Yes, that is Mr. Caffeine. And yes, this has been the first full day of E3. This morning, Nintendo held their conference and finally unveiled the Wii U. With its 6.2 inch touch screen, there has been a lot of praise and disappointment coming from the community. Not only did we bring you news from Nintendo, but all day, the Destructoid team has been blogging non-stop with previews and videos of the show....
I love opening an email and seeing an image of pair of panties with a question mark over them. Love you, NISA! As a promotion for one of the greatest named games ever,Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, NISA is holding a contest. They’re letting you design Etna’s panties!The contest page is hilarious. Prinny is asking you to design a sexy pair as they lost hers. If you design the best pair, NISA will actually get a black thong made with your design on it....
I may as well just come out and say thatNinja Gaiden: Dragon Swordis the best action game on the Nintendo DS. To be fair, it doesn’t have much — if any — competition. The Nintendo DS catalog is packed with quality titles, from role-playing games to action-platformers to puppy raising simulators. But straight up combat-action is a genre that has long skipped Nintendo’s handhelds, so it was an interesting choice Team Ninja made when deciding to bringNinja Gaidento the DS....
You may not know this, but in the world of game writing/journalism/blogging, PopCap’s puzzle game seriesPegglewould probably be called the unofficial time waster. Lots of us play it. It’s like theacceptablecasual game for game writers. Kidding. But both the PC original and it’s sequel,Peggle Nights, have permanent links on my desktop for quick play during break times, between work sessions, and during boring meetings. Now the series makes the jump to the Nintendo DS, thanks to help from the guys at Q Entertainment....
An excerpt fromGaming And You: The Ephemeral Line Between Being A Huge Nerd And Scoring Mad Tail, by Beverly Cleary, published by Scholastic Books, 1994, all rights reserved: ” … and then it was over. With a sudden thump, the rocket impacted my chest, sending gibs flying across the entire level, and with them, my dreams of professional gaming stardom. Jeanne would never look at me again, not even with that freaky lazy eye of hers....
Every year for the past three years a handful of game developers gather in Texas for Project Horseshoe, an invite only conference where the devs sit around discussing the biggest problems facing the industry and how to topple them like Boom Blox. This year the group took on the cause of how to make games art and came out with aDesigner’s Manifesto. The manifesto isn’t arguing that games aren’t art yet, but that they aren’t perceived as art yet and that lead designers aren’t given the credit they deserve as artists....
Disgaea 2is out for PSP, but its launch has been less than smooth. In fact, the game has been setting off unnecessary alarm bells with an erroneous error message that is tell players their saved games won’t be compatible with any DLC. Fortunately, those who panicked will be rewarded, with NISoffering free contentby way of an apology. It goes down like this: Gamers were getting bizarre error messages while saving their games, pumping hours into the strategy RPG only to be told that, “If you save now, your save data will be saved in the state in which you cannot use the DLC....
What, did you think we weren’t going to tell you what’s coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade this week? Nah, it’s just that the carrier pigeon who normally delivers the news sort of, well … he died. On his last day of work before retirement, no less. The details are sketchy at this point, and how we found outFeeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown(800 Microsoft Points),Domino Master(800 MS Points), andTicket to Ride – 1910(400 MS Points) are this week’s releases, I can’t say....
Sleep is Deathis an unconventional game, all things considered. It’s only natural, then, that some of you might be hesitant to drop any decent amount of money on it, no matter how reasonable the asking price is. If you fall into this group, you might want to reconsider. Jason Rohrer has opted to go thepay-what-you-want route, which should convince many casual observers to give the storytelling game another look. I need to point out that in reality, the lowest you’re able to pay is $1....
The under-appreciated (dare I say sleeper?) THQ/5th Cell Nintendo DS adventure titleDrawn to Lifeis being drawn up for a Nintendo Wii release, according toGamasutra. The game that lets you draw your own hero, as well as your weapons and enemies, has helped THQ’s DS title sales rise 94 percent. That sounds like a perfect reason for a port, doesn’t it? In a conference call with Gamasutra, THQ president Brian Farrell said that he was pleased with the performance of the franchise, and wants “to extend the brand to the Wii in the future....
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Did you guys make any New Years resolutions? Well, if you need an idea for one or just want to make an extra resolution, why don’t you make the resolution to go to a Dtoid city group gathering? There are tons of events planned for the month of January all over, and you’re welcome to attend! Read on to see what NARPs are happening in Austin, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere!...
In an E3 question and answer roundtable just a few hours ago, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that he is currently working on a new Pikmin game, presumably for the Wii. When asked about “core titles” and whether he would be interested in ever making another Pikmin game, Miyamoto laughed and then addressed the inquiry. Avoiding a direct answer at first and questioning what a “core title” truly is, Miyamoto then suddenly, and unexpectedly, gave an honest response:...
Earlier this week, Genius Products invited us out to their offices to get an exclusive, early hands-on of their upcoming turntable-based music game,Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. While the game will officially be revealed to the world this Wednesday night, we got a first-look at the controller, as well as a chance to play a few tracks. More detailed hands-on impressions will be going up later this week, but Genius’ Mike Rubinelli was nice enough to chat it up with us about what you can expect when the game ships....
