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- Blast from the past: Destructoid's Mega Man Maker
- Weekend deals: cheap Wolfenstein II, Fractured But Whole, plus free games roundup
- Hunt: Showdown is the sleeping, swampy giant we need to keep an eye out for
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| Blast from the past: Destructoid's Mega Man Maker Posted: 17 Jun 2017 02:30 PM PDT This little app was originally published during PAX 2008 during a panel we gave about how important it is to create original content when starting your own gaming site. The music was made by Dale North, and all of the sprite art by the multi-talented Jonathan Holmes. In the early days when Destructoid was a tiny Wordpress blog in the middle of nowhere. I would lose a lot of sleep trying to make oddities like this in hopes that someone would pause for a moment from viewing kitten photos and care about my little site. Sometimes it worked. Unfortunately, the final build was lost in the anus of the Internet somewhere. This version I recovered is an internal build four versions before the finished product. It is going to be buggy as hell and the epic credits are missing, but the basic functions work. Go play! |
| Weekend deals: cheap Wolfenstein II, Fractured But Whole, plus free games roundup Posted: 17 Jun 2017 12:30 PM PDT PC gamers who can't hold off purchasing E3 announced titles until their fall 2017 release dates are in luck. This weekend GMG has savings between 21% off and 28% off after coupon in their E3 Sale which includes many of the big Fall 2017 releases like the new Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Just make sure you use coupon E3OFFER at checkout for the max discount. This will drop Steam copies of the new Wolfenstein from $60 to $47.51 - a price that's good this weekend only. Arguably a better deal this weekend is the discount on South Park: The Fractured But Whole. GMG has a greater 20% instant discount compared to the 12% off on Wolfenstein II and other titles, stack the same code above and you'll reach a max discount of 28%. That's as good as one should expect from an upcoming AAA title. Pre-order bonus on Fractured But Whole includes a free copy of Stick of Truth at launch. Feeling like keeping your wallet intact this weekend? There are several free games worth noting for us cheapskate gamers. On PC, Origin has Medal of Honor Pacific Assault now for $0.00 and no strings attached as their monthly "on the house freebie." GOG is now giving away the classic 1996 title Fantasy General, normally a $6 purchase these days, today only. For those that picked up PAYDAY 2 when it went free on Steam - you can grab two DLCs for free this weekend - though note that site is being hammered so YMMV. If you're an Xbox Live Gold Member, you should fire up Xbox Live and grab Watch Dogs for free for life through July 15. PlayStation Plus members can take advantage of their own paid membership and pick up Killing Floor 2 and Life is Strange Limite Edition from Sony as your free games of the month. Both are worth the admission price of PS Plus though of course they remain "free" as long as you have Plus membership. Top Weekend DealsUse Coupon: E3OFFER
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| Hunt: Showdown is the sleeping, swampy giant we need to keep an eye out for Posted: 17 Jun 2017 09:30 AM PDT Crytek's Hunt: Showdown began its life in a completely different place. First announced as Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age in 2014. a four-player co-operative shooter (essentially a Left 4 Dead clone) set in the Victorian era, the project underwent major changes during a period of financial struggle. But seeing its new incarnation emerge as a beautifully twisted butterfly of promising ideas, I'm still at a loss for words really. Sitting in the Crytek's booth as they walked me through their hands-off E3 presentation, I was taken aback as layer upon layer of intriguing depth showed an unwavering sense of dread and tension. If Hunt: Showdown can deliver on its promise, this could be a game entertaining folks for a long time. |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT [Editor's Note: Originally posted on our community blogs, Gamemaniac3434 gives us his thoughts here on the perpetually and hotly debated review score issue, which is something that's always worth talking about so long as we're not yelling at each other. Whether you're for or against them, his core missive of "read the text" is a humble request that rings true for every form of media. We've always encouraged our readers to eschew all notions of "subjectivity" in the quest for their own personal truth with the writer that you trust the most. Whether that's us or someone else is up to you, but we're always here if you need us. - Chris] In March 2017, Jim Sterling reviewed Breath of the Wild and gave the game a seven out of ten. This caused a huge outcry, both across the internet and even on Dtoid proper which is one of the first times I’ve really seen that happen to such a degree. My problem with people's reaction was not mere disagreement but the way some people expressed their disagreement-I saw people call him "a fucking idiot", say he was shit at games, DDOS’d his site till it went down, and attack his credibility as a games reviewer. Rather than calmly stating their disagreement, or rationally explaining why they didn’t value Jim's opinions as much as some other reviewers due to differences in taste people lashed out emotionally and violently-over a review score for a game that had received several perfect or near perfect scores from almost every other outlet. |
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