SighI have a god-awful f*cking memory.
Yet again, I forgot to do a recap of Friday’s posts. I’m usually not this forgetful, but I’m just going to go ahead and blame my severe depression at the fact that I’m not celebrating down in Miami with the Dtoid staff. Ugh. You’ll get Friday’s posts below; as usual, today’s and tomorrow’s posts will be gathered together for Sunday night’s Weekend Hotness. [Editor’s note: This post originally went up on Saturday night, but then I just moved it back because of thelive streams of the three-year anniversary parties. –Samit]
Remember the “Xbox Pure” bullsh*t from last year — specifically, howsome sites got burnedby a Cheap Ass Gamer forumite’s creativity? The same thing happened yesterday with a NeoGAF post regardingBioShock 2details that were supposedly “leaked” from the upcomingApril issue ofGame Informer.
As it turned out, the Internet got hosed … again, and many sites (including this one) had to update their posts with retractions. Anytime rumors are quickly debunked like this, it’s an unfortunate situation, but of course, readers always want to be up on the latest gossip.
There’s this constant race to beFIRST!with news on the net, and I think it’s really a shame, since that often gets in the way of, y’know, fact-checking and all thatjournalisticstuff. What’s the solution? [This isn’t meant as a shot at Jim or any other person/site in particular. I just wanted to provide a thinking point. For more, seeNihonTiger90’s c-blog.]
Oh, right, stuff happened yesterday. Let’s see … Brad Nicholson previewedGuitar Hero: Metallica; we learned that Harmonix is finally answering our cries of “We want the funk!”; Colette interviewed the lead designer of WayForward’s newA Boy and His Blobgame; and other posts were posted on Destructoid on 03/13/09.
Destructoid Originals:Indie Nation #53: Rescue the BeaglesWhy putting co-op in BioShock 2 is a positively terrible ideaFanboy Friday: Miami EditionDestructoid interview: WayForward’s Sean VelascoFriday Night Fights: Resident Evil 5 edition
Community:Community Blogs of 03/13/09Forum of the Day:The thread of lying about Keith VazResident Evil 5 launch: Best Buy made me a necrophiliacReviews:OnslaughtPreviews:Guitar Hero: MetallicaNews:Sonic Unleashed DLC … seriouslyBored? Try cueing up 1,000 Super Nintendo sound effectsNew LittleBigPlanet project is ‘really f*cking cool’Noby Noby Boy update coming, will include ‘offline’ multiplayerLEGO Harry Potter is happening … probablyOne Resident Evil 5 composer is scared of series gamesThe Week in Rock Band DLC: James Brown, Papa Roach, and lots moreGears of War 2 getting experience system, Snowblind Map PackTrackMania DS pre-order bonus at Amazon: PC versionChristian conservatives attack ‘gay agenda’ in PC game2.6 million copies of Fable II sold, many Achievements unlockedCapcom explains Resident Evil 5 Versus cost, but will you listen?BioShocker: BioShock 2 ‘definitely’ coming to PS3Chop! Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic coming to PSN April 9‘Sega’ Mega Drive returning to revel in past gloriesBioShock 2 first details [Update]Japanese Harvest Moon WiiWare lets you milk cows! Cows, I say!Batman: Arkham Asylum collector’s edition ships with 12″ BatarangNew York dropping its plans to tax DLC
Galleries:Call of Duty: World at War DLC will add another zombie level, yayVideos:Burn zombies in Burn Zombie Burn!’s game modesMetal alert: Guitar Hero: Metallica vignette has rock music in it
