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If there’s one thing I love, it’s a preachy message about healing Mother Earth thinly disguised as childrens’ entertainment. FromFern GullytoCaptain Planet, those eco-friendly lefties have implanted their communist propaganda into us from birth, and that trend is set to continue withEco Creatures: Save the Foreston Nintendo DS. Placing you in the role of a bipedal sentient pineapple, the aim ofEco Creaturesis to lead a horde of violent squirrels and beavers into battle against evil tar pits....

Fitting right in line with content like Hamza’sNerdcore #8is this news about Vivendi Games promotional partnership with fast food chain Wendy’s. If you don’t mind loading up your kids withfat(610 calories and 21 grams of fat for a cheeseburger Kids’ Meal), you’re able to score aSypro the Dragontoy if you visit Wendy’s within the next three or so weeks. “After millions and millions of video games sold, it’s great to be able to extend the brand by offering fun toys and games to Wendy’s customers,” said Vivendi label Sierra Entertainment’s global marketing VP Al Simone....

In case you missed it last night, here’s the ever-so-coolBill Gatesspeaking with The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart about themagical magicnessofWindows Vista. Quick poll: Who was funnier? Bill Gates or Jon Stewart? Oooh, I can’t wait to see the results.

For those “gearing” up for tomorrow night’s Cliff Bleszinskigame reveal onLate Night with Jimmy Fallon, I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news — it’s not happening. Fallonproducer Gavin Purcell has confirmedvia Twitterthat Bleszinski appearance on the show has been shifted to Monday due to scheduling conflicts. Looking at the updated Fallonschedulereveals that in Bleszinski’s place teenage singing sensation Justin Bieber is to appear. And if you didn’t like Bieber before…...

Ladies and gentlemen, my life is hard. I’ve been shuffling back and forth from my home in the Central Valley to the Bay Area nearly every day this past month. It’s not easy doing what I do, and some days, I feel like I’m just going to break down. But I keep doing it. Not for the fame, not for the free swag, not even for the whores. No — I do it for you, Destructoid community....

With only two weeks away from E3, we’re holding our breath in anticipation of the flood of Project Natal information we should be hearing. What games will support it? Will they cater to core gamers or skew towards the casual? Microsoft has been quiet on the topic, and has issued a gag order on most third-party publishers prior to E3. But Crave has let the cat out of the bag, revealing that its upcomingBrunswick Pro Bowlingfor Xbox 360 will support Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera technology....

As well as terminating dedicated servers,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2also stopped people from modding the game, a move that was supposed to stop cheating. The move angered perpetually miserable PC gamers for being both restrictive and a load of old bollocks, but fans will be pleased to know that modding is returning withBlack Ops. Treyarch was quick to capitalize on the resentment brewed by Infinity Ward, confirmingdedicated server supportnot long afterBlack Opswas announced....

For those not in the know,Ghost Trick: Phantom Detectiveis the latest game to come from the mind ofShu Takumi, the creator of the extremely popularAce Attorneyseries for the DS. Both games share much in common, with murders and mystery providing the driving force behind all that happens. However, unlike Ace Attorney,Ghost Trickdoesn’t star the here and now adventures of some spiky haired lawyer, it stars the recently dead Sissel, a dead dude with no knowledge for his former existence and ready to stop his fate from impacting others....

I took a quick clip of one of my finds early in my playthrough of Atlus’Catherineto share with you. Fans of Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei will enjoy coming across music from older games in Atlus’ latest puzzler/love story. In the video above you’ll see that I went to the Stray Sheep Bar’s jukebox to change the song and found the “Staff Roll” song fromShin Megami Tensei: Nocturneas an available choice. That soundtrack rocks....

What do you do in order to make what BioWare and Electronic Arts are calling “the first blockbuster of 2010” even bigger? We’re talking aboutMass Effect 2, and you toss a bunch of celebrities at it! The list is pretty big, so let me just throw it out there: Martin Sheen (“Illusive Man”); Shohreh Aghdashloo (“Admiral Shala’Raan vas Tonbay”); Seth Green (“Joker”); Yvonne Strahovski (“Miranda Lawson”); Adam Baldwin (“Kal ‘Reegar”); Keith David (“Admiral David Anderson”); Michael Dorn (“Gatatog Uvenk”); Tricia Helfer (“EDI”); Michael Hogan (“Captain Bailey”); and Carrie-Anne Moss (“Aria T’Loak”)....

Seems Electronic Arts has not only joined Ubisoft byforcing gamers to stay onlinewhile playingCommand & Conquer 4, it’s gone one step worse. The folks at PC Gamer have tinkered around with the game’s DRM to find out just how insidious it is, and things look grim. Turns out that if you lose your connection for even a moment, you can kiss your game progress goodbye. When the connection drops, players will be allowed to continue their game, but they won’t be able to save anything....

Activision has just release a new trailer forGuitar Hero 5, this one spotlighting some of the game’s new features. So what are they? Well, to start, there’s the “GH Jam” feature which appears to be a new mode along the lines of the GH Studio from World Tour. The video also shows off the much-talked-about drop-in and drop-out feature, that will you jump into any song on any instrument on the fly....

Due to Destructoid’s downtime since Sunday morning, we’re extending some of our 25 days of giving contests! For ourAioncontest, simple tell us an animal, product, whatever that would benefit from having angel-like wings. Do thathere. For ourNARUTO Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3contest, just tell us who your favorite character from theNarutoseries is. Do thathere. Both contests are random drawings and it’s ridiculously easy to enter. RIDICULOUSLY EASY! You have until December 16, 3PM CST to enter either of those contests now....