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.

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.

It was March 30, a mere two weeks after the site had gone live and my attentions were much appreciated.

In the twelve months since then we've asked Niero to justify his robot head, been briefly assimilated by the Destructoid collective, had some of my anatomy appear in their masthead and, by far the best bit, watch a new site blossom into a powerhouse of gaming news and opinion under the guiding hands of Niero and Robert Summa.

Congratulations guys and have fun at your party tonight. Sorry I can't make it, but hopefully some of our readers will show up to see if projectile vomit can clear the mouth grid. Enjoy the stretch hummer, you earned it. Brian Crecente

Destructoid Turns One [Destructoid]