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The 2008 GOTY GOTYs: The Best of the Best

5:00AM Brian Crecente | 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.

Self-diagnosing Fanboyism

8:00AM Owen Good | 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. Among the 10 signs: • Any criticism of your chosen love is a result of bias • Call everyone else a “fanboy” before they call you one • Justify even the stupidest decisions/games Well, I think we can all safely agree that none of these apply to any of us! And btw, I am toats not in the bag for Xbox 360, Rockstar sandboxers or any western-themed game. Ten Golden Rules of Video Game Fanboyism [Destructoid] More »

Happy Birthday Destructoid: Destructoid Circa 1988

5:00AM Maggie Greene | 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. Destructoid circa 1988: Our community turns two (and twenty) years old More »

Three Great Blogs = One Awesome Band

8:18AM Flynn De Marco | 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%. The game was a blast and sharing it with my fellow friends and bloggers made it an extra amazing experience. This will definitely be a title that will quickly become a party classic, bringing drunken wanna be rockers together in the comfort of their living rooms regardless of talent. Just add a fog machine and you’re a star, baby. More »