Last week,I shared my tentative delightat the announcement thatAliens: Colonial Marineshad been resurrected by Sega. As a huge fan of the Xenomorphs and their phallic peculiarities, I’m always willing to give anAliensgame a chance, andthis is already looking likeit could be one of the good ones. A squad based shooter that pits the US Colonial Marines against the Alien menace, the main game is a story driven adventure penned by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, who some may know from their work onStar Trek: Deep Space Nine&Battlestar Galactica....

Yay, Podtoid bonus episode. About a month ago, I made a rant arguing thatgames should be more than “just fun,”and David Jaffe (God of War,Calling All Cars!) ranted back, arguing that I should“shut the f*ck up.” It went back and forth for a little while, and last night we had an hourlong discussion about games/art/fun/candy wrappers to cap the whole thing off.

You know a company is chock full of awesome when the title of their press release for E3 uses a mathematical equation that ends in win. Yes, Atlus sent over a press release announcing their E3 line-up titled “Atlus + E3 =Win” and if something is proven by math it must be true. If you’d like to divide that simple equation into a much more complex one we can work it out....

Barack Obama is helping everyone, even videogame characters! Both good and bad guys will be treated equally and get the help they need when they’re flashing or low on health. And unlike real life, the President has no problem using a Power Star to take his opponents head on. What’s really funny about this post is not the video. It’s actually going to be all the comments arguing whether health care is RIGHT/WRONG OMG!...

On Tuesday, I traveled out to Jerry Bruckheimer Productions in Santa Monica to check out the trailer for the upcomingPrince of Persiafilm adaptation. In case you haven’t been keeping up with it, the movie is based on theSands of Timetrilogy, and it features the famous gay cowboy Jake Gyllenhaal as the titular prince. The movie announcement was met with indifference from the cynical denizens of the Internet, for a number of reasons....

[Destructoid lets you write blogs on whatever subject you want! The best community authored blogs get promoted and this regular round-up lets you see everything that hit the front page from the previous month.] Good community blogs get fapped (voted up) and mentioned on the regularCommunity Highlightsfeature. The best blogs get promoted, whether for our Monthly Musing series or just being awesome on its own. For January’s Musing theme,The Future, we wanted to hear about the bad things games allow you to do....

Despite the PSP’s reputation as a bit of a let-down and the DS’ reputation as a ridiculous success story, Sonydoes not thinkthat its handheld is overshadowed by Nintendo’s dual-screened moneymaker. Claiming to be very happy with the PSP, SCEE boss David Reeves touted the system as a success. “I think you can … see the smile on our faces when we talk about what we’re offering at this price and the games that are available,” Reeves claims....

I pretty much hateMTV Multiplayerbecause they sometimes have really good ideas that I want to steal, and if they were a smaller blog I could probably do it and bully them into submission — like all good writers. However, they’re too big to kick around so instead I have to link-leech like some foul and degraded peasant. Case in point: They are going to start asking developers for a “to-do” list in their videogames, a rundown of things that you should really try before completing the game....

You’ve probably never wondered why Capcom’s latestBionic Commandogame is rated M, but we’re going to tell you anyway becausethe story is quite interesting. According to the publisher, the reason for the rating isn’t because they intended to fill the game with violence and foul language, but because ofResident Evil 5. See,Bionic Commandowas originally intended to ship with a demo for the popular action sequel, which caused the ESRB to rate it M for Mature....

We now return you to your regularly scheduled awesome. RetroforceGO! is back in its normal time slot, (right afterFamily Matters), and we’re all set to take on the final boss. While we’re at it, we may as well take on all the other ones, too. Tonight we take a look back at some of retro’s greatest boss battles, be it due to their infuriating difficulty, charming good looks, or just plain enjoyability....

In a recent interview with theThe Telegraph, Dan Houser, writer ofGTA IV, was asked if he thinks it’ll be long before videogame writing is as respected as writing books or films. Dan responds, “I hope it’s long. It’s really fun at the moment because we’re not in any Academy and the medium’s not codified. There’s no accepted way of doing anything so that give us enormous pleasure because we can make it up as we go along....

Rumors have been flying around recently about a newCastlevaniagame popping up. First, we got word about Konamitrademarking“Castlevania: Judgment” soon after theOrder of Ecclesiatrademark was found out. Next, there’s some leaked screens that are supposedly from the next Castlevania DS title. If you take a look at the title screen, there’s a “Wii” option above the game start menu. While that’s not proof-positive,this bitfrom CVG points out a bit of PR for the upcoming manga based onCastlevania:Curse of Darknessdone by Kou Sasagura and being published by Tokyopop....

I don’t know about you guys, but it’s a slow day here at work. It’s raining and cold here and, to be honest, I’d rather be at home with a mug of hot chocolate and a controller in my hand. A First World problem, to be sure, but what’s a poor boy to do? Play awesome freeware indie games, of course. Star Guard, a shooter by designer Sparky, has been making the rounds lately, and for good reason: it’s an awesome Flash-based, stripped down (but stylish) 2D shooter/platformer for both Mac and PC....