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Nintendo announced the Nintendo 3DS late last night. It’s going to offer 3D gaming without the need for 3D glasses. What do you all make of Nintendo’s next handheld? Our PAX East plans are up, DtoidAustralia checked out the Mana Bar in Australia,The Witcher 2was announced, Chuck E. Cheese is still in business, the 250 GB 360 HDD will be a standalone and more happened on 03/23/10. Destructoid Originals:Podtoid 143: anal tax bracketNintendo DSi XL arrives with smallest press release everDoom II Xbox LIVE Arcade ‘still in the cards’How to survive the motion control apocalypseDestructoid’s communty meetup plans for PAX East!...

Previously, on The Destructoid Comic: The mastermind behind all the chaos is revealed to be none other than Tom Jackson! Ashley Burch is unwittingly controlling the Destructor-toid! The streets are filled with robotic consoles! The subways are filled with zombies! CTZ, Jim, RetroForceGO! and the Failcast crew are trapped in a broom closet! Papa Burch demands Metal Gear! The forums are that way! Also, cocks … This ideas for these pages came from two comments; The Incredible Edible Egg and Tronjoy....

START//SELECT visits BigJamfromDaniel Oliveira CarneiroonVimeo. This video gives you some insight into how the BigJam that took place in St. Oberholz, Berlin, went along. Here, the programmers gathered in a café in order to create a game, from scratch, in only four days. The video, produced by our very own Daniel Carneiro for his digital/print magazine calledSTART//SELECT, gives you a great impression of what challenges these designers were facing. Now you know what Daniel Carneiro is doing when he isn’tinterviewing Gabe Newell…...

Nintendo’snewly announced DS revision, the DSi will have more RAM than its predecessors. The revelation of the upgrade has been brought about by an unusual source. In an interview withTechTree, Opera CEO Jon von Tezchner said that his browser would utilize the newly acquired RAM more efficiently. From the interview: Yes, the DSi has more RAM than the DS Lite. In addition, with integrated Opera coming with the DSi, it will use RAM more efficiently....

This is a really emotional quiz for me. I grew up on the oldSierra “Quest” gamesand pinpoint them as themainreasons I love videogames today. Sadly, I debated whether or not to even do a quiz on the originalKing’s Questin the fear that a lot of people haven’t played it (I like to pretend that this is everyone’s favorite game). Now is the time to prove me wrong. Come out of the woodwork, old school adventure fans!...

Next Monday,Mega Man 9will be graced with the last of its currently announced DLC. For those who thought the game was too easy, two new difficulty levels will be made available for 100 Wii points each. Perhaps more enticing is the Special Stage that will go on sale for the same price. This all new stage will not only be “special”, but according to a new interview with the games producer Hironobu Takeshita, the stage will have it’s own boss as well....

[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.] In my last post,I told you about how my time playingDragon Quest IXquickly restored my faith in JRPGs....

The Destructoid E3 team is all here. This week is going to be absolutely crazing as there are a ton of games to play, tons of delicious booth babes to drink, lots of sexy beers to look at and all sorts of other crazyness. Stay tuned to Destructoid all week for up to the minute news from E3 2009. The PSP GO! was accidentally leaked early, Destructoid discussed the new PSP GO!...

[This Week in the Community is your weekly look at some of the best Community related work that has come from the Community Blogs and Forums.] This week’s gaming setup of awesome belongs to SirDregan. Videogames are spread all over the walls and there’s even this awesome Destructoid octopus thingy all up on SirDregan’s wall. So rad! Check out SirDregan’s Community Blog for morepictures of his setup. A bunch of Dtoid City Groups have some things planned, Puppy Licks is traveling the world still, Gobun has on a big Forum Adventure, Steamtoid hits over 1500 members, Dale North sucks and more awesome happened in the community over the last couple of weeks....

THQ is claiming thatUFC: Undisputed 2010has confirmed its suspicions about the used game market. Using the amount of sales of online passes as evidence, the publisher has reached the no-brainer conclusion that secondhand games are popular. “What we saw when we did the online charge for the second purchaser ofUFCwas we found a pretty good attach rate – it confirmed our suspicion that there are a lot of people participating in used games,” says CEO Brian Farrell....

Ubisoft has confirmed thatTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelledwill soon be de-listed and abolished from Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network in North America. The yanking is due to an expiring license, and it’ll occur on June 30. The game was largely considered an awful take on a classic game, so I doubt many tears will be shed. Just goes to show, however, that one can’t rely on digital content forever....

[Introducing our newest contributor, Dr. Boa. A videogame industry veteran who’s spent years working his knuckles to the bone to bring you some of the games you love, Dr. Boa hopes to bring his own perspective to the masses, and maybe pick up some chicks along the way … or some pretty dudes. He ain’t picky.] I figure ’tis the season for holiday cheer, and quite frankly there’s quite a lot to be thankful for these days as a gamer....

While PC gamers have grown impatient forDiablo III, Runic Games filled the hole perfectly withTorchlight. The focus on loot gathering and the appealing visual style ensured that the title became a cult success. Successful enough, in fact, to justify a sequel! Torchlight IIhas officially been announced, with a release window of Spring 2011. The biggest new feature is online co-op, which should provide a much welcome slice of variety to the game....