By Frank on March 20, 2010
This one comes courtesy of Gizmodo via Destructoid, where apparently one hardcore God of War III player was so into the game he managed to literally break two fingers. Matthew Razak of DToid opines: “I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes trying to visualize how this even happened, but cannot think of a way where [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged destructoid, Gizmodo, god of war III |
By Frank on February 19, 2010
Over at Destructoid, Jim Sterling’s created a bit of a stir with his two articles regarding the “artsy” nature of games – one in which he decries the pretentiousness of indie “art” games for eschewing gameplay, and one in which he has to clarify what he was trying to say. The camp of opposition to [...]
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By Frank on November 12, 2009
Over at Destructoid, there’s a particularly great and meaningful article up by Jim Sterling about how to respond properly to a video game review. If you haven’t read it yet, feel free to go do so prior to coming back around to hear about today’s dose of sunshine. A couple of the tips involved: claim [...]
Posted in Gaming, Overly Positive Thoughts | Tagged destructoid, game reviews, Overly Positive Thoughts, reviews |
By Frank on September 2, 2009
Image by extraface via Flickr Now, I’m not above a little bit of whoring when it comes to giving back some love for a backlink. Sure, that makes me sound like Overly Positive is that person in commercials that “totally endorses” products like male enhancement pills despite the potentially embarrassing side effects (a what lasting [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged destructoid, Fantastic Forums |
By Frank on July 11, 2009
Image by jain7th via Flickr If you guys haven’t seen the rather viral movement to make just about every video game character into a cutesy Scribblenauts version of itself, then you need to roll over to Destructoid to check the link to the NeoGAF forums, and to artists inspired by them, where someone’s latest creation [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged destructoid, games, scribblenauts |
By Frank on June 16, 2009
Image by extraface via Flickr In great contrast to the lack of rant on a minimally visited site such as Overly Positive, Destructoid is a site filled with edgier writing, controversial op-ed pieces, and ranting galore. Once a smallish little blog, Destructoid has grown into the harsh, direct, yet intelligent voice of the gaming community. [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, Social Geekery | Tagged destructoid, Podcast, podcast pingback, podtoid |
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