Old-school SEGA Saturn players might remember a cool game titled ‘Death Tank’.  It was actually a hidden game inside Duke Nukem 3D (Death Tank Zwei) and PowerSlave (Death Tank).  Although it was simple, it was hours and hours of fun.  The XBLA version will have numerous upgrades and 4-player online play.  The basic premise of the game is to take out enemy tanks on the landscape before they take you out.  It’s a lot like classic Battleship because it was turn-based.  If you missed, you’d basically just have to sit back and wait to see if they hit you.  While some may consider this an unrealistic aspect, I felt it added to the suspense.  If you like Scorched Earth or Worms, this is your kind of game.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: cool, death, Duke Nukem, fun, game, Old-school, Online, play, Player, PowerSlave, Saturn, Sega, Tank, version, XBLA, Zwei

It happened. The fatal “red ring of death” came in and swooped this writer’s Xbox 360 away. The system might have sensed the excitement over beating people online in Soulcalibur IV with Maxi-inspired “Carissa-foo” and shut down.

We gathered up a bit of info from around Kezins HQ and found out that half the staff has suffered from the dreaded “red ring.”

Will’s Xbox 360 crapped out after eleven (11!) months in use, Jesper’s is still up and running (or it should be, last we heard of him), and this writer’s took a dirt nap after a year and ten months of service. Juan? His can’t “red ring” because he doesn’t have one, but we’ll give his phantom system the benefit of the doubt and say it’d be living the good, gaming life.

What about you guys? Is your system still up and running? Or have you stayed away from the problematic Xbox 360?

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: Afflicted, beating, Carissa, Carissa-foo, death, excitement, half, Jesper, Juan, Kezins HQ, Maxi-inspired, Online, Red, Ring, Soulcalibur, staff, system, writer, Xbox

It looks like Microsoft finally picked up on the obvious hint from consumers that they prefer Windows XP over Vista. In an interesting move, they have decided to extend support for XP. Security updates and patches will be available for XP through 2014 and we may see some support beyond that. It also looks like Windows 7 will be released in 2010, which will probably cause instant death for Vista.

No mention was made, but I am curious if this means we may see some extended DirectX support. If that’s the case, this is great news for all gamers. I’m just surprised it took Microsoft so long to realize that Vista was an epic fail…

Via Yahoo News

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: death, DirectX, Extends, Microsoft, news, Security, support, Vista, Windows, Windows XP

For all you anime fans out there, there’s a little manga that became an anime, which has now evolved into a 3-part live action film. If you’re hard-core, you probably already know what I’m talking about.  You guessed it right, Death Note. For those that do not know, the story revolved on Light, a college student who finds a notebook lying on the ground coined “Death Note”.  He “reluctantly” picks it up and that is when havoc ensues…

He basically can write anyone’s name down in the book with his or her face in mind and kill him or her off with the jot of a pen.   Later on it becomes a whole moral issue on who he kills, why and a very entertaining cat and mouse game. Think of CSI and Law & Order multiplied by a thousand. It is one of the most exciting intellectual dramas I have encountered and I implore you to check it out! 

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written by Jennifer Safanova \\ tags: action, American, anime, Bob, death, Film, Japan, light, Manga, movie, note, part, Remake, right, series, story, The Way, Vertigo

Sarcastic Gamer posted an interesting article concerning MTV’s Stephen Totilo and how some fanboys have sent him death threats due to him assigning lower scores to games than they liked to see.  While some people have found this to be shocking, it doesn’t really surprise me much.  The anonymous nature of the internet tends to bring out the worst in fanboys most of the time.  I actually have yet to have my life threatened because of a review, but I did receive some nasty threats from Jack Thompson last year when I was working for Ziff Davis Media.  

We all certainly have our moments where we get a little out of line when responding to a review or article we disagree with, but it seems to me like things have been getting out of control lately when it comes to the opinions and threats flying out of the mouths of fanboys.  You also have to give the reviewers a break sometimes.  We aren’t perfect, although we try.  I suppose some gamers need to grow up and learn how to communicate properly with others…

Via Sarcastic Gamer

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: article, death, doesn, Fanboys, gamer, Internet, Jack Thompson, life, MTV, nature, Review, Sarcastic, Stephen Totilo, surprise, Threaten, time, year

At the Destructoid NARP in Cinci, Poor Ninos 360 died….

You just never know when the red ring will strike!  The above video was uploaded by one of our friends, bunnyXablaze on MySpaceTV.  Their reaction to the red ring of death is funny to say the least.  When my launch 360 bricked, my response included a long array of expletives.  While I love my 360, I still recognize that it’s basically a piece of crap.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: array, bunnyXablaze, Cinci, death, Destructoid, launch, MySpaceTV, NARP, Ninos, Poor, reaction, Red, response, Ring, video