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Midway just tossed us a bunch of screens and art for their upcoming titleThis is Vegas, which is slated for release next year on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.This is Vegasis a gambling game with a twist. It actually possesses a story and has several different dynamics aside from just staring at a slot machine. The game is slightly bent to boot.This is Vegasrevolves around making Las Vegas an evil, sin-filled place again after a businessman turns the city into a G-rated hospice for vacationers and thrill seekers....

Destructoid’sJustin.tv channelis committed to bringing lots of great gaming-related entertainment even during the weekends. From playing games on the stream, to discussing them in a talk show format, we bring a wide range of entertainment with that unique Dtoid flavor. Happy Independence Day weekend! Unless you are not American, odds are you will be spending the weekend getting ready for a wonderful Fourth of July. In between going to the store to buy the burgers and fireworks, make sure to tune into some of our programming as laid out below!...

Nintendo continues its “we’re not releasing three games a week anymore” streak once again, and I’m beginning to become quite comfortable with it. It’s starting to make me feel kind of dirty … The decentKirby 64: The Crystal Shards(Nintendo 64, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)is available today, and I wish I had more to say about it. It’s a pretty decent title — not one of the bestKirbyefforts — but it does contain a number of 4 player mini-games, so it should be right at home on the Wii....

Here are some newFallout 3screens. OK, let me back up for a second and saywe thinkthese are newFallout 3screens. That last few times Bethesda Softworks has sent some screens our way, a few of you have yelled “OLD!” in our general direction. In any case, here they are, and not much has changed — we’d still step on your grandma to get our hands on this game. What more is there to say really?...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallenthe videogame is getting some awesome DLC that I wouldn’t mind paying for. Mind you, I’m still waiting for the game to hit bargain bins before actually picking the game up. Anyway, if you hate how the Transformers look like now, you won’t have to put up with it any longer. A DLC pack is coming where you’ll be able to play as Generation One versions of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream and Sunstorm....

This may be the “Northern California liberal hippie” talking in me, but sometimes I really question whether the energy I use to play videogames is worth the entertainment. I mean, you don’t have to have gone to the same high school as Jerry Garcia, in a town run by the Green Party, followed by living in Berkeley (like I have) to realize that your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii eat up a lot of energy while in use....

Pretty much everything we’ve seen ofGolden Axe: Beast Riderhas had returning character Tyris Flare riding atop the back of some creature or another. Now, we’re getting a trailer devoted entirely to on-foot gameplay and it’s put me a little more at ease. The beasts just don’t appeal to me all that much. My complaint with this trailer is in how Tyris looks. Is it just me, or does she appear to be the sort of woman you’d find outside of a bus station trying to score some black tar heroin?...

UberBoat 2, the sequel to a Flash game fittingly namedUberBoat(which was itself an rework of the 1977 arcade gameDepthcharge), is a diversion where you blow up submarines with a boat. This is a trailer for that game. I likeUberBoatquite a bit, though there isn’t a whole lot that distinguishes it from any number of other flash games like it. Developer RetroEpic looks like they’re putting a fair bit of effort into this sequel and it’s a far cry visually from the sprites in the last go around....

In Monday’sWall Street Journal, Ethan Smith covered the popularity ofGuitar Heroamongst band members and musicians. It appears as though whether you’re Korn’s John Davis or Nex and his fabulous hair, we all love to rock out toGuitar Hero, frequently looking like idiots and sometimes pissing off our neighbors by playing too loudly.The article talks about John Davis and Korn, along with Rascal Flatts, My Chemical Romance, Incubus, The Donnas, The Day’s Grace, and more who playGuitar Hero....

Bored? How much? Enough to watchSonic the Hedgehogcartoons? Allow me (and Hulu) to be your salvation. This weekend, the entire first season ofSonic X, hailed by many as one of the worst series based on the blue speed demon ever to be televised. Of course, that’s in no small part due to the horrible localization that American audiences experienced. In bringing it over to the States, 4Kids took out all of the alcohol use, cursing and romantic themes that had originally been present in the series in order to protect all our innocent chilluns....

As far as anyone knows, this is the first time a high score of 999,999 inTetrishas ever been recorded. I’ve never gotten over 300,000 let alone last a half hour playing the game. Have a video you think I should feature on Weekend Destructainment? Then send me an email! cybernetictigerz @ gmail.comRussell Crowe – Episode #1Thanks to Chris for sending this video in (actually, Niero forwarded this to me 2 weeks ago but I forgot about it)....

Some of the cast members play a game ofRock Bandtogether when it reminds them of the movie they just worked on together,Walk Hard. The fun quickly dissolves though as things sort of become racist … andMortal Kombatmusic plays too. Spotted onThe BBPS. After the break, the Destructainment begins withElite Beat Agentscosplayers doing a dance routine. Then it’s Random Robot Intermission on a robot controlled by the Wiimote. Next up, a little Machinima onHalo 3’sachievements....

The other day, after purchasingLEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, I sent out atweetconfessing I actually own every single one of the LEGO games. All of them. While this revelation was shocking on its own, what surprised me even more was the mountainous amount of support and replies to my embarrassing Twitter confession. Not only did most people admit to loving all the harmless and fun LEGO games, they started throwing out suggestions for what LEGO-themed games they would love to see next!...