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BioShock As A Bedtime Story
1:00AM Mike Fahey | 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
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.Penny Arcade Game Pimped With Flamebait
1:00AM Owen Good | 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
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 »