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It is well known thatMash Tacticshas some of the most, let’s say, “interesting” fans. While our love for the Chill Bros is limitless, we can’t help but note that some of them are, well, creepers. Today we are offering professional help for those individuals. Live via Skype we will have one of the most inspirational motivational speakers this side of the Internet,Paul Crik. Hang out with Destructoid Chill Bros onJustin.tv/Destructoidevery weekday at 4PM Pacific and 12PM Pacific on weekends....

ALostWinds sequel had beenrumoredever since the game’s fantastic success at the launch of WiiWare. We hadn’t heard much but we assumed it was a go and now we have confirmation with anew article in EDGErevealing that the game is coming and will indeed involve more wind. The game will be calledLostWinds: Winter of Melodiasand will once again be a WiiWare game. This time around it looks like the devs have heard thefew complaintsthat were leveled at the original game, especially about its length, and will be dealing with them in this game....

Of course, by “evolution” I mean the painstaking process of taking the ogreishtoughguy seen on the left, and transforming him into the ogreish toughguyseen here on the right. Amazing, isn’t it? Thedev diaryalso reveals the reasoning behind the game’s black and white look; to prevents players from feeling guilty about taking such pleasure in murdering so many strangers (something most Japanese developers get around by filling their games withugly zombies). From experience, I can say the black and white “trick” really works....

It’s one thing to be a trueInternet celebrity, but it’s another if your adored by fans worldwide because you are on the magic box (you know, the TV). Microsoft understands this and they’re now involved with a contest where if you happen to not suck so much, you can get your TV show on Xbox Live and win a phat $100,000. Check out therules and junk: 2007 Pilot Competition | “Xbox LIVE Originals” ContestNYTVF 2007 Submission Guidelines...

If there aren’t enough bad things in the world to expose our children to, now some soccer mom has created a line of t-shirts to tell other people what items their kids cannot have, like sugar or television. I spent my childhood wearing a pink track suit that will forever haunt me to the day I die, and the founder ofPlease Don’t Feed My Kids Sugar.comthinks that having her children sport a red shirt with the words “Sugar Free Kid” will win those points with the cool toddlers....

It’s conceptually odd, wonderfully executed stuff like “Mario’s Ladder” that makes working nights at Destructoid a total blast. This is one of those situations where it’d be pointless for me to come right out with it and spoil the fun of the subject matter, so I’ll keep this brief. Yes, the video is old; I know. I don’t care, either. Its radness outweighs your cynicism, serious Internet man! If you like what you see here — how could you not!...

Dark Horse Comics’ second comic in theMass Effect: Redemptionseries is on store shelves now, weeks after you’ve obliterated all the content inMass Effect 2. Scripted by the game’s lead writer, John Jackson Miller, and obviously endorsed by the game’s developer, this is something you should look at, right? What the Hell is This Thing? Picking up where the last Redemption probably left off, this comic focuses on the blue-skinned Asari, Liara T’Soni, and her attempts to locate Shepard’s body after The Normandy takes one — no several — to the gut from The Collectors....

Microsoft Legal has given the “OK” for MekTek Studios to release a free version ofMechwarrior 4. Ina recent announcement, the studio said the permission to launch couldn’t have “come at a better time” considering theMechwarrior“community is attempting a rebirth.” The studio extended its thanks to Microsoft. Earlier this month the free release ofMechwarrior 4didn’t seem like a given. The studio stated over its website that Microsoft was “holding up” the release of the game and MekTek was unsure when it would finally clear....

We gamers are all too aware by now of the pre-Christmas saturation period. October and November are usually full of the industry’s blockbuster titles, all of them competing for our limited wallet contents, and all of them jostling violenty for the top spot. While the Q4 release rush is unlikely to die anytime soon, Microsoft is one of several companieslooking to targetdryer release periods. “We still have a very seasonally-focused business,” says euro marketing boss David Gosen....

If there was one thing we could take away from E3 09, it’s that the videogame industry has well and truly fallen for this “motion control” fad, believing it to be the answer to all their prayers. Every platform now has its own gimmicky motion controller, and Microsoft believes its conceptually impressive Project Natal willrule them all. “If we’d just come out with something that looks and feels like the Nintendo Wiimote, I think you could have fairly criticised us and said it was derivative....

Syracuse isn’t a hotbed for much activity in my mind, save for abolitionism, and it’s not like we have much need for that right now, do we? So, I was rather surprised to hear that EA has its mysterious street team out and about at Syracuse University, placing “Wanted” flyers around campus, asking for the capture of Faith. The flyers went up along our campus quad, where just about everyone has to cross at some point of the day....

Yesterdaywe talkedabout a missing Ontario boy who ran away from home after being banned fromCall of Duty 4by his parents. Today,a report is claimingthat the parents fear he was “lured by gamers,” which has to be one of the most ridiculous headline claims I’ve seen yet. “I’m worried he has met someone online through this game. It could be organized crime or someone involved in Internet gambling. Pedophiles can stalk kids through these games,” the tormented father said in an interview last night....

You saw a little bit ofOtroniconwhen we postedour gallerya few weeks ago, but we had much more to show you that you just can’t capture in a photograph (me being blown around in a wind tunnel being one of those things). Now you’re able to see all that and more in our latest installment of Mr. Destructoid Versus, which I think you may find considerably less terrifying than his adventures at theSears Portrait Studio....