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I Was a Teenage Gamer - 010 - 09/01/2011

I Was a Teenage Gamer is the weekly journal of an extremely competent young man pursuing his goal of becoming a staff member at his favorite independent gaming blog, Destructoid. Beginning on his 19th birthday, he embarks on the adventure o...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dtoid Midwest at MAGFest: Damn Straight

If I don't see this again, I'll be so very upset So MAGFest 9 is coming up very soon! I know a good number of Dtoiders are attending, and I felt it would be prudent to let you know that a number of us from Dtoid Midwest will be there! D...

 
 
 
 

What the VGA's Should Have Been

The annual VGA�s just passed and based on critics, and ratings it is not the best representation of the video games or its fans. I am not here to write about what the VGA�s did wrong (even though it was nearly everything) but instead writ...

 
 
 
 

Alan Wake is Officially Overrated

It was brought to my attention that Time Magazine gave Alan Wake it's Game of the Year award. The first thought I had on my mind was "wow Microsoft must have paid someone off." I read the article by Eric Narcisse, and I have to say Alan W...

 
 
 
 

INSIDER SCOOP!!1: Army Men Reboot Announced!

Hey there Destructoid! Great news! I know this guy who's uncle's best friend from high school's math tutor knows a guy who works at Electronic Arts (EA in layman's terms). Now, this very reliable connection of mine has revealed some very...

 
 
 
 

Spike TV Video Game Awards 2010

Holy Christmas on the horizon Batman, I can�t believe it has been a week since I last did a blog but I do apologize I have been somewhat busy getting my fifth platinum on inFamous and playing Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions but I have bee...

 
 
 
 

Why the 2010 Video Game Awards Were Lame

The 2010 Video Game Awards aired on Spike TV earlier, and I'll be the first to say they SUCKED. I would feel bad for the audience, but at least they get gift bags for attending the show. Here's exactly why Spike TV's VGA awards sucked It...

 
 
 
 
 
 

G*STAR 2010: Marvel vs Capcom 3, Killzone 3

Though Korean-made online games were easily the most common on the show floor this year at G*STAR, there was also a few big international booths. Notably, Sony and Microsoft. Both were there in typical fashion, loud, bright, claiming prim...

 
 
 
 

Mega Man Online Hands-On

This Thursday marked the beginning of the four day extravaganza that was G*STAR 2010, The Korean equivalent of e3. It did not disappoint! The BEXCO Convention centre was engulfed by an almost uniform mass of Korean nerds. DSLRs, and Bubble ...

 
 
 
 

LIVE FROM CDPROJEKT CONFERENCE

Hey guys, i'm doing live coverage from CDP conference - i'm here, sitting in the crowd, doing the live coverage for you. wwww.konsolowiec.pl HAVE FUN

 
 
 
 
 
 

Atlus is having a Super-Mega-Ultra 50% Off PSN Sale!

Aram Jabbari, Manager of Public Relations and Sales at Atlus, just posted on the Playstation blog that several Atlus games are going on sale from today to 29th. And if you couldn't tell from the title of this post, it's called the Super-M...

 
 
 
 

Reminder: Video Games Live in NH Nov 17th

Where: Capitol Center for the Arts 44 South Main St. Concord, NH 03301 When: This Wednesday November 17th. Pre-show festival starting at 5:45 PM. Actual concert starts at 7:30. Why: Because videogame music. Just a reminder. The Video Gam...

 
 
 
 

Seasons Beatings Redemption is a week away!

Next weekend, MoMo's2 in Columbus will see some of the biggest fighting game action this side of EVO. I'm going to be there lending equipment and help, and you can be sure that I'll be posting updates and photos right here on my D-Toid bl...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Sharks 'N' Hamburgers

I've been going to a lot of press events lately with Hamza, which is pretty cool because if he wasn't around, I probably wouldn't have any idea what I was supposed to be doing, and also, he's a self-proclaimed shark. And sharks, as we all k...

 
 
 
 

Wanna write for a new videogame blog/site?

<p>Hello, all. It's been a while since I posted here, but that's because I have been busy co-creating the awesome new video gaming site glitchytasty.com. We launched about a month ago, and things have been going great! We've given awa...

 
 
 
 

Men in skirts!

As I said to CrocBox during one of the Dtoid dinners at PAX, often a blog title just comes to me and the blog flows from that thought. My thought as I looked around PAX was that there were a lot of men in skirts in the crowd! As it turn...

 
 
 
 

Zombie Step-Dad

Apparently, something zombie-related happened this evening involving me and Hamza. (More on this later.)

 
 
 
 

PAX 2010 episode 2: Attack of the Clones

By now, I hope you've had a chance to read about the journey I brought megaStryke and GamesAreArt on as well as its tragic end. What I didn't tell you before was that I had thought in the back of my head that something like this might happ...

 
 
 
 

Ali D's (late) PAX loving post!

Even when I received my pass in the post, I still couldn�t believe I was actually going to PAX. I felt something would go wrong; like I�d be turned away from US Customs for having a beard or something. So after saying bye to my mum and dad,...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Quickposts

Flegma

The days arent that short yet, but in case someone might be interested, a Silent Hill music concert in Södertälje, Sweden, 12th of October

 
 
Vesalius

Current status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Back from vacation and Im ready to host another VF5US Were going live with the 115th Session of Virtua Fighter Takeover!

 
 
Exber

#27 Movie of 2023: Gotta admit I only watched this to see one actor in particular, and was surprised how over the top, weird, and refreshing this comedy turns out to A modern superbad? Maybe, either way the writing is clever &

 
 
bong264

Average Tuesday Status:

 
 
Whispering Willow

When life gives you lemons

 
 
PhilKenSebben

#Striptoid

 
 
Flegma

Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All -- I can see why nobodys talking about Same Mr Nutz Studio here as with that New Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja, I remember not being that well received

 
 
bong264

Casual Sunday Evening Status:

 
 
Exber

#7 TV Show of 2023: This World Cant Tear Me Sequel to the unique Tear along the dotted line from This is one of those shows I need no trailer or anything else to watch as I know the quality is always top Need another sequel 4/5

 
 
Flegma

Ive been baking sourdough bread since I bought a book on baking bread in the And Im finally starting to accept the importance of choosing the right

 
 
Lord Spencer

Weekly Update, here are the games I am currently I am going to review those within brackets once completed: - -Daemon X Machina (Switch) -Indivisible (Switch) -DOOM Eternal (PS4/5)

 
 
Exber

#53 Game beaten in 2023 is: the Unfinished Splatoon made me realize painting your surroundings is actually quite Here you paint to make your way through various puzzles and discover a fable like Lovely voice Wish it were

 
 
Xeo

A lot of wild shit has gone on this year in my A lot of it But Im still Got a new job when I desperately needed it, so thats a Ill discuss a bit more below if anyone is But hi, Im

 
 
humantofu

Apparently theres FPGA-based clone consoles of the 3DS, Sega Saturn, and GBA shown off at Tokyo Game Show? Baffling but also very intriguing, GAME WATCH even brings up a possible Hyperkin connection?

 
 
Virtua Kazama

So I love playing F-ZERO I really And were going to play more of it tonight since were going live with the first FULL session of F-ZERO 99!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Im addicted to F-ZERO

 
 
bong264

Current Status:

 
 
Flegma

The much-maligned Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch, spotted on store shelf for Im still happy to not play fighting Also on a happier note: Eurogamers review of the game (PS5) was by a certain Chris

 
 
Flegma

Its autumn again, so its time for me to replay Dear

 
 
Exber

#26 Movie of 2023: Talk to I can say this is more drama than horror or psychological horror, but whatever the case, it is done remarkably Social commentary since the beginning, and a good Created by Youtubers, less is more,

 
 
Anonymous 20

I think one of my favorite parts of MK1, legitimately, is watching Johnny Cage and Kenshi become best

 
 
humantofu

I never knew Megan Fox was in the new Mortal Kombat but man her acting is HORRID compared to the other AAA developers really need to ease up on hiring hollywood

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Typical Tuesday status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Tokyo Game Show is coming up this week! Lets talk about it on tonights session of Virtua Fighter Takeover (while I drink some Ranch Soda as

 
 
Flegma

Well, Bone Marrow on Genesis is the more in-depth version of 2048 that I hoped to see after one on Switch was a But it also feels rather boring after two

 
 
bong264

Average Tuesday Status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Its been years since Ive done a Crowd Control I know what were doing

 
 
Exber

Yesterday, I finally participated in a local Just Dance tournament after being a fan of the series for so long, and came in second Golden trophy for that, and Platinum for overcoming my social anxiety and dancing around

 
 
Vesalius

Late night pajama party status:

 
 
Flegma

I looked at the number of comments on FP I suppose I can now start looking into creating a site for my random blogs

 
 
bong264

Causal Sunday Evening Status:

 
 
Flegma

Hover cars in Horizon Chase 2 on Switch? Not liking the double nag screens about creating an Epic account every time I start up the game

 
 
Exber

#52 Game beaten in 2023 is: Oddworld Strangers Wrath Having played the first one in the series and not liking it much, this spin off was on my radar for quite some I loved how experimental and unique it 4/5 due to pacing &

 
 
Vesalius

Current status: I took an ibuprofen

 
 
Lord Spencer

Weekly Update, here are the games I am currently I am going to review those within brackets once completed: - -Daemon X Machina (Switch) -Panzer Dragoon (Switch) -DOOM Eternal (PS4/5)

 
 
ooktar

Howdy Been a long while since I posted Some gaming hot Starfield is fucking booooring, Karlach is new best girl, Unity can eat a bag of dicks and that Robocop game looks Ok now back to my

 
 
bong264

Hey! Did you know I paint minis! Yeah its been awhile but the weather is finally cooperating aka its not hot in my painting Up today is another carter era mini: 1979 Elf Hero from Tom Meier Need to come up with a weird 70s name for him �

 
 
Sleeeves

Ive been deep diving first person shooters where shooting is secondary to everything else (if that genre has a name) and I finally arrived at the father of them all, System Shock - god DAMN that hud

 
 
darrenhupke

19 hours to go! Get yourself a giant retro gaming coffee table book ASAP! These are only printed once in this size, so don’t miss it!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Tonight on Fortune Roulette: F-ZERO 99 IS REAL, BABY! Were playing the recently-released F-ZERO 99! You dont know how happy I am to play this on stream!

 
 
Flegma

I also finished Dysmantle on Annoying sluggishness towards the end (the higher the ground the player is on, the worse the framerate The trailer isnt all truthful - the majority of the game for me was cutting and smashing trees, walls,

 
 
Flegma

Ive long ago deleted my reviewish blog on Another Code R, but in case someone cares, heres DR: 17h long, few puzzles, last (third) act felt like it was from another game, too many Wiimote gestures (not Zack&Wiki -level,

 
 
Exber

#51 Game beaten in 2023 is: Paper Mario Sticker While you can easily beat this game without having to fight many enemies except for bosses, the good ideas were there, just not well A simple (sadly), portable entry in the

 
 
Flegma

Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition looked

 
 
Sir Shenanigans

Its been September 14th for awhile now in Japan, where our baby has been celebrating their 17th birthday If youre reading this, I care, we care, and we can all care for GOD <3

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Current Status:

 
 
Vesalius

Blob coming