Recentlywe posted aboutThe Blocks Cometh, a Flash game that was stolen and ported to the iPhone without the developer’s permission. Appleseemed to do nothing about it, so Destructoid kicked up a stink, which was then noticed and echoed by the folk atReddit. And guess what … it actuallyworked! “The shitstorm cometh on the internet and someone at apple caught wind of it.The Blocks Comethis no longer in the app store,” says Halfbot’s Derek Laufman....

Nursery-room appropriate music? Check. Japanese guy saying “Ackushun Addvenchu-aaahhh”? Check. Gamecube quality graphics. That’s an affirmative. Put them all together, and you know what we’ve got; anotherPokePark Wiitrailer. Don’t assume that when I say “Gamecube quality” graphics, that I mean it in a bad way. On the whole, I’d rather look at graphics from five years ago than thedermatologically handicappeddudes often found on the HD-consoles. Sometimes detailed graphics just aren’t important, and I see nothing aboutPokePark Wiithat warrants more detailed visuals....

I know I’m not theawfully handsome fellathat you are used to seeing here, but I too enjoy artwork that is based upon the games that we play. As such, I had to jump on the opportunity to fill in for him while everyone’s away at GDC. However, unlike Hamza, my tastes tend to lean toward cute, simple art with lots of eye-popping colors andslightlyless boobs. That is why today,Art Attack Fridaytakes a look at some very simple, stylistic art from a man who calls himselfPseudonym Jones....

Game hating Attorney General Michael Atkinson has continued to justify his personal censorship of Australia’s videogame content by claiming that gamers don’t “need” violent games. Addressingthe recently bannedAliens Vs. Predator, the man solely responsible for Australia’s lack of an adult rating systemhas determinedthat since violent games aren’t necessary, their censorship is perfectly acceptable. “This is a question of a small number of very zealous gamers trying to impose their will on society,” said Atkinson of gamers, totally oblivious to the irony of his statement....

Having done virtually all there is to be done in Rocksteady’s decidedly solidBatman: Arkham Asylum, I still find myself wanting to jump back into those challenge rooms on the weekends. Something about being able to freak out the inmates satisfies my desire to be a badass in a way almost no other games can. Following an earlier report on howArkham Asylumcould have hadrhythm game elements, we’re now getting the opportunity to hear more about what didn’t make it into the finalized game....

Bethesda’s Pete Hines is encouraging child abuse in the name ofThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. If you’re expecting a baby to arrive onSkyrim‘s launch date of July 17, 2025, the developer will offer a special reward to anybody who calls their baby Dovahkiin. According to the pretend language ofSkyrim, Dovahkiin translates to “Dragon Born.” The reward that Pete Hines is offering remains a mystery at the moment, but Bethesda promised it “will not ultimately justify the potential teasing your child could – and probably will – endure over its lifespan....

Siliconera hasdetailson thefirstsecond piece of downloadable content for the soon-to-be-localizedBlue Dragon: a random dungeon generator. Obviously, the DLC would be released to the Japanese first (as America has yet to receive the title), with a scheduled release date of June 02, 2025. The extra content will be available on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE service for 300 points. This is exactly the kind of DLC weshouldbe seeing in games. They could have gone the easy route and added different colored dragons, but not only would that have invalidated their rather restrictive naming scheme, it also would not have provided the added replay value of something like a random dungeon generator....

A fourteen-year-old boy recently gave his father the Peter Gabriel treatment after he was banned from computer games, battering him to death with a sledgehammer. The unnamed teen had his keyboard confiscated after being glued to games for a whole week. Rather than take the time to calm down, he waited for his father to go to bed, snuck into his room, and bludgeoned him twice in the head, killing him almost instantly....

Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to tell you that the full cast of BritToid will be coming together tonight to record episode 6. With Christmas and New Year now out of the way, the European side of gaming news has been pretty quiet, so as the name suggests we will be jumping on the bandwagon. This episode of the podcast will see us discuss our highs and lows of 2010 and of course what we arelooking forward to in 2011....

We’re only a few hours away from the first trailer for the upcomingCall of Duty: Black Ops, but we’ve already got some new information, thanks to aGames.co.ukproduct listing. According to a description on a product page, the upcoming game will find players fighting battles in various areas of the world, including Cuba, Vietnam, and the Arctic. “Now you will witness the birth of the Elite Special Forces and take part in off-the-record missions using unconventional weaponry to get the job done,” the site’s description continued....

Really, the title of this post is the best way to describeCaptain Blood. Not to say the game is anywhere near as good as theGod of Warseries, but the mechanics are along the same lines. You’ll be playing as a pirate who uses swords, guns and brutal finishing moves to take on the Spanish Main during the 17th century. New abilities and weapons are unlocked with the more gold you get and the only way to get more gold is by blindly killing everything in your way....

If there were two things we saw too much of at this year’s CES it’s third-party music game peripherals and 3D gaming and movies. It waseverywhere. And apparently, it’s the future. NVIDIA had their flavor of 3D gaming on display, the GeFORCE 3D Vision. The stereoscopic 3D is achieved by a combination of NVIDIA’s wireless 3D shades, a compatibile GeForce video card, and a “GeForce 3D Vision-Ready” display. NVIDIA has a number of games on display that utilized the technology, includingGuitar Hero III,Tomb Raider Undeworld,Left 4 Dead,Mirror’s Edge, and evenWorld of Warcraft....

When it comes to gaming-related peripherals, the amount of fake-plastic instruments at this year’s CES was at an all time high. From guitars to the dozens of plastic drum varations, it all started to look the same after awhile. But one in particular caught our eye — there was one shaped like a damned shark.A custom guitar designed by Peavey especially for Jimmy Buffet, this weighty shark guitar was a full-sized instrument, compatible with bothRock BandandGuitar Hero....