving process when this blog was posted (I’m going in order of dates of when game room blogs are posted, in case you’re wondering) so there’s still a ton of stuff she needs to put on display. I’m looking forward […]
Jun
15
Games of the week for 15/06/08: The Consultant’s Flower Garden edition
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This week I present to you The Consultant’s Flower Garden, part of the 1984 promotional video Seaside Treats by one of Britain’s most demented bands, Cardiacs. You will not thank me for having shared this with you.
Like when Bill puts his shoes on the stove.
More games were played this week, just like last week. How […]
Jun
15
The path of no divergence: Why linear games have their place
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In gaming circles, "linear" has become a dirty word indeed, a black mark against an otherwise fine videogame. In this age of choice and sandbox experiences, those games that stick to a more rigid path are often looked down upon by a sneering crowd who wish for every title to be about freedom and overwhelming […]
Jun
15
Could Nintendo Be Any More Casual? - The Big N Certainly Doesn’t Care About “Geeks and Otaku”
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Nintendo has always been the games company that puts fun above all else, sometimes at the expense of innovation, graphics, and moving the game industry forward. In that sense, you could say that Nintendo is the casual gamer to the hardcore gamer folk at Sony and Microsoft.
This generation has seen the casual gamer tag being […]
Jun
15
COLUMN: ‘Game Mag Weaseling’: Mag Roundup 6/14/08
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Wow, it’s a hot month, isn’t it, GSW readers? It’s hot for me, at least. PiQ (the exciting entertainment magazine I founded and ran) has folded, and I’ll have more about that next week, but I don’t even have any time to enjoy the usual unemployment ritual of sitting around the couch naked and watching […]
Jun
15
Totally, totally the weekend, and in between the Spore fun we’re attempting to have in the Bay Area haze - and watching some completely eviscerating Doug Stanhope stand-up - there are links to be disseminated, damn you.
Highlights? Kyle Orland poking vigorously at Qore, the return of the (pictured) grizzled game journalism originator Bill […]
Jun
15
[Editor’s note: Brahms tells us how Mega Man II started the affair for him as part of June’s Monthly Musings. — CTZ]
As a child of the 1990’s, I had missed much of the original Nintendo generation. I was born in 1985, the same year as the American release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, and my […]
Jun
15
All the Gears of War 2 Info… All of it
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If you’re looking for up to the date info on Gears of War 2, then I’ve got a site for you. I recently ran across the Gears of War 2 forums where they are keeping track of about almost anything that’s been announced to date about the game. From the weapons selection to details about […]
Jun
15
It’s Father’s Day! Instead of giving your dad a “funny” card or a(nother) tie this year, how about hanging out with him and playing some videogames? Better yet, instead of sitting on the couch arguing about politics or watching the basketball finals (those are still on, right?), why don’t you both discuss who you think […]