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on 05.13.2011
Destructoid is in my thesis!
Super thanks to you guys!
Just thought I'd share something with you guys. As you probably have heard, I filed my thesis yesterday. Well, in the acknowledgements I made sure to give thanks where it is due:
"I must spend some time thanking the Destructoid community. This website has provided a number of very supportive friendships that I consider as family. There is not enough space to list the many people who have touched my life, but special thanks must be given to Ben PerLee, Chris Healy, Andrew Wooster, Niero Gonzalez, and my family at �South van Awesome�. The support of my friends, both online and offline, was unparalleled and I cannot thank them enough for believing in me."
So there you go. Destructoid is now immortalized inside the walls of the UC Berkeley library from now until the end of time (whenever that may be). Thank you to each and every one of you who has touched my life with your friendship and support. Dtoid is the best! <3 <3 <3
on 03.17.2011
Happy Birthday Destructoid and Niero!!
I was going to forgo writing a birthday post, since there are so many other things I need to be working on the graduate, but I thought I'd type a quick one out before bed. :P
I'm sure this sentiment is shared by many people, but Destructoid has changed my life. My world would have been a totally different place if it werent for being a part of this community. I remember way back in the day when I first stumbled onto the site and really enjoyed the humor and personality of this new gaming blog. For the longest time I was just a reader of the front page, who would dabble in the forums every so often.
I remember reading a forum post saying that Dexter345 was going to be visiting Berkeley, so I made a point in meeting him. He was an awesome guy to talk to, and around GDC 2-3 years ago he invited me to Dyson's GDC party. This was the first foray into a real-life Destructoid event that I was going to make, and I was pretty nervous. I'd never gone to a party where I was going to be surrounded by all strangers. Not only that, I was an avid listener of Retroforce Go! and the thought of going to Dyson's place was sort of a "OMG internet celebrity" moment.
My first blog post....little did I know what the future would bring!
As soon as I walked in, I knew that I found a second family. I chatted with Dyson about Phantasy Star, played Turtles in Time on a modded Dreamcast, and just had a great time with complete strangers. I also met Chad and Rev Anthony for the first time there, which for me was AMAZING!
I left that party with a longing to stay in touch with the people I met there, like Ben Perlee, Ceark, and others. So I started getting more involved with the website and jumped at the opportunity to go to PAX. This was definitely an eye opening experience, cause suddenly my family grew from a couple of people to at a house party to an entire community. My first PAX was like the catalyst that made me obsessed with being a larger part of the site.
Dtoid Community Discusses, DtoidSF, and everything that I have done and continue to do for the site is done because I knew I found the perfect place on the internet to call home. It's been a crazy juggling act this past year as I try to graduate from my grad school program and take on these extra responsibilities on the community management side of things, but it has totally been worth it.
DtoidSF is the family that I've always wanted away from home. <3
I'm sure I could have been a much harder working grad student #withoutDtoid, but I would not have been as happy as I am now. It was always my dream to be somewhat involved in the gaming industry world, and Dtoid has given me the chance to do that. I probably would never had been able to live my dream of going to E3 if it werent for Dtoid, or work hand in hand with my favorite publisher as a kid, Capcom, in organizing community events.
That's me in that helmet...I'll never forget that experience!
Thanks to you guys, I'm #livingthedream. And I could not have asked for a better group of people to share this with. I love you guys!
on 12.27.2010
Calling all Dtoiders in Florida and North Carolina!
Hey guys!
Destructoid is by far the most amazing community of gamers on the internet (I'm sort of biased :P), and one thing that makes us amazing is our willingness to meet in real life at events such as MAGfest and PAX. In several places around the world, however, Dtoid community members have organized together to form our illustrious Dtoid Community Groups, where NARPs are planned!
We currently have many regional groups is areas such as San Francisco and New York, and are starting new groups in Chicago, and even rebuilding groups in places like Toronto. That where you Florida and NCers come in!
There has already been established a Dtoid Florida and North Carolina, but due to IRL issues, we need someone to step up and take the reigns in organizing events there! Being a community group leader can be as much work as you make of it, but its completely rewarding to organize your fellow dtoiders at fun NARPs and meet the faces behind the avatars! So if you think you would like to take over the reigns of either group, let me know at
[email protected]
Along the same lines, if you live in an area that doesn't have a community group yet, and feel that there are enough Dtoiders in the area to have NARPs, let me know as well!
on 12.20.2010
Dtoid Community Discusses pt 23: VGAs
Welcome to the latest installment of Dtoid Community Discusses...the blog series where YOU the community mouth off about topics in the gaming industry! For this installment, I decided to ask a few of you what you thought of the recently aired VGA's on Spike TV. Its pretty much a consensus that the majority of the community here looks down unfavorably on these awards, but I wanted to have the chance to voice our concerns with it.
And with that, here is the topic as given to our panel, consisting of ScottyG, Toneman, Zserv, and Joseph Leray!
"The Spike TV Video Game Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris took place this past Saturday. Like it or not, these awards seem to be the most visual representation to the mainstream media of what were the best of the best in gaming the past year. How do you guys feel about the games that were nominated for this years awards?
Another aspect of the awards ceremony is the EXCLUSIVE reveals that happen. We saw a couple of trailers for upcoming games such as Resistance 3, Portal 2, and GOTY 2011 Uncharted 3 (yes, with little gameplay shown this has already been said). How do you feel about the games that were revealed? Are you hyped for them?
Read on to find out what they thought!
Scotty G
Well I think we should kick this off with the most important issue: Olivia Munn's, in her very boobalicious dress, accidentally confirming MGS4 for 360 when she was being a complete bitch to NPH.
Oh, award show banter...
Jesse Cortez
I love NPH...tons. And he has shown his hosting chops in the past hosting the Oscars. But from what I hear, the hosting was pretty bad. Was it cause of the writing, or did it seem NPH was just cashing it in Both?
Anyway, starting the conversation about the GOTY...I'm a loser and haven't played Red Dead Redemption, but I was really hoping Mass Effect 2 would win. I loved my time with that game, and thought it had SO much awesome going for it. I fell in love with the story and universe that the game took place in, and such, I thought it deserved awesome recognition for it. However, besides the games nominated, I recognized what wasn't on the list....things like Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Super Meat Boy, two games that I feel REALLY deserved to be on there.
I haven't seen the full show yet, so for now I'll just comment on the reveals and awards.
As far as GOTY goes, I too think it should have gone to Mass Effect 2. Now I'm not saying Red Dead Redemption isn't a good game, I just wasn't a fan of it. Which is odd because I loved GTA4. Too me, RDR seemed like a new take on GTA that didn't quite work. That said, I can appreciate what Rockstar did, and the game oozes the highest quality of talent. On the other side, Mass Effect 2 seemed like a huge step in the right direction for Mass Effect. BioWare took most of the complaints that many people, myself included, had from the first game and tweaked them. The only real complaint that I heard from number too was that it was too much of a shooter, and not enough RPG. Of course, something like %70 of all players played soldier so if they though it was too shootery, that's probably why I imagine. When it's all said and done Mass Effect 2 did everything right for me, while Red Dead Redemption left me feeling less than satisfied.
The only two reveals that I really gave a shit about were Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 3. I've basically had a perma-boner for both since the VGAs. I know that a lot of people are calling for new IPs and less sequels but as far as I'm concerned, if it's a sequel to an awesome game, particularly if it's a game with a fantastic story that needs continuation, then I'm all for sequels. What we don't need is sequels to crap games (Prototype 2) that really have no need for a sequel. Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 3 both, I feel, deserve sequels and I welcome them with open arms. Let's make a metaphor out of it! It's like if you have sex with somebody, and they totally rock your world (Mass Effect 2), then why would you not want more of it? Contrary, if somebody is terrible in the sack (Protoype), the last thing you want is another go with them. Basically, I would fuck Mass Effect 3 if the hole in the disk was big enough.
Everybody uncomfortable now? Good.
In terms of awards, I was a bit shocked to not see Fallout: New Vegas competing for best RPG along-side Mass Effect 2, to say the least. I was surprised to see Red Dead Redemption take home GOTY, as well. I was almost positive Black Ops would win just on popularity. Not complaining in the slightest, actually quite happy to see something besides Call of Duty take home the award. Best soundtrack I honestly feel Mass Effect 2 should've gotten, but whatever. Haters gonna hate. However, like you guys, I as well expected Mass Effect 2 to take home GOTY (had Black Ops lost). Color me surprised by it.
Does ANYONE know why they had My Cancerous Romance play? Because when that started I literally left the room. That shit was appalling.
We all pretty much love Mass Effect 2
It's Spike TV, which means they cater to the absolute lowest common denominator.
I'm happy for the most part with the winners, but I'm definitely disappointed with the categories. Of course you're going to have one for each platform and genre, but they really didn't go beyond that.
It seems weird that they'd separate individual and team sports games, but not have things like "best new ip", "funniest game", "best single scene", or "best character". One that really pissed me off was best graphics, because depending on how you look at it Kirby's Epic Yarn (along with other stylized games that deserved a nomination) either didn't stand a chance or trounced the other nominees. Would it have killed them to have a "best art style" as well, and maybe split up the multiplayer category into "cooperative" and "competitive"?
Also, Viacom is cracking down on any clips of the show from Youtube...Really Viacom? Really?
Jesse Cortez
Kirby's Epic Yarn is the best graphics of the forever.
Well there seems to be a consensus that Mass Effect 2 was totally deserved of its nomination and probably should have won its category. Another thing that I thought was robbed was Super Meat Boy...Limbo, while a very interesting game with a neat aesthetic, did not even come close to the amount of awesome that Super Meat Boy had. Along those lines, having a PSP game beat out the DS games for best handheld just goes to show me that the flashiness of a game (or as Jonathan Holmes says, the more "hollywood" the game is), the more of a chance to nab this very coveted award (/cue sarcasm)
How do you guys feel about the best independent and best handheld categories? Any games you feel deserved it more?
I only really played 2 handheld games this year, Pokemon Soul Silver and MGS: Peace Walker. As much as I Pokemon, Metal Gear just blew me the hell away. The only thing I didn't like about Peace Walker was the PSP. I've never wanted two analogue sticks more in my whole life. Although I didn't play Ghosts of Sparta, I'm pretty sure I have a pretty good idea of what it's like. I'm assuming it's more of the same, whereas Peace Walker tried new things to help expand what game play can be like in a Metal Gear Solid game. And they succeeded might I add. I mean co-op Solid Snaking, who the fuck didn't think that was awesome? Couple that with all of the gadgets and weapons you could only use with a friend, and it's almost a whole new game. A whole new badass game. That, again, I would fuck.
Recettear shouldve taken independent. So freaking good. Handheld, I'd say Persona 3 Portable. Fantastic game, and the first decent jrpg I've played in years.
Jesse Cortez
It's been great hearing your guys picks for the games you thought should have won!
As mentioned on Dtoid, while the ratings for the 18 year old demographic has gone up this year, in general, the views of the VGAs has steadily decreased from year to year. So I wonder, what do you think should be changed?
Say you are on the planning committee for this....would you just look at increasing what made more young men tune in (since that seems to be the audience), but possibly running the show into the ground in the process, or would you try to class the show up a bit and try to appeal to the general crowd more to try to boost viewers? How do you think the VGA's should be changed for the better?
Joseph Leray
Splitting hairs over which game should've won which awards seems like an exercise in futility: that's just, like, your opinion, man.
But, really, I kind of have to wonder about how useful the VGAs or any awards show is. I don't think I speak for the majority of people, but I get absolutely nothing out the Grammys or the Oscars or even the Man Booker prize.
And the greater point here is, I think, that most gamers don't care about where their games come from. I'm not talking about us or any Destructoid readers -- if you're reading a gaming blog, then you're already in a higher class of fandom than the majority of people that buy games.
(And I'm not trying to turn this into a "Games need to be culturally accepted!" because they already are -- Seth Schiessel reviews games for the New York Times for Christ's sakes.)
But, despite gaming's cultural penetration, the people being penetrated (uhh...) simply don't know or care who makes them. Gaming doesn't have any superstars, and until it does, no one is going to care about trying to parade them around on TV once a year.
The VGA's demographic....OMG BEER PONG
I think the VGAs are hitting their demographic. I mean, you've got a video game award show on a channel for men, so it should be aimed at the 18 and over male gamer. However, they should be making it more for the core gamers and less for the, "OMG CALL OF DUTY RULES" frat boy gamers. I like tits and ass as much as the next guy but it'd be nice to see presenters who actually have a purpose for being on stage. They did good with people like Nathan Fillion who's actually done voice work in games and is someone I could believe is a gamer. Did the cast of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia need to be there? Probably not. But that's showbiz I suppose.
Yeah, there are very little gaming celebrities or household names, which is terrible. More terrible even than Lex Luthor taking 40 cakes.
I think for gaming to continue to grow as a respected medium we need those names that are recognized like directors or writers are, and I applaud the efforts some take to go down that path. Make gamers maybe not care, but at least be able to recognize more names. As is all there is to offer is no different than you can get on nearly any gaming site.
Spike as a channel are pretty much hitting their target demographic with the show, but I for one am sick and tired of seeing marketing towards 18-35 year old males and would love to see the show on another network... preferably one that will stream the show online for those of us without cable.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind if say, Jimmy Fallon were to host. He's able to do stuff professionally, well, while also being relative to core gamers such as ourselves. He's the kinda guy we need presenting these shows, but NPH was definitely a step in the right direction compared to last year. If we keep improving every year, maybe it'll stop being a mess eventually.
Hope you enjoyed reading what your community had to say! This is where you, the community, come in!
If this is at all interesting to you, get involved! You can join the list of people who are under consideration to be part of the discussion at this
google group
, or if you just want to make suggestions about topics you'd like to see staff and community discuss, let me know in the comments below!
on 12.08.2010
Dtoid Community Discusses pt 22: Black Friday
Long time no post!
Alot has happened since ErbilT so graciously took over the DCD column for me. DtoidSF has gotten bigger, I took a greater role in planning stuff for Destructoid at PAX this past year, and I organized the Extra Life gaming stream as well as helped set up the growing
Dtoid Live stream
on Justin.tv!
I think I'm a little crazy for wanting to take up this mantle again, but the whole reason that I started these blogs long ago was that I really did LOVE reading what the community had to say about certain topics....and I'm missing it again.
So here goes! As of this edition, I'm going to try to do my best to start DCD back up and spur some awesome discussion between community members and staff for your reading enjoyment! To get in the swing of things, this edition was fairly simple...I just asked our
DCD google group
(more on that later) about how Black Friday treated them. Below is the exact prompt as given:
"Every year, Americans give thanks for the things they have during Thanksgiving...and then right away, not content with what they DO have, they incite riots to buy even more stuff during Black Friday. The best deals can be found during this time, as people start planning ahead and buying the things that they want to give as gifts for the holidays. Are you guys planning on taking part in Black Friday? Are there any specific deals you took advantage of? If Black Friday came and went, do you have and trampling old lady stories?"
Read on to find out what the Dtoid Community had to say!
To be honest, I didn't even participate in this Black Friday. Really, there was only one game I wanted and it's in the mail a la Amazon (Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman). My wife and I did consider going out for it considering we have two children, but decided we just didn't have enough combo weapons to fend off the mindless masses, let alone ingredients for painkillers (yes I've played through the game 10 times now and so it often melds with my reality).
I know I'm going to be the lame one here as I didn't even bother checking Amazon or Steam's sales, but to be honest, I just didn't have anything I really, REALLY wanted. Seriously, my kids are at the age I can get them basic Fisher Price stuff and they will WUV it. It's NEXT year I'm going to have to worry about!
I'm "nutty-homeless-guy-under-a-bridge-cheap", so this time of year is always interesting for me. Like Jesse, I hate the thought of actually standing in a cold, damp line waiting for $10 off of a game that I could wait a couple of months to get cheaper on Amazon. And then came Steam.
Now I can stay at home (working / earning money?) browsing through insane deals like $5 for five indie games, or $10 for the GOTY version of Batman, all in the comfort of my warm, warming Mega Man Snuggie.
But now the rubber really meets the road: my laptop can only play games circa 2000, so eventually I should probably get a computer to actually--oh, you know--play some of the games I have so lovingly bought on impulse...
I'm a poor grad student, so I'm always looking for deals to keep my gaming cheap and under budget. However, in a bit a paradox, this means I almost never participate in Black Friday. I usually have a couple of games in my backlog, so I can afford to wait for a game I've had my eye on to suddenly go on sale and snatch it up. (Protip: slickdeals.net is GREAT for this, especially because they watch Amazon and Steam game sales like a hawk.) This usually means that I will have actually already bought one or two games at a great price in the week or so before Black Friday rolls around as online retailers try to preempt brick-and-mortar stores.
For example, this year I didn't spend any money on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but I did get two new games at great prices on Amazon the week before Black Friday as part of their 'Prelude to Black Friday' sale. I was able to get "Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep" and "Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light" together for $35 total (free shipping and no taxes). Had I gotten these games at their regular price, I probably would have spent $90 by the time all was said and done with taxes and shipping.at a Gamestop.
I've always just wanted to watch the mayhem during a Black Friday event. Can't wait until next year, when the 3DS's go on sale. It will be intense.
Anyways, when I participate in Black Friday depends on what's on sale. I usually just go out and snag a bunch of shirts from Stores, I rarely buy video games on Black Friday, at least in stores.
Like Josh said above, Steam is the ultimate thing. I got BIT.TRIP BEAT for 5 bucks, and I could have picked up DiRT 2 for 5 bucks as well. I also just randomly bought one of the Indie Packs, and low and behold, Puzzle Agent was on there, and I didn't even know. It's great how Steam can bundle games up for real cheap; makes me feel like 5 dollars was spent wisely.
Amazon does a nice job of covering all my console purchases, although I usually just save up for the after Christmas Sales when I get a huge influx of money. The only time I bought a game on Black Friday in a store was a copy of Pokemon Emerald back when it first came out. It was a quarter, boxed and new at a local store. Best quarter ever spent.
I did really want to buy that MadCatz SFIV Tournament Stick for 29.99 on Cyber Monday though....
UPDATE: I lied. Just bought Bioshock 2 from Gamefly this morning. It was only $10--what was I supposed to do??? Understand this is technically Wednesday, but isn't Cyber Week a thing (at least for Walmart)?
[Ed. note. HAHAHA! I knew you'd cave and buy something <3]
Joshhest caved and bought Bioshock 2 for $10. Wouldn't you?
I considered taking part in Black Friday this year. I tried justifying in a sense that since I have to drop off my girlfriend at work that night, I might as well stay awake and attempt to get my hands on a good deal.
Only two deals really caught my attention, which was a 1080p 40 inch LCD TV at Target for $400, and a free copy of Dance Central if you bough $25 worth of stuff at Old Navy. After I dropped my girlfriend off at the mall at 9pm, I drove to the nearest Target and noticed that there were tents set up outside. I don't know how long they have been there, but if you have to prepare for a store's opening by setting up a tent and camping out just to save a few dollars, I think I'll pass. That just takes way too much of my time that I could be devoting to other things. I'm sure those mods bring the worst out in people as well.
Ali D
Black Monday isn't a thing here in the UK, so I've not got anything to add to this one.
This year's Black Friday was officially the one where I nor my wife ventured out and partook in the retail madness. It wasn't because we are allergic to deals, though I could certainly do without the claustrophobia of being enclosed with a large sum of strangers, no it was because for the first time I did all of my shopping online. Online retailers like Amazon just kinda make Black Friday null and void. When I can get the same prices and the majority of the time even better, what the hell is the point in going out trying not to get trampled on by crazy people all vying for the same thing the other two-hundred people behind them want?
So what notable items did I purchase worth bringing up? Here are a few I thought were pretty good deals:
-Lost: The Complete Collection.[Blu-ray] The pyramid one with the snazzy stuff in it. Price? $140.
-Mad Men Seasons 1-3.[Blu-ray] Through Twitter promotion, Amazon yet again came through. Price? $.9.99 each.
-Madcatz Street Fighter IV TE Arcade Fightstick Round 2. Price? 149.99. Yeah that's regular price but Gameshark.com had a sale of Buy One Get One FREE. Hell, yes.
That's just a small sample of the shit ton of stuff I got, I'm not even mentioning the mess load of videogames I got. Amazon is like crack to me now. I'm constantly sifting through it like a frugal prospector sifting for golden deals. With most online retailers offering free shipping too, I believe future Black Fridays will no longer lull me to go out in the freezing cold, wait in a line whose length is from here to Zimbabwe, and try not to snap with people pushing and shoving. Instead I think from now on I'll sleep in late, drink a White Russian with my wife, and dive into Thanksgiving leftovers content that all my shopping was done with just a click of a mouse while others are still freezing their asses off fighting for that no-brand name HDTV doorbuster deal (which they only have one or two on hand) that is being offered to get them in. Somehow knowing others retail shenanigans were taking place at the exact moment I was chilling at home with the family at home made it even more enjoyable.
JT Murphy
So, I'm in love with the hype of Black Friday. The chaos, the doorbuster deals, the satisfaction of getting out of the store with everything I wanted in five minutes while everyone else waits in line. What's more, it's been good to me: last year, I got my new Xbox 360 for $100 ($200 with a $100 gift card rebate), and that's been my video game fix ever since.
But unless you were looking for a TV this year, there wasn't a whole lot worth freezing for this year, especially with the online deals. My brother was looking for a Wii this year, and I found it for him- online, at the same $170 price that was offered in-store at Best Buy. No early morning, no cold.
As more and more shopping happens online, it seems like there's less and less reason to actually brave the crowds and the cold. The single best deal I found on Black Friday was actually on Xbox Live: 12 Creedence Clearwater Revival songs on Rock Band for $5.
There were years where I'd go out on Black Friday for the sole experience, of fighting through shoppers, nabbing quick deals, and generally just being out and about at 7 AM on a winter morning. This year, in light of the deals I found online, I didn't even have reason to bother. I'm a little disappointed in myself, honestly, and a little concerned that this "growing up" deal is affecting me a lot more than I'd imagined.
Well, thats all the replies I got for this topic! How about you? What did you end up buying over the Black Friday sales?
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading what some of your fellow community members got this past month! Now...this is where you come in, and where I talk about where this series is going.
Since I'm starting this series back up, I'd love some NEW community members to get involved! The way this works is that I have a google group set up that you can join so that I have your email addresses. From there, I come up with a topic and send out the prompt to the people who have been chosen to be on that installment of DCD. Usually discussion occurs for about a week, at which point I compile the responses together in a blog much like this one.
Now, here is where the blog series is going.
Starting with the next installment, DCD is upgrading to become a front page feature!
I plan to include a mix of Dtoid staff and community talking about a topic that either I come up with, or you decide on!
If this is at all interesting to you, get involved! You can join the list of people who are under consideration to be part of the discussion at this
google group
, or if you just want to make suggestions about topics you'd like to see staff and community discuss, let me know in the comments below!
Until next time!
on 12.06.2010
Umloud: A Rock Band event for Child's Play
<p>Think back to the last time you played<i> Rock Band</i>. Didn't you wish you could rock out to "More than a Feeling" in front of hundreds of people, instead of just your cat? Well, this week on December 9 at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, gamers will get a chance to do just that. You'll be able to win fabulous prizes in a raffle and silent action too, all for a generous cause! And if you live in the area, you should definitely come out! <br /> <br /><a target="_blank" href="http://umloud.org/">Umloud</a> is a charity event organized by various members of the gaming industry, with the hope of raising lots of money for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.childsplaycharity.org/">Child's Play Charity</a>. Many Ultimate Band packages have been sold, which gives people a chance to perform their favorite <i>Rock Band</i> song on the DNA Lounge main stage, along with all star treatment such as a photo shoot and gaming swag. This year, one "Headliner" package was auctioned off to a group that calls themselves "Broasis." You can learn about their (hilarious) bro-story as well as more brotastic details of this event below. </p>
on 09.20.2010
My Birthday video
Hey guys!
This past weekend was a very special day, namely my BIRTHDAY! One of the benefits of being a community manager for a city group (especially one as big as SF) is that when I decide to have a birthday party, we have a FREAKING BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Anyway, I just wanted to share with you all a video of the way DtoidSF does birthday parties, shot and edited by Nick Hutchins. Check it out below!
Thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes! I love you all! <3 <3 <3
on 09.09.2010
Xzyliac's trip to PAX
Hey guys!
I'd thought I'd share with you all this photoblog of Xzyliac's PAX adventures on Sunday!
It started in the morning at the swanky Hyatt at Olive 8. Xzyliac was a tad hungover from the previous night but made sure to wake up in time to check out the show floor!
He decided to call up some friends to meet up, and he met Chad Concelmo in his hotel room ready to head out as well!
He had a huge all you can eat breakfast with Chad, Joshhest, and some other people to get enough energy for the day :D
He decided to check out some of the cool stuff on the show floor like Mortal Kombat....
.....this awesome Metroid Other M chalk drawing.....
....and the free play room where he got to play Shank!
He went out to dinner, where Ali D had set up a shrine in his honor,
and then went out to Rock Bottom where he met up with Dtoiders JohnnyViral, Qalamari, Funktastic, and awesome avatars such as GamesAsArt and Ryu89!
All in all, Xzyliac had a great time at PAX and misses you all so much!!
on 09.08.2010
PAX: My experience
Well, I'm seeing lots of these PAX recap blogs go up, and figured I might as well share my PAX experiences as well. Before I begin, I just have to say that if I forget to mention you its not that I dont love you! There was just SO MUCH WIN this past weekend that writing it all out would be ridiculous. So this will kinda be a highlights of PAX for me organized by day with things that just come to mind.
My flight out of SF wasnt until around 6pm, but I knew that I wouldnt be able to concentrate at work due to excitement, so I just decided to take the morning off to do errands that I needed to do. Every hour that counted down was insanity until I finally took off for the airport. On my flight was Guttlesswonder, @SamHouston, Dyson and his girl, and @jinkwell. We ended up chatting on the plane using the chat room on Virgin airlines while I watched Jersey Shore.
Already, this trip was win.
When we landed, I made my way to the hotel room, but I had to pass by Gameworks to get there. Sure enough Dtoid was there in full force and so I was dragged into the building, bags in hand to give hugs and high fives (and even make outs....thanks Halfie <3). After a quick jaunt to drop off my bags I returned to hang out with everyone. It was an awesome reunion night that I ended up getting pretty sloshed at. Looking back right now, I realized I got so drunk because I didnt even eat dinner! (Holy crap, seriously, I just noticed that. :P)
I finally got to meet n0brein!!!!! SO CUTE!
Funny enough, also at the bar that night were Justin Wong, Seltzer, AJ, and Jake from the WCG Ultimate Gamer show. I chatted them up a bit since we have mutual friends, and they were all really cool people! I even exchanged gamertags with Jake (I'm coming for you in SSF4 buddy!)
I honestly dont remember really leaving the bar or what happened, but eventually we ended up back at the hotel room where we proceeded to watch the greatest movie ever, The Room. Holy crap. Yes. This movie is incredible, I bought it off of Amazon Prime like an hour ago, and cant wait to incorporate it into my must watched viewing, along with Zombie Strippers and Black Dynamite.
My favorite scene
The day started with heading over to the PAX floor in the morning to scope out what was there. There were a couple of new games that I hadnt seen at E3, but for some reason there was nothing really epic that excited me. What did excite me was seeing all the Dtoiders walking around, such as running into my doppleganger Chad Concelmo. It was on this day that we made the epic plans that I will talk about a little later. Anyway, walking all over the show floor took most of the day and then we made plans for the night. Along with Bleach Boy, Joshhest, and The Astros, we headed over to the Capcom Dead Rising 2 party. It was pretty cool being there and we got a free T-shirt out of it, but we didnt stay for long. I headed back to E&C and found the community in an uproar over the service there. So after a little bit of community managing, the plans were set for people to hang out at Gameworks, at least until other plans were made. I heard most people ended up going to the Whisky Bar, but I had to excuse myself for another party.
The Astros showing off a sword at the Capcom party
At E3, I met a lot of the Frag Dolls, who are members of Ubisoft's marketing team. One girl in particular became my dancing partner for most of the parties there, and when she heard I was coming to PAX, quickly added me on the guest list. Their party was quite a while away from the convention center, at a place called Trinity Nightclub, but it was well worth it. We were treated to an open bar and tons of awesome songs to dance to. I hung out that night with Megu and most of my South Van Awesome family until I decided it was time to head back. I knew I had a busy day the next day and wanted to get some rest for the Dtoid panel.
It was the morning of the Dtoid Panel, and I woke up bright and early to make sure that things were taken care of helmet wise. I had been given the responsibility of organizing helmet duty on Saturday, so I wanted to make sure that Mikey, who was wearing the helmet during the panel, was all ready for it. The Dtoid Panel was one of the best yet, and it was a cool experience to be backstage before the panel as well as being recognized during the panel for PAX community managing awesomeness.
Yeah, I had a front row seat for that....*shudder*
Directly after the panel, I started walking around the show floor acting as a handler for Joshhest, Bleach Boy, and Crimeminister as they wore the helmet. We danced on the Just Dance stage, took pictures with Mega 64 and Alex from the Totally Rad Show and were basically amazing. My highlight however was stopping by the Capcom booth and jumping on the live stream with Seth Killian. He interviewed me asking about what games at PAX I enjoyed, and ribbed me for not inviting him to the Dtoid parties. I pimped Dtoid on the stream and did a pretty good job on camera (I thought).
Only afterwards did it sink in that Seth Killian had basically interviewed
as a representative for Dtoid and made me realize how far I've come along both in this community and in the gaming industry.
I passed along the helmet duties to the other people who volunteered to help out (thanks guys!) because I had a play date. The day before, I made plans to pop my Showgirls cherry and watch it with Chad. To say that this was a highlight of PAX would be an understatement. Its no secret that Chad is one of my favorite people who has ever existed and it was awesome watching this amazingly bad movie with him. Sadly we didnt have enough time to finish it the first day due to other plans, but we just treated it like the epic Harry Potter 7th movie and decided to watch it in two parts.
Chad, posing with Xzyliac
We then decided to head over to the first Dtoid party I helped organize, which was the meetup at Chapel Bar. This bar was incredible. I didnt like the long wait to drink later in the night, but I LOVED the atmosphere. Since this place was an old church transformed into a bar, it had a very cool look to it. In the beginning of the night, we took over the "choir loft" area of the bar, and then later moved to the outside. Eventually, and unexpectedly, the lights turned down, and dance music started.
Later on in the night, a few of us, including DJDuffy, Changston, and Solgrim decided to head to R Place, which was a near by gay club. That place was pretty cool, but I left pretty quickly after due to being so tired!
Oh yeah! We ended up falling asleep to Step Up 2 the Streets on Blu-ray!
It was the last day of PAX, and I swore I would take the time to play games I hadnt had a chance to play. Instead I found that I hated waiting in lines, so I ended up just going to the free play area and playing SSF4 and Mario Kart for most of the day. The day came and went, but I was mostly looking forward to the meetup at Rock Bottom anyway. This was another event that I had planned, and it seemed to go off without a hitch. In fact, the service felt bad that they took so long getting the food to us, but they were very accommodating and nice! It was here that I took it all in and got all teary-eyed, nay, even cried a bit. Walking around and talking to everyone, seeing people like the Raskulls team, and Capcom guys there, and community gathered together like a family is always awesome, but it struck a special place in my heart knowing I helped put this together. Because of this, when it was time to thank the guys who volunteered to wear the helmet, and Hamza pulled me aside and said, "Its your show", I couldnt have been prouder. That moment, giving what Diverse called the "farewell speech" to everyone was one of the happiest and proudest moments in recent memory.
Obligatory hang outside of the bar on Sunday pic
Its hard to end on this note other than to say that I'm sorry to those of you that I didnt get to spend that much time with this PAX. There were times when I had to even tell some of you that I couldnt hang out right now, cause I was really busy. So please forgive me for that. But I do have to say that although this was a different PAX experience for me, it was most definitely a very rewarding experience as well, and reading all the recap blogs talking about how much fun everyone had at the Saturday and Sunday events rewards me a little bit more.
Anyway, it was a blast and I love you all! Much love to everyone for being my family.
on 08.28.2010
Fifth Dtoid Communicast questions post!
If you dont ask questions, we are going to have a Situation.
Hey guys!
I've been asked my Spencer to put up a questions post for the next episode of The Dtoid Communicast, so here it is! Ask us whatever you want in the comments below and we will be sure to answer them!
The cast this week will bring some new community members into the fold, and have some old cast members returning to share more stories! The cast list is:
Dinosaur "I'd like anchovies on that" Pizza
Dimmu "name like a southern beau" Jed
Mudd "Bastard" Bstrd
And a MYSTERY GUEST!!! ( Could it be Tactix? or someone else?)
So ask your questions and tune in for the show later this week!
on 07.18.2010
CA Extreme footage
Hey guys!
This weekend, in Santa Clara, an event California Extreme took place in which arcade enthusiasts from across the Bay Area brought in their pinball machines and arcade cabinets for everyone to enjoy. Sort of like a mini PAX, you could get a two day pass which allowed you to play games in their main room for as long as you wanted!
There were many different types of arcade games there, from the older games such as Doubles Pong, to more recent games, like Silent Scope and Super Street Fighter 4. There were lots of interesting games that I had never seen, and some that I only had heard of, but never got a chance to experience until now (
Anyway, I took some video of the event, and as some video editing practice, I've put it here for you all to enjoy! I had a great time at this event, and hopefully I'll get to go again next year!
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on 03.16.2010
Happy Birthday Destructoid and Niero!!
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It really is uncanny thinking about how long I've been on this site, and what Destructoid and the crew have done for me. This past year on Dtoid has been one of the best of my life, and totally encouraged me to be more involved. Ever since the first community gathering that I went to, I fell in love with everyone who I have met through the site. And I've made friends, TONS of friends, who feel more like family that anything else.
People I travel across the state to see for New Years...people who travel hours to come party with me when I visit New Orleans...people I've laughed with online watching bad movies... people who call me on my birthday from New Zealand.
This site is truly something special. I have such a busy work schedule as a graduate student, but being able to help organize DtoidSF stuff really helps maintain my sanity with all the chemistry I'm learning, and for that I'm thankful to Destructoid for letting me do that :D.
My first PAX and when I met Niero for the first time
Niero..you truly are an outstanding guy. You are such a warm, welcoming person whom I love hanging around with. Now that I've had the chance to get to know you more, you've gone from someone I used to idolize to someone who's a really good friend and family member. This weekend, when we were playing Rock Band, you jokingly said that I was "your hero". Well, that's funny, cause you were my hero first, buddy :D
Following your dream to where it is today is something that many people can only wish they can achieve. And I just have to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for letting me feel a small part of it :D
Destructoid has truly changed my life. And there are no words for me to thank you enough for what you have given me. You can never have enough family, and thanks to this site, having enough family is not something I have to worry about.
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It was mere chance that brought me to Destructoid back in early 2007, and through it all I've stayed because of the great writing staff, a community that cares, and lots of new internet and IRL friends. Destructoid has changed my life. True story.
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Description: environments. AmberCut 345B is specifically designed with a high refractive index so that its concentration may be monitored by Brix measurement. Additionally, AmberCut 345B combines a special corrosion protection package with a broad spectrum biocide to provide outstanding system protection
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The Myth of José Martí. Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Century Cuba
Lundgren, Silje, Ibero-americana
Lillian Guerra, The Myth of José Martí. Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Century Cuba. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
The Cuban national hero, José Martí, watches over Fidel Castro, looking down at him from a large signboard at the intersection "23 y 14" in Vedado, Havana. The José Martí memorial is also the physical background to Fidel's annual March 1 speeches at the plaza de la Revolución. Next to the Martí memorial is the building of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, constitutionally defined as martiano y marxistaleninista.
José Martí is admired, loved, and constantly referred to by Cubans, many of whom, without distinction regarding ideology or opinion own his collected works and quote his poetry. Fidel quotes Martí, and Martí is also quoted by occasional anti-Castro slogans sprayed on city streets and housewalls (however, they choose different quotes).
"To specialists, students, and even casual observers of Cuba, the historic tendency of Cuban political activists to appropriate Martí's image and interpret his words for their own purposes is well known," states Lillian Guerra in her book The Myth of José Martí (p. 3), published as part of the book series "Envisioning Cuba" from the University of North Carolina Press. Guerra, proudly Cuban although not born in Cuba, spent years in Cuban archives and at the Centro de estudios martianos (Centre for Martí studies) for her research on how Martí has been used as a historical figure. Her book focuses on the period of nation-building that took place during the first decades of the 20th century, and discusses what has been said and done, questioned and justified, in the name of José Martí.
José Martí was one of the revolutionary movement's key organizers and principle ideologues from the 1880's until his death in 1895, when after 15 years in exile in the U.S. he was killed in military battle in the second war of independence against Spain. Many Cubans, including Guerra, ask themselves whether Cuban history would have been different if Martí would have survived.
During the decades following Martí's death, Cuba lived through its second war of independence, ending with Spain giving sovereignty over the island to the U.S. Four years of North-American occupation was followed by what Guerra calls the "stillbirth" of an independent but colonial-style Republic - achieved through accepting the Platt Amendment which granted the U.S. the right of military intervention whenever considered necessary to protect their interests. For Cuba, this was a period of political struggles, state violence, racist massacres, and continuing governmental loyalty to Spain and the U.S. Inextricably linked to this violent process of nationbuilding went the process of mythification of a national symbol - José Martí.
While often portrayed in messianistic terms (by others and occasionally also by himself), Martí was a pragmatist in his political work. He created alliances between conflicting groups such as conservative whites, militant revolutionaries and ex-slaves, harmonizing their contradictions into a single discourse of unity for the cause of independence.
In her account, Guerra shows how Martí's death was followed by a struggle between groups who all claimed to be his authentic heirs. Ironically, Martí's words about unity were used to create competing nationalisms based on different political ideologies. Guerra distinguishes between three nationalisms arising in this period: The conservative proimperialist nationalists who gained power when the U.S. occupation ended in 1902; revolutionary nationalists who wanted to redistribute resources and shoulder the role as national leaders; and popular nationalists focusing on Cuba's self-determination and popular equality. All of these groups used José Martí to justify their own position: For pro-imperialist nationalists, the meaning of Martí's death lay in the birth of the Republic and the mandate for rule they claimed in his name; revolutionary nationalist opponents focused on Martí's martyrdom in order to legitimate their own right to reclaim power in the state; while popular nationalists saw Martí as a Messiah, and, instead of focusing on his death, pointed to his inclusion of marginalized groups during his life. …


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Condensate ruling makes mockery of U.S. oil export ban: Kemp
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department's
decision to allow two companies to begin exporting ultra-light
condensate after only minimal refining marks the beginning of
the end of the ban on American crude oil exports.
The ban, which applies to crude but not refined products,
has never made much sense economically or in terms of fuel
chemistry, but now the department's rulings show it may be
impossible to enforce in practice.
Can we really do without coal? Kemp
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already discovered reserves of oil, coal and natural gas must
remain unburned if the rise in average global temperatures is to
be limited to 2 degrees Celsius by 2050, according to the
International Energy Agency.
But coal miners and oil and gas companies round the world
allocated $674 billion to finding even more reserves and new
ways of extracting them in 2012/13. Much of this investment
risks being wasted, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative,
which is campaigning to get investors to think again.
("Unburnable carbon 2013: wasted assets and stranded capital")
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emissions of mercury and other heavy metals from coal-fired
power plants will avert up to 11,000 premature deaths every year
in the United States.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the standards
will generate benefits worth between $37 billion and $90 billion
a year – with fewer heart attacks, asthma attacks and sick days
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$10 billion ("Regulatory impact analysis for the final air
toxics standards", December 2011).
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LONDON (Reuters) – China's power engineers have become world leaders in ultra-high-voltage transmission systems connecting far-off power sources with cities hungry for electricity.
China already has seven ultra-high-voltage (UHV) lines in operation, more than any other country, carrying power over thousands of kilometers at around 800,000 or even 1 million volts.
Super-grid: China masters long-distance power transmission: Kemp
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) – China's power engineers have
become world leaders in ultra-high-voltage transmission systems
connecting far-off power sources with cities hungry for
China already has seven ultra-high-voltage (UHV) lines in
operation, more than any other country, carrying power over
thousands of kilometres at around 800,000 or even 1 million
U.S. petcoke exports surge as demand at home falls
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Coke consumption by U.S. power producers has dropped to around 5 million tonnes per year from almost 8 million a decade ago, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
U.S. may have to 'drink cup of poison' on Iran: Kemp
LONDON (Reuters) – In 1988, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini "drank the cup of poison" and agreed to a U.N.-mediated ceasefire with Saddam Hussein to end the devastating Iran-Iraq war.
For Iran's leader, whose country suffered nearly a million deaths at the hands of the enemy, with countless more wounded, the bitterness can only be imagined, but it must have seemed better than continuing to fight.
As chaos spreads, oil market risks are rising: Kemp
LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya,
Nigeria and now Iraq: the crude oil market has weathered a long
list of actual and threatened supply shocks with remarkable
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration
(EIA), unplanned disruptions have removed around 2.5 million
barrels per day from the crude market since the start of 2011.
Political meddling is at the root of India's power problems
LONDON (Reuters) – For decades, India's power engineers had a dream: "One Nation. One Grid. One Frequency."
At the start of this year, that vision was realized. India finally has a nationwide power system stretching from Tamil Nadu in the south to Kashmir in the north, Gujarat in the west to Nagaland in the east.
U.S. fracking giant goes to China: Kemp
LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) – Start-of-the-art American
fracking technology is coming to China's vast shale deposits as
a result of a joint venture between FTS International and
Sinopec announced on Tuesday.
SinoFTS, as the joint venture will be called, marks an
important milestone on the road to exporting the North American
shale revolution around the world.


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|User since
|March 5, 2007
|Number of add-ons developed
|1 add-on
|Average rating of developer's add-ons
|Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Add-ons I've created
NoSquint allows you to adjust the text-only and full-page (both text and images) zoom levels as well as color settings both globally (for all sites) and per site.
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My Reviews
YouTube High Definition
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Long time user of this fantastic add-on, but had to disable it due to the recent autoplay change. Imagine what it's like opening your Failblog (or whatever) feed and having every video start playing at the same time?
Looking forward to a future version that reverts this or at least makes it an option.
Edit: just saw the update that makes this optional. We're back in business now!
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