What happens when two of the biggest egos in games media lock horns in a head-on debate overGrand Theft Auto? Two of the most outspoken men in the games violence hysteria will draw their lines and discuss the mother of all interactive hot potatoes —Grand Theft Auto IV. This week’s episode is, as you guessed, all about theGrand Theft Autoseries and its controversial history. The usual crew of myself (Jim Sterling),WardroxandAtheistiumwill be joined by community memberInsomniato share the years of Hari Krishna roadkill and prostitute savagery that we have come to know and love....

[Editor’s note: Conrad Zimmerman talks aboutHunt the Wumpusfor his piece to this month’sMonthly Musing. Conrad also gives a link to the game at the end of his tale should you want to hunt the Wumpus. — CTZ] Oh so long ago, I lived in a townhouse in a not-so-great part of a small industrial city. It was set up as two apartments in the house proper with a third situated over an unattached garage....

Jonathan Holmes attended his localRhythm Heavenmall event to see what it was all about. One thing that made me sad when reading his event coverage was that everyone kept referring toRhythm Heavenas “The Beyonce Game.” At least Nintendo was promoting the game. Also, all of the pictures in the post were taken with the DSi. The quality of that camera really isn’t that bad! Jim tells us whyDynasty Warriorsis the greatest videogame series ever, we reviewedNinja Blade,1 vs 100is free for Gold members and plenty more happened over the weekend....

The latest trailer for Rockstar’sRed Dead Redemptionfeatures over three minutes of gameplay, set to the sounds of a calm, educational-video-style voice over. Really, it’s more like something you’d hear through headphones during a museum tour than a standard game trailer, but don’t let that fool you —Red Dead Redemptionlooks bad ass. Widely considered “Grand Theft Autowith cowboys,” it looks likeRed Dead Redemptionwill offer a bit more depth than expected. Particularly the impact certain deeds will have on fame and honor, and how clothing choices will affect how people view you, sounds more like Lionhead’sFablethan Rockstar’s city sandbox titles....

[Editor’s note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now onour community blogs.] Can I ask you a personal question? Are you tired of games treating you like you’re still twelve years old?...

By now you’ve heard about the multiplayer forBrütal Legend, as well as the yet-unseen4v4 mode. But, as we all know, Tim Schafer is a man of many hats, and one of the hats he wore was writer for the originalThe Secret of Monkey Island. It’s been a long time since he was cracking Guybrush Threepwood jokes, but Schafer was more than willing to discuss seeing his original masterwork be re-released....

My Health Coach: The Easyway to Stop Smokingis exactly what it sounds like. It’s a game for the Nintendo DS meant to help smokers quit smoking. Ubisoft worked with Allen Carr who world renowned guru that has help millions quit smoking with his methods. There will be 15 games on this, um, game that will help smokers lose the illusion that they need nicotine. The game will be out this November....

Far Cry 2‘s showing at this year’s E3 throroughly impressed me, but sadly, I knew that my PC would not be able to run the game at its full graphical capacity. With Ubisoft’s announcement of the PC specs forFar Cry 2today, it looks like my assumption was correct. Here are the minimum requirements, followed by the max: CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or betterVideo card: NVIDIA 6800 or ATI X1650 or better, Shader Model 3 required, 256 Mb of graphic memoryMemory: 1 GBMedia reader: DVD-ROM...

It’s always strange to see a Nintendo system bundled with anything other than a first-party title, but that’s exactly what UK gamers can expect for later this year in a 3DS bundle.MCVsays that a retailer revealed a bundle that will contain a 3DS, Splinter Cell 3D and upcoming game Driver Renegade. We know that the bundle will come in both blue and black, and will be released on October 1st, but there’s no word on pricing yet....

Valve continues to fiddle with and tweakLeft 4 Dead 2. The studio releasedanother patchfor the game just the other day, addressing a nasty launch bug and that troublesome invincible witch glitch. As explained byJoystiq, the witch glitch in particular sometimes occurs when she’s showered in fire from a Molotov. After the hit, she’ll run around in circles, moaning (doing her witch thing) while being impervious to both bullets and bile. Amazingly enough, she’s tame: she doesn’t attempt to harm you when she’s bugged....

It’s a big month coming up for hack n’ slash fans, as March sees the release of bothDynasty Warriors 7andWarriors: Legends of Troy. We have some new screens for the latter, which will be the first truly brutalWarriorsgame ever made. The new assets show off the Ajax, a name that should be familiar to those with even a passing knowledge of the Trojan War (or at least a good memory of Eddie Izzard’s material)....

Earlier in the week, hackers unlocked Bass and a bunch of other DLC fromMega Man 10. I’d show you what they found, but that would make Capcom sad. Instead, I’ll show you this official video from Capcom Japan. It shows off Bass, one of the game’s first bits of DLC, set to hitWii consoles on April 5th. If you dropped out the Mega Man scene after the NES era, you may not be familiar with Bass (pronounced ‘base’)....

Street Fighter tournement, crowd goes nuts.Well, one of the videos makes me wish I was Spider-Man. The rest will either make you want to make a game based school play, beat games as fast as possible, or make you wonder what would really happen if you drank 16 gallons of Mr. Pibb and played Mario at the same time.King of Fighters real-lifeorizedAtari Vanguard CommercialGTA:SA 100 cars EXPLOSIONHalo – The Slilent Cartographer – Speed RunSpeed Run of Morrowind – Beaten in 7....