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In a story that has left me with my jawliterallyhanging open, two parents have been apprehended by Chinese authorities after it transpired they sold their three children to fund their MMO habit. Li Lin and Li Juan sold their baby daughter for roughly $500, their first son for around $4600, and their second son for the same price. Li Lin’s mother contacted officials after she had found out what happened, and the couple was taken into custody....

Star Trek Onlinebegins several years after theUSSR Enterprise’spilot, Cyclops, leaves the ship to steer another called thePBS Program Reading Rainbow. During this blue period of theStar Trekuniverse, aliens begin getting in each others’ grills while vying for interstellar dominance and the ability to put their moon flags wherever. It is an interesting period, to say the least. But say the least, we won’t. The above is one of the first developer diaries forStar Trek Online....

Contrary to the title of this post, a health and wellness college course at the University of Houston utilizing the uber popularWii SportsandWii Fitto better motivate andentertain its studentsisn’t really so crazy that I needed to spell the word incorrectly. Yes sir, this is somethingthat’s been donetime and time again, but you know what? I have a soft spot for these things. Let’s face it, these classes can be painfully dull even for those who enjoy a solid workout, and sure, UH’s “Wii Performance” class will still retain typical lectures on health, nutrition, and the like....

Hello, Dtoiders — your sports editor has finally returned from hisvacationto the land of brown people andbrown food, and he’s quite sad. Assuming you’re compassionate, you might ask, “Why is that, Samit?” Well, I came home from India to find that (A) Joba Chamberlain may havesomething morethan just a “stiff” right shoulder, and (B) there weren’t very many entries in my inbox for theTop Spin 3-related contestthat we’re currently running....

The masses haven’t even playedDance Central yet and they’re already working on a sequel? I’ll be honest:Dance Centralkind of creeps me out. It’s too urban and…dance-y for my tastes. I’m more of a stand still kind of guy. I’m more of anotskinny jeans and beanie dancing in front of HDR’d construction equipment guy too. Our boy Nick Chester really digs it, but it’s not for me.  Still,Dance Centrallooks to be the most promising Kinect game of the launch titles, set to drop in a few days....

Dead Islandis getting a special pre-order edition, Deep Silver has announced today. Folks who pre-order the game (or likely buy the first batch to hit shelves) at GameStop will get the “Bloodbath Arena” DLC for free. Normally $10, this is a single and multiplayer survival challenge that takes place across four different arenas. Experience gained during this mode can be transferred over to the story campaign, and will also feature leaderboard support....

There are few remakes that gets the blood boiling quite like Capcom’s upcomingSuper Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. While the game is essentially a fancier version of the game we’ve all come to know and love, it happens to be a fancier version of arguably one of the best 2D fighters … ever. Not too long ago, Destructoid community memberBluewolf72hintedthat he wanted to see aSSFIITHDRrelated interview. I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but we pay attention around here; we have a crush on our community, so to speak....

Mortal Kombat IIturned me on to third-party peripherals. When I was a young lad, I couldn’t beat Shang Tsung. My memory is fuzzy, but I’m pretty sure that I rarely even progressed past the first round of our confrontations. Whenever Tsung would take my life, I would fly into a rage and toss my controller across the room. (One time I ripped the cartridge out of the machine without hitting ‘eject....

Good evening, Thunderkittens. I’m back again with a rad episode ofThe Destructoid Show. This one is full of important big-name stories that will cause endless fussing and cussing from our viewers. Right off the bat, I go over some of thelatest newsaboutThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Tara follows this excitement with some mysterious nonsense aboutAndroid telephones, which wasn’t interesting to me until she showed me a game in which you touch a lady’s bottom....

Yesterday,word got out of a boycottkickstarted byBattlefield 3fans who were furious over pre-order customers getting rewarded with extra multiplayer content that regular consumers wouldn’t be able to obtain. Hoping to stamp out this potential imbalance, over 3,000 gamers joined the cause. Developer DICE has responded to the issue, defending the decision to reward pre-orders with extra content while assuring fans that it won’t create a gross advantage online. “We believe in rewarding our core fanbase with special offers — such as giving them the Back to Karkand expansion pack at no extra charge....

England seems to have a problem. I’m not talking about dental hygiene (some of them have very lovely teeth!), nor am I referring to whatever it is they attempt to pass off as “food” and “cuisine” over there. This is something much more serious, and potentially deadly. Children can’t cross the street. Despite the best efforts of Britain’s finest, “tweenagers” are still running wildly into the road and throwing themselves into the paths of oncoming vehicles, and people are finally fed up....

The deputy head of a Nagoya technical collegehas been arrestedfor allegedly using a PSP and its camera peripheral to look up the skirt of a 19-year old woman. The dirty 59-year old administrator supposedly performed the wicked deed on the Nagoya Kintetsu train line. The alleged incident happened on the 27th, and the man has since been arrested under Japan’s anti-stalking laws. Just in case you were wondering, the above image is indeed an official reconstruction of the event — something that may be useful to any of you wishing to emulate this most sleazy crime....

Your day-to-day stress might be about how you’ll properly pass a difficult test, or how you’ll tackle your mountain of work before the boss kills you. My stress was over what version of Nintendogs + Cats would have the Welsh Corgi in it. Now, with the reveal of what dogs will be in what versions, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can get a 3DS andNintendogs + Catsand not worry that I’ll be stuck petting 3D versions of lame dogs, like stupid-ass Dalmations and fluff ball Yorkies....