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This close to the holidays, there’s not much going on in the way of new releases. Instead, fanboys use December to argue and fight about trivial pieces of news. This week, we’ll be taking a look at a video response from each side to the earth-shattering news thatQuantum Theoryis no longer a PS3 exclusive, and a few unrelated-yet-hilarious videos from some…interesting…fanboys. Hit the jump. To fanboys, there’s nothing worse than when a game that was exclusive to your console goes multi-platform....

[Forums, we have them, is a monthlyserieswhere we look at all the going-ons in the Destructoid Forums.] This month in Forums, we have them: everyone on the Forum Team got to go to PAX but me, I passive-aggressively whine about this a lot, Dtoid Midwest had an epic NARP, three-quarters of the Dtoid community is now on a podcast, a whole bunch of new badges happened, and I ignore the fact that FWHT was skipped last month....

If you want a ridiculous beat ’em up in which you play a violent housefly and punch the heads off ladybugs, thenFly Fuis the App for you. Tight and fluid it may not be, but it’s kind of fun and for the price of free, you can’t say fairer! It’s episode or something but check out the free first ep and see what you think. IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT IS A FLY DOING THINGS A FLY WOULD NOT ORDINARILY DO!...

I’m actually on a trip right now and shouldn’t be working, but when I found out that one of my favorite games,Mega Jump, was free today, I realized it was my duty to book it to a computer and tell you. I picked upMega Jumpthe last time it was free, but it is totally worth paying for. A jumping game similar toDoodle Jump, it stands out for its high production values, cute characters and simple, addictive gameplay....

You don’t get that many cool turn-based strategies on the iPhone, despite the methodical, slow-paced style being perfectly suited to a touch-based control system. Still, here’s a decent free one for you. It’s calledRamakianand it’s kind of weird. The bad translation accompanies some rather strange (and cute) character designs to create a very unique little tactical RPG. It’ll also slay you pretty quickly if you’re not careful. It costs nothing right now, so give it a try, why don’t you?...

If onlygoodgames could be released throughout the entire year, rather than being bunched together during the November/December rush to get stuff out the door in time for Christmas. For starters, we wouldn’t have to skip out on certain games in place for others as a result of a tight budget, and we’d also have something new to play during the dreaded summer period that’s home to shovelware and movie tie-ins....

Via Kotaku: G4 has apologized for stealing Aeropause’s Dead Rising tutorial video (seen above) on how to get the now highly desired Megaman blaster outfit by destroying 60,000 zombies in the Xbox 360 game. G4’s Butt-crack-of-the-show stole the video and cut out the first few seconds to discard the credit Aeropause deserved for getting their video on national TV, but after feeling the fearful wrath of internet fans rebelling over this news,G4 has issued an apology…....

In the pantheon of classic adventure game series, certain franchises come to mind.King’s Quest,Sam and Max,Zork, etcetera. These games are looked upon so favorably in the collective game unconscious because, in a way, they are timeless: their stories and puzzles are great, and their graphical or technological shortcomings often work in their favor. Whether text-based or VGA, gamers have little to no trouble fondly remembering great old adventure games. Unless, of course, the game uses full motion video....

Dyson hasalready talkeda little about N-Gage’s new vision, but here it is straight from their mouth in video form. Enjoy.*Props to Husky Hog for the camera and editing work. Dyson hasalready talkeda little about N-Gage’s new vision, but here it is straight from their mouth in video form. Enjoy. *Props to Husky Hog for the camera and editing work.

A while ago we talked aboutDaniel Petric, an Ohio teen who shot his mother dead and injured his father after being banned from playingHalo. His lawyers attempted the famous (and absurd) videogame defense — blaming game obsession on the attack. Petric wasfound guilty, his game defense having been ruled out by the judge. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ruled that game addiction was no defense, and that evidence of premeditation was clear....

We told you earlier thatMicrosoft is asking all Halo fans to help in creating a monument to commemorate the Noble Team and the planet Reach. Go toRememberReach.comand contribute a point of light that will help form the monument. A continually regenerating sclupture made of points of light will be gradually shaped and then produced by a “state-of-the-art robotic installation.” Your contribution adds to the coordinates that the arm will sculpt. Or something like that....

As you may have heard, The phaser-firing, starship-riding MMOStar Trek Onlinewill be going free-to-play sometime this year, as did its Cryptic-developed cousinChampions Online. Of course, players both potential and current will be wondering one thing: What will I be missing out on if I choose not to pay? The quick answer? Not a lot. Otherwise, both membership plans are identical in terms of access to content. Gold users will be able to use the “Foundry” mode to create their own missions and storylines, but Silver players will be limited to just playing said missions....

According to data gathered by The Diffusion Group, 78 percent of PlayStation 3 users have their system connected to the Internet. For Xbox 360 and Wii, the rates are 73 and 54 percent, respectively. It’s worth noting that these figures apply to the United States. Really, it makes perfect sense. With no monthly fee attached to PlayStation Network, there’s a lower barrier to entry compared to Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE....