Quick, name some videogames that let you punch a velociraptor in the face with a quicktime event. I’ll start —Jurassic: The Hunted! This Activition-published first-person shooter quietly made its way to shelves last week for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. After negotiations involving Miranda Cosgrove (don’t ask), I was able to get my hands on a copy of the game. And yes, within the first ten minutes, I had to tap A repeatidly to punch a velociraptor off of me....

There’s a lot to like in the new Tokyo Game Show floor demos of Square Enix’s upcoming epic,Final Fantasy XIII. We thought we might tell you what we liked about the demo rather than give you a boring play-by-play recap. What’s being shown here is quite a bit more deep than the short demo that was released in Japan earlier this year alongside theFinal Fantasy VII Advent ChildrenBlu-ray release. From the looks of the demo stations, these demos are running discs on PS3 slims, meaning that they’re probably in the later part of development....

Nub. Nubbie. Is that what we’re calling it? Analog nub? It sounds so…creepy. Anyway, here’s a better look at the new special PSP that Sony is releasing in for Capcom’sMonster Hunter Portable 3rd. We got a closer look at the new nub today. I like that it has a bit of an indention for what looks to be increased thumb comfort. I kind of wish it was rubberized, but this will work....

The belovedDisgaea 3: Absence of Detentionis heading to the PlayStation Vita. Expect new characters, weapons, skills, magics missions and more. NIS is looking at the Vita version as a “reincarnation” of Disgea 3 so while it’s the same game at its core, there will also be something new to experience for veterans of the game. As this is the Vita, expect touch control features and even gyroscopic based controls too. There will also be downloadable content that will add more stuff after you’ve beaten the game....

Community:Community blogs of 4/27/11Forum thread of the day:Homestuck and MSPaint Adventures Thread Contests:Win tickets to Distant Worlds in Atlanta! (Update)Win Hector: We Negotiate with Terrorists from Telltale Events:PSA: PAX Prime 3-day badges are selling fast News:DETOUR trucks ahead to a May 17th Steam releaseHulu Plus offering a week’s credit to PSN usersF.E.A.R 3 delayed until JuneTelltale makes nice with 360, signs licensing agreementFree App of the Day: Paperboy: Special Delivery (iOS)Hulu Plus probably coming to Xbox this FridayTeam Etrian Odyssey and Team Atelier joint RPG comingThe Witcher 2 has gone gold!...

That Friday music video is terrible! Oh, Rebecca Black. Please work onDeadly Preminition 2. Wolves were confirmed forMinecraft(oh yes!),River City Ransom 2is somehow miraculously a thing that is happening, Square Enix canceled the bizarre-lookingGun Loco, Double Fine is bringing downloadable content toStacking, and other light news made the rounds on this glorious Friday. Destructoid Originals:Interstellar Marines: AAA Indie and the road aheadFriday Night Fights: Breakin’ Birthday editionNew Destructoid Show: Dragon Age Nazi Dinosaurs?...

Best. End. Credits. Ever! Mr. Destructoid fought Naughty Bear and Lucha Libres at E3, Sega tells us why they’re makingSonic 4episodic, Jim reviewedTransformers: War for Cybertron, Nintendo will profit on the 3DS day one, Nick checked out the newinFamousand more happened on 06/22/10. Destructoid Originals:Sega: Reaction to Sonic 4 was ‘like a nuclear explosion’Hey Sega, why is Sonic 4 episodic?Exclusive: Kane & Lynch 2 comic book coverMr. Destructoid fought Naughty Bear & Lucha Libres at E3Community:Community blogs of 06/22/10Forum of the day:Mortal Kombat 2011Reviews:Transformers: War for CybertronPreviews:inFamous 2 takes Cole to ‘super super hero’ levelsE3 10: Sony shows off the impressive tech behind Move...

Previously on the Destructoid comic: It’s been many hours since the battle of Destructoid City began, to some, it must feel like months. The giant robot seemed invincible, until the arrival of Brad Nicholson. Taking it down with a blast of CHEST™ energy, he manages to buy some time for the RetroforceGO! crew and Sterling to get hold of the Dreamcast needed to power the Ikaruga. With the Ikaruga up and running, they will have a chance to take destroy the Destructor-toid before it restores itself to full power....

Brosephs and homeladies — We have survived the week, and come before you with another episode of the hallowed Destructoid Show. Since today is a Friday, we had a contest. The prize this week was a copy ofHigh Flyer Death Defyer,a neat little iOS game that came out this week. After that, we went over some of the highlights from thelatest previewforThe Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword.There are alsonew trailersfor that....

The Secret of Monkey Island Humor is a tough thing to get across in videogames. Unlike movies, videogames can sometimes last up tofifteentotwentyhours. Trying to keep players giggling for that long is an almost impossible task. It seems the only way designers can successfully pull off a genuinely funny videogame is to delve deeper than just a goofy script full of cheesy puns and old ladies falling down (although that would keep me entertained just fine)....

PAX Prime was so big this year that it was made up of two floors full of games (three if you want to count HaloFest.) In fact, PAX this year felt a lot like E3 with the big crazy booths and the big games on display. Like every convention we attend, we picked our top ten picks of the show. These were voted on by the Destructoid staff as the ten games everyone needed to see:...

For those of you who are sick of this stuff by now, I promise that this will be the finalMajor League Baseball 2K9-related post of the day.Here’s the third teaser trailer for 2K Sports’ baseball sim. Clocking in at just under two minutes long, it gives us a look at this year’s implementation of 2K’s Signature Style™ when it comes to batters walking up to the plate. (I was relieved to see that they didn’t commit the common error of writing “sneak peak....

Whenever Major Nelson isn’t busy creatingtest posts with his Macintosh, orLOL’ingabout it, he likes to update his blog with the daily downloads on Xbox Live. Today, Major Nelson isreportingthat theToo Humandemo is ready to be consumed by the masses. The demo is being brought out as a part of Microsoft’s “Bringing it Home” E3 spectacular that includes videos, pictures, themes and demos from the event. The demo is a spectacular 1....