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I’ve been working on making a “best of”video of our live stream chatwith withMassimo Guarini(Naruto: Rise of the Ninja,Shadows of the Damned) and Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hillseries,Shadows of the Damned) all week, but due to sound issues and other technical fails, I haven’t been able to get it ready in a palatable form. Instead, I’ll just recap the chat as best I can in bullet-point form. Sneak preview — we talk about a lot stuff; the origins of the name “Grasshopper”, Yamaoka-san’s work onSnatcher, the potential for moreNo More Heroes, Yamaoka-san’s future with theSilent Hillseries, the difference between Eastern and Western developers, Grasshopper’s future Kinect project, Yamaoka-san’s and Guarini-san’s punk rock band, and much more....

I just realized that our blogging software ate my Daily Hotness post for April 1. It’s my birthday as I’m writing this so I’m not even going to try and categorizes these links. STUFF HAPPENED: We’ll be hearing more about The Agency very soonMega64: It’s the goddamn Batman!Your first look at Resident Evil: Afterlife 3DBowling says MW2’s glitches didn’t hurt its popularityNo Joke: This is Dragon Age April Fool’s DLCHalo: The Movie will be the best movie everNo playable women in Crackdown 2 to save memoryLost Blaster Master sequel coming to Virtual ConsoleCapcom is giving away a Miles Edgeworth DSi!...

Dtoid is hosting a very special FNF tomorrow whereGears of War 2players can win some sweetGears 2related swag. Check outGrim’s postfor all the details you need. If you’re strictly a PS3 player, then keep an eye out forTakeshi’s C Blogtomorrow for Killzone 2 FNF info. The Destructoid Comic is back with a two pager, Dale reviewedMetal Gear Solid Touch, Ben checked out the newWorld at WarDLC,Seven Haunted Seaslooks really good and plenty more happened on 03/19/09....

We chatted it up with Cliffy B during Comic-Con last week about the newGears of War 2DLC. It’s looking pretty good! Cliffy also enjoys the Jonas Brothers. Let’s stop talking aboutFinal Fantasy XIV,Cross Edgemade DMV mad, I chatted with Machinima, we have a couple of new contests going on, Valve is learning sign language forHalf-Life 2: Episode 3and plenty more happened on 08/07/09. Destructoid Originals:READY TO FRIDAYRetroforceGO! episode 98: Super MetroidFriday Night Fights: Garbage netcode editionOpinion: Not talking about Final Fantasy XIVFanboy Friday: Ur damned soulsWe chat with Cliffy B on Gears of War 2: Dark CornersArt Attack Friday: TWULFNot a review: how Cross Edge nearly turned me madIndie Nation: Where’s An Egg?...

You know, I never realized how much of a jerk Mega Man really is. What a jerk face! Go check out the latest Once Upon a Pixel to find out just how jerky he is. CES 2010 is in full swing, Microsoft reveals Xbox Game Room, Topher misses MAGfest 8, Brad reviewedSky Crawlers, we’re getting a newZeldathis year, a new DS is in the works with motion controls and more happened on 01/06/10....

Destructoid premiered the second new video series called Storm’s Adventures. In the debut episode, Storm tackles the last threeSonic the Hedgehoggames for the Wii. DSi gets cracked, Nintendo can’t satisfy you, Kojima teases a new game possibly starring Raiden, PETA punches human babies and plenty more happened on 05/13/09. Destructoid Originals:RetroforceGO! Episode 89: Punch-Out!!Games time forgot: Heart of DarknessStorm’s Adventures! Hedgehog ThreesomeCommunity:Community blogs of 05/13/09Forum of the day:Megaman VirginReviews:Banjo-Tooie (XBLA)New Play Control!...

As part of theVision Sound Musicfestival at the Southbank Centre, London, the world renownedLondon Philharmonic Orchestraput on a special concert dedicated to the wonderful world of videogame music. Entitled “Video Game Heroes,” it’s a collection of music from games old and new, all of which are close to conductor Andrew Skeet’s heart. Unfortunately for us (except the people who went of course), the concert took place last Saturday ( September 2....

There is a terrifying sequence in George Orwell’s classic novel1984that finds main character Winston Smith tied to a chair with a giant cage full of rats attached to his face. Rats are Winston’s worst fear and, through the book’s exquisite writing, the audience feels the troubled main character’s pain and terror. Shifting mediums, a memorable scene in the filmA Clockwork Orangeshares a similar power of drawing its audience into a twisted, visceral world of nightmarish torture....

I like to think that the only reason Egoraptor built up such a massive portfolio of web contest was just so that he could one day sweep a casting call vote for a reality TV show. Yep,aaaaaaaallaccording to plan. This was a pretty packed weekend in terms of news. We’ve got a ton of videos and screens for several games, includingWarhammer Online,Resident Evil Revelations, andRapala for Kinect(fish punching!). We also reviewedMortal Kombat: Arcade KollectionandSerious Sam: Double D, plus checked out the upcoming Xbox 360 dashboard update....

Ah, wrestling games. Back in high school, my friends and I were heavily into wrestling, and we all owned the first twoWWF SmackDown!games (the ones on the PS1). We’d watchRawandSmackDown!every week, and we’d beat the living hell out of each other (in the game, of course) every weekday afternoon after school. But the series’ third game, the first on the PS2, lacked the same luster and charm of its prior-gen predecessors — at least in our view — and we stopped following wrestling anyway soon afterwards....

TheLinkedIn profileof sound designer Steve Johnson reveals three games from Sony’s Santa Monica studios that were canceled. We don’t know anything about these games, but at least their names are cool:High Rise, Hand of GodandPsynapse.Hand of Godmakes me think ofGod Hand. I’m sure it was nothing likeGod Hand. Johnson has also worked on two unannounced PS3 titles. I wonder what those are. CVG guesses that one isGod of War 4. Safe guess, I’d say....

NIS America is bringing back a classic RPG from the PlayStation 1 days.Rhapsody: A Musical Adventureis being rereleased for the Nintendo DS with updates that will take full advantage of the DS hardware. The game will also have new characters, stages and such on top of all the original content from the original game. You play as Cornet, a young girl who is trying to find a prince to fall in love with....

Given the reported state of music games, here’s a bit of a shock: Ubisoft has announced a new guitar game,Rocksmith. The title isn’t aGuitar Heroknock-off, instead working with standard electric guitars via an adapter that works with the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Hollywood Reporter says the game will include tracks by David Bowie, Nirvana, the Rolling Stones, and the Animals. “Guitar Herois a party game,” says Ubisoft senior vp of marketing Tony Key....