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Earlier this week, a copy ofMetroid Prime Trilogyarrived, by way of Nintendo. We were thrilled; even peed in our pants a little. Foremost, because the three games that appear on the single DVD — the GameCube titlesMetroid Prime,Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and the Wii’sMetroid Prime 3: Corruption— are all unbelievable experiences. Doing a proper review of this collection almost seems silly at this point. While the two original GameCube games are retrofitted with the motion controls (which work near-flawlessly, and are your only control option) and give slight tweaks, we’ve played these games before, and each comes-highly recommended....

Fallout: New Vegassenior producer Jason Bergman has taken tothe Bethesda forumsto give us an update on where the post-apocalyptic action-RPG is at. The next downloadable content is ready — expect an official announcement “very soon” — but they wanted to get another patch out beforehand. Bergman says the patch is now going through certification, and with any luck, it’ll be out in the “next couple of weeks” on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC....

I wasn’t at PAX, a fact that anyone reading the site last weekend could probably pick up on from mynot so subtle hints. However, a lot of people were at PAX — it didsell outafter all. UnfortunatelyConSARSalso decided to rear its ugly head in the form of H1N1, and because of this it took the good PAX people a bit longer to release the official attendance numbers. Wehave them now, though, and if you were there you were amongst 60,750 other gamers....

PETA has launched a game parody of the uber-popularSuper Meat BoynamedSuper Tofu Boy. In the game, Bandage Girl leaves Meat Boy for the bland and tasteless (my words) Tofu Boy. Angry and rotting, Meat Boy kidnaps Bandage Girl and Tofu Boy must dash off to her rescue. The game is for PC and resembles the originalMeat Boyflash prototype much more than the polished game being played around the world today on PC and Xbox 360....

We’vetalked about the Molyneux Cycle before, and I’m thrilled to report that it’s back in full effect once more! With Fable: The Journey coming up, Molyneux has continued his tactic of downplaying the last overhyped game to further hype the next. “It’s hard to be completely honest without offending people; but I know, when I read in the middle of a review that said the quality just wasn’t good enough, I actually agree with those reviews,” he said, keeping the Cycle going with elegant efficiency....

GameTap — Ted Turner’s answer to the high price of videogames and people whostillthink his wife sold us out to the Vietcong — has been diversifying their portfolio as of late. Not content to merely be a phenomenal PC gaming service, they’ve broadened their reach into film, original content and apparently the world of games journalism, as demonstrated bya recent interviewthey conducted with Peter “I swear he can see my soul” Moore on the topic of EA’s upcoming trivia titleGameShow....

Last week, Rare Studios very kindly invited me to their secret headquarters in the rain-soaked Midlands to try my hand at the Nintendo DS version of the critically acclaimedViva Piñata.Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradisetakes the cheerful-yet-sinister gardening simulation of the Xbox 360 title and shrinks it down onto Nintendo’s handheld for (hopefully) a wider audience to enjoy. Having spent a whole afternoon tempting Quackberries and feeding Bunnycombs to Pretztails while laughing with glee at my mastery over life and death, I’m happily confident enough in my knowledge of all things feral and candy-filled to provide a Destructoid-flavored preview for your consumption....

Brizamila is the company that distributes Capcom’s DS games in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, or at least, they usually are. They are passing onAce Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth,as they fear that R4-enabled pirating of the game has already doomed it to commercial failure. Bad news for the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and even worse news for the people who spent months working to makeAce Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworththe great game that it is....

What a great idea. I’m almost tired of hearing aboutAngry Birds, but this cake was too neat to pass up. Some lucky little dude named Ben got to celebrate his birthday with a playableAngry Birdscake. In the video above you’re able to see how much time went into making the edible birds, platforms and obstacles. And then it all comes down in seconds. The cake looks great and the ammo is perfect....

For those of you who watch this site like meth-addled hawks, you know that while we had planned to record Podtoid 26 a few days back, the best laid plans of mice and men often fall the hell apart and make Nex cry like Robert Smith. In order to rectify the situation, we are recording the podcast this evening, and, since it has been a whole week, we need some more reader questions....

This week is a week for celebration: my router works, the podcast is too long, and we spend an inordinate amount of time doing David Hayter impressions. Actual informed discussion took a distant backseat to grunting “Otacon!!!” in the most gravelly voice possible. This week,Jim Sterling,Brad Rice, andAaron Lindejoin me to shmooze about the following topics: Why are we not bored of Mario?: Jim and Aaron begin an indepth discussion on the lifespan of great franchises, then Brad sends everyone a link to Japanese porn....

UPDATE: Wearetalking about sexism this week. You don’t have to repost your questions from last week — we’ll just use them for episode 58. Additionally, we’ll be talking about the Spore Creature Creator,Jim’s article on linearity, and assorted other news events. And you know what that means: totally random reader questions ahoy! This week’s sonnet theme is “an incomplete cast.” As always, the best sonnets will be read aloud on air, and the best question will net the person who asked it a hefty $25, which can go to your PS3/MGS4fund....

You guys know what looks awesome? Fuzzyeyes’Edge of Twilight, that’s what. My cynical, pessimistic inner twat says that its steampunk aesthetic is just an attempt to appeal to Doctorow-influenced hipsters. The little twit also thinks that Lex, the game’s rough-and-tumble bounty hunter protagonist, is a played-out archetype by now. Fortunately, my inner twat is an impetuous child and doesn’t know dick about compelling game concepts. From what I can tell,Edge of Twilightisshaping up quite nicely— at the very least, the concept is fascinating....