One of my favorite moments from PAX 2007 was Wil Wheaton’s keynote speech. It was just mesmerizing listening to Wil speak the geek gospel. Plus, the first thing out of his mouth pretty much set the mood for that entire week at PAX — that mood being one of pure awesomeness. See for yourself above. Wil will be doing the honors once again and kicking off PAX right by giving the keynote speech at PAX East....
In case you haven’t heard,we’ve been giving out BF3 codes allweekend longas part of our match against theOrigin team at Electronic Arts. They challenged us toBad Company 2‘smultiplayer and on the line are bragging rights plus 20 moreBattlefield 3codes to give away on Destructoid. The match takes place on August 9 at 3PM Pacific and will be livestreamed! We have TWO more codes to give out and this time you just need to go follow@Dtoidand@Origin_EAand thenRetweet this Tweet....
Why is this the E For All edition? Because E For All started today. That’s really the only reason. Easily my favorite of the selection this week has to be the James Bond lovesMario Kart DSone. It’s so well done! Also, thanks to CannibalCalvin for some back up this week! Which ones were you favorites this week?
It was inevitable, I suppose. Not even Valve’s digital distribution service Steam — one of the few remaining bastions of “proper” PC gaming — couldremain safefrom theterrible horrorsof casual gaming. 2012 has clearly come early. … Ok, so that’s probably blowing things out of proportion a bit, especially sincePegglehas been available on the service since forever. All that’s really going on is that a new “Family Gaming” section has been added to the Steam Store....
After writing an article full of lies, deliberately upsetting the relative of a murder victim, and generally ruining the name of his entire industry, you’d think the man responsible for thetastelessGrand Theft Auto: Northumbriastorywould be remorseful. He was not. Faux journalist and twat Jerry Lawton is the man responsible for vomiting up aDaily Stararticle that falsely claimed Rockstar was planning to make aGTAgame based on real-life murderer Raoul Moat. On hisFacebook page, the man expressed surprise and contempt for anybody who thought that what he did was reprehensible, making sure to betray his own low opinion of gamers in the process....
Research done by the NPD has revealed that 79 percent of iPhone, PSP, and DS owners use the handhelds at home more so than out of the house. The research has also shown that people are playing on handhelds more now than they were three months ago. The NPD broke downsome stats to Edge showingwhich features of the portable devices are being used most. Most notably is the increase of iPhone owners playing games in the last three months, which makes sense as some decent games have come out on the iPhone lately....
It’s probably a little late for last-minute gift purchasing, but I suspect many of you will be getting some cold hard cash from your relatives. We gamers can be hard to buy for, you know? Amazon has a few promos running right now, and there’s some worthy deals to be had. First up, a selection of newer titles likeEnslaved, Splatterhouse,Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, andNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2for up to 60% off....
Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. You know you’re going to buy it. I have the Japanese version, and I’m still buying this. I think Amazon is the way to go if you haven’t pre-ordered this fighter already. Their price of $46.99 is pretty good already, but they’re giving away a bonus $10 in credit which you can use toward another game. I’d hold on to the $10 credit, as Q1 2010 is already looking pretty crazy....
I’m very easily intimidated by creation tools in videogames. If there’s no negative impact upon me for avoiding their use, I’ll often just go with whatever default is available. I have a ton of respect for people who make these things, though and love seeing what others can do with such tools. Atlus put together this video featuring a few of their favorite player creations in3D Dot Game Heroes. Some of them are very cool, particularly the cosplayer at the end....
Now, I’m no analyst, nor am I even particularly bright, but I think it’s safe to say that Atlus, champions of anime-style art direction and brilliant use of cel-shading, is doing pretty well for itself.Persona 3iscritically acclaimed— paving the way foranother game in the series— and Atlus has been announcing and releasing aslewofnewandinterestinggames. The latest of these is the Atlus USA-publishedDrone Tacticsfor the Nintendo DS, a (you guessed it) tactics RPG featuring (you guessed it again) a robotic insect army....
You may have heard that Atlus is bringing DSDevil Survivor back as a 3DS title this year. We heard the news from Japan, but Atlus USA recently confirmed it for a summer 2011 release here. YES.I gave the DS strategy RPG a 9/10, but this port should be even better on that pretty 3DS screen with its new visuals. It’s now fully voiced (yay for higher memory capacity) and offers even more content with a new chapter called “8th Day....
Last year, I took you on a tour of videogames thatpersonally offend me. As you may recall, I used to be what you nerds call a “hardcore gamer.” Sure, I played many examples of your interactive softwares, and it was all fun and games — until I was personally offended by something. Now I want videogames to die. It’s likeSouth Park. That show used to be hilarious until it satirized something I was personally invested in, and now I can’t watch an episode without coming up in hives and attempting to vomit my own rib cage....
Nintendo of America went andtweeted last nightthat if you are a member of Best Buy’s Reward Zone Gamers Club (dang, that’s a mouthful) you may get some (three, actually)Metroid: Other Mring tones with your purchase of the game. So how about it? Is it worthtaking advantageof this AMAZING offer? Actually, it’s not too bad of an offer if you know what the entire package is. Joining the gamer’s club gets you $10 for every $150 you spend on games (plus gaming accessories), and bonus points to your Reward Zone (for games that qualify)....
