In 1982, no one could have guessed that the premise behindBurgertimewould eventually give birth to an entire genre. Don’t even fight it — cooking has become a genre in the world of videogames. Today, Zoo Games has announced the SuperVillain Studios-developed Order Up!, a Wii exclusive title set to hit stores on July 22. The game puts you under the toque of an up-and-coming chef on the fictional island of Port Abello....
If you have a hard-on forcomparingCGI and anime renders of spooky looking girls and diminutive witches, then you are in for thetreat of a lifetimethis morning! Twonew imageshave been revealed showing offTales of Hearts‘ main cast in both flashy computer graphics and old school doodling. As we’ve explained eight hundred times before,Tales of Heartsis being released as two different versions — each version containing either anime or CG cutscenes. This DS game, the 11th chapter in theTalesfranchise, is sure to cut a line between the traditionalist and the modernist....
“This is a man’s world,” James Brown once argued. “But it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman on this Earth.” Of course, he then proceeded to beat such women towithin an inch of their lives, but the old abusive bastard had a point. Women are important, and while this male-dominated games industry overlooks them, the female of the species has its crucial place in the world of interactive entertainment. Of course, as with most things that we have discussed in this series, any woman who wants to be in a videogame has to obey Ten Golden Rules to become a success....
Activision has given a little glimpse ofModern Warfare 2to those watching the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals on TNT this past weekend. Thankfully, Activision knows that no one butSamit Sarkaractually pays attention to sports-related stuff, so they’ve sent us the teaser to share with you all. We catch a glimpse of some helicopter action, an underwater section, and some snowmobile action, and it looks like there’s going to be another Death From Above-type mission again....
… and that’s all we’ve got. Sorry.[looks down at feet] Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi showed face at an Atari event in London to pimp his wares.Yesterdaywe told you about the new Q Entertainment value pack that came out of that meeting calledQ3, which containsRez HD,Lumines LiveandEvery Extend Extra Extremein one handy retail package. A new music title codenamed QJ was also announced there. All we know is that it is being developed for the Wii, and Tetsuya Mizuguchi is making it....
Remember that PS3/PC MMOThe Agencythat Sony Online Entertainment’s been working on since man first learned to walk upright? It’s been quietly in development for so long that the inevitable cancellation rumors have started to surface, rumors that SOE itselfhas declared“ridiculous,” promising thatThe Agencywill appear sometime next year … maybe. “I’ve been wrong like three times with that game,” said SOE president John Smedley while talking about the game a release date....
I’ve postedvideosfrom James Rolfe’s site Cinemassacrepreviously, but I don’t think anyone on Destructoid has ever posted an Angry Video Game Nerd episode. This latest installment, however, deserves a post because of the legendary status of its subject matter. Any hardcore game collector or NES child most likely has heard of the Nintendo World Championships, a videogame competition, not unlike what was seen in the climax ofThe Wizard, that was held in 1990....
It was a, um, very slow weekend. To make up for that, here’s Weekend Disappoint from Disappointed People. The original was tragically lost but they reuploaded the video onto YouTube not too long ago. Enjoy! Original Features:The ten best videogame dads EVER!The path of no divergence: Why linear games have their place Weekend Regulars:Weekend Destructainment: Overly sexual editionBest of the Network this weekGames of the week for 15/06/08: The Consultant’s Flower Garden editionHighlights from the Destructoid Community 06/15/08...
OK, that is just ADORABLE! Whoa, sorry about that. I just pulled a Chad. Go buyBraid,the N-Gage actually has a good game apparently,BioShockgets a new mode in the PS3 version,GoldenEyewill never ever come to XBLA, Kim Kardashian has a nice ass, and plenty more happened on Wednesday. Wednesday Regulars:Podtoid tonight, comprised 100% of listener questions Not-Wednesday Regulars:RetroforceGO! records episode 56 tonight: Listener questions! Original Features:Eight reasons why you NEED to downloadBraid...
Shadow of the Colossus The theme of friendship is entirely prevalent, though commonly unnoticed, in the world of videogames. FromRatchet & Clank, to the entire epic casts ofFinal Fantasy, having two (or more) characters work together to reach a similar goal is almost becoming common practice. Utilizing multiple characters on-screen (some separately playable, some controlled as one cohesive unit) is an extremely clever way for game designers to disguise deeper gameplay mechanics and present things like a broader story and more complex character interactions....
The crazyLos Angeles earthquakejust happened and, yeah, it was really scary. I was on the top floor of a moderately tall building and I seriously had a little bit of a panic attack. Unfortunately, I was just doing some boring work on my computer when the potential disaster occurred. Looking back, who knows what magical things could have happened had I been playing a videogame? All of this earthly chaos got me thinking: Could the earthquake have actually improved my skills as a gamer?...
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As seen on Weekend D: Brentalfloss’s latest jam is all about theFinal Fantasyseries. Well, not much going on over the weekend, but that’s to be expected due to the Christmas Holiday. Jim looked at some of the major controversies from this past year, Namco Bandai trademarkedDeadHeat, a game onRoadhousealmost happened and some more stuff happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:Weekend Destructainment: Weapons of Self-DestructionTop ten games that didn’t make Game of the Year 20092009: A year in videogame controversyBest of the Network this weekGames of the week for 27/20/09: How it reams editionCommunity:Love/Hate: How Lospass Island rekindled my schoolgirl crush on Suda 51Love/Hate: Metroid PrimeCommunity blogs of 12/26 & 12/27Forum of the day:Is gameplay, story, or technology more important to you?...
