I’m sure riiFlex, the makers of the new Wiimote Dumbells accessory, are fine people and all, but if there was ever a gaming accessory product you totally do not need whatsoever, this is it. Designed for use with WiiFit, these dumbells are supposed to make your Wiimote feel more like a dumbbell by adding weight [...]
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Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers is high on my priority list right now. It doesn’t have impressive graphics or “innovative” gameplay. It just looks incredibly stupid, perhaps even borderline retarded … and in my book, that’s actually a good thing. High brow, intelligent and very special games like Braid and Portal are fine, but every now [...]
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While most companies are eager to cash in on the so-called “casual” movement that might very well lead to a videogame market crash, Sega has realized that the “hardcore” demographic is getting substantially less served. Where there’s a market to grab, you can bet Sega will be on the case! “There have been some good [...]
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[Editor’s note: The following is a word-for-word reprinting of an email sent to our tips line by the mother of one of our writers. Names have been removed and appropriate links have been added, but otherwise the email remains unchanged. Family rules. So do zombies.] Hello Destructoid, this is [redacted]’s mom. His computer is being [...]
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Confession: I think Dakota Fanning and Abigail Breslin are the same person. Of course, they’re not. Fanning is a 14-year-old blonde actress ideal known for her roles in movies like War of the Worlds and The Secret Life of Bees. Breslin is a 12-year-old blonde actress who starred in Tiny Miss Sunshine and Nim’s Island. [...]
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I’m actually excited to think that the Wii has a few games coming this year that I’m looking forward to getting my paws on. Of course, the sublimely violent MadWorld hardly bears mentioning as it’s an obvious choice, but Another Code R, from the Trace Memory universe, also caught my eye with its memorable art [...]
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As much as the general public seems to love the Wii, many hardcore gamers are still unconvinced that the console is worth owning. Despite being the home to quite a few kick-ass games, 360/PS3 owners who are already swimming in piles of HD, hardcore gaming bliss are having a hard time summoning up any interest [...]
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Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire … GO! If what you happen to desire is Neversoft’s upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica, mark this date on your calendar: March 29, 2009. That’s the street date being listed in GameStop’s POS (and on their Web site) for the upcoming title, set to [...]
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They state a dog is for life, not just for Christmas, but when Kathy White got a Wii for the Holidays, one dog’s life was pretty much over … at least temporarily. White, the owner of a five-month-old Sheltie puppy, was playing with her new Wii when she accidentally whacked her dog Ozzy in the [...]
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Up in the posh Capcom suite at Planet Hollywood, we were handed a Wii remote and put in front of a new preview build of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. Now, it is no secret that those of us at Destructoid who have had the chance to play various demos of the Wii port [...]
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