The Daily Hotness: Bonk!

Today was retromazing! Hudson is bringing a new Bonk game after all this time! BONK BONK BONK!

Rev ranted about Arkham Asylum, Jim reviewed Dissidia, Nick checked out Borderlands, Maxim is looking for a Bayonetta girl, L.A. Noire is still in development, a new Bomberman was announced and more OMG PAX IS JUST ONE DAY AWAY!!!

Destructoid Originals:
Podtoid 113: Make my monsters grow
Why Catrap is the coolest puzzle game you’ve never played
Rev Rant: Arkham Asylum

Community:
Improving game communites: Collective consciousness
Improving game communites: No Apparent Reason Parties
EuroNARP 2: Get ready for teh madness!
Community blogs of 09/02/09
Forum of the day: Mute Protagonist: Yay or Nay?

Reviews:
Peripherally Speaking: Alienware M17x
Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Previews:
Tropico 3 taught me things about dictators
Borderlands: ‘I need to find something to shoot immediately’

PAX 09:
Here’s what Ubisoft will have at the show
Free chiptune show outside of PAX Friday night

News:
Average PSN user is male, 28 and educated
BAN THIS SICK FILTH! New ‘Explore the Void’ image offends
Grand Theft Auto ‘Hot Coffee’ class action suit settled
Russian priest designs an MMOrthodox RPG
Derek Yu’s Spelunky coming to XBLA in 2010
Loads of Okami DS information
Take-Two likes retail, but stresses need for DLC
Heavy Rain pushed back to 2010 because it ‘needs space’
Take-Two may unload on the first half of 2010
EA sues John Dillinger’s relative over Godfather guns
Konami to publish Ninety-Nine Nights 2 in Japan
Former Dtoid writer makes Your Pet Zombie for iPhone
20% of Japanese men polled want love with game characters
Scribblenauts gets new Web site
L.A. Noire is still being developed
What’s changing in God of War: Collection
Firmware 3.0 screwing up Uncharted for some users
Capcom makes Havok its official physics engine of choice
Limited edition Gran Turismo PSP pack coming, not PSPgo
Take-Two messing around with Natal, PS Motion Controller
PS3 Firmware 3.0 is breaking controllers
Sony shows off photo and facial recognition tech
Sega and Maxim team up to find a ‘real life Bayonetta’
Namco Sounds brings new game music to iTunes
Mushihime-sama Futari on 360 could be region-free
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, October 27

Media:
MEAT! Bonk: Brink of Extinction to hit WiiWare/XBLA/PSN
Bomberman Live: Battlefest announced for XBLA/PSN/WiiWare
It’s time for some LittleBigPlanet PSP screenshots!
First video from LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
Okamiden’s little wolf puppy is the cutest thing EVER
Mini Ninjas: Hitman dev tries to make a kid-friendly game that doesn’t suck
Rock Band Mobile? Yep, it’s coming your way
Pour one out for Star Wars: Battlefront IV concept art
Scene It? sequel coming to Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii
Marvelous announces Sakura Note, an “everyday fantasy”
New Venetica video talks about canals and stuff
Flashbang’s Time Donkey is now available on Blurst