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Brilliant ad campaign, Old Spice. This is how you advertise to this generation. Ben and I checked out a bunch of NIS America games, the Jimquisition quistions reviews, Sonic gets a new voice actor,GoldenEye 007looks pretty rad and more happened on 07/16/10. Destructoid Originals:The Jimquisition: Your reviews are TEH BIASNIS scaling back game releases to focus on qualityNIS promises Disgaea 4 will ‘evolve to a new level’Community:Community blogs of 07/16/10Forum of the day:Ghost/Scary Stories or VideosReviews:ArchetypePreviews:Atelier Rorona trailer mixes up the magicCladun: This is an RPG is a new RPG by NISContests:Do something naughty and win Naughty Bear!...

They say history repeats itself, but that’s not always true. Just because something happened with a videogame console over five years ago, that doesn’t mean it’ll happen again. The past is not the future, and the present is a very different animal. This week’sJimquisitionexamines the argument that has popped up a lot in 3DS arguments — that it will follow the same pattern as the DS and succeed in spite of a slow start....

Final Fantasycreator, Mistwalker head and RPG legend Hironobu Sakaguchi has stated that he may very well be retiring from the scene afterThe Last Story. Pay close attention to this Wii exclusive, as it could be an icon’s swan song. “This is a title that myself and the development staff are putting 120% of our energy into,” says Sakaguchi. “I’m fully pouring everything into this one title, and the feeling of it maybe being my last title is strong....

[Update:Extra-Large sizes have run out!] Fallout: New Vegasfans may remember this excellentfan created modeof the infamous Rorschach test. The joke was so good that even developer Obsidian Entertainment made a reference to it in the last DLC pack. Well as we’ve learned with anything on the Internet, everything that is good and awesome eventually comes out in shirt form as evidence byour latest Destructoid tee. Two bears, high-fiving with a nuclear explosion off in the background....

It seems these days that far too many game bloggers want to do videos, regardless of the fact that they have no professional recording equipment, editing skills, charisma, charm, confidence or knowledge. They just spew up a load of badly compressed, poorly captured footage and cover it in verbal sick, then decide they are now celebrity video superstars. So I thought to myself, “I could do that too!” I onceauditioned for Screwing Attacks with my very first videobut The Stutters Craig did not hire me, probably because he’s a cock....

Street Fighter IVhas been available on PC for what, a week now? I figured we would see a handful of mods down the road, but then again what you are about to witness is (hopefully) meant to garner laughs more than anything else. Our friends over at GiantBombstumbled acrossa handful of videos dedicated to showing what happens when you switch out certain character models for others. If the header image wasn’t clear enough for you, let’s just say the end result is as disturbing as it is funny....

Jim Sterling, drawn as a troll. Attached to our DS review copy ofSonic Colors, courtesy of Sega PR.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most awesome parents of all time! Not only did they decorate their infant’s room to look like Yoshi’s Island, they also made a mobile that is operated by an Super Nintendo controller. Of course, you can’t have aYoshi’s Island-themed nursery without the music box intro music. Once you hear it, your heart will melt! Yoshi’s Island Nursery and Baby Mobile[Dorkly]

Destructoid was in San Francisco last week, checking outMetro 2033. The game has some serious potential and a very cool setting, but we’ve been wondering if there is any potential for a sequel, or if the game is being developed as a one-off game. We asked THQ, and the answer was quite frank. “For me personally, as long as the game is enjoyable, I don’t care if it’s a sequel or not,” retorts creative manager David Langeliers, “but there is a level of trust and set of player expectations when working with a franchise, that can both hurt and/or help you....

No, seriously.DeathSpankfeatures a weapon called Unicorn Poop. There is also a weapon called the Demon Poop Hammer which “knocks the poop out of any demon.” This just touches on the assortment of hilarious weapons featured in the latestDeathSpanktrailer. Also attached to this new trailer is a number you can call to get in touch with DeathSpank himself. Simply call 1-866-631-1574 and see for yourself how the hero of the downtrodden can lend his services to you....

I always say that games is where it’s at. Game Developer’s most recent survey of game industry workers seems to say the same. While it’s not clear what impact the recession has had on the games industry, we do know that the average salary is up 7 percent from last year, now at $79,000. And mom said you’dnever get anywhere with these games. As always, programmers make the most, aside from those dicks in business and marketing, who earn an average just hitting six digits....

To this day I’m still pissed off about the PSP release ofParappa the Rapper. If you haven’t played it, don’t. It’s broken so badly that it’s unplayable. How could you mess up button timings in game about rhythm? Worst. Port. Ever. As you may have heard, the spiritual successor and semi sequel toParappa, UmJammer Lammy, was just released as a PSOne Classics download for PS3 or PSP this week. I was worried that this, one of my favorite games of all time, would suffer the same fate....

I’d like to think that one of the most impressive tests of a game is the verdict rendered by a player who isn’t necessarily an enthusiast of that particular genre. It’s certainly not an opinion that you’d necessarily stack above and beyond that of the hardcore fan, but let me put it this way: if you can make a true believer out of a relative newbie, you’ve got to be doing something right, yeah?...