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[Every Friday, Destructoid will pose topical a question to the community. Answer it if you want!] Not content to sell us bits of premium downloadable content, publishers are starting to sell long-term commitments, offering “passes” that allow access to multiple bits of content for a one-time charge.L.A. Noirespearheaded the idea, andMortal Kombatgave it a go, with THQ looking to follow suit. On the one hand, this allows consumers to buy access to content at a cheaper wholesale rate....

Our little community-run IRC channel has been active since 2007, and some years ago we moved from some server I don’t even remember to Dynastynet. However, Dynastynet has been having some serious connections issues the past few weeks, so we have now moved #destructoid to Quakenet. It will probably take some time to get everything back up and running like it was before, so please bear with us. You can use the following info to connect through the client of your choice, or use Quakenet’swebircinstead....

I’ve found that the more amazing technology becomes, the more and more spoiled people get. “Uhhhh, I have to press mute on a 5 second ad to get to my 20 minute long free internet video?”, “Waaaah, I have so sit through a 3 second loading screen on this 10 hour game that I just downloaded for $5?”, and “Oh God, I have to click on a link? A GOD DAMN LINK” are three of the complaints that I hear the most....

In the wake of the murder of a Thai cabdriver on Saturday, and the consequentban ofGrand Theft Auto IVsales throughout Thailand, the country’s Minister of Health has released a list of what it considers to be the ten most dangerous video games: Grand Theft Auto ManhuntScarface50 Cent: Bulletproof300: The Video GameThe GodfatherKiller 7Resident Evil 4God of WarHitman: Blood Money While I can’t say I know much about Thai governmental infrastructure, I do find it kind of odd (and perhaps sensationalistic) that the Ministry of Health produced this list, and not the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology....

Thanks to Nintendo and the DS, the casual “non-game” games market is pretty much a huge gold-making phenomenon. Not one to ignore the huge bandwagon, Midway is jumping on board withHot Brain(thinkBrain Age) for the PSP andTouchMaster(think a bunch of mini-games) for the DS. Here are the short and sweet descriptions for each: TouchMaster:Collection a wide variety of mini-games popularized in Midway’sTouchmastercounter-top touch-screen arcade game systems. One thing of note for this game: You will be able to take on others over the Nintendo WiFi network....

I don’t mean to boast, but I am a monster atTrivial Pursuit. Years of playing the game with my family coupled with my inability to retain knowledge of anything that could actually serve a valuable purpose in life has led me to the point where the game simply isn’t a challenge anymore. Now, EA is going to give me (and all of you, I guess, whatever) the chance to put up or shut up about my mad trivia skillz....

According toMajor Nelson, the totally awesomeToo Humandemo was the 7th most played title on Xbox Live for the week of July 14. This may come as a surprise to most, considering that the reception of the game before the demo release has been less than positive. If you downloaded the demo, then you already know that it restricts you to only one character class. While using the Champion will give you the same indicators thatNick had with his preview build, there is a way to unlock all classes in the demo....

Next-Genhas charted the top 10 sellers in software for several categories, according to Amazon’s sales data.Halo 3andThe Orange Boxare naturals for top spots, but another that hasn’t even been released is racking up high rankings as well. Overall, the best selling title across all platforms isThe Orange Box(PC), which finally knocksHalo 3out of the top spot. As far as the Xbox 360 is concerned, both are still at the top, but places are switched, withHalo 3coming first....

Here’s an awesomeMariofilm made for SXSW. And for once, this is an actual good realistic take. Too many crappy ones out there. Travel back in time with the promotionalSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Islandvideo. Then Sonic gets a job atPunch-Out.Next, it’s a live-actionKillzonemovie. Followed byViewtiful Joeas a slot machine game. Next, it’s aZeldarap. Followed byMario Kartdrunk driving. Then Carmine dances inDance Central. Next, Egoraptor reviews the originalCastlevaniagames. Then it’s some more Black Ops raging....

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.] Link, he’s the hero of time. Sadly, Link has no concept of time and gets easily distracted on his quest to save Princess Zelda, Hyrule and all of the land. Destructainment rolls on after the break. Did you know there was aRaymancartoon? There was, and it was weird....

Hot chick with big jubblies? Check. Half naked for parts of the trailer? Check. Guns, swords and gore? Check. A reference to Jesus Christ? Umm, maybe.WETis thenew action adventure game from Sierrathat will be hitting shelves sometime in 2008.The game follows Rubi, a bounty hunter that was given a simple job, but it ended up nearly costing her life. Now she’s out for revenge and physics be damned as she wall runs, shoots her enemies as she slides down a ladder upside down and dodges bullets point blank....

Global Star’s fairground fun Wii titleCarnival Gameshas been making major showings on sales charts, including coming in at number eight onAmazon.com’s Bestsellers (video games)list — and here we were playing silly titles likeBioShockandPersona 3and such. If you think that this is just some kind of fluke, then you should know that the very same title has taken thenumber oneposition on Bestbuy.com’s sales figure charts for week of September 4th through 10th, according toGamespot....

Section 8launches today on the PlayStation Network. You can drop thirty bucks on it and get a pretty decent online shooter for your money. Alternatively, you can be cool and try your luck in our latest contest! We have eight download codes forSection 8to give away, and we have 24 hours to give them away in! Winners will be selected at12pm Central on March 26, giving you twenty-four hours from now to win....