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If you want a gorgeous, thrilling, terrifying zombie game on your iPhone, thenBe Free or Dieis not it. The graphics are atrocious, the controls are stiff, and the gameplay is tepid. Yet I have a strange affection for it, so I actually recommend you download it. It’s good for an absurd laugh. You basically go to different levels, kill a certain amount of zombies, and then murder The Devil. It’s ludicrous and the poor production values somehow make it more entertaining....

Thank God winter break is almost upon us. I’m not sure where the rest of you stand on the matter, but for a lot of us currently enrolled in college, this is the most insane part of any semester, and it’s not the good kind of insane, either. Being forced to write extraordinarily long papers is enough to break a man, and that’s why Friday Night Fights is needed more than ever....

Last week’sdebatebrought us to the end of the PSP odd game debate brackets with two very deserving games in the finals. The votes were a dead tie half way into the tallying, but in the end one game broke ahead and never looked back. Here are the results: This week we enter the PC odd game debate brackets. For those of you keeping track, this is the last of the very lengthy “odd game debate” tournaments....

Remember that cool gameI hinted about last weekthat I was really excited about revealing once the embargo lifted today? Well, thanks to some spoilers that I refuse to link to out of anger (argh!), the grand reveal has already been ruined. Can you all do me a favor and just pretend you haven’t already heard about this game just to make me feel better? A “Wow, this is breaking news!” or “OMG!...

It seems that crazy deals are becoming a weekly norm in the gaming business as stores try to get you into their retail clutches so you’ll spend all that excess money required to actually enjoy a gaming system to its fullest degree in their store. This week’s deal of solidness is that beginning Feb. 21 Target is giving away a $50 gift card with the purchase of a Xbox 360 Elite....

TheDragon Quest25thanniversarycelebration continues with more goodies that won’t be coming to our shores. If you want to join the party, you’ll have to shell out some moolah for outrageous shipping or the use of a proxy service. The latest collection of trinkets is a trio of gold-painted metallic Slimes — a standard Slime, a liquid metal Slime, and a King Slime. Planned for an October release, each range from four to 6....

Seth Green knows exactly what gamers want. He made the bestGrand Theft Mariomock-up to ever hit cable television. Apparently, this sketch was featured in last night’s episode ofRobot Chicken. So, unless you are obsessed with that show, this video should be brand new to you.If you don’t have a thing for unrealistic violence involving toys, then there is nothing to see here. Otherwise, sit back, relax, and enjoy this hilarious take on theGrand Theft AutoandSuper Mario Bros....

Rockstar is a pretty secretive bunch (no cameras beyond the steel doors that separate their offices from the outside, for instance), particularly when it comes to plot details, or the other subtle and hidden nuances we’ve come to expect from theGrand Theft Autotitles. After seeing and spending some time withGrand Theft Auto IV, we can understand why — as much as you already think you know, and as much as Rockstar have allowed us to tell you, there’s stuff about this game that is simply going to blow your mind....

Tonight might be a good night to stay in, bust open a few beers, get pretty drunk by 8 p.m. PST and then watch whatever the hell is going to happen during Playstation Home’s“Hamsters vs. Humans Dance-Off.”What is at stake? Just the very nature of our souls as they are represented in lifeless avatars in Home itself. Evidently the giant Hamsters want control of home and the way to go about doing that is to have a dance-off in the Central Plaza area of Home....

Man, it feels like forever since I played aJak and Daxtertitle. Of course,Jak X: Combat Racingisn’t really the same thing and I still don’t have a PSP to playDaxteron. So, that would put me as far back asJak 3and that was five years ago. High time, I’d say. Well, what do we have here? They appear to be screenshots ofJak and Daxter: The New Frontier.What a delightful surprise. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the game being shown at gamescom this week....

How did Koei Tecmogo about attachingsome breasts to a wall? This is the sort of question you should be asking yourself late at night. And conversely, the type of answer you should be seeking out in the privacy of your own home, preferably during the nighttime hours.Besides promotingNinja Gaiden Sigma 2with the aforementioned shenanigans, the company went on to promote the game withmore viral ads, some of which contained more gratuitous use of boobs, some of which didn’t....

Our lovely features editor Chad Concelmo said we needed more Hard Gay on Destructoid today and his handsome wish is my lowly command! What you’re looking at are some physically delectable specimens of manhood dressed up like Mario and Luigi becausewhy not!? You can check out the full photoshoot in the latest issue of Muto,right here. Be warned, of course, that there is someNSFWcontent in there. Gayness is literally the greatest thing God ever invented....

It’s been a good week so far for those of us who want better treatment of videogames, and the great news isn’t about to stop. Jack Thompson, the slightly more insane Joker to the videogame world’s Batman, has been ordered by the Florida Bar to undergo psychological testing, as well as eat a 91-day suspension of his law license. This is what one might call a mostseveredose of smackdown’s syndrome. In an email personally sent toGamePolitics....