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Do games have to be fun?

Do games have to be fun? Well, in my opinion they do. But there are some individuals that disagree with this opinion. Sometime it�s best to agree to disagree, but I still fail to see how an individual can enjoy gaming without it being fun....

 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #8

Hello friends! Welcome back to my freeware indie game series! This week's games are all rather short, but very fun. They're perfect for playing when you have an hour or two to spare. Also, just a heads up but I might not be doing another on...

 
 
 
 

Preview: Retro City Rampage

Last night I went to the monthly GameCityNights event in Nottingham. I just had to attend when I found out that Brian Provinciano's upcoming XBLA/WiiWare title Retro City Rampage would be playable, and that Brian himself would be coming to ...

 
 
 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #7

Hello friends! Welcome back to my free indie game series! I've decided to spread out my posts for this series a bit more, since I'm beginning to run out of suggestions before I get a chance to play more indie games. I definitely don't plan...

 
 
 
 

That Post-Game Glow: Sequence

As Conrad recently pointed out, Sequence is a recently-released Xbox Live Indie Game which marries the idea of a rhythm game to an RPG and the result is a pleasant surprise. This will not be a review, because the math on this is very, very...

 
 
 
 

[devlog] burnVictim platformer progress

The burn victims arch nemesis- lava! Draws the eye much better than the spikes, i�m having everything that can kill be you very very obvious, and the background is less obtrusive now- it also scrolls parallax on several layers so its sexy...

 
 
 
 

High Expectations: Penumbra: Overture

I recently reinstalled Steam and while updating it I went on a hunt for the Steam activation code for the 2nd Indie Humble Bundle that I had previously bought. To my surprise I also found the activation code for the 1st Indie Humble Bundle,...

 
 
 
 

Have a Creeper Rap!

I like how every time I say the words "I'm going to update this thing more often." it somehow translates to me using some sort of mathematical combination of Mayan and Valve Time that basically state that I never *do* the intended thing. St...

 
 
 
 

Dreams are awesome : Psychosomnium

As a long time flash-enthusiast who made tons of crummy sprite-based flash movies and dreamt about making games as a kid It always saddens me that most people reject flash games as not being �real� games. The reason for this is most obvious...

 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #6

Hello friends! Welcome to another batch of awesome freeware indie games! I had to skip last weekend's post, because of Easter and midterms. I've also been quite busy playing Portal 2 at my friend's house, so that's been taking up a lot of m...

 
 
 
 
 
 

WA-WA-WA-WACKY GAME IDEA

Howdy hey team, Starmac here for the second time, geared and ready to bring you my holiest and most righteous of thoughts and musings. Only I'm not. Instead of that boring shit I'm going to lazy my way through this second post, by telling y...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Reality in the virtual world

On the internet, in a game, in a virtual world, the driver (player, user, individual, ego, what ever you want to call it) is rendered incarnate in the pixels and code of a virtual body. People, with our complexities, our cultural identities...

 
 
 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #5

Hello friends! This is the one month anniversary of my freeware indie game series. I'm excited that my blog seems to be getting such a positive feedback! Beginning this week I'm going to start listing the developers of the games as well, s...

 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #4

Hello friends! Welcome to week four of my freeware indie blog! So last week I told you that I might not be able to discuss higher resolution indie games as I wasn't able to play them. This was apparently a lie, as a few days later my frien...

 
 
 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #3

Hello friends, and welcome back to my freeware indie blog! To start, I'd like to address a problem I've been having regarding higher res 3D indie games. I haven't been able to play them. Apparently, my laptop is not a particularly great ga...

 
 
 
 

CatGrim, a game made by me for you internet people

Hello Destructoid, long time no me. You can call me JSL cuz there are a lot of Justin's out there. I'm not much of a chatter box but I'm here everyday reading your news and shenanigans. But enough with the formalities, I'm here today t...

 
 
 
 

5 Freeware Indie Games You Should Play: Batch #2

Hello friends! Welcome to week two of my freeware indie sampler blog. I would like to start off with a bit of information about how I choose which games to feature. First of all, I'm trying to focus specifically on freeware indie games wh...

 
 
 
 

What is QONQR?

I saw a little blip abotu this on some web show said it was like a global futuristic Risk. Was interested but seems like the sites all buggy couldn't log in. Any one play this?

 
 
 
 

Quickposts

Flegma

Been playing Duke Nukem 1 Remastered, and Ive never played it this far before (still Episode 1, So I was positively surprised that the later levels introduced more abilities for Shows me for underestimating old

 
 
Virtua Kazama

NEC is this weekend, possible VF6 rumor at The Game Awards, and the final Bi-Weekly of 2023? Lets talk about it on tonights VF5US session of Virtua Fighter Takeover!

 
 
bong264

Average Tuesday Status:

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Huge birthday shoutout to Meanderbot!

 
 
Vesalius

Current status: time for cake and

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Kiry- err, I mean Joryu made a name for himself at The Castle! And were going back to it again on tonights session of Like a Dragon Gaiden!

 
 
PhilKenSebben
 
 
Whispering Willow
 
 
Lord Spencer

Weekly Update, here are the games I am currently I am going to review those within brackets once completed: - -Dragon Quest XI (Switch) -CrossCode (Switch) -Judgment (PS4/5)

 
 
Virtua Kazama

We only have two more Royal Seeds Lets keep making WONDERful progress as we go live with Super Mario Wonder!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Well, this is I released a blog talking about Virtua Fighters return to EVO through EVO Japan 2023, and they are not in the lineup for EVO Japan Mind you, I make these blogs a month in

 
 
taterchimp

Still Some days

 
 
Retrofraction

Had to share this, hey all!

 
 
The Actual Charlton Heston

So, whos still here? Sound

 
 
Vesalius

Current status:

 
 
bong264

Average Tuesday Status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Virtua Fighter 3tb Online is now available on Japanese arcades, but unfortunately I wont be able to play it unless I travel to But it wont stop me from talking about on tonights session of VF Takeover!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

To no ones surprise, I pre-ordered the VF3tb Premium Music I needed the soundtrack for the longest

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Current Status:

 
 
Flegma

Well, I got my first busted Evercade game (Its not a ROM cartridge, more like an SD card or USB On one hand, I have some tens of game cards already and this was the first case of a On the other, maybe is one too

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Happy 25th Anniversary to the SEGA Dreamcast! Lets reminisce about the console as we go live with Like a Dragon Gaiden!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

I will say that aside from VF3tb Online happening exclusively towards Japanese arcades because SEGA knew about the resurgence of VF3tb tournaments since 2014, we will be able to play the arcade version of VF3tb through Like a Dragon: Infinite

 
 
Flegma

I noticed Ive been playing games for months on almost As in, I might hear a sound effect played, but cant even identify which effect it Will be continuing like this for the foreseeable

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Happy early turkey day to the few, the proud, and the not so many still May your holiday be joyous, and mostly stress Be safe driving and always wear a

 
 
Flegma

I hear theres a lot of new commercial Game Boy software, but not enough proper Alas, I have found myself incapable of writing true

 
 
PatBateman17

Bump OK, Im hosting the annual Dtoid Secret Santa this No pressure to join, but heres the invite: love to see the usual suspects if we Holi

 
 
Virtua Kazama

This Thanksgiving Season, were thankful for this VF5US session that were about to And that is right now as we go live with the Thanksgiving Edition of Virtua Fighter Takeover!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

So I learned that theres a neat Easter Egg involving Fighting Vipers in Like a Dragon

 
 
Vesalius

Current status: I think I may be hallucinating

 
 
Vesalius

Current status: I think I may be hallucinating

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Were back in Sotenbori yet again, but this time we got the Jack-of-all-trades, Akame, to show us Its time for more Like a Dragon Gaiden!

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Current Status:

 
 
bong264

Well, may aswell keep going until judgement day for Got a precambrian khornezerker done up and have called him Kharn the World My vintage chaos warrior collection is getting pretty big considering how hard it is to find these damn things lol

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Instead of doing a Splatfest, were playing more Super Mario Wonder tonight! Lets get more Wonder Seeds!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

With the release of the Super Mario RPG remake finally out, I have a confession to I am godawful at playing Mario

 
 
PhilKenSebben

New Robocop game looks

 
 
Titannel

Anyone else having issues with their Cblog posts not showing the entire post? My latest one is skipping a lot of critical

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Since the last stream failed due to various technical difficulties, were going to play VF5US Its time for another session of Virtua Fighter Takeover!

 
 
Flegma

Illusion you and your final

 
 
bong264

Final Status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Three years after the events of Yakuza 6, the Dragon of Dojima cant get peace of his Its time to play another RGG game with Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

The Best Fighting Game category for The Game Awards actually not

 
 
Flegma

Didnt expect a video like this from a relatively big-name Still, I truly cannot understand the negative reaction to the original reveal if it wasnt for the platform it was

 
 
PhilKenSebben

#Striptoid

 
 
Flegma

Ive been toiling away with Illusion Island, and I do like that there is no way to attack the enemies in the But I do not like how much going backwards there is and how uncondensed the game And the AD makes me think of cheap old