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Okay okay, so we gaveLux-Paina 5.0 in ourofficial review. That doesn’t mean we’re above giving a copy away with a free DS carrying case. Last month as ran a competition which challenged you to acquire a photograph of a worm and then think for it, in a stupid tribute to the malicious brain-altering invertebrates ofLux-Pain‘s story. Over ten billion of you entered, but there can only be one winner. After ten days of deliberation (and by that I mean ten seconds of looking at your pictures in between wanking sessions) but I believe I have to go withAdamDuffieldfor his “Muthaf*ckin’ Worm” picture....

Destructoid attends all of the major gaming events around the globe, but we think there’s also room for the little guys. One of the best examples isMAGFest,the music and gaming festival that takes place in in the Washington D.C. area each year. They’re going into their eighth year come January, inviting back all of the games, panels, guests, drinking, debauchery, and kick-ass game music bands again. And we’re going back again....

Mississippi State’s famous Maroon Marching Band plays video game music during their half time show. Themes from Halo, Legend of Zelda, Mortal Kombat and Super Mario Bros. are played while the band forms several symbols in the field such as a mushroom, a triforce and a halo symbol.Not as cool as VGL, but still pretty neat for a marching band. Band Geeks Rule!

I just moved to Portland, Oregon a week ago and it became quickly apparent that this was going to be my kind of town. Between the amazing food and the charming people, it’s already feeling like home. And then I hear about something like this and my attachment goes to a whole new level. It seems that someone has taken it upon themselves to placeMario Kartpower-ups in the bike lanes along one of the streets east of the river....

As I’ve probably said before, demakes are a pretty cool thing. The idea of playingHaloon an Atari 2600 won’t cause anybody to cancel their pre-order ofReachbut it might give you a few minutes of amusement. Halo 2600is a surprisingly capable game, actually. You control Master Chief through four regions, gunning down Covenant forces while you search for the key to the next area. It’s not easy. A single shot will take you out, unless you have collected a shield which gives lets you take an extra shot before croaking....

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer believes that motion control is destined to be an obligatory part of videogames, eventually becoming as essential as multiplayer. Excuse me while I’m sick into a little bag. “Much like with multiplayer, I think it will become the norm,”claims Spencer. “If you are a racing game without multiplayer the game just didn’t sell. We think that motion control, we think voice recognition, should become a part of gaming as well....

Usually when we get trailers for RPGs and the PR fellow sending them over says something about them “being really great” it turns out that they’re the same old stuff we’ve seen before. Lots of FMV, a bit of gameplay, a swelling soundtrack and some climatic ending. Thus, when downloading the trailer for upcoming PSP RPGMimana Iyar ChronicleI was expecting to have to BS a few paragraphs about how it looked interesting....

[Update] Added video. The last timewe talked aboutMinitroid, I told you that I found the game comforting.Metroid: Other Mwas just about to see release, and I was scared the game would be too different. WhileOther Mlooked scary and unknown,Minitroidlooked old and familiar. At the time, that madeMinitroidthe hotter option for me. NowOther Mhas come and gone, and I’m still hungry for some classic 2DMetroidaction.Mintroidlooks like it will deliver on that. Even though it’s just free PC game, it’s one of my most anticipated titles right now....

The former boss of the Xbox 360 (and Dreamcast) said some harsh things about UK developer Rare in the third part ofThe Guardian’sinterview with him. Moore was asked about the Xbox 360’s strengths during his reign, and this somehow led him to talk about how he feels that Rare’s skillsare “not applicable in today’s market”. “Microsoft, we’d had a tough time getting Rare back –Perfect Dark Zerowas a launch title and didn’t do as well asPerfect Dark… but we were trying all kinds of classic Rare stuff and unfortunately I think the industry had past Rare by – it’s a strong statement but what they were good at, new consumers didn’t care about anymore, and it was tough because they were trying very hard – Chris and Tim Stamper were still there – to try and recreate the glory years of Rare, which is the reason Microsoft paid a lot of money for them and I spent a lot of time getting on a train to Twycross to meet them....

Along with that newtrailer, a plate of fresh details for the upcoming action RPGPandora’s Towerhas surfaced care of Famitsu magazine. Following a beast attack at the Elysium harvest festival, a young girl named Ceres becomes cursed. You take on the role of her friend Ende, a former soldier who must remove this curse by carving the flesh from beasts living in a mysterious tower. To that end, you are given a special weapon called theOrichalcum Chain that also informs you of how much time Ceres has left before she succumbs....

Microsoft can’t keep a lid on anything right now, as the deluge of information preceding tomorrow’s Gamer’s Day keeps on tumbling out. With a pair of sequels revealed, along with the titles of two seemingly original IPs, there are a lot of beans spilled (where elsedothey spill?), and we’re here to lick them up off the ground like thedirtyrats that we are. Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradiseis the sequel to the critically acclaimedViva Piñata, a highly original and charming little game that sadly didn’t sell too well....

Evening, ‘toiders! Time for another episode of that pesky video game show you’ve all grown to hate but watch anyway on the off chance one of us accidentally farts on camera. I can’t wait for that day. In the meantime, I learned two things from today’s episode: One, plaid is terribly unflattering on camera. And two, Max really hates the nameVita. I mean, I think it’s dumb, too, but like every other name for a video game console in history, I think we’ll get used to it....

While many of us are still trying to decide what to make of night vision goggles being included with theModern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition, one man has alreadyreached a firm conclusion— this is going to gohorriblywrong. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s resident game correspondent, Rob Watson, has warned that he feels some will use Infinity Ward’s gift for evil instead of good. “I hate trippin’ over games with a violent angle because I know there are many people out there who believe that these videogames are the product of Satan or some such nonsense, but [night vision goggles are] a bad idea,” professes Watson....