The Daily Hotness: Overdosing on LEGOs (08/07/08)

I used to do this when I was a kid. LEGOs were awesome.

Diablo III art director resigns, Warren Ellis worked on Dead Space, Medal of Honor might visit Afghanistan, DMV heads to Otakon, GTA IV is used as a scapegoat again, and plenty more happened on Thursday. 

Thursday Regulars:
Podtoid 64: Duct taped copies of Eternity’s Child

Not Thursday Regulars:
PlayStation Store Update: Two beta invites, NASCAR, and a ton of trailers
RetroforceGO! episode 56: Listener questions

Destructoid Reviews:
Siren: Blood Curse

News:
Assassin’s Creed is worth ten million dollars?
Gosen calls out ‘gimmicky controllers,’ but loves Lips
Boom Blox to go multiplatform? It’s a possibility, cheeky fella
Sega admits Sonic deserves the criticism
Plant destruction blamed on GTA IV: Game hysteria officially jumps the shark
Thailand’s ’10 most violent’ list is STOLEN: Evil criminal government!
Denis Dyack: I’m like, soooo controversial, man … radical
Terminal Reality boss: ‘Ghostbusters will be published’
Japan lines up for Xbox 360 game: Madness prevails
More LEGO games are on the horizon
Warner Music wants you to pay more for DLC
No Hitler in new Wolfenstein? That makes us Sadolf
Want more Mass Effect DLC? Bioware just might oblige
Obama unfit for office, shameless Pong addict
Valve on playtesting: ‘It’s not their fault, it’s ours’
Massive ads for the tiny Guitar Hero DS
Could a new Suikoden game be in the works?
Captain Obvious: ‘Nothing about Gears of War 2 is family friendly’
LittleBigPlanet has no JPG support? Requires PlayStation Eye for image capture
Diablo III art director resigns: Whiny little Diablo fans celebrate alone
EA brings Games For Dummies to the DS
Sony needs more Home beta testers
Godfather II will have strategy elements: Blog headlines get less interesting
Fable 2 release date, also limited edition
EA to put Favre on Jets and produce updated cover for Madden 09
Warren Ellis laid groundwork for Dead Space story
First Viva Pinata Vision Card goes online
Ozzy Osbourne can’t say “Guitar Hero World Tour” but he’s in it
Limited edition Pokemon Dialga/Palkia DS lite coming to North America

Rumortoid:
Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare

Galleries:
Midway announce ‘top’ celebrity talent for Blitz: The League II

Videos & Trailers:
Latest episode of Sony’s Qore on PSN contains Resistance 2 beta access (Update)
Damnation has a damned trailer out
Get ready to not be horny: New Captain Rainbow videos and gameplay details

Japanator Roar:
Afternoon Note: Bound for Baltimore

Community:
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