Cblogs of 5/22 to 5/28/2021

-Gamingnerd writes an excellent retrospective on the Dragon Quest series on its 35th anniversary.

-Nior discusses the gaming?????????????????????????? industry in Brazil by sharing the story about the failings of the world's first digital-only console.

-Mr Knives imagines some fruitful game partnerships between some famous games that could pr??oduce an even better game.

-Flegma talks about maps in video games and the importance of "orienteering" in deve??lopment.

-Exber reviews Pandora's Tower on the Wii.

-Humantofu wonders if there is really a proper way to play The House of the Dead today.

-RiffRaff writes about the history of the? Adventur??e genre by focusing on some key examples.

-Black Red Gaming continues their playthrough on Sir Brante's Life, According to Myself and Others.

-Skeet warns Sega that a riot is coming if they don't release Daytona USA on the Switch.

-Shoggoth2588 responds to this month's BoB prompt regarding photo mode by detailing his difficu??lties engaging with such modes.

-My Enormous Hairy Downstairs Kitchen writes about the magnificent speed of Wipeout 4.

-GoofierBrute writes about Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures in this blogging series explor??i?ng games that time forgot.

-Virtua Kazama bids farewell to Virtua Fighter :Final Showdown as it leaves the fighting tournament scene.

-GamingDino introduces the Raptor in ARK: Survival Evolved.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake and typical movie soundtracks.

-Milk3y wants to know about your opinion on the various Star Wars content that has been released over the years.

-ABowlOfCereal continues their thoughts on balancing Guardian Tales, with this blog focusing on ranged combat.

-TheBlondeBass wants to makes some "Weapon Stories" for Nier: Automata.

-Exber writes about his experience as a home school teach?er and how sometimes it feels like a video game.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF ?thread for open community discussion.

Thanks to our readers for the great blogs and to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. This week, Destructoid will undergo some technical, which may temp??orarily affect the Cblog section as various levers are flipped and dials are spun. So just this bear this in mind if you plan to write a blog this week. Hopefully normal service will be resumed ASAP.

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Cblogs of 5/15 to 5/21/2021

-Eggs&Brewsterjr discusses e??ight Game Boy games they know they would love to play.

-GamingDino highlights another gaming dinosaur in ARK.

-D-Volt writes about how the Sonic franchise may be limited by the??i??r own focus on Sonic's speed.

-Manasteel88 highlights an incoming Sonic fan gaming jam.

-Lord Spencer reviews Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Eggs&Brewsterjr shares a list of random 22 games that they jus??t heard about and might play sometime in t?he future.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Days Gone on the PC.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Metal Gear and both folk music and synth-pop.

-ABowlOfCereal continues their balancing suggestion of Guardian Tales, with a focus on the Warriors class this time.

-Queen of Philosophy opens this week's TGIF open community forum.

Thanks to our readers for the great blogs and to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to be part of next week's front page r??oundup, h??ead on over to the Cblogs sections and speak your brains. Some weeks we get a lot, some weeks only a few, but we always enjoy reading your thoughts and opinions!

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Cblogs of 5/8 to 5/14/2021

-Gamingnerd wonder??s if single-player games are simply a multiplayer ga??me against the game's AI.

-Febochulus reviews indie game, Hylics.

-Lord Spencer reviews Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Dinoracha reviews the early access version of RoboQuest.

-NinjaSpeed writes?? about playing a long-term franchise for the first time.

-Black Red Gaming does some mini-reviews for three indie games: Deadly Days, Narita Boy, Road Redemption.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Metal Gear and some Jazz/Rock fusion.

-ABowlOfCereal continues their balancing suggestion for Guardian Tales.

-Boxman214 shar?es his experience being a Dungeon? Master for the first time.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread.

Thanks to our readers for the great blogs and to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to be part of next week's front page roundup, head on over to the Cblogs sections and speak your brains. We're look forward to your discourse! Don't forget to check out the Band of Bloggers "Photo Mode" prompt

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Cblogs of 5/1 to 5/7/2021

-Black Red Gaming continues listing their "Gam??e Selections" with entri??es 17-20 regarding games everyone should play.

-LaTerry presents this month's Band of Bloggers prompt focusing on Photo Modes in Video Games.

-Flegma responds to the prompt quickly with this blog about the shmup, Shoot the Bullet.

-Kerrik52 continues their Tales of series retrospective with this second blog with rankings and awards on the N?amco franchise.

-Shoggoth2588 shares their personal April gaming journal.

-Exber reviews the original Xenoblade Chronicles.

-Dango shares the first part of their thoughts on Hitman: World of Assassinations.

-Siflox Gaming reviews Brawl Stars on Mobile.

-Lord Spencer reviews Fear Effect as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Propeller48 talks about how NBA 2K21 tips will help you play the game better.

-GamingDino writes about the first partner you can get in ARK Survival Evolved.

-Chris Bradshaw reflects on race and racism in a thoughtful blog.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Indiana Jones IV and marching music.

-ABowlOfCereal continues their Guardian Tales balancing suggestions.

-Alphadeus is in the process of making his 50th album, and h?e is taking input from the Dtoid ??community.

-Solidsnape talks about how streamers are affecting GTA's servers.

-Queen of Philosophy opens this week's TGIF open community forum.

This was a really varied run of topics from our community this week - photo modes, shmups, PS1 classics, music, memories and much more. That's what we like to see! Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to be part of next week's front page roundup, head on over to the Cblogs sections and speak your brains. We're look forward to your discourse! Don't forget to check out the Band of Bloggers "Photo Mode" prompt!

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Cblogs of 4/24 to 4/30/2021

-La Terry responds to April's Band of Bloggers prompt by writing about how Nier: Replicant subverted their genre expectations.

-Black Red Gaming writes about 007 Legends, the James Bond game that almost killed the video game fu?ture of t?he franchise.

-Exber responds to April's Band of Bloggers prompt by writing about several ga?mes that exceeded expectation??????????????????????????s.

-Lord Spencer reviews Klonoa: Door to Phantomile as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Solidsnape writes about how Battlefield 4 still holds the flag of the franchise.

-RedHeadPeak writ?es about how some videogame storytelling focuses on talking too much instead of showing the story (JRPGs are particu?larly guilty of this).

-Famutimi writes about the importance of Lidia Sobieska of Tekken 7 in the canon of women video game characters.

-Solidsnape shares their thoughts on Scavengers Early Access gameplay.

-Deatheagle writes about how Epic cross-platform policy without matchmaking parameters ruined Fortnite on the Switch.

-Kerrik52 celebrates finishing their Tales series retros?pective blogs and takes a well-earned break.

-Black Red Gaming shares a list ??of their most anticipated games to be released in May??.

-Damien Quicksilver writes about "Antstream",&?nbsp;a streaming service for retro games.

-PhilsPhindings discussed the similarities between the soundtrack of Paper Mario 64 and Latin Music.

-NinjaSpeed tries to craft a corner of sunshine in the black abyss of the internet, go and bas?k in the positivity.

-Taterchimp shares a number of Keto diet recipes.

-ABowlOfCereal continues writing balancing suggestion blogs about Guardian Tales.

-Taterchimp reminds you that their Final Fantasy VI charity stream is starting May 1st, check it out.

-Narwhalnut updates us on the progress of their video game, Belle Boomerang.

-ChronoLynxx opens another?? TGIF community forum for open discussio??n.

Really good stuff from our community this week. A healthy run of blogs and a very varied list of topics. Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. And if ?you'd like to be part of next week's front page roundup, then head on over to the Cblogs and spill your opinions. We're looking forward to hearing from you!

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No matter how farfetched

Cblogs of 4/17 to 4/23/2021

-Egg&Brewsterjr gives thanks for the fan translation of Marvelous: Mohitotsu no Takarajima.

-BRAV0 F1VE reviews indie game Narita Boy.

-Gamingnerd looks back at the history of the Metal Slug franchise on its 25th anniversary.

-Lord Spencer writes a report about 11 games as part of his PS1 REVI??EWS blogging series.

-Dinoracha reviews Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch.

-Gamingnerd looks back at the history of the Wonder Boy franchise on its 35th anniversary.

-Lord Spencer updates his PS1 ?REVIEWS List where you can suggest games for him to review.

-Mr. Knives share his thoughts on the Dread X Collection of bit-sized games.

-Osc updates us on the progress of their hobbyist gam?e.

-ABowlOfCereal continues the discussion on balancing Guardian Heroes.

-ChronoLynxx opens another TGIF open community forum thread.

A smaller run of blogs this week, but all of them are aces! Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. And if you'd like to be part of next week's front page roundup, then head on over to the Cblogs and spill your opinion??????????????????????????s. We're looking forward to hearing from you!

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Cblogs of 4/10 to 4/6/2021

-Siflox Gaming reviews Apex Legends in its current 2021 form.

-Aurachad shares their thoughts on Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.

-Lord Spencer reviews SaGa Frontier 2 as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Exber reviews all the games they played ?in the first quarter of 2021.

-Beatlemaniaxx writes in detail about Mole Mania, a game ??that few people know was actually made by Nintendo.

-Siflox Gaming reviews Rouge Company.

-Gamingnerd rants on Sony and the future of gaming.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Ghost of Tsushima on the PS4.

-TheBlondeBass's Awards now have their [Epilogue].

-Boxed Swine discusses the Netflix show, Disenchantment.

-Spazzzh20 shares their thoughts on how to fix Evangelion 3.0+1.0.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Donkey Kong '94 and old-time pop music.

-Taterchimp will do a charity stream of Final Fantasy VI, so check it out.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF open community forum.

Thank you for this week's great content! Thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see your own thoughts captured for posterity on our front page, then head on over to the Cblogs and have at it. We alwa??ys enjoy reading your innermost thoughts!

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Cblogs of 4/2 to 4/9/2021

-Seymour rates every single game ??they played in the fir??st quarter of 2021.

-Dinoracha shares their thoughts on a big story moment in Dragon Quest XI.

-Kerrik52 reviews Tales of Berseria as a par??t of their Traveler in ??Playtime review blogs.

-Siflox Gaming reviews the current version of Fortnite.

-Black Red Gaming shares a list of four games they t?hinks everyone should play.

-Moths explains why Monster Hunter is now the only series they buy at launch.

-Taterchimp shares a list of their Top 10 food.

-Exber reflects on the first year they sta?rted blogging on Destructoid.

-ABowlOfCereal shares their balancing ideas for Guardian Tales.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the music of Super Mario Land and Japanese Folk music.

-Queen of Philosophy opens this week's TGIF open community forum.

Thank you for this week's great content! Thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see your own thoughts captured for posterity on our front? page, then head on over to the Cblogs and have at it. We always enjoy reading your innermost thoughts!

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Cblogs of 3/27 to 4/2/2021

-NinjaSpeed celebrates the 10th anniversary of the excellent ?Nintendo 3DS.

-Shoggoth2588 introduces April's Band of Bloggers prompt regarding games that Subverted Your Expectations.

-Black Red Gaming continues ranking games in the Wolfenstein series with this blog about Wolfenstein 3D.

-Gamingnerd sheds a light?? on key digital-only PS3 games on account of the PS3 store closin??g out this year.

-Startyde sheds?? a light on some PS3 and Vita store?front recommendations.

-Pacario shares his thoughts on the downsized arcade version of Bubble Bobble.

-BRAV0 F1VE discusses the seasonal association in the video gam?e industry.

-Aurachad reviews Star Wars: Squadron.

-Kerrik52 reviews Tales of Xilia 2 as part of his Traveler in Play??tim??e review blogging series.

-Humantofu shares his thoughts on the "adorable" Nintendo DS Goldeneye version.

-GoofierBrute talks about Pokemon Stadium 2 as part of this blogging series focusing on gam?es time forgot.

-Nior highlights a number of shoot 'em ups yo??u can buy and play for cheap.

-Elia Pales reviews Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony in this video review.

-Elia Pales tries to understand why Nintendo made Super Mario 3D All-Stars a limited release.

-Black Red Gaming shares ?a ?list of his most anticipated game releases in April.

-My Enormous Downstairs Hairy Kitchen shares his thoughts on Mother 3 and the pleasures and ??the pain of games in general.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy Tactics and several genres of music.

-Elly Meridian praises the release of the indie game Elly and the Ruby Atlas.

-Acefondu discusses the toxic ?nature of online?? communication.

-ABowlOfCereal shares a summary of all his Super Smash Bros. posts (nearly 200 blogs!).

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Punch Out and dance-pop music.

-Gamingnerd gives all of you s?ome words of encouragement in a day of fooling people.

-PhilsPhindings summarizes all of his musical posts of the past cou?ple of years (100 blogs!).

-Shoggoth2588 shares his gaming journal of March 2021.

-ChronoLynxx opens last week's TGIF open community thread.

Thank you for this week's great content! Special congratulations to PhilsPhindings and ABowlOfCereal for hitting amazing milestones in their chosen subjects! Thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for providing us??? with the recap. Head on over to the Cblogs and empty your head, (not literally), and you too could see you stories captured for posterity on Destructoid.

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Cblogs of 3/20 to 3/26/2021

-Gamingnerd reflects on the legacy of the Resident Evil series in celebration of its 25th anniversary.

-Nior continues his retrospective on The Legacy of Kain series retrospective with this blog on Blood Omen 2.

-Kerrik52 refle?cts on th??e nature and application of crafting systems in video games.

-Eggs&BrewsterJr compares the Lord of the Rings games: Shadow of Mordor and Lego Lord of the Rings.

-RedHeadPeak asks which games were your greatest disappointments, his was Spore.

-Lord Spencer reviews Saga Frontier as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Moths discusses Wolfenstein II's story and gameplay in this blog.

-Eggs&BrewsterJr shares ??a list of fi?ve games that could use an HD facelift.

-Sam van der Meer shares his thoughts on Super Mario Sunshine.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy Tactics and Rock Music.

-ABowlOfCereal makes a lot of potential movesets for potential Super Smash Bros. characters, and here ??is the r?uleset for that exercise.

-ChronoLynxx opens last week's TGIF open community forum.

Thank you for this week's great content! It means a lot to us that you take the time to share your thoughts, opinions, and memories on your gaming experiences. Thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. Head on over to the Cblogs and empty your head, an??d you too could see you stories captured for posterity on Destructoid.

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Cblogs of 3/13 to 3/19/2021

-Exber writes about the psychological milestone of actually beating a gam?e.

-Black Red Gaming thinks that Outbreak mode is the correct path forward for the Zombies mode in Call of Duty.

-GoofierBrute shares his thoughts on Pokemon Stadium as part of his Games that Times ??Forgot bloggi??ng series.

-Lord Spencer reviews Saiyuki: Journey West as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Damien Quicksilver thinks that Amazon Luna i?s the irrefutable future of ALL?? gaming.

-Humantofu looks back at Techland's Dead Island games.

-RedHeadPeak writes about the nature of "key wound??s" in video game storytelling and the pitfalls associated with it.

-Gamingnerd writes about the history and prevalence of Gacha games.

-Gamingnerd shares ti?ps on hardware modifications to make legacy systems work better today.

-Black Red Gaming shares his thoughts on Sir Brante's Life, According to Myself and Others.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI and romantic waltzes.

-Toborprime primes his game, Savage: The Shard of Gosen, with a new update.

-Manasteel88 updates us on their lives and apologizes to Kadokawa?? Games for an earlier angrie??r blog.

-ABowlOfCereal designs a moveset for Smash Master Core as a fighter in Super Smash Bros.

-Julc3 looks back a?t their experience with Dtoid that they had all these years.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF open community thread.

Thank you all for this week's awesome content! It really means a lot to us that you take the time to share your thoughts, opinions, and memories on your experiences, good or bad. Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see your own thou??ghts captured for posterity on the front page, head over to the Cblogs and have at it!

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Cblogs of 3/6 to 3/12/2021

-RedHeadPeak is enjoying his first "Family Game" experience through playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

-Exber responds to this month's Band of Bloggers prompt about video game mysteries.

-Kerrik52 reviews Thief (2014) as part of his Traveler in Playtime review blogs.

-Eggs&Brewsterjr discusses five games he did?n't quite lay as intended.

-Necrowondo shares his thoughts on Moon, the famously weird JRPG game.

-Eggs&Brewsterjr thinks that Valkyria Chronicles is an exceptional experience.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and some traditional folk music.

-Black Red Gaming shares their gaming collection.

-The Baked Potato is being subjected ?to poor service from Blizzard and isn't going to take it.

-TaviaM introduces herself and her ?hopes to blog to our community.

-BrwnC0at will start a fantasy journal project that focuses?? on surviving with a bunch of nerdy activities for entertainment.

-Alphadeus turns 40 and cel??ebrates the 10th year?? anniversary of their music.

-ABowlOfCereal suggests a move set for Master Hand and Sandbag in Super Smash Bros.

-ChronoLynx is back with another TGIF open community thread.

Thank you all for this week's awesome content! It really means a lot to us that you take the time to share your thoughts, opinions, and memories on your experiences. Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see your own thoughts captured for posterity on the front page, head over to the Cblogs and have at it! You might even end up Front Paged - as happened to Moths earlier this week!

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Cblogs of 2/27 to 3/5/2021

-RedHeadPeak misses Dead Space like many of us.

-LaTerry shares the March Band of Bloggers prompt about what pulls you back into games.

-Gamingnerd looks at the history of Pokemon throughout the ages.

-Virtua Kazama sheds light on the top fighting g??ames and DLC to look forward to in 2021.

-Black Red Gaming shares a? list of his most anticipated games to be rel??eased in March.

-Captiosus shares his impression on the Final Outriders demo.

-Kerrik52 reviews Oddworld: Stranger's Worth ??as part o??f his Traveller in Playtime reviews series.

-Captiosus tries to define what "Games as a Service" means.

-Greglory13 reviews Cloud Garden.

-ThePacksHunt shares his thoughts on Vigor.

-Gamingnerd sheds light on some cool indie games.

-Eggs&BrewsterJr revisits Rayman 2.

-RedHeadPeak loves Link's Awakening so much he m?ay not be yet ready f??or the Switch remake.

-Shoggoth2588 shares his gaming journal of February, his "birth-mon?th".

-Samuel Dillinger shares his thoughts on his older Dtoid blogs.

-ChronoLynxx opens last week's TGIF open community forum.

Thank you all for this week's awesome content! As always, you all had a lot of interesting takes on a variety of topics. Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see your own thoughts captured for posterit?y on the front page, then head on over to the Cblogs and have at it!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 8

-Gamingnerd takes an in-depth look at the many generations of Pokémon for its 25th anniversary.

-Gamingnerd writes about The Legend of Zelda series in celebration of its 35th anniversary.

-Kerrik52 deep dives into his backlog and shares his thoughts on several?? of those games.

-Eggs&Brewsterjr shares his thoughts on the fan translation of DoReMei Fantasy.

-Black Red Gaming reviews several games in "Mini-Reviews".

-Eggs&Brewsterjr shares a list of his Top 10 gaming regrets.

-ABowlOfCereal shares a possible move set for a Shantae/Risky Boots combination in Super Smash Bros.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF open community thread.

-RedHeadPeak is ??back at Destructoid and?? wants to start blogging again.

Thank you all for this week's awesome content - in particular Gamingnerd for their timely and in-depth Pokémon anniversary piece! As always, you all had tons of fun and fascinating thoughts. Thanks to Lord Spencer for providing us with ??????????????????????????the recap. If you'd like to see your own thoughts captured for posterity on the front page, then head on over to the Cblogs and have at it!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 7

-EggsBert thinks that Bully deserved more attention from Rockstar.

-Flegma shares his thoughts on the video game conversion of the Captain is Dead boardgame.

-Yuknuts shares his thoughts regarding the thought-provoking and controversial Six Days in Fallujah game.

-EggsBert shares his thoughts on Viewtiful Joe.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Speed Limit on the PC.

-Moths shares two thoughts on Tomb Raider.

-EggsBert highlights 15 games he is playing and sti?ll could be playing for the ??foreseeable future.

-Maxio098ui reports that Blizzard has silently removed the Mac installer from all new versions of Diablo 2.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and renaissance music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of The Legend of Zelda 2 and the music of Seiko Matsuda.

-ChronoLynxx opens last week's open community forum thread.

Thank you all for this week's awesome content and thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see your own though??ts captured for posterity on the front page, then head on over to the Cblogs?? and have at it!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 6

-OmegaNate shares his thoughts on the Early Access version of ULTRAKILL.

-I picked a username writes about finishing th??e? backlog for PS360 games.

-Kerrik52 reviews Alpha Protocol as part of?? his Traveller in Playtime blogging re?views series.

-EggsBert writes about the possible outlook of The Legend of Zelda series.

-Gamingnerd no??tes that 2021 is going ??to be a huge year for gaming celebrations.

-EggsBert shares thoughts on 10 games they love but cann?ot recommend.

-EggsBert discusses seven "average" games.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Hitman 3 on the PC.

-NinjaSpeed discusses the huge potenti?al of dormant Nintendo IPs.

-EggsBert confesses being?? a little bit embarrassed n??ot to play any of these 11 games.

-Black Red Gaming shares details about their gaming collection.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI and some classical music selections.

-Taterchimp rants about the state of the world.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Mario Bros. 3 and blues music.

-Breychastudios made an en??dless runner game and is looking for input from the community.

-ChronoLynxx is back with another open community forum.

Thank you all for this week's awesome content and thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for providing us with the recap. If you'd like to see?? your?? own thoughts captured for posterity on the front page, then head on over to the Cblogs and have at it!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 5

-CorruptAI125 shares his thoughts on The Medium.

-Lord Spencer reviews Clock Tower as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Arkane9 suggests 10 combat fixes for Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

-OmegaNate reviews the indie game TheDawn.

-GoofierBrute shares his thoughts on a game the time forgot, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.

-Exber responds to January's Band of Bloggers prompt with this blog about???? his favorite RPG party members.

-Kerrik52 reviews Sleeping Dogs as part of his Tr??aveller in Playtime review blogs series.

-Shoggoth2588 shares his gaming journal of 2021.

-Black Red Gaming shares this list? of his most anticipated games to be released in February.

-HoneyCrisp reviews a number of games he played in 2021.

-Gamingnerd attempts to explain the reducti??ve nature of gaming labels.

-Beatlemaniaxx thinks that Link should remain mute even if The Legend of the Zelda series starts using more voice acting.

-Flegma shares his thoughts on G-MODE Archives29 Zanac, the mobile rerelease of the classic shooter, Zanac.

-Triggerpigking shares his list of top games in 2020.

-Nior writes about scoring systems in video games and how they encourage the player to learn?? the ropes of the game.

-Chris Hovermale grades his new year resolution of last year and vows to continue with the same goals f?o??r this year.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and marching music.

-Robotayon writes a beautiful eulogy to the memory of a cherished pe??n-pal fri??end.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Mario RPG and typical island music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF open forum thread.

-Virtua Kazama highlights the work of TheRu?nawayGuys' Let's Play gr??oup.

Wow, a lot of great blogs this week, you're all killing it out there in our beloved community. Thank you all and thanks, as always, to Lord Spencer for the recap??. If you'd like to see your own thoughts captured for posterity on the front page, then head on over to the Cblogs and have at it!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 4

-Black Red Gaming discusses his "detached" experience with Cyberpunk 2077 from a gameplay and story perspective.

-Kerrik52 declares Trails of Cold Steel IV as his game of the year.

-Shoggoth2588 responds to this month's Band of Bloggers prompt regarding party members with a blog on Shin Megami Tensai IV.

-Lord Spencer reviews Thousand Arms as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Ctg867 predicts the possible shape and design of any Nintendo Switch Pro that may be released th??is year.

-Hokogan shares his thoughts on the indie game, Spiritfarer.

-My Enormous Hairy Downstairs Kitchen discusses the pleasures of a fixed camera in the original Resident Evil 2.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and 19th-century waltz music.

-Osc continues the development of his hobbyist game.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Mario RPG and Russian march music.

-ChronoLynxx opens last week's TGIF o??pens community forum thread.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap and to all of ?our community members for contributing another great week of content. If you'd like to see your own thoughts recapped on this here front page, then head on over to the Cblogs section and spin us a story.

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Cblogs Recap: Week 3

-Lord Spencer shar??es his list of the Top 10 Games he played in th?e cursed year of 2020.

-Black Red Gaming ranks the games in the Wolfenstein series starting with the first two games.

-BRAV0 F1VE reviews Cyberpunk 2077.

-Spazzzh20  goes over the best games in eac??h year in the last two decades, and this blog focuses on 2001?.

-Sapato64 goes on-depth on community created Mega Man levels.

-MajinRotty shares an easy modding guide for Final Fantasy VII.

-EatDrinkBeHairy writes a 100% non-technical review of Cyberpunk 2077.

-Snukastyle continues his Dynasty Warriors ?retrospective with this second part in the series.

-Exber honors the runners-up ??in recen??t game awards ceremonies.

-Cheetaman shares his thoughts on most of the stuf??f h??e played in 2020.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VIII and several kinds of music.

-Roager describes the best tabletop RPG that he never?? played.

-Spazzzh20 shares a story he wrote that is inspired by one of Martin Luther King's q??uote??s.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the OST of Super Mario Bros. and Polka music.

-ChronoLynxx opens up the weekly TGIF open community?? foru??m thread.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap and to all of our community members ??for contributing another great week of content - including some new?? series!. If you'd like to see your own work recapped on this here front page, then head on over to the Cblogs section and spin us a yarn or three.

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Cblogs Recap: Week 2

-CorruptAI125 discusses the top games he played in 2020.

-Kerrik52 reviews Prince of Persia (2008) as part of his Traveler in Playtime review blogs.

-Dinoracha discusses the Bullet-per-Minute genre.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on the PC.

-Snukastyle starts his Dynasty Warriors retrospective with this first part.

-Lord Spencer reviews Vanguard Bandits as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Spazzzh20's new series to chooses the?? Top 10 games for year since the start of the millennium. Here is part one.

-Dinoracha really likes Xenoblade Chronicles DE but he won't be finishing it.

-Narzack shares his thought regarding a movie called The Hurricane Heist.

-The Whore of Babylon writes ab??out the first time making games and on discovering the indie development Indiepocalypse, a platform fo?r indie game development.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the Pokemon soundtrack and the music of Carl Michael Ziehrer.

-Taterchimp walks us through his e??xtens??????????????????????????ive trading cards collection.

-ChronoLynxx is b??a??ck with another TGIF open forum for community discussion.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap and to all of our community members for contributing another great week of content - including some new series!. If you'd like to see your own work recapp?ed on this here front page, then head on over to the Cblogs section and spin us a yarn or three.

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Cblogs Recap: New Year

-Shoggoth2588 reveals January's Band of Bloggers prompt which focuses on Memorable Party Members.

-Kerrik52 summarizes his experiences this year,??? both in real life, and his Traveler in Playtime reviews series (Which are consistently good and interesting).

-Lord Spencer reviews Dragon Valor as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Taterchimp goes over all the games he played in 2020.

-BRAV0 F1VE discusses the best games they played in 2020 that were no??t released in that year. (YAY I CAN USE "THAT YEAR" WHEN MENTIONING 2020)

-TheLimoMaker reviews Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn in dive through his backlog.

-Rabid Walrus thinks that Going Under might just be his favorite game of the year.

-Exber shares his list of Retro GOTY awards in 2020.

-Black Red Gaming shares his list of top 10 games in 2020.

-BRAV0 F1VE shares his list of top 10 games in 2020.

-Gaming Sheepy starts her 2020 gaming awards with the Razzies.

-My Enormous Hairy Downstairs Kitchen discus??ses the core me??chanics of Survival-Horror in this blog.

-LaTerry responds to December's Band of Bloggers prompt by focusing on the difficulty of completing Crash 4.

-Nior responds to December's Band of Bloggers prompt by detailing his experiences in finishing Necrobarista.

-HoneyCrisp quickly scores all the games he played in 2020.

-Julc3 thinks that the Xbox Series S is the quiet underdog of the new generation??.

-Avoclefo discusses the top 10 indie ?games he played in 20??20.

-Riley1sSpook studies Kuvira, who may be The Legend of Korra's best villain.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI and classical music.

-Sapato64 hopes to st??art a "Virtual Game Collection" program, so check it out if you are interested.

-BRAV0 F1VE details the 20 music tra??cks that defined games in 2020.

-ChronoLynxx is back with the?? new year's TGIF open community forum thread.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our community members for all of their Cblogs over the course of 2020. It makes us all very happy to know that you are all still ??choosing Destructoid with which to share your thoug??hts on all matters gaming with us. "e hope you will continue to do so in 2021. If you want to be included in next week's recap, then head over to our Community Blogs and share the good word!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 52

-Lord Spencer writes a report on the top 80-71 games in R??etro Sanctuary's Top 100 PS1 games as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Spinnerweb remembers the forgotten GameCube game, P.N. 03.

-Gamingnerd w??rites about the history of selecting difficulty in games.

-Siddartha85 discusses some major video game media mom??ents? in 2020.

-Amburger reviews Dragon Quest XI S on the Nintendo Switch.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Super Mario 64 as part of Mario's All-Star package.

-Shoggoth2588 responds to this month's Band of Bloggers prompt regarding finishing games by focusing on his completion of Persona 4 Golden.

-Exber discusses his top nine video games of the decade.

-Lord Spencer reviews Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare as part of his PS1 REVIEWS series.

-Virtua Kazuma discusses the top 10 difficult moves to pull off in the Virtua Fighter series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the opera music in Final Fantasy VI and other opera music.

-Spinnerweb thinks it is about time we start roma??nticizin?g the 2000s and goes down memory lane to do just that.

-Siddartha85 di?sc?usses some major music-related media moments in 2020.

-Beatlemaniaxx reflects on his addiction to collectibles during his time with Assassin's Creed II.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the music of Super Mario Bros. and several jazz tunes.

-Siddartha85 discuss??es some major fantasy book series media moments.

-ChronoLynxx is?? back ?for another TGIF open community discussion forum.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics this festive season. If you want to see? your own thoughts included in next week's recap, head over to our Community Blogs and spill those words!

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Cblogs Recap: Week 51

-Lord Spencer wonders where The Hell is Breath of Fire? in this series retro??spective for a very good RPG franchise that has been missing for years.

-Gamingnerd shares their thoughts regarding this year's The Game Awards show.

-Humantofu revisits Crytek's early current-gen releases.

-TheCooperators looks at the new Worms Rumble.

-Yuknuts reasonably thinks that CDPR should try and follow the No Man's Sky model of recovering from nightmare launches.

-MajinRotty unveils G??amespot's newest AI review system that is guaranteed to ?always agree with you.

-Chimpomagee responds to this month's Band of Bloggers prompt by taking down The Last of Us Part II a peg from being gaming's "Schindler's List".

-Shoggoth2588 concludes his decade in r?eview ?blogging series by highlighting his top games of the decade.

-CoruptAI125 reviews Gears 5: Hivebusters.

-Virtua Kazuma shares the history of making the Virtua Fighter Takeover.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and Celtic music.

-Osc updates us on the pro??gress of his hobbyist game in the months of October and No??vember.

-Whispering Willow is "The Gamers" and here is a direct plea to CDPR to fix its shi??t.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Yoshi's Island and pop music.

-Queen of Philosophy is back with another TGIF open community thread for you to?? enjoy.

-Gamingnerd wonders what "Gamers" represent for large corporati?ons and is sad abo?ut it.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our commu?nity members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics. If you want to see your own opinions included in next week's recap, head over to our Community Blogs and get chattin'

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Cblogs Recap: Week 50

-Lord Spencer reviews Breath of Fire IV as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Kerrik 52 reviews Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal a?s part of his Traveller in Playtime blogging series.

-Gamingnerd discusses icy mechanics in video games.

-Black Red Gaming reviews El Hijo - A Wild West Tale on the PC.

-Rabid Walrus writes a guide to working around the Joy-Con drift on the Nintendo ??Switch.

-Manasteel88 who wants to make a visual novel, writes this blo?g about what inspiration can be got from some other famous VNs.

-Virtua Kazuma writes about the connection between the Yakuza and Virtua Fighter franchises.

-Nior in another blog exploring the gaming culture in Brazil, talks about how Outlive was more than just a StarCraft clone.

-NinjaSpeed looks at ne?xt ?year's major video game anniversaries.

-Black Red Gaming is done with The Game Awards, ??not because of its choice of winners, but because of its attitude towards advertisments and marketing.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VIII and Jazz music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Yoshi's Island and Country music.

-The Queen of Philosophy opens this week's TGIF open community forum.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics. If you want to see your own opinions ?? included in next week's recap??, head over to our Community Blogs and get chattin'

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Cblogs Recap: Week 49

-LaTerry reveals December's Band of Bloggers prompt, which focuses on games you have Unfinished Business with.

-Nior mourns the end of Flash Player by?? focusing on some of the best games designed with that limited program.

-JagGentlemann analyzes the history of the Musou games through i??ts spin-offs.

-Kerrik52 reviews Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters as part of his Traveler in Playtime review blogs.

-Black Red Gaming reviews Chronos: Before the Ashes on PCs.

-Riley1sSpook thinks the publisher ?ignore function in Steam is a jok?e.

-Chimpomagee wonder??s about how video games can convey ??the past in the language of its own medium.

-OmegaNate shares his thoughts on SkyRoad, a 1993 platform r??unner that eventually became freeware and is an interesting piece of history.

-Humantofu revisits Far Cry 2, which is actually a popular blogging topi??c here.

-Black Red Gaming shar??es a list of his most anticipated games to be released in December 2020.

-Shoggoth2588 shares his gaming journal of November 2020.

-CorruptAI125 reviews Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory.

-Virtua Kazama sheds a light on Virtua Fighter x eSports.

-Gamingnerd share??s their thoughts re?garding the Idle/Clicker genre.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI and mostly early 20th-century pop music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Yoshi's Island and country music.

-Smesty shares his though??ts about how the end of the wo??rld as we know it rekindled their love for video games.

-Queen of Philosophy opens last week's TGIF community thread.

-RiffRaff shares their Top 5 music albums of 2020.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics. If you want to see your own opinions included in next? week's recap, head over to? our Community Blogs and get chattin'

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Cblogs Recap: Week 48

-Kerrik52 writes ??about when he fir??st learned to like M-rated games.

-Julc3 thinks that the proliferation ?of sca?lpers means that Sony and Microsoft failed to kick-off the new generation.

-Shoggoth2588 responds to this month's Band of Bloggers prompt regarding emergent gameplay with a focus on Dark Souls II.

-TheLimoMaker reviews Prey (2017) through a dive into his Backlog.

-Snukastyle looks back at the history of the Final Fantasy series.

-Nior continues his Legacy of Kain retrospective with this blog on Soul Reaver 2.

-Rabid Walrus writes about how the job system in Final Fantasy taught him about finding a job in real life.

-EnigmaticRanger discusses how frustration can be used as a successful game mech?anic.

-Black Red Gaming continues ranking the games in the Yakuza series with Yakuza 3.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy 7 and some old-time pop.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Mario and marching music.

-ChronoLynxx opens yet another TGIF open community forum.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for t?he Cblog Recap and to our community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics. If you want to see your own opinions included in next week's recap, head over to our Community Blogs and get chattin'

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Cblogs Recap: Week 47

-Julc3 shares his first impressions o??f the PlayStation 5.

-Gamingnerd focuses on a number of forgotten PS3 exclusives.

-Black Red Gaming sees similarities between Trackmania and the sport of Rock Climbing.

-Humantofu looks at the post-Activision Destiny 2 DLC Expansions.

-Shoggoth2588 is in th??e r?unoff stage in his Decade in Review blogging series.

-Gamingnerd thinks you should wait o?n buying ??a next-generation console for now.

-Reiley1sCool writes about the dilemma?? of ethical consumption and ??buying games you like.

-Black Red Gaming does a number of mini-revi??ews of some indie games.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between sever??al David Wise Rare soundtracks and mostly synth-pop music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of the Illusion of Gaia and mostly synth-pop music.

-ChronoLynxx ope?ns last week's TGI??F open-forum blog for community discussions.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Re?cap and to our community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics. If you want to see your own? opinions included  in next week's recap, head over to our Community Blogs and get chattin'

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Cblogs Recap: Week 46

-Ctg867 looks back at the games that defined the 8th generation of conso?l?es for him.

-Kerrik52 reviews Resistance: Fall of Man as part of his Traveller in Play??time ?reviews series.

-Exber shares his list of Top Ten Wii games.

-Council of the Lost discusses the latest updates of Genshin Impact.

-Darrenhupke discusses the launch love for the PlayStation 5.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country and '80s synth music.

-Riley1sSpook defends the cause of Amon in The Legend of Korra cartoon show.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between some Bubble Bobble tunes and early 20th-century pop music.

-TheBlondeBass reflects on the blog projects he completed this? year.

-ChronoLynxx is back with another TGI??F open forum for open community discussion.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our commu??nity members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of topics. If you want to see your own opinions included in next week's recap, head over t??o our Community Blogs and spill your brains.

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Cblogs Recap: Week 45

-Shoggoth2588 introduces November's Band of Bloggers is all about Emergent Gameplay Challenges.

-Shoggoth2588 responds to October's Band of Bloggers prompt about Darkness with a blog about the dark tone of Max Payne.

-Black Red Gaming shares hi?s list of most an??ticipated games in November.

-LaTerry responds to October's Band of Bloggers prompt about Darkness with a blog about the multi-player horror game Phasmophobia.

-Kerrik52 reviews Uncharted: Drake's Fortune as part of his Traveler in Playtim??e reviews blogs.

-Queen of Philosophy reviews the outgoing generation of video games, which had? some great g??ames and some not so great games as well.

-GamingDadDiary thinks that Watch Dogs: Legion may be a bit too much at these times.

-Dinoracha reviews The Flower Collection detective mystery games.

-Black Red Gaming goes back to explore the controversial game, Hatred, and see the impact one mod can make.

-Eggrollbuddy shares his thoughts regarding the magica moments of Final Fantasy IX.

-NinjaSpeed thinks a Sega All-Stars dancing game would be great.

-TheBlondeBass shares the results of the latest Destructoid Draws community contest, check it out.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country soundtrack and Jazz music.

-Somniferous think that mods of social channels can be r?idiculous sometimes.

-Infosearcher de?bates whether Sonic or The Flash would win in a race.

-PhilsPindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Gradius 3 and some '50s pop music.

-Yue Chan wrote ??a short story and you can read? and comment here.

-Taterchimp announces a number of D??toid community stream??s for Extra Life.

-Rico the Penguin shares ??with u?s an idea of his blogging plans for the future.

-ChronoLynxx opens another TGIF open forum for?? community discussion.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our awesome community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of cool topics! If you want to see your own opinions included in next week's recap, head over to our Community Blogs and scrat?ch that typing itch.

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Cblogs Recap: Week 44

-Dinoracha shares his "negative" thoughts on Paradise Killer.

-Kerrik52 reviews Amnesia: The Dark Descent as?? part of ?his Traveler in Playtime blogging series.

-Humantofu wonders where the E?pic Games Store will go from now.

-Christopher Harper shares some tips on playing DOOM Eternal.

-TheBlondeBass continues his discussion on heartfelt games with this blog covering Undertale.

-JohnnyVector is looking for the most obscure Sonic the Hedgehog games.

-Lord Spencer reviews Breath of Fire III as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between David Wise's Wizards & Warriors soundtracks and other music.

-Dango i??s thinking of self-publish??ing a novel soon, and he will be looking for community's support and feedback.

-Osc continues reporting on the progress of his hobbyist gami??ng developm?ent project.

-Agent9 continues his near-daily journal of this month.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the Landstalker soundtrack and some Blues music.

-Taterchimp is thinking about doing a fundraising playthrough of Final Fantasy VII, so give him a shoutout if you are interested.

-ChronoLynxx opens up yet another weekly TGIF forum?? for open community discussion.

Thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the Cblog Recap and to our awesome community members for their thoughts and feelings on a variety of cool topics! If you want to see your own opinions included in next week's recap, head over to our Community Blogs and scratch that typi?ng itch.

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