Kotaku: Destructoid

Best Worst New Setting: "Call of Duty 4 Meets Universal Classic Monsters"

Joel Johnson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:30:00 EDT

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Wolfman! The Mummy! The Creature from the Black Lagoon! Frank Stein! When Universal describes these characters as "Classic Monsters" they aren't joking, considering most of us weren't even born when they were last truly dominating the horror film scene. Will the crusty old devils make for a good video game setting? According to internal documents uncovered by Destructoid, we're about to find out. More »

BioShock As A Bedtime Story

Mike Fahey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Destructoid and GameTrailers join forces to tell the horrifying story of BioShock in a kinder, gentler sort of way. Unlike the actual game, the ending is completely awesome. More »

The 2008 GOTY GOTYs: The Best of the Best

Brian Crecente — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST

Last year Multiplayer came up with a great idea: sorting through all of the Game of the Year Awards to pick one conclusive winner. This year, I'm stealing that idea, and not making it better. More »

Penny Arcade Game Pimped With Flamebait

Owen Good — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT

When a movie's major, above-the-title testimonial comes from Access Hollywood, Rex Reed, or a television station in New Mexico, chances are it's going to be a real turd of an operation. Penny Arcade is trying that in reverse with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One. They're flacking it with the rantings of an anti-Penny Arcade troll. More »

Self-diagnosing Fanboyism

ogood — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Destructoid has a handy list, on the heels of TechRadar's "Signs you are no longer a hardcore gamer." Now, Kotaku is an open environment where fanboys are ~~very evidently~~ welcome. But fanboyism is, like terrible driving and owning yap dogs. In case of the former, no one admits to it. The latter, well, you're just a better owner of a more well behaved yap dog. Or some other bullshit. More »

Happy Birthday Destructoid: Destructoid Circa 1988

Maggie Greene — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:00:58 EDT

So today Destructoid turns two, and in a fit of awesome nostalgia, Niero has given us a peek at what could probably be termed the genesis of Destructoid: impressively detailed notebooks for his game club, formed way back when. Ladies and gentlemen, here's what we did before the advent of blogs. Happy second (or twentieth) birthday, Dtoid. More »

Destructoid Makes Bomberman Live Appearance

Mike Fahey — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:20:41 EDT

Hudson is set to release the second of it's Bomb-Up expansion packs for the Xbox Live Arcade's Bomberman live, and in addition to ten new characters, two new levels, new leaderboards, and a new game mode called Bomb Shelters, the expansion features a cameo by Destructoid's mascot, Mr. Destructoid.

"Not only is it an honor to have Destructoid represented in Bomberman Live, but it may also be the first time an online community has been immortalized in a popular gaming franchise," said Niero Gonzalez, Creator of Destructoid.com. "We're grateful that Hudson has extended our brand in this unique way, and invite all gamers to wreak havoc as the infamous Mr. Destructoid."

Interesting to see the gaming press actually represented in a video game, isn't it? Bomb-Up Pack 2 will be available on September 26th. Hit the jump for more details. More »

Three Great Blogs = One Awesome Band

fdemarco — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:18:59 EDT

The doors of PAX opened an hour early for press and when I arrived there was a small smattering of media folks hanging out in a line waiting to get in. Once they let us have the run of the place I made a beeline for the Rock Band booth. At E3 (or any other event I've been to this year for that matter) I wasn't able to get anywhere near it, so I was determined to check it out this time. I got my name in the hat for checking it out and when they called me they asked if i had anyone else I wanted to play with. Well, standing with me was none other than Mr. Destructoid and the lovely Colette from Destructoid.com as well as my friend Chris Furniss of the Weekly Geek so we decided to become the hottest multi-blog band at PAX and stormed the stage to give a stellar performance of Creep. We did pretty well with Chris on bass, Mr. Destructoid on drums, myself on guitar and Colette selling the crowd with her melodious voice and scored a respectable 97%. More »

Destructoid Plays The April Fool

fdemarco — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:00:00 EDT

So it's April 1st today, April Fool's Day here in the States. Everyone plays practical jokes on each other and gets a good laugh at other people's expense. The wags at Destructoid seems to have gotten the ball rolling early (I say this because currently 6:30am where I am. See what I go through so you can have your precious game news?) with their completely revamped front page in honor of our illustrious leader, Crecente. It seems that since he's left the Rocky Mountain News that he's now opening a hair salon and all the Destructoid staffers are there to give their testimonials to his mad hair cutting skillz. More »

Happy BDay DToid

Brian Crecente — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:00:43 EDT

Wow, I can't believe it's only been a year (or so) since I first stumbled upon Destructoid and wrote a brief love note to their big, boxy mascot. More »

Kotaku Vs. Destructoid On G4 Today

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:20:48 EST

I know you're planning on watching today's Attack of the Show on G4 regardless, but now you'll have extra incentive to throw things at the TV during the show's The Loop segment. More »

The Wiinjury Shirt

Brian Crecente — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:00:50 EST

Occasional Kotaku features writer Colette Bennett sends us this snazzy, too-late-for-the-holidays Wii injury t-shirt. I hope the back of the shirt shows the remote sticking out with some kidney on it. Brian Crecente More »

PlayStation 3 Kiosks Hits Toys "R" Us In NYC

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:00:50 EST

Destructoid's Robert Summa, surely en route to scope out Tickle Me Extreme Elmo's to shill on eBay this holiday season, got some footage and photo snaps of the freshly installed PlayStation 3 kiosk at the flagship Toys "R" Us in Times Square. The above video shows that the kiosks are equipped with (at the very least) a Motorstorm demo, but not all are currently operational. Check the D for photos not nearly as artifacted as that YouTube clip. More »

"I'm Spartacus!" "No... I'M Spartacus!"

kotaku.com — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:40:16 EDT

I know I've said it before, and time travelers from the future tell me I'll say it again, but we here at Kotaku love Destructoid. They're just a great little site and deserve all the publicity they can get. But recently, there's been a little spat between Destructoid writer Faith Naked and Kotaku, and before it gets out of hand, I'd really like to just address it and hope sooth some worried, red-head brows. More »

Destructoid First-Looks Family Guy

egauger — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:30:30 EDT

Destructoid got a first look at the upcoming Family Guy game, and seem to approve.. More »

The Hoi Polloi Give Opinions on Wii

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:22:52 EDT

Destructoid's Robert Summa quizzed a handful of your "average" gaming plebes at the Fusion event at the Nintendo World Store. He asks basic questions like "What did you think?", "Did you pre-order?" and "Any problems with the controller?" Fine report from the trenches. What about those in Kotakuland? Thoughts, opinions welcomed. Brian Ashcraft More »

Forgive Us, For We Have Sinned

egauger — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:40:04 EDT

Destructoid's readers (and contributors) are a tawdry, villainous bunch. As are scoundrels over at The Age blogs, where Destructoid got the idea for compiling a list of gaming sins in the first place. More »

E306 Justify Your Robot Head

kotaku.com — Fri, 12 May 2006 17:42:13 EDT

We found one of the boys from Destructoid running around with a robot head on and we asked him to justify, well, his robot head. And yes, we got him to dance. More »

Destructoid Annihilates 360 Stock with Humor

Brian Crecente — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:00:06 EST

Oh Destructoid, you're so funny you make our sides hurt. What with your big metal grin, recently upgraded Lampoon 5000 chip and twin death rays, you're destined to spend a robotic lifetime cracking us up. More »