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I never wanted to be the rootinest, tootinest cowboy while growing up. I never wanted to be in the old West, and I never wanted to be involved at all with a hot dusty dry miserable people doing hot dusty dry miserable things. Excuse me if I find 19th century American Imperialism, the destruction of native peoples, and the mass disregards for environmental and socio-political needs of the masses to be crass and callow, a cultural celebration of American moral degradation....

Every day this week, we here at Destructoid are revealing one of the five nominees for Game of the Year 2009, with the winner being announced next Monday (12/21). What game will take the crown this year? Come and knock on our door! We’ve been waiting for you! Where the kisses arehersandhersand his, it’s time for the third Destructoid nominee! Okay, fine, that classic ditty doesn’t work as well with new lyrics, but you may’t punish a guy for trying to shoehorn in aThree’s Companyreference, can you?...

Here’s a little tease for Maxis Studios’ recently announcedDarkspore. It’s a rendered cinematic showing the process used by the Crogenitors to create one of their Living Weapons. It doesn’t actually tell you anything about the game whatsoever. This is nothing more than a bunch of lab equipment, a menacing fluid injection and a big, nasty dude being made nastier with spiky bits. I guess one might be able to infer, this beingSporeand all, that you’ll be able to similarly attach shiny bits of metal to make them more intimidating....

Reader JQM78 sent me an email recently showing off his fancy Destructoid skinned 3DS! He used an internet skin supplier site to make this happen, thus making his 3DS a billion times cooler. Awesome! Podtoid starts again tomorrow, Dr. Wily tried to save the world, Mr. Destructoid Bobbleheads are on sale again, Darren reviewedYs I & II Chronicles, Tara checked outUFC Personal Trainer, Sony loses even more credit card numbers and more happened on 5/2/11....

Oh, you know. Just another day at Destructoid. Keep calm and Dtoid on. Join Mash Tactics for theConduit 2release party, Jim ran through theGears of War 3beta,Portal 2is like out now or something, Move has shipped 8 million units and more happened on 4/15/11. Destructoid Originals:Video: Kung Fu Factory gets bloody with Supremacy MMAFriday Night Fights: Nintendo rumors editionAdventure Time has ruined Gears of War 3Live Show: The end of the MadWorld on BacklogConduit 2 – 24 hour release party live on Mash TacticsLive show: Mash Tactics community picksTomorrow on Hangover, we get Jordan CRUNKOctocock...

Today, we gave you our list of the most anticipated games of 2009 for the PSP and DS.Prinny, Mario & Luigi 3andHenry Hatsworthare all going to be so good when they come out later this year. Anthony isn’t scared of anything, Brad N. checks out the latestFable IIexpansion, Dr. McNinja has a brand newMariothemed shirt, Chris Redfield goes on a date, and plenty more happened on 01/15/09. Destructoid Originals:The most anticipated PSP games of 2009RetroforceGO!...

For those of you who don’t know, Carlos Ferro is a voice-actor who’s worked in a bunch of huge games, such asGears of War(Dominic Santiago) Assassin’s Creed II (Leonardo da Vinci) to name a couple. Carlos is also THE MAN. Happy birthday, Carlos! Tomatoes are tasty, Destin reviewedGladiator Begins, Hollie finds out 2, Ben checked outDead Space 2’smultiplayer, Mario turned 25, check out Ashley Davis’s panel from PAX Prime and more happened on 09/13/10....

Doesn’t the name “The Flying Hamster” sound like a cute-’em-up that a Paris-based studio would create for the PlayStation Portable? I thought so too. Independent developer The Game Atelier hopes to bring its brand of cutesy hamster mischief to the masses as a digital download this year. If there’s one thing I know an awful lot about, it’s definitely not shmups. Disguise the genre with adorable critters and turn down the difficulty, and now we’re going at a more comfortable speed....

Nintendo has just announced thatThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3Dwill be given a release date of June 19 in the United States. One of the 3DS’ most anticipated titles,Ocarina 3Dis essentially a remake of the N64 classic, featuring updated visuals, and several gameplay enhancements thanks to the touch screen. It will also feature theMaster Questversion of the game, which is kind of awesome. So there ya go, release date at last....

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publishopinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that 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 on ourcommunity blogs.] Discussions of faith always seem to make people uncomfortable, as most participants in such discussions are involuntarily thrust into the situation....

The power of art is powerful, as demonstrated by the powerfulness of Virgilio Armarndio. Such a powerful man. Each of his breasts are filled with powerful acid milk juices. It’s yummy. Take a look at the top ten asses of videogames, Master Chief is the best ever, RedOctane shuts down,Super Mario Galaxywas predicted 16 years ago,Halo: Reachlooks awesome and more happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:The Videogame Show What I’ve Done: Art GamesWhat NMH 2: Desperate Struggle really means, part 2Best of the Network this weekThis week in the Community: Ice cream reviews!...

As seen on Weekend Destructainment: Porn Stars playingDungeons & Dragons. [ViaThe Escapist] What classic IP should Sega resurrect next, SWE3tMadness wrote one of the best Community Blogs so far this year,Final Fantasy XIIIsells over 1 million,Killzone 3is confirmed, one of the original Left 4 Dead survivors will die in the next DLC and more happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:Games of the week for 03/21/10: No Hot Chip editionNot-Review: Metro 2033Why Ekans is the best PokemonDestructoid Top Ten: Nominate the top ten NES games EVAR!...

Here’s a curious one. Last week I posted (rather controversially) a story about church ministers usingHaloto lure children like Gary Glitter into the waiting arms of Baby Jesus. I do believe it was asked by one of our readers exactly what game-obsessed Jack Thompson would make of such a situation — would this Christian man condemn these recruitment tactics, or would he spin it to somehow slam videogames while giving God a thumbs-up?...