It certainly would not be a Penny Arcade Expo without The Behemoth, and PAX East is no exception. We’ve just been given thejuicydetails on what the studio’s setup will entail. I had to shove a few kids and old ladies out of the way to get the info, but I think it was worth it. Booth #550 is set to have a new playable build ofBattleBlock Theaterthat contains Story mode levels and co-op on two separate two-person arcade cabinets....

We’re pleased to announce that our very own Mr. Destructoid is appearing in the upcoming iPhone game,The Blocks Cometh, developed by Halfbot. That robot gets around, doesn’t he? Halfbot included the character asthanks for our supportwhen the game was stolen by EdisonGame and sold on iTunes without the original developer’s permission. Thanks to a joint effort by Destructoid and Reddit, Apple finally pulled the stolen game, allowing Halfbot to develop and publish an authentic version....

GameStop learned a great way to make a lot of people upset today. All they had to do was tear open PC copies ofDeus Ex: Human Revolution, remove OnLive codes, and then sell the games as new. They make it seem so easy. We’ve got a new episode of Podtoid, crazy drawings of plants and zombies, previews ofJagged Alliance,Skydrift,Sine Mora,Black Knight Sword, and more on 08/24/11. Destructoid Original: The gamescom 2011 Community Choice Award Live show: Win Street Fighter 3rd Strike on Mash TacticsLive show: Backlog hits the Silent Hill undergroundPodtoid 164: Katy Perry Is My KryptoniteThe DTOID Show: Street Fighter, Aliens, & Violent Boggle...

My month-long countdown to the May 23rd release ofSuper Mario Galaxy 2continues with another Mario-themed feature! Hooray! Welcome to the second edition of The Gamer’s Red Carpet, the feature that critiques and grades the fashion choices of popular videogame characters! Premiering this featurea couple months ago with theFinal Fantasyserieswas an easy choice, as theFinal Fantasygames are known for having characters in absolutely ridiculous, over-the-top costumes. Continuing now with the Mario series, however, was a little more difficult....

In case you haven’t heard ofNeptunealready, here’s a quick rundown: It’s a PS3 roleplaying game from Compile Heart in which transforming girls represent real-life videogame consoles in anoh-so-slyparody of the videogame industry. I’m sure it’s clever and satirical and all that, but none of it matters right now because there are drawings of girls doing implied lesbian things. These images come from a set of telephone cards that are being given away as preorder bonuses in Japan....

E3 really does a number on the body as I slept for exactly 12 hours last night. I do miss the fact that my body seems to transform at events as I only have the need to eat like once a day. Plus, I only pooped about three times all of last week. I’m really going to miss that most of all. Valve has totally sold out, E3 is like High School, some more impressions from E3 dropped over the weekend, we found out what got the most buzz at E3 and plenty more happened over the weekend....

Destructoid just keeps on giving and giving and giving! Seriously. Are there any other gaming Web sites that give away as much as we do? In ourIL-2 Sturmovikcontest, we asked you all to Photoshop some planes fromIL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Preyinto some kind of funny image. Plenty of you entered but only five can win: Congratulations to all the winners. You’ll be receivingIL-2 Sturmovikand a code which gets you two exclusive in-game planes....

The folks at Penny Arcade revealed thefloor map for PAX East 2011and you may expect a ton of games to be at the show. You have your regulars like Electronic Arts, Valve, 2K Games, Harmonix, Xbox, Ubisoft and plenty more all with games to show off. Off the top of my head, I know Twisted Pixel will haveThe GunstringerandMs. SplosionMan. 2Kwill haveDuke Nukem Forever. And The Behemoth will have Dan Paladin signing everyone’s nipples all day long (hopefully....

As some of you may know,I won a little contestthat sent me to PAX East. It was a very enjoyable weekend and besides the tons of fun I had with my fellow Dtoiders checking out upcoming releases, getting a bunch of swag, and just having a blast causing mayhem, I had an obligation to previewTwo Worlds IIfor Destructoid. I know a lot of you must be thinking “But Funk! Why would you want to do such a thing when the first was so terrible?...

Ubisoft sent me a heads-up on this job this morning. As you may know, they’re working on anAssassin’s Creedencyclopedia. That’s a huge undertaking and they’re needing some help. This is a real gig that many of you could be a good candidate for. The job requirements are simple: You need to know about theAssassin’s Creeduniverse, be organized, and have sharp English skills. They say they’d love for you to be in the Montreal area, but that’s not required, and that they’re open to remote work....

I’m going to divulge a little secret: I’ve never been the least bit interested inHome. I’ve grasped the fact from the beginning that Sony may present some cool new innovations within it, but it just doesn’t look like my cup of tea. In arecent reportfrom UK magazine Play, they express a little bit of what I have already quietly thought to myself:Homelooks a bit boring. Having had their hands on the beta for a while now, Play gives their feedback on Sony’s version ofSecond Life(no wonder I feel less than enthused)....

One major rule of PS3 exclusive games is that developers will lie about them and claim they couldn’t work on the Xbox 360, even though they blatantly could with a bit of development skill. Cue Naughty Dog president Christophe Balestra,who is claimingthatUncharted 2couldn’t appear on the Xbox 360 even if Sonywasn’tpublishing it, because Microsoft’s console couldn’t handle all the science. “I guarantee that this game couldn’t be working on XBox 360....

IfHalo 3received heavy praise for but one addition, it was Forge. If it received praise fortwoadditions, it was Forge and the ability to record and save videos of your multiplayer matches. Among those impressed with the latter feature was Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki, who isgoing to include a similar ideain the upcomingNinja Gaiden 2. The game, set for release in June, is dubbing the feature “Ninja Cinema” and will use it in a similar manner toHalo 3‘s theater....