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Hi, I started Destructoid. Ever heard of it?



Destructoid used to be my tiny personal blog on the web, and now it's grown into this crazy monstrosity of a gaming community. Needless to say, I'm proud of what we've done and optimistic we can do a whole lot more. I've been at this with all my heart since 2006. I really love what I do, and hope you enjoy our writers' work.



Left to right: Me, Jim, Rey, Dale, Conrad.

You can learn about the history of Destructoid by on Wikipedia, there's a pretty nice article about some of the things we've done in both editorial and charity work. As for me, I'm pretty busy working on the future version of our site most of the time, so unfortunately I don't get to write as much as I would enjoy doing.

My primary job now as publisher is to keep the editorial team happy and build new features for you guys, our readers. I'm also one of the site's front-end programmers, so I'm always doing stuff behind the scenes. It's a lot of fun for me to switch jobs around the company and do a little bit of everything.



I also volunteer sometimes. I didn't mean to dress like Luigi, it just kinda happened.

Thanks for checking out my blog today! I realize you have may kitten web sites to visit today, so I appreciate you strolling through my site and supporting what we do.

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Web Dojo: Where are they now? Ex-Dtoid editors in the biz

Webmaster Dojo is an editorial column about my experiences in running a videogame site.  If you enjoy this sort of diatribe, please suggest a topic for my next article in our super-cool new comments system below. Saying ...   more

Web Dojo: Where are they now? Ex-Dtoid editors in the biz photo

Destructoid Community Meetup Photos!

Yeah we're a web site, but we are also a collective of fleshy sacks of meat and blood that play video games together and drink sometimes!  In an effort to centralize our random adventures and always have a place to show ...   more

Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo


Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo
Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo
Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo
Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo
Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo
Destructoid Community Meetup Photos! photo



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What's this? What's this? photo

Win a copy of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier right meow

[Update: Contest closed! Winner is MeowShark!] Destructoid is sponsored in part this week by spam musubi (Dale is in Hawaii with his wife celebrating his anniversary, congratulations!) and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.  ...   more

Win a copy of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier right meow photo

Did you know we have a bunch of live shows on Twitch.tv?

As you probably know, Destructoid hosts a daily livestream on Twitch.tv at 4PM PST hosted by Rick "King Foom" Olson, in which we play new and unreleased videogames and discuss the meaning of life. What you may not know is tha...   more

Did you know we have a bunch of live shows on Twitch.tv? photo

Destructoid's new comments system is here!

Update: It's up! You've been waiting forever, and now the moment is finally here! Tonight at midnight we will scrap the old comments system once and for all, and begin testing a brand new threaded comments system. To accommod...   more

Destructoid's new comments system is here! photo

Destructoid turns six

"You're starting a videogame site? But there are so many!" --A sage d*ckhead I went to school with When I look back on the last six years of Destructoid, three words often come to mind: Surreal. Lucky. Home.   more

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Little Niero would have cut your throat for a cartridge

I like beef, so I eat it sometimes. It's too much work for a lazy blogger go kill and roast an animal in the woods, so I'm glad that there's a place that shapes it into squares, then puts it on bread and cheese. It's called W...   more

Little Niero would have cut your throat for a cartridge photo

Where's the beef? Let me show you it

This week Destructoid is sponsored in part by Wendy's, who revived their classic "Where's the Beef?" campaign with a T-Shirt making contest that can land one lucky winner $5,000.  Don't vote for mine (pictured above). Vo...   more

Where's the beef? Let me show you it photo

Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch!

Welcome to another installment of Destructoid On Assignment: the extravagant lives of videogame blogging where you, our supportive readers, wish to swiftly murder us for doing cool things nobody should be gainfully employed t...   more

Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo


Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo
Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo
Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo
Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo
Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo
Paradox Interactive Con 2012: We're in a castle, b**ch! photo



Destructoid joins PIPA/SOPA Blackout Protest on 18th

When your kids say "Where were you when the government made the internet lame?" you'll hopefully respond with unflinching certainty: "raising hell." On January 18th members of the House Committee will be discussing PIPA/SOPA ...   more

Destructoid joins PIPA/SOPA Blackout Protest on 18th photo

Video: Happy Holidays from Destructoid

Our holiday video hit over a million views! Thanks for watching ... now go punk someone this Christmas :) Huge thanks to our friends at Denizen Company.   more

Video: Happy Holidays from Destructoid photo

Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng

NANANANANANANANA NANANANANANA WALLPAPERS! This weekend update includes Batman, Dark Souls, Ridge Racer, Lord of the Rings, and some fantasy art with curvy women that have no regard for the temperatures of their surroundi...   more

Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo


Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo
Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo
Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo
Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo
Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo
Weekend video game wallpapers: Batmeng photo



Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy

You have to hand it to Sony: They know how to put on a classy community event. The company took over a small retail corner in San Francisco's fashionable Marina district and quietly dubbed it as "Vita Hill". No giant PSP logo...   more

Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo


Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo
Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo
Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo
Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo
Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo
Vita Hill Social Club: San Francisco's PS Vita speakeasy photo



Cyber Monday: Gunnar hosting scavenger hunt, 30% off sale

Cyber monday update: Gunnar Optiks is having a sale on 3D, gaming styles, computer styles, and sunglasses that discounts 20-30% off the retail price.  You can also win Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition an...   more


Contest: Win Modern Warfare 3 & MW3 Gunnars tonight

Update: This contest ends tonight!  Good luck!  We have two brand-new licensed Modern Warfare 3 GUNNAR gaming eyewear to give way (valued at $99, includes a MW3-branded pouch and carrying case) and we're also g...   more

Contest: Win Modern Warfare 3 & MW3 Gunnars tonight photo




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