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[Backlogis the ongoing quest to ridConrad Zimmerman’scollection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live onDestructoid’s Twitch.tv channelevery weeknight at 8pm Pacific] The digging team of Mega Man and Roll have moved on to Nino Island where pirates have been attacking and horrible, squawking bird pirates at that. Just as we ended things for the evening, I had successfully defended the settlement from their flapping onslaught....

Now that I’ve stopped mucking about and just consult an FAQ whenever I get the slightest bit annoyed at not knowing where to go next,Majin and the Forsaken Kingdomhas been moving swimmingly. And with warp rooms opening up to jump halfway across the map, why, we’ll tear through this thing in no time. Good thing, too. The slow pacing of things is starting to make me pretty drowsy after about forty-five minutes of play....

Not much time. Running late. Backlog is currently streaming TimeShift for your enjoyment. It’s a really good time and I hope you’ll come and hang out with us while we play it. I’m actually on the air as I type this and, well, yeah. Rough days are rough. Come and help me figure it all out as I play moreTimeShiftlive for your enjoyment on Backlog. Hop on over and join in on the fun with the folks in chat right now onDestructoid’s Justin....

[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!] This week on Saturday Morning Hangover, we’re taking it down a notch and pumping out the smooth jams. Kick back, relax and join Jordan Devore, the lovely Katrina and myself for a morning of senseless acts of cruelty as we play the week’s Xbox Live Indie Games demos....

The Xbox 360 gets some kind of new content all the time. I’m in this to play games, so I don’t really pay much mind to any of the features that are added. I know that’s just me, but I don’t do Facebook, Twitter, or movies or anything like that on my consoles. Just games. The newest rumored addition is something I can assure you I’d never ever use. Sports fans, would you get down with this?...

Women?Who needs themwhen you can have some lustful hulking chunks of man-meat to lay your hands on. Rubbing their muscled fibers and feeling the warmth of their skin through the tips of your fingers, as you slowly change from caressing their hard yet strangely soft chest, to playfully moving your hands ever downwards. Biting your lip, you shiver slightly as you look into the cold eyes of a killer, searching for traces of that innocence lost....

FictionalLeft 4 Dead 2southern rock band theMidnight Ridersmay be headed toRock Band… which, without question, is totally awesome. Two of the band’s tracks, “Midnight Ride” and “One Bad Man,” are currently in the playtest phase on Rock Band Network. The tracks, supposedly taken from the greatest hits record,High Heels & Brushed Steel, were also featured inLeft 4 Dead 2. While a song being authored and playtested doesn’t guarantee it’ll make its way to the public, it’s likely the songs will see the light of day....

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones.This week we have a bunch of medium and hard teasers, but with such an easy theme that it shouldn’t make any difference. Don’t be afraid to shout out ideas and work together as a team to solve them all....

Ron Gilbert, the creator of theMonkeyIslandseries, has officially joined new developerHothead Gamesas itsCreativeDirector. Honestly, if there is any human being on Earth you want to assign as yourCreativeDirector, it is Ron Gilbert. You win, Hothead Games. You win. Hothead is also going to publish Gilbert’s much anticipatedDeathSpank, which the lauded game designer describes as “MonkeyIslandmeetsDiablo.” And what I describe as “the greatest combination since the dolphin/Nomi Malonehybrid of ’03!” DeathSpankis an episodic RPG that follows the adventures of unlikely hero DeathSpank as he … well … that is all that is known of the title so far....

Tecmo hasannouncedthat it will be releasing three new modes forNinja Gaiden Sigma, all available for download from the PlayStation Network over the next three months. Each mode will cost players $2.99. The first mode, “Weapon Master,” will be available on August 30, and will let players select a single weapon and face off against hordes of enemies. The second, “Speed Master,” will have players facing off against enemies with a limited supply of health and time, and will be available in mid-September....

Oh you know we just love robots around here. The latestSecret Agent Clanktrailer for the PSP just proves how badass robots really are. No release date still, but it looks to be coming along really nicely.It’s not often that a PSP game gets me excited. What do you all think aboutSecret Agent Clank?[Side note: Yes, I said adorable. It is adorable! SHUT UP! STOP MAKING FUN OF ME! I’M TELLING NIERO!...

So GameTrailers TV made its 2009 debut on Spike TV last night, with exclusive for a few games, as you’d expect. Among them the was the above trailer for Activision’sX-Men Origins: Wolverinegame, set to coincide with the May release of the film. Unfortunately, the entire trailer is cinematics from the game — Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine soaks in a tank, and gets into an altercation and messes s**t up. It looks great, it’s well-paced, and my soft-spot for the Wolverine character has me jazzed… about the movie....

This wholeHalo 3/Madeleine McCannthing is absolutely retarded. After Bungie was accused by certain morons of referencing Madeleine in its latest teaser trailer for aHalo 3extension, the story has finallybegun surfacingin the British, McCann-obsessed press. The News of the Worldhas picked up the story, with a headline that reads: “Haloteam under fire for Maddie ad.” While the article itself doesn’t go so far as to demonize Bungie for the incident — although the the online story’s page title goes far enough to call the teaser a “Maddie McCann” reference — the last line of the story really got on my nerves....