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It’s funny how different a nerd’s brain is compared to other people. You start to see weird stuff in your everyday life. Like just the other day, I saw a lady leaning against a pole. My mind instantly thought ofCuster’s Revengeand, well, you probably know what I thought of next. The Destructoid community interviewed developers ofThe Maw, Goonsquad took downEVE’sBand of Brothers,Street Fighter IVis getting DLC clothes,Left 4 Deadis getting new DLC,Battlefield 1943andBad Company 2were announced and plenty more happened on 02/05/09....

Welcome, everyone, to another edition of The Great Retro Quiz: the weekly feature that puts your knowledge of classic videogames to the test! holding up applause sign This is the first quiz of 2008, so I needed to open with a bang. A Shoryuken-screaming, fireball-tossing, Dhalsim-pounding bang, to be exact. With all theStreet Fighter IVmadnessthat has been going around as of late, it felt the perfect time to see how much you all knew about the original fighting masterpiece,Street Fighter II....

Atheistium was buzzed off University shenanigans, Wardrox experienced an energy drink comedown, and I was recovering from a minor bit of surgery. Not the most helpful elements when it comes to recording a podcast, but we soldiered on anyway, even when conversation got weird and awkward. If you dig really deep, you’ll find some videogame discussion in this episode. We promise it’s there, but we’re not going to tell you where to find it....

Some of us are still scratching our heads, wondering why Sega’s Dreamcast failed. We could talk about it all day, and I don’t know the real reasons, but I’d like to blame the owner of the fine collection pictured here. My jealous energy has to go somewhere. Siliconeralinks us to pictures of one gamer’s complete Japanese Dreamcast game collection, with all discs fully sealed.Sealed Game Heaven forummember (and avid collector) Adol says that these pictures are only missing a few games like theKarousandTrigger Heart Exelicabecausethey did not exist at the time of photography....

A little while ago, we told you about a new multiplayer shooter based in the Wild West calledLead & Gold. I was a little excited for it, mostly because of the Wild West setting and the unexplained ability to walk around while carrying a barrel. Judging from the comments, not many other people shared my interest as, in all honesty, the trailer wasn’t very well put together and made the game look like the game itself was really poorly put together as well....

In honor ofSuper Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remixfinally being released on PSN and Xbox Live, Capcom has announced the “Season ofStreet Fighter,” a celebration of all things pugilistic. SF-themed DLC, music and “digital destination points” are all included in the festivities. TheSuper Street Fighter Pinball FXdownloadable pack was the start of the season, which will soon be followed by a pack forStreet Fighter UNO. In addition, Capcom is promising a “little surprise” coming to the PlayStation Network soon....

[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] At a conservative estimate, a Ruby Dragon would need to consume approximately 50,000 calories in the form of raw meat per day in order to sustain itself. Given that the most plentiful food source available to these creatures is skinny JRPG protagonists (that spiky hair sticks in your colon), it’s not at all surprising that these desperate, starving behemoths are often driven to brutal acts of violence....

Here’s an English story trailer forTrinity: Souls of Zill O’ll. I would say more, but we know how this is going to go down. I’m going to say that the game interests me, you’re going to say it doesn’t interest you, someone will sayDynasty Warriorssucks, and we’ll move on. It’s out on February 8 (US) and February 11 (EU), exclusively for PlayStation 3. So there.

After spending all of Tuesday offline, Xbox Live is back with a bang … or is that a whimper? Reports are coming in from all over the Internet of Live Marketplace not working properly and games disappearing off the face of the Earth. Oh Microsoft, will you ever win? “Basically they had some unexpected issues. So none of the games that were supposed to go live today ended up going live — at least, this morning,” an XBLA source told us....

Despite announcingBeyond Good & Evil 2three years ago, Ubisoft seems intent on backtracking and bargaining, almost as if it wants to get out of delivering what was promised.BG&E HDproducer Wang Xu is the latest to contribute to the sage, telling fans not to give up hope. “Keep the faith,” he stated, before jokingly adding, “… Please buyBeyond Good & Evil HDif you want moreBG&Egames.” He added that he “didn’t know” if Ubisoft was seriously usingBeyond Good & Evil HDas a test to see if a market for the sequel exists....

What is this world coming to? In the old days (like last week) you could use your credit card reward points to do things like get discounts on dinners or earn airline mileage. Now, through a new deal between American Express and game maker Zynga, you can use Membership Rewards to pay for virtual goods in games. Amex users can use their rewards to pay for not-real things in games likeFarmVilleandCafé Worldnow....

Did you know thatVagrant Storyis coming to the Western PlayStation Network soon?Now you do! Square Enix’s classic PlayStation game is regarded as one of the finest RPGs of its generation, and among Square’s most accomplished titles. Despite its immense popularity, it never took off as a franchise, but it left a legacy that continues to this day. Vagrant Storywas released on the Japanese PSN quite a while ago. It was originally believed that the game would arrive as early as next week, but Square Enix has since confirmed otherwise....

If you live anywhere remotely near New York City and you haven’t heard of theLoveSac/Destructoid NES Classic,you need to get up to speed. On November 16 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Brooklyn’s Barcade will host the first annual LoveSac NES Classic, which pits players against one another in a series of speed runs in Nintendo Entertainment System classics. Winners can take home all manner of prizes, including LoveSac’s GamerSac gaming chair and the coveted bronzed Power Glove trophy!...