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We’ve all died at some point. Hit by a brown sedan while crossing the street, shot in the face by a drug dealer with bad skin, fell into a lava pit, crushed by a rampaging wild horse, vital organs consumed by a skinless horror, dropped out of a jet in mid-air, stabbed through the heart by a giant spider, pulled through a portal to hell, legs blown to pieces by a sticky grenade, pecked to death at the beak of an angry chicken, head cut off by a rampaging yokel or hammered into a fine paste by a robot that is also a tank....

To celebrate the sixth anniversary ofCommand & Conquer Generals, EA has decided to open the vaults and let fans finally play a “controversial” Global Liberation Army mission that wasn’t included when the game originally launched. The mission, which is apporpriately named “Black Sheep,” was supposed to be the third GLA campaign scenario. It involved players using a Toxin Tractor to spray a deadly corrosive agent on a town that’d been “corrupted beyond salvation” by the United States’ propaganda....

What with Jacky Thompson being disbarred and all, why not revisit the greatest JT-related indie game ever made? I’m O.K., for those of you who don’t remember, was created following Thompson’s “modest video game proposal,” in which he called upon the game companies of the world to make a game in whichthey, rather than cops or teachers, were the potential objects of violence and hatred. Thompson offered to donate money to charity should the game ever be made....

Capcom knows that standard trailers are so last year. You sit back, some stuff happens on the screen, and then it’s over. Maybe you see some gameplay, maybe you don’t. Neat. So the publisher has teamed with GameTrailers to provide something different forResident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles— an “interactive trailer.” What that means, exactly, I don’t want to give too much away. But it gets messy, I’ll put it that way....

In recent months, I’ve taken to giving myself a break in the day by playing a few rounds ofTeam Fortress 2. When some of my colleagues began to join me, I knew I had yet another opportunity to take something I was enjoying and turn it into a hellish nightmare of a work obligation. And so it is with great pleasure that I give you the first episode ofLights Out, a nightly recap of the day’s top stories discussed over a game ofTF2....

“What would it be like to take the classic dungeon crawl and bring it today’s technology? That kind of classic gameplay, that immersion of the ‘creeping around a dungeon’ experience?” That’s the question asked by inXile Entertainment’s Bryan Fargo, who founded the company back in 2002, following a long history as CEO of Interplay. About two years ago, Fargo and the team at inXile came up with its answer —Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, a cooperative third-person action title set in a dark fantasy world....

That I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I wont forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. And I gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today. ‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land, God bless the USA. Kazuma might sing this next weekend, out in the backyard, grilling hotdogs while wearing dad shorts....

The VP of Artistic Modification, Kevin Butler, loves himself someModNation Racers. But even on his own custom created track, Kevin is no match for the President of Sony Computer Entertainment, Jack Tretton. Still, I think Kevin is the true victor here with his epic one-liners.

[Not sure what Mash Tactics is? I’ve included a clip from a recent episode to show you just a glimpse of what you’ve been missing, you daft fool! You can see all of Destructoid’s previously-aired live showsin our archives.] Today,Mash Tacticsis playing whatever you want us to. The end of the week is what we affectionately call “A.D.D. Fridays.” We take suggestions on what to play, and play along with the people watching at home....

[Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday from 4-8pm Pacific. Join Jon Carnage and Pico Mause as they host a wacky and interactive show on Justin.Tv. Join us for your chance to win prizes, talk to industry guests, and experience jaw dropping stunts.] Today onMash Tactics, we will be trolling Sega and mystery guests as they show off their new games,Guardian HeroesandSega Rally Online Arcade. Stop by Justin.tv at 4-8pm Pacific to see raw footage of new titles before they’re released, and also followMash Tacticson Facebook to vote for which games you would like to see played in future shows....

A little bit offun from the NeoGaf forums. A user posted a picture of his newly purchased Xbox 360 elite with a copy ofMadden 08and … is that …BioShock? Yes, apparently he wandered into a Toys R’ Us and there it was, a standard copy ofBioShockavailable to buy a week before the official street date. As is the way withanythingon the Internet, the integrity of the poster was called into question because nobody, ever, is allowed to know or have something that others don’t....

Sci-fi RPG sequelMass Effect 2doesn’t hit retail shelves until next week. That’s soon. But not soon enough for those pumped for the game. The wait is kind of like anticipating the conclusion of a terrible flick your broad dragged you to. You know it’s going to happen but if it those curtains could close just that much sooner, you’d be a happier dude. Perhaps to extend the suffering, BioWare released a super-duper epic trailer for the game, featuring all the sorts of space cop stuff we’ve come to expect, and also bothers to relay the urgency and danger involved in Shepard’s little suicide mission thing....

For those unaware, “The Guild” focuses on the lives of six MMO-addicts as they attempt to cope with comical problems in the real world which they play the game to escape. It’s first season attracted over nine million views on YouTube and turned writer/creator/star of the series, Felicia Day, into the object of many a geek’s desire. The show also features “The Legend of Neil” creator, Sandeep Parikh. I became interested in The Guild as a result Day’s performance in “Dr....