I've fallen off the Team Fortress 2 wagon in a big way; I used to play for at least 2-3 hours every day but the constant stream of updates and deluge of new items dulled my interest. Watching this latest episode of Did You Know Gaming on TF2 brought back some good memories and reminded me of the game's long and protracted development phase.

Team Fortress 2 was worked on for eight years before being finally released; the first Team Fortress was a Quake mod that Valve snapped up and had re-released on its own Source engine. When TF2 was originally shown off it was clearly going for a realistic war shooter look which I'm glad never paned out. I much prefer the stylized silliness of the final product.

I should really try out TF2 one more time -- maybe I'll learn to love it again.

Illustration by Ramil Sunga from the new art book celebrating Dragon Age: Inquisition:

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Ever since the first Iron Man movie, there's been an expectation about the post-credit sequences that pop up at the end of superhero films. And, yes, there's one at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It's a little different, though. You might even call it a crossover. Here's your spoiler warning.

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Hey all, as you've probably heard this will be the last week of Dtoid.tv as you've known it. We're finishing out the week on the channel so that we can close things out proper. But that doesn't mean it's the end of Phil and I. We've launched an incredible crowdfunding campaign and we've started up a new channel.

I hope you come join in on the festivities for this last week of Destructoid's Attract Mode with Phil and I. The festivities start at 2PM PDT at Dtoid.tv

European gamers who buy Kirby: Triple Deluxe from the 3DS eShop prior to July 13, 2014 will receive a free download code for Kirby's Dream Land 2, Nintendo has announced.

This 1995 Game Boy title is a reminder of that phase when games prominently featured animal buddies, like Rick, the adorable hamster. He was even on the box art! Chris reviewed Triple Deluxe and said it's "pretty much everything a fan could ask for."

Even if I can't take part in this deal, I do really like Nintendo's experimentation with free games and store credit as of late. Ah well. I'm still ecstatic about that upcoming Mario Kart 8 offer.

A new video game from Nintendo lets you have relationships and marriages... but only with people of the opposite gender. And at least one person wants to help change that.

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