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I sat down with Twisted Pixel’s Jay Stuckwisch at E3 and watched as he made a woman explode over and over again. It was hot. It was also really fun!Ms. Splosion Manis upping the insanity by giving us more worlds, crazy multiplayer features and shoes. So many pairs of shoes! It’s a bunch of fun and the game is as challenging as ever too. Luckily, our video editor, Bob Muir, didn’t include the footage of how I kept failing over in over in the one level I played....

I’m sure I’m not the only one who just didn’tget itwhen Nintendo announced Wii Music at E3 earlier this year. I mean, they were pretty excited about it — as Nintendo tend to be about all things Nintendo — but it just seemed so … simple. The gist, based on the live E3 demonstration and subsequent demos: you wave your arms around, it makes music. Well, OK then. But after seeing Nintendo’s presentation at Nintendo’s Media Summit last week, and once again getting my hands on the game, I think I’m starting toget it....

Microsoft wants you to know how “stellar” of a year it’s been for Xbox LIVE Arcade, and you better believe the company has some hefty figures to back up such a claim. Starting it off with none other than Achievements, Microsoft says gamers have earned upwards of 1.25 billion Gamerscore points and unlocked 100 million Achievements thanks in part to games likeDoritos: Dash of Destruction. Moving on to the quality of the games themselves, the highest rated XBLA titles onMetacriticfor the year includedBraid(93),Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2(90),Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix(89), andPortal: Still Alive(89)....

It is a common developer tactic to badmouth your last game as you prepare for the sequel, and Guerrilla Games is no exception. Claiming thatKillzone 3will be a more fluid experience, game director Mathijs de Jonge says things will stutter and irritate less thanKillzone 2. “[While] we were still tweaking and checking framerate, I checked this game back-to-back withKillzone 2and have to say that it plays so much more fluidly,” he tellsEdgemagazine....

Apparently, Jimmy Fallon is serious about this whole videogame thing. He is, as far as I know, the first late night host to feature multiple games-industry personalities. On last night’sLate Night with Jimmy Fallon, he demonstrated his dedication to games by inviting on Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda to demonstrate Project Natal. Much of what’s demonstrated is what we saw at the press conference, like the “Breakout with your body” demo. Fallon and company even get into the action, hopping right in and knocking balls around with relative ease....

If you’re still playing the originalLeft 4 Deadon your Xbox 360 — and believe me, some of us don’t blame you — then know this: the second DLC campaign pack, a two-chapter romp that takes place after the events of “No Mercy,” is available at a slightly lower price. Major Nelsonhas announcedthat“Crash Course”is indeed this week’s Deal of the Week. Its price, for Xbox LIVE Gold members, is now set at 320 Microsoft Points instead of the usual 560 MSP....

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7is coming out next month (November 11th), and to celebrate the almost-release, Warner Brothers Entertainment and TT Games have put out a new trailer. Its moreLEGOandHarry Potterso there shouldn’t be any surprises here. If you haven’t played any of theLEGOgames, I suggest you do so, and ifBatman, Indiana JonesorStar Warsisn’t your thing, maybe you should tryHarry Potter. Its wizards and comedy, which can’t be a bad thing....

[Tune in toSaturday Morning Hangoverevery Saturday at 10am Pacific for the latest Xbox Live Indie Games, co-op play and assorted hijinks. Hosted byConrad Zimmerman,Jordan Devoreand the lovelyKatrina. We have a couch! Come join us live onDestructoid’s Twitch.tv channel!] We’re half-awake on a Saturday morning to bring you the very best entertainment two guys on a couch playing videogames can, just like every week. I’ll be tormenting Jordan withCuldcept Sagafor as long as he can stomach it, followed by something he might actually enjoy inRenegade Ops....

The other day, Square Enix announcedLord of Arcana, a new PSP RPG that seemed to be taking a page fromMonster Hunter‘s playbook. A new gameplay trailer has surfaced that confirms the Capcom-flavored influence, as a dude with a big sword beats on a dragon, presumably for morally justified reasons. I haven’t touched my PSP in ten billion years, so it’s always good to learn of a new game in the works....

It’s been almost a year since Xbox 360 owners first had their chances to get chilly with Capcom’sLost Planet. The game received decent reviews and community feedback, although we only gave it alukewarm reception. Still, that was enough to warrant a subsequent PC release, and a slew of updates and downloadable content. Now Japanese PlayStation 3 owners will get a chance to strap into a Vital Suit, when the game lands on store shelves on July 31, 2025....

Doug Lowenstein is a good guy. If you owned a house, he’d come over on weekends and help you put up drywall, and if your girlfriend was cheating on you, it wouldnotbe with Doug. No, Doug is a man’s man, and a gamer’s gamer. He has a long history of advocating for our favorite hobby, but it seems that this one-time founder of the ESAis stepping down from his postto head up a trade group in an industry that doesn’t involve digital breasts or monkeys named Donkey....

You already know thatActivision bailed on the ESAand is now not attending E3. LucasArts also passed on renewing their ESA membership, butsaid earlierthat they would still be attending E3 this year. Now they’ve changed their minds. LucasArts says that there is “too much noise surrounding” the show, according to company spokesperson Margaret Grohne. What? Maybe they will be going to Activision’s non-E3 event in Los Angeles next month. We know they have plenty to show off, includingFracture,The Force Unleashed, and the Wii-exclusiveStar Wars: The Clone Wars....

Jonathan Holmesandmyselfare fascinated bySenran Kagura,the boobie ninja schoolgirl action title for the 3DS. Despite producer Kenichiro Takaki’sclaimsthat the game’s content has worldwide appeal, its intentionally high levels of titillation and overall Japanese-ness may lead you to believe that it has no chance of seeing a Western release. In a two-part Siliconerainterviewwith Toshinori Aoki and Daniel Kurtz, Marvelous Entertainment’s Executive Managing Director of Digital Contents and Business Development Coordinator respectively, the duo chats about the company’s plans for future games hardware as well as the handling of key IPs....