You know, I overheard the other day on the streets of NYC some dude telling another dude that the DS is for girls. Is it possible the Wii will suffer the same stigma? Possibly. What does that have to do with this video? Probably nothing. But aren’t these two adorable? Don’t you want to kidnap them and trap them in your basement for a month or two? I know I do....

Yes, it’s true. After what has been in all honesty the single best year of my life by a very long way, I’m having to leave the Destructoid staff, as I’ve been offered a new job in journalism which is pulling me away from the site. Leaving Destructoid genuinely has been a very very hard decision to make for me, in fact at times it’s felt like the prospect of cutting an arm off....

It seems that AngelsDontBurn hasinspired mid3volto make her own community video. If you make a community video, then definitely expect it to be featured here whenever possible! On Destructoid, we covered CES and there are epic updates to some of the popular fighting franchises. On Japanator, they pick their Anime of the Year. On the C-Blogs, there was too much epicness to point out just one specific blog. Finally, the Forums are back and someone is holding a self improvement contest!...

Few developers in the gaming industry have such a carefully crafted image as Tomonobu Itagaki, head of Team Ninja and creator of theDead or Alivefranchise andNinja Gaiden‘s next-gen evolution. Qais Fulton and I happened upon him at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, where Itagaki, draped over a couch as the image of cool itself, kicked out the jams on the latest build ofNinja Gaiden II. We had some time afterwards to ask the notorious developer some questions about his newest title, developing for Eastern and Western audiences, and more....

So there you are with your friends, hanging out in Shibuya, Tokyo, minding your own business. Your chesty friend Yuzu (nicknamed Yoohoo) was busy being…well, chesty, while your nerdy friend Atsuro was rambling on about computers or something like that. All of a sudden, the sky goes dark, and the entire city of Tokyo is put on lock down by the Special Forces. You and your friends, along with all the other citizens, are trapped within the confines of the Yamanote circle, Tokyo’s inner ring of train tracks....

I’ll get this out of the way right now —Mushroom Men: The Spore Warswas releasedlast yearin the beginning of December. I played and finished the game in a few days, and wrote the review within that same time frame. It’s June 28, 2025. Don’t ask. Just read. Review after the jump! Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars(Wii)Developed by Red Fly StudioPublished by SouthPeak InteractiveReleased on Jul 14, 2025 In many ways,Mushroom Men: The Spore Warsis a triumph for third-party developers struggling to squeeze in alongside Nintendo’s strong, existing franchises....

You may think we’re running ajokeinto the ground, but we couldn’t help ourselves after seeing this new piece of art (above) forSilent Hill: Shattered Memories, the upcoming game for Wii, PS2 and PSP.As before, an artist’s rendition of Harry Mason was just begging to be mocked. This new pose is even more inviting. This time, instead of clutching his chest on the phone, Harry looks to be fretting over something on the floor....

It’s Digital Technology Week here in the New Yorks. For the fourth year in a row, media giant Ziff Davis is hosting itsDigitalLifetechnology expo, and unleashing buttloads of premieres. From Gateway to M-Audio, to Microsoft to others, corporations are dishing out their newest gadgets (cough schemes and cough cough trickery) for the public to tinker with. Red Octane premieredGuitar Heroat DigitalLife in 2005. Back then, they were an indie developer with an ambitious product that would be on its way to become the next-gen karaoke and street drug of choice for gamers worldwide....

Reader Jim L. writes: Know what happened to the gameDoomIIthat was supposed to come out on Xbox LIVE Arcade late last year? Is it still coming to Xbox LIVE? Any new info on a release date perhaps? We don’t always have the answers, but we reached out to Bethesda — who we correctly assumed would be publishing the port of id Software’s classic first-person shooter — to find out. “It’s still in the cards,” Pete Hines, VP of Public Relations and Marketing, told us today....

So yes, BioWare loves downloadable content. Not only willDragon Age: OriginsDLC be available on thegame’s launch date, the developer is also planning to further drain our bank accounts with content spanning the next two years. “Yeah, we have plans that stretch out for basically two years,”explains executive producerMark Darrah. “And it’s going to be everything from really small stuff like item packs up to larger quests that might last an hour or two up to even fully fledged expansion packs....

[dTunes is a community organized blog showcasing the musical tastes of Destructoid’s users. For two weeks, the editorial team is commandeering the series because, hey, we like music too. To further expand your horizons, ensure to check outthe dTunes blog.] I’m going to be real here. What you are going to hear here is the biggest pile of pretentious music you will probably discover on Destructoid. I really don’t want it to be pretentious, but I have a habit of rattling off bands that I like, only to have indie kids to say I am their new best friend, and everyone else look at me with pity....

All this week I am going to be giving ridiculously quick hands-on impressions of all the games I see on the E3 show floor. Since I think everything is a little amazing, they will be rated, from least to most favorite:1(A Little Amazing!),2(Kind of Amazing!),3(Pretty Amazing!),4(AMAZING!), and5(The Most Amazing Thing I Have Ever Seen!). I was surprised — nay, shocked! — to some of the negative reaction surrounding the videogame adaptation ofScott Pigrim vs....

Yager and 2K Games’Spec Ops: The Lineand Alice in Chains, together, at last? You know what, I can dig it. Here’s the shooter’s E3 trailer, in case you were looking for it. The game’s name may convince you otherwise, but yes, it’ll almost certainly be one to watch. The importance ofSpec Ops: The Line‘s narrative — which is full of tough choices, morality, and all of that good stuff, according to prior promises — is thrown out of sight for this trailer....