This edition is jammed packed with video goodness. After the jump, the show gets started with a 22 month old kid owning it up in Wii Tennis. After that, a preview of Plasma Pong -- it's like being on acid without the side effects! Then, Old Grandma Hardcore plays some Resistance. After that, a video of Summa's illegitimate baby laughing at the Wii. Next, a man who thinks he is really Kratos. Then a video of the Tifa fight scene from Advent Children recreated in a music video.
Followed by a video of a stop motion LEGO Mario movie. Then the Mario Bros theme performed on drums. Next, Koji Kondo performs the Mario Bros theme. Then a video of all of the gruesome death scenes from the original Resident Evil. Followed by a collection of all of the ways Ada Wong can die in Resident Evil 4. Then, a video of (mentally challenged?) girl playing Katamari Damacy. Then the Destructainment gets wrapped up by another real life Mario Kart spoof.
You have it all; the latest consoles and handheld systems, the hottest games and the best gaming accessories, but do you have the ultimate gamer swag collection too? You know gamer swag; Pokemon plushies, Legend of Zelda music CDs, Street Fighter action figures, etc.
Destructoid wants you to prove your hardcore gamer status by posting pictures of your gamer swag collection in the forums. The items have to be gaming related and cannot be games, systems, guides or system accessories, unless they are hard to find or collector’s editions. We'll accept items from movies, books or TV shows that were made into games, but we would like to see some real gaming swag mixed in the collection too.
If you think the $130 price tag an early snatch-up of the Halo Legendary Edition would slow down the hardcore fans, a gander at Amazon's best selling list will shut you face. People will sell their kids and kidneys (in that order) for the newest installment of Master Chief's adventures on Planet Rock -- I'm surprised there aren't 19 other Halo 3 products like breakfast cereals and evening gowns that carry the ubiquitous logo? We'll throw our money at them, say the word! It doesn't even matter if the product makes sense. There's nothing wrong with being a consumer whore as long as no baby turtles are being strangled in plastic debris, right?
Other notables on the list are God of War 2 (duh!), a pre-order for the Lord of the Rings Online, Pokemon condoms, and every Wii product imaginable, of course. The PS3 wireless controller is also on there, which surprised me. Guess people don't give a crap about the imminent rumble redesign (supposedly and hopefully) coming.
Oh the pageantry of two nerds sitting at a computer surrounded by adoring crowds, bright lights and the pressure of being the best ... simply the best. Color me weird, but I always found the way professional gaming was handled and appreciated overseas to be fascinating and this video is a perfect example of why. Any chance we could ever see a spectacle like this in the U.S.? I doubt it.
Yeah, this feature has been away for a bit because frankly, so have most of us. We're just now starting to let our bodies recover from the massive amount of bad hotel food and alcohol damage that has destroyed our bodies forever. But, in happy news, the Destructoid Network week in review is back! By the way, because it seems my NextLust writers all went on extended vacations for an extended time, I'm going to need to restock the pond. If you want to write for NextLust and can write good and often (stress the "often" part), then shoot me over an e-mail saying as much (robert.summa@destructoid.com).
If Bomberman knocked up Harvest Moon and had babies, the illegitimate Dreamcast homebrew game Cool Herders would probably be the result. If you loved it on the DC, then you'll be glad to know that a polished portable version is on the way to the Nintendo DS. Here's the meat of the awful press release:
Cool Herders For The Nintendo DS
With bright colourful characters, and good game play, lead your flock of sheep to safety, protect them from dangers, and don’t just follow the herd! Four player Wi-fi action will feature in this great game, which is based on its creators original Dreamcast version but with all new features for the DS. It is a perfect first market entry for Alten8 as a publisher, to launch itself into the console market. Full details will be released over the coming weeks of both this, and the other future console titles from Alten8.
Doesn't it fill your otherwise cynical heart that some guy's late night indie game finally got published after all these years? I love hearing stories like this. Check out the official site for more details. Want it now? The Goat is selling the DC game for 20 beans. B-a-a-a-a-hhhh!
If you're around the same age as myself or any other gamer that's been exposed to the industry since the 80s, then you're well aware that video game television shows suck major balls. Sure, there are a few gems here and there, but for the most part they tend to insult us and aim for the lowest common denominator.
Now, seeing as how the Destructoid community is one of the savviest groups around, I thought it'd be appropriate to ask you how you'd build the best video game television show. What elements would you want to see in there? What sort of "attitude" should the show have? Would you want to see a daily show or just a weekly round-up? Got good ideas, we'd like to hear them ... because you never know what's on the horizon here at Destructoid. *wink wink*
Yesterday, PlayStation 3 firmware upgrade 1.6 finally went live and with it came the awesome distributed-computing, disease-fighting power of Folding@home. If you aren't reading Slashdot daily, you might have glossed over this whole Folding@home phenomenon, so allow me to spell it out for you; Folding@home is a program that links hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of computers all over the world together so that all of the spare, idle processor cycles that would normally go to waste while you're bathing, sleeping or masturbating can be better used to help scientists study how amino acids "fold" within the human body, thus granting insight into diseases caused by this process going haywire, such as Lou Gehrig's Disease, Parkinson's and Pacman Fever.
According to the above-linked article from Next-Gen, there were fourteen thousand PS3 owners running Folding@home as of noon yesterday, a group no doubt dedicated to the eradication of disease and finally figuring out why the hell they actually purchased that black doorstop.
(Editor's Note: Honestly, it was a toss up between the above punchline and a joke about how they couldn't afford any games after spending six Bejamins on a sub-par Foreman Grill, but the one I went with had swears, so, obviously, it was the victor. -- Nex)
(Editor's Note #2: If you stare really hard at the Folding@home screensaver, and cross your eyes just a little bit, you can make out a boat with a penis on the sail. -- Nex)
(Editor's Note #3: No, wait ... scratch that ... it's Ernest Borgnine. -- Nex)
The above video was culled from a half hour long chunk of programming on the FX network (y'know, the one that brought you the violent, non-Commish Michael Chiklis). Apparently it's a countdown to the premiere of the actual Grand Theft Auto IV trailer, and, predictably, the Internet is sporting an e-hardon the likes of which hasn't been seen since that faux-Britney Spears hummer video a few months back.
I think we all need to step back for a moment and reiterate exactly what this is, before we all start actually understanding what the hell is going on in David Lynch movies; it's a half hour long infomercial advertising an ad. Soon, we're going to be having conversations about conversations we once had, while watching a reunion episode of Laverne and Shirley where Laverne and Shirley watch a reunion episode of Laverne and Shirley.
The end draws nigh.
(Editor's Note: The mouth of madness has been brought to you today by our good friend Daniel. -- Nex)
Mortal Kombat has always been a series that you either love or you hate. Gameplay criticisms aside, it was a defining game in the industry, perhaps the sole reason Planet Douchetaria sent down Jack Thompson in his douche pod to wreak havok upon the Earthlings. It's an extremely profitable franchise and there have been countless iterations and games sales to prove its worth.
At this point, you should know whether or not you're going to like Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Wii. So if you're a Mortal Kombat hater, feel free to read one of the fourteen recent posts about Final Fantasy.
While this version of the game doesn't differ much from the PS2/Xbox versions that were released last year, it does (of course) take full advantage of the Wii's motion controls. I had a chance to play an early version of the full game at Midway's Gamer Day and came away surprised in more ways than one.
OK boys and girls, here's Destructoid's latest appearance on G4's Attack of the Show. I took on the Loop and did I win? I have no idea. Why don't you tell me? Please. Pretty please with a cherry on top?
I know we've been away for awhile, but the Podtoid crew finally is ready to get back into racist action. We think we've got the recording issues squared away and our rehab stint is finally complete. Know what that means? That means we're recording Podtoid 20 tonight (don't ask about 19). So, because we love you, we want your questions for our user question segment. So, bombard us with your deepest desires in the comments so that we may make you Internet famous.
This week's AAF spotlight shines brightly on tOkKa. There's not much to say about him. Just a lot of rambling on allofhissites (reminds you of a certain someone?) His work speaks loud enough for him though. Although, one thing that can be said for sure, tOkKa is obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The work you see here is comprised of a mixture of crayons, color pencils, markers, Photoshop and Fireworks. He has plenty of more work that's worth checking out at his sites.
