Destructoid interview: Lunchbag Art

In your internet travels, I’m sure you’ve come across theLunch Bag Art Web site. If you haven’t, know it’s a collection of art… drawn on lunch bags. What’s great about this bag art is that it’s all geek-themed. Relevant to your interests. Cartoon characters, Transformers, video game favorites and anime and manga heroes all decorate the sides of these lunch sacks. We spoke with the creator, a dad who says he draws a new lunch bag for his kids each day....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Donna Parker

Destructoid Network: This week’s finest

In our ever growing list of weekly features, we have decided to go ahead and add a weekly roundup of the top five stories from the Destructoid Network (Destructoid,NextLust, andJapanator). Take a look at what was hot this week: Destructoid Top Five: Summa vs The Loop: Version 2.0Circuit City: We have the right to have you Mastur-bait and switch. O RLY?Resident Evil: Extinction teaser trailerSEGA announces new Virtual Console titles; Vectorman is coming your wayThe Linearity Question...

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Jessica Miller

Destructoid review: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (Xbox 360, PS3)

In 1984, Stevie Wonder wrote the classic ballad “I Just Called To Say I Love You” for the filmThe Woman in Red. In the song, Wonder sings of a world void of life’s little joys, with lyrics like “No autumn breeze/No falling leaves/No even time for birds to fly to southern skies/No libra sun/No Halloween/No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring.” If THQ were to commission Wonder to write the song for their yearly wrestling series,Smackdown vs....

July 31, 2025 · 7 min · 1402 words · Julie Werner

Dtoid Community Discusses: Educational games

[Dtoid Community Discusses is stepping up today as the regular Destructoid Discusses series is taking a break for the week. Join Tactix, Conrad Zimmerman and a few other Dtoiders talk about educational games. — CTZ] Hey gang! Its time for another Dtoid Community Discusses! Every week, I get a panel of Destructoid community members together to discuss a topic. If this is the first one you are reading and want to check out some past topics, check out the the list found on my sidebar on mycommunity blog page!...

July 31, 2025 · 12 min · 2354 words · Robert Smith

E3 09: Hands on with Gran Turismo PSP

SeeingGran Tursimo PSPrunning for the first time was like having that friend that has owed you money forever just forking it up for you one day out of the blue: you would have liked to get your hands on it, but you kind of gave up hope awhile ago. Well, we finally did get our hands on the portable racer, and while I wouldn’t go as far as to say that it wasworth the waityet, I’m really happy that this finally came around....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 498 words · Joseph Kemp

E3 09: Reggie: Pikmin 3 may still surprise at the show

Even though I obviously flipped out aboutsome ofNintendo’s announcementsthis morning, I have to admit I was very disappointed that there was no footage (not even a word!) ofPikmin 3. The Wii sequel wasrevealedat Miyamoto’s round table during E3 last year, so I was sure it would have been shown at this year’s conference. But, as I was wiping away my tears, I was directed to aninterview with Reggie Fils-Aime at IGN....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Amber Cain

E3 2007: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men gameplay

After theConanevent Eidos led me over to another room where I was politely seated … on a twenty-foot-long pile of marijuana. Each of the three massive seats in the room had glass tops and revealed dozens of pounds of drugs, pistols, countless rounds of ammunition, grenades, and plenty of other illegal pleasures. All were hidden below the backless rows of pews. It was like the church I always dreamed of attending....

July 31, 2025 · 5 min · 1031 words · Rebecca Aguilar

E3: More details revealed on Kid Icarus: Uprising

Last year, one of Nintendo’s surprise announcements was the return of Pit withKid Icarus: Uprising. Today, we got a few more details about the upcoming 3DS title. The plot revolves around he resurrection ofKid Icarusantagonist Medusa, and it’s up to Pit to put an end to her plans. We also saw the debut of a new character, carrying a big, broad sword whose name is yet to be revealed. But there were some other exciting announcements: A new online battle mode, where the goal is to defeat other team’s angel, as well as the use of augmented reality cards to conduct battles....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Joseph Jacobs

E3: Ninja Gaiden 3 ‘looks like a game about ninjas’

Ninja Gaiden 3, in Destructoid Show co-host Max Scoville’s expert opinion, “looks like a game about ninjas.” In one of his first hands-on reports from the E3 show floor, Max gives us the details of his play session, including a stealth section and other sections where he was mostly cutting dudes up. Our Editor-in-Chief, Nick Chester, hasn’t been so hot on the game, but it seems like Max had a pretty good time....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Claudia Gonzales

EA confirms gamescom line up, hot Bulletstorm incoming

gamescom is next week. Who’s going? We are! So is Electronic Arts, and they’re bringing a bunch of stuff, including updated looks at all of its hottest games from E3. Those attending can expect to get their hands on a ton of games at EA’s booth, includingCrysis 2,Darkspore,Dragon Age 2,Rock Band 3, and more. Meanwhile, many of the game games will be getting behind-closed-doors demos, likeBulletstorm, which will not be playable on the show floor....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Michele Thompson

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Perks, random quests, BEARDS!

Game Informerhas blown the lid off the long-awaited sequel toOblivion,The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Quite a bit has been revealed, includingFallout-style Perks, dynamic NPC interactions, a brand new engine and the ability to wear a beard. That latter news is obviously the best thing ever. Check out the details below. Speaking as a fan of the brilliant, if flawed,Oblivion, this new chapter sounds absolutely stellar. So stop right there, criminal scum, take a peek at the details below, presented in a handy list format, and let us know if you’re as hot for the game as I am....

July 31, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · William Evans

Fake game Friday: I’m Not Good With Names, You Make One Up

This week’s much-belated fake game, created by forumiteChwoka, can be briefly described with the following sentence: “YOU’VE GOT A FREAKIN’ TIME MACHINE. AND IT’S AWESOME!” I’m aware that technically, that was one complete sentence followed by an incomplete one, but the point still stands:Chwoka‘s game,I’m Not Good With Names, You Make One Upis basically an experimental title that tests how time travel can potentially be used in the realm of videogames....

July 31, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Dawn Drake

Fallout 3 PC version won’t ship with mod tool, will ship with slaves and drugs

Bethesda has released their secondFallout 3fan interviewas a poston the game’s official forums. Answering 25 fan-submitted questions, they provide quite a few interesting bits of insight into the upcoming sequel. Three new screens, which you can view in the below, were also released in the post. As I began reading this Q&A, my eyes were all butmagnetically drawnto question #9 — possibly due to my PC Editor senses activating — which announced that the PC version ofFallout 3wouldn’t include any tools for mod creation....

July 31, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Victoria Hampton