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I’m probably the biggestOverlordfan on staff, and pretty much fell in love with Codemasters’ original title on sight. My only real problem was that the titular Overlord was never really as evil as he was advertised, and you were more “amoral” than a truly malevolent dictator. This new developer diary takes note of such criticism, and is promising that proper tyranny will be on offer inOverlord II. Yes! Rather than working to make villagers love you, the new Overlord can either loot, burn, rob and kill, or he can subdue innocent people, turning them into mindless slaves....

Just a little over a month ago, Destructoidhad a pie eating contestwithP.B. Winterbottom’sPaul Bellezza. Paul won, but only because he was a dirty cheater! We wanted to settle things and during theP.B. Winterbottompanel at PAX East Friday night, I joined Paul on stage to settle things once and for all. We each had one whole pie that we needed to chow down on and a audience member (who was bribed with prizes beforehand COUGH COUGH!...

In the upcomingNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, up to four players can play controlling one of four characters — Mario, Luigi, and two different colored Toads. Why two toads instead of what might seem like the obvious choice, Princess Peach? Creator Shigeru Miyamoto answered this question (asked by Wired Game|Life’s Tracey John), and the answer was… surprising. Turns out, you can blame her signature pink dress. “Originally, I thought it would be nice if we could have Princess Peach in there as a playable character,” he said through a translator, “but in fact, the Toad characters have a physical that’s a little bit closer to Mario and Luigi....

Want to do something absolutely ridiculous and/or appalling? Why not spend eight hours playingKillzone 2on the day after Christmas? Guerrilla’s “Yaster” will be hosting a massive eight-hour gaming session on theKillzone 2servers, and everyone’s invited. On Boxing Day, December 26, from 10am to 6:30pm (we’re guessing GMT), you can join Guerrilla in a hefty round of Warzone, or at least watch in disbelief as a man runs a game for longer than anything not calledWorld of Warcraftshould be run....

Today, I plan on purchasing and playingSavage Moon, a tower defense game featuring aliens and bugs, on my PlayStation 3. Then maybe I’ll use it to finish watching season three ofEntourage. If I were smarter, maybe I’d be using Sony’s console for something that’s actually useful, like to determine the rotational speed at which black hole vibrations stop. That’s what researchers at the University of Alabama are doing, having networked 16 PlayStation 3 consoles together to create what they’re calling a “PS3 Gravity Grid....

As I brought up the 2009 Sci-Fi filmMoon, Tiger Style co-founder Randy Smith’s eyes lit up. He’s a big fan but he stops short of citing it as an influence on his latest game,Lost Mars. Intentional or not, the ties between the two are noticeable: both deal with astronauts stranded on a planet, fulfilling a solo-mission within a story that has more in common with a Discovery channel documentary thanTotal Recall....

Poking around on the PlayStation Network this morning, I noticed an icon titled “PSP game sale.” To me,salemakes me think of a large selection of discounted items. Here? There’s only five items. Good prices though, and beggers can’t be choosers. Here’s what they’ve got: There are at least a couple that are worth the asking price. If you don’t haveSuper Stardust Portableorechochrome, they’re both well worth the five bucks.

Along with everyone else, we had beef with the new PSP’s screen. The 3000 model has scanline and interlacing issues thatSony called “hardware features,”but then didn’t say much else. It wasn’t until some nerds atLogic Sunriseput the screens under a microscope that the answers to these issues were uncovered. With the help of a 40x microscope, the difference between a 2000 and a 3000’s screen becomes apparent. On the new screen, the pixels seem to be arranged horizontally....

This is a Rainbow Six Vegas video from the developer diary showing some motion capturing while animation director Aaron Gilman explains why the next-gen-consoles are more suitable for motion capturing.

Studies show that playing too muchCall of Dutycan make you hungry. So Activision has built up a real life Burger Town — the phony fast food chain that has appeared in the games — at its Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles this weekend. The food station (one of very few available at the event) is not only home to tasty burgers, but also long lines. Fans waited upwards of an hour to get their hands on Burger Times greasy treats....

[Update:Winners picked!] Brian Provinciano’sRetro City Rampagewill be making its last visit to a PAX before its release later this year. Fans will get to play the game at booth #3011 and have a chance to win some sweet prizes! Brian and the gang will be handing out free exclusive Avatar t-shirt codes. There are only going to be 1,000 guy and 1,000 girl Avatar shirts released so this is super limited!...

Welcome back to another Monday! As you’re reading this, I’m passed out from a long night of reminiscing about old shooter games and countless hours of sound editing. Thankfully, due in large part to the magic of the Internet, my complete lack of consciousnesses won’t keep you from enjoying the latest episode ofRetroforceGO!Can you all say “Thank you Internet?” I knew you could. Highlights! Still with us? Good. I’ll be awake in an hour or so, so please throw down some lovely comments in the comments section so I can enjoy your opinions as I enjoy my first glass of Diet Pepsi and a bowl of Lucky Charms — breakfast of champions, I tell ya’....

Before there was an internet, there was print journalism. There still is, but if advertisers and moneyholders have their way, that might not be true for much longer. If you grew up when we did, there’s a good chance you spent many an afternoon waiting by the mailbox for the latest on the world of gaming, because back then, it was the only way you were going to get it....