Good evening, sweet minions! It’s that time of the day again, which can only mean one thing: either you’re on your fourth scotch, or it’s time for today’s episode of The Destructoid Show! (Or both, if you’re me.) On tonight’s program, we’ve got a ton of game trailers to cover. Max gives us the run-down onDmc Devil May Cry,Soul Calibur 5,Mass Effect 3andBattlefield 3, while I dish my opinions on the recentBorderlands 2andLollipop Chainsawtrailers....
[For her Monthly Musing, naiathegamer tells us how video games helped her through a period of some fairly serious bullying.Want to post your own article onthis month’s topic? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs. – JRo] Kids are cruel. Having a hobby like video games also leaves one susceptible to being bullied even more than the average child. I was no stranger to bullying at that age. While in sixth and seventh grade, I had the pleasure of being tormented regularly by a neighbor up the street....
Little bit of an update for you on where theHumble Frozenbyte Bundleis at. In the bundle’s first 48 hours, it managed to pull in approximately 100,000 sales which amounted to about $500,000. For this accomplishment, all customers are getting three free songs from theTrine 2soundtrack (preview here). Frozenbyte says that Linux and Mac ports ofJack Claware still coming, and that an Xbox 360 controller isn’t required for the current PC version any longer — keyboard and mouse are now supported....
Frozenbyte is offering us a different style of trailer today, one you rarely ever see. Instead of opting to focus on straight footage or cinematics, this video shows some of the locales found inTrine 2. And that’s all. Apparently, the artists ofTrine 2are finished working on the game, resulting in this video. Not every component is done, however. The finished product is still a few months away, with Frozenbyte CEO Lauri Hyvärinen saying “Ultimately we decided that we don’t want to rush things....
Since everything from this point out is now being considered spoilers, the name of this feature must evolve with Sakurai’s wishes. On Monday, Captain Falcon’s stage,Port Town Aero Dive, was shown off. It’s fromF-Zero GXand is more or less similar to theMelee F-Zerostage as you’re on a platform that flies all over the track. On Tuesday, another stage was revealed and this one is the remake ofFinal Destination. Well, it’s not really a remake as it’s still a small flat platform that’s being transported through different wormholes....
[Editor’s note: Gynecologist Cobra takes a look atSunset Ridersand tells us how it started the affair for him as part ofJune’s Musings. — CTZ] When I was born in 1992, I still lived in London, as I did for the first four years of my life. I don’t remember much about these four years, but I remember visiting my uncle once at his workplace and playingSuper Mario Bros. 2and thinking it was the greatest thing ever....
Whilst browsingPixel Girl ShopI discovered these retro bits of art….I keep trying to decide whether I think they’re rad or something I might buy for a quarter at a garage sale. Of course, garage sales have that strange magnetic attraction that make you buy things that you’ll never really need or want, but because they’re ten cents, you momentarily think you cannot live them. This explains the existance of ice cream makers, taffeta dresses with puffed sleeves and Lionel Ritchie albums....
Here’s a quick gameplay video ofFist of the North Star: Ken’s Ragefor you. If you’re as excited about this game as I am, you’ll want to check it out. It looks like the stage I played at E3, only with English voices this time. If you’re not a fan of the English dub, then don’t worry, as the game will include an original Japanese track as well. Still, who’s concerned about voices when there are camp mohawked thugs to explode?...
[This Week in the Community is your weekly look at some of the best Community related work that has come from the Community Blogs and Forums.] Mxyzptlk and friends wowed all with their contestentry to theDarksiderscontest. Now enjoy some of the outtakes and bonus footagefrom theproduction. NARPs went down, people were showing off their weapons, check out the Mr. Destructoid face in Garry’s Mod, Tactix got an awesome Secret Santa gift, people are still Double Downing and more happened in the Community over th last couple of weeks....
Destructoid’sTwitch.tv channelis committed to bringing lots of great gaming-related entertainment even during the weekends. From playing games on the stream, to discussing them in a talk show format, we bring a wide range of entertainment with that unique Dtoid flavor. Last weekend, 321gocast brought you a comprehensive guide to how to survive PAX, and this weekend, Also, Talks continues the topic by having one of the Destructoid PAX coordinators, Power-glove, on the show....
Runic Games’ awesome RPGTorchlightis on sale for $4.99 today and if you don’t buy it you are officially the world’s biggest, stupidest, most rubbish moron. Originally $20.00, the game was smashed down to $9.99 as part of Steam’s ludicrous holiday sale. Now it’s been slashed in half again. This iscrucial. For those not in the know, Torchlight is an excellent Diablo-style RPG that should keep any dungeon-crawling, loot-starved adventurer occupied for many hours....
The long-awaited vehicular violence romp that isTwisted Metalhas been given a release date of June 11, 2025. The game’s looking set to be a hot one. It doesn’t appear to have changed much over the years, but does it need to? It’s about cars shooting rockets at each other. That’s a formula you don’t really need to fix. I’ll be picking this one up for sure. Who else is planning to?...
Dead Space 2is enjoying its second consecutive week at the top of the UK Chart, as the sequel sells considerably better than its original, which is awesome. It seems the market has been yet to reward Visceral Games with a smash hit, despite consistently good work. I’m really pleased they have what looks to be a real winner on their hands. Meanwhile,LittleBigPlanet 2has slipped down to fifth place, which is still pretty good for a PS3 exclusive....
