When it comes toSouth Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!(hell of a name, isn’t it?), I feel like you don’t need to necessarily like tower defense games to enjoy it, and similarly, you don’t have to be a massiveSouth Parkfan either. Fromwhat I hear, it’s actually supposed to be much more than just a simple, competent TD with jokes and characters from the show crammed in, which is exactly what public perception would have you believeSouth Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!...

No words. Chad lovesDonkey Kong Country Returns, winDisney Epic Mickey, Kinect hacks are getting better, Twisted Pixel is teasing a new game and more happened on 11/19/10. Destructoid Originals:This thing that I do: Cosplay with Laura SindalSega officially crosses the line …GameTalk with DJ Mochi PetDtoid (the show): Pirates Lego, dragons, Wii and Mega ManPAD Live: Come Glee Wii me Reviews:Review: Donkey Kong Country ReturnsReview: NOX Specialist Audio HeadsetReview: The ShootReview: RAGE...

Seriously. The voice acting could be a lot worse inFinal Fantasy XIII. Be happy with what we’re getting. Holmes looks at why Nintendo didn’t name the newMario Broscharacters, Jim reviewedArmy of Two: The 40th Day,Gran Turismo 5was delayed again, Netflix is coming to the Wii,Splinter Cell: Convictionhas been delayed and more happened on 01/13/10. Destructoid Originals:Podtoid 133: I use lettuceWhy didn’t Nintendo name their new Mario Bros characters?Community:The Future: The winning formulaCommunity blogs of 01/13/10Forum of the day:Official “Can We Please Have Signatures?...

Aliceis returning, and boy does it look good. It’s everythingEpic Mickeyshould have been. Dtoid meetups for the month of March were detailed, Dale checked out Dengenki Game Festival in Japan, Tara checked outMayhem 3D, Mega64 shows us how theShenmueseries ends and more happened on 3/7/11. Destructoid Originals:Event report: Dengenki Game Festival 2011New releases: Pokemon W&B, Dragon Age II and moreDtoid meetups for the month of MarchNew Destructoid Show: Pokemanz, Alice, and Danny B!...

Jim kindly requested that I promote this on the site, and I’ve learned over the years to do what he says more or less without question. It’s for the best that way. Enjoy these comedians. It’s over! Thank goodness this wretched day is over. Samit told us about the see-it-to-believe-itEl Shaddai,Duke Nukemintroduced fledgling teens to the NSFW (but still safe-for-life) side of the Internet, unlimited dragons are said to be found inSkyrim, and more happened on 5/18/11....

Happy Friday, all! Just a quick reminder that Max and I will be going LIVE today onYouTube.com/DTOID(orRev3.com/watchif you’re into that HD stuff) at3:30pm PSTtoday. We’ll be discussing some of Valve’s recent news, showing off a newArkham Citytrailer, and doing a live playthrough of the Diablo 3 beta during the second half of the show. We also have 2 copies ofWarhammer 40K: Space Marineto give out to two lucky Dtoiders, so please do drop in for some debauchery and the promise of free things!...

In our last look atThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, we were introduced to the floatingcity of Skyloft and Link’s obstacles towards knighthood. We met Zelda again as we would meet any old friend, yet she was soon taken away; we were once again thrust into an adventure fraught with danger and impending doom. Throughout the last preview, little was discussed about the real meat and potatoes ofSkyward Sword— what makes this newZeldagame so exciting and novel compared to previousZeldatitles....

Last night, Turbine and Midway held“launch events”in select cities for their newest fantasy MMO,Lord of the Rings Online. What was expected? A little cosplay maybe? A gaggle of geeks? Something, anything? Sadly, I got none of this in Los Angeles. Instead, all I got was a drunk Armenian, two cosplay girls, a punk chick, and aJessica Chobot. As you’re able to see from the glorious photos, this event was quite the disappointment....

Recently Jon Carnage and I had the chance to check outYoostar 2, a wild game that will put you into movies using Kinect for 360 and the PlayStation Eye for PlayStation 3. Yoostar 2 uses the sensors of the Kinect and Playstation Eye to create a virtual green screen; movements are then captured digitally inserted into scenes from blockbuster movies, or scene templates for a type of free-style mode. I was impressed by the advanced tech behindYoostar 2, needing only the game and the Kinect or Eye, as opposed to the bulky setup required by the first title....

After some legal squabble that surely involved many lawyers, THQ is finally ready to release aTetrisgame for the Xbox 360. What’s going to be so special you ask? How about different skins, music, themes and four-player multiplayer? Does that perk your ears up a bit? Oh, and this onlineTetriswon’t includeclumsy friend codes. FromGameSpot: Today the publisher exercised those rights with the announcement of Tetris Evolution for Microsoft’s console, the first THQ-published Tetris game since 2003’s Tetris Worlds on the original Xbox....

How many of you out there are closet football fans? You try to rep hardcore nerd, but every Sunday you sneak away from the videogames and watch football for 4-10 hours straight. You make fun of all those “Maddengamers,” but you know you’re looking forward to seeing how good your team is every year. Don’t you lie to me, I know you’re out there. For you I bring news like this, so that you may know that you are not alone....

Still need your Wii or PlayStation 3 fix? Join the club. Thankfully, Toys “R” Us is claiming that they will be receiving thousands of each console. They have said they will get about 6,000 PS3s and “thousands” of Wiis before Christmas. FromNext-Gen: New Jersey-based Toys “R” Us touts that it will receive “thousands” of Nintendo Wiis and 6,000 PlayStation 3s in the week leading up to Christmas. ImageIn a statement, the toy chain also said that it would be receiving over 30,000 Xbox 360 units as well as 40,000 GameBoy Advance units, the latter of which performed surprisingly well in November with 641,000 units sold in the US for the month....

Similar to what DICE did withBattlefield 1943, players can unlock a fifth multiplayer map forBattlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnamby collectively performing 69 million team actions. Basically, any action that doesn’t directly involve killing dudes — resupply, revive, spot, heal, and repair — all count. The catch is that each of the three platforms have their own individual totals. Over on the game’s official website,there’s a stat trackershowing our progress to date....