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Podtoid hits the Destructoid frontpage every Thursday! Conrad’s back! The Charmed Ones are in full effect to talk about Conrad’s new house, as well as Jim’s similarities to Garth Marenghi. Elsehwere, Jonathan Holmes both stars in a sexy rock opera and becomes mayor of Fellatio Town, and the gang talks over some of the most notable game industry April Fool jokes. As if that wasn’t enough, we reminisce about LucasArts games, talk about interesting PC titles such as Evoland, discuss an aborted Willem Dafoe movie pitch, AND deal with Trent Reznor’s “hilariously” ironic texts....

Alright Niantic is a bit of an odd duck. It was founded in 2010, shipped a small location-based game inField Triptwo years later that grew into the framework ofIngress, a more popular augmented reality app in 2013, and of course,Pokemon Goin 2016. Yes,Gowas released roughly two years ago this very month in many regions. Surprisingly this story isnotPokemonrelated though, it’s aboutIngress! The lesser-known property is actually getting an anime adaptation, compliments of Crafter, and with some of theNeon Genesis Evangelionteam, most notably Takeshi Honda....

It’s been an eventful year for Pokemon TCG, and there’s still plenty more planned for the rest of the year. The highly anticipatedPokemon TCG Classicset has just received a release date – November 17 – and it comes with a $399.99 price tag. There are a few reasons why fans are so eager for this set. Many cards are inspired by the base set, but you’ll also get “quintessential cards from throughout the game’s long history....

Xbox One and Windows 8 The on-stage E3 reveal ofProject Sparkshould have done more for me. Perhaps it was the wrong venue to get a real grasp of this Xbox One, Windows 8, and Xbox 360 title that gives players a startling amount of tools to build their own games in a relatively intuitive way. Should you be interested, Microsoft Studios and Team Dakota have opened sign-ups for the beta,accessible here....

‘Hue, hue, hue, hue,’ – pirates Brazil is known for its blatant piracy, withover 50 percent of software there being pirated. So it should come as no surprise that some electronic stores are offering to install 10 pirated games on customers PS4s for the equivalent of $100 USD. The process for doing this hasn’t been released publicly yet, and seems to need other hardware such as a Raspberry Pi microcomputer....

It’s on 3DS eShop now Bandai Namco announced aDragon Ball Z Extreme Butodendemo for Europe recently, but come to find out, it’s actually available in North America too. All you have to do is search the 3DS eShop manually for “Dragon Ball Z,” and you’ll find it, clocking in at 700 blocks. The publisher also passed along this secret code (in the gallery below), which unlocks Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta....

At least in Europe [Update:Err…gross price alert.Look at this: They want $29.99 apiece for these two!] Konami said that a re-release of the PSP versions ofSilent Hill: Shattered MemoriesandSilent Hill: Originswill come to the PlayStation Network soon. In Europe. They gave no release date, but did give a price of£7.99. As for North America, no confirmation has come down the line. But I’m sure we’ll see their release soon on our side, too....

Laura Shigahara’s upcoming game Laura Shigihara, composer and musician behind thePlants vs. ZomiesandTo The Moonsoundtracks, has her own game coming up. She describesRakuenasa mix betweenManiac Mansion, The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, andTo the Moon. If you’re having trouble imaging what that would look like, perhaps the newly released game trailer will help. Look, if a two minute trailer is this touching, imagine how great the final game will be....

Also remember when SpotPass was prevalent? A thread by Reddit user KingBowser183, showcasing a DS Download Station, really got the memories flowing. For those of you who were unaware, Download Stations, part of the “Nintendo Zone” concept, were a late 2000s idea that allowed people to head to a location to download demos or possibly special offers from a special hub DS. KingBowser183 contends that they obtained it from eBay (thus hilariously rebuffing the “not for resale” sticker) and clarifies that the unit plays DS games as normal...

Portable voxels incoming! Resogunis coming to PlayStation 3 and Vita tomorrow with cross-buy support. Dale North gave Housemarque’s voxel-charged shoot-’em up aglowing reviewwhen it first arrived on PS4. He called it “the ideal system launch game,” reasoning it’s something players will be happy to come back to time and again. While it may not be a launch title for its new platforms, the fact remains this is a gorgeous shooter that just about anyone should be able to enjoy for a long time....

Re-re-cycling Last week saw Sony Interactive Entertainment release dazzling space shooterReturnalon the PC platform, and while the PS5 Housemarque gem has been suitably well-received by critics and players, that doesn’t mean that it hasn’t come without a few minor bugs that need blasting into the stratosphere. A new patch,available to download right now, takes an initial pass at some of these issues. The priority here is removing a bug that caused grasses to pop-in whenReturnalis played on its “Epic” particle settings....

Retro-Bit has announced the next in line for their retro reproductions. This time, they’re visiting Jaleco’s 1990 arcade classic-ish game,Rod Land, or as it’s known in Japan,Yōsei Monogatari Rod Land. They are re-issuing the NES version that was exclusive to Europe and Japan, as well as the Japan-only Game Boy version. Rod Landis a fixed-screen action game similar toBubble BobbleorThe Fairyland Story. You play as either Tam or Rit. Equipped with magic, er, rods, they grab hold of enemies and smack them around or into other enemies....

Streets of Rage 2: Bubsy’s Rage I’m a simple man. All I need in my games are cute characters, things to jump over, and dudes to punch in the face. But little did I know that I needed something like this. Thanks to Metal64, Bubsy is now a playable character inStreets of Rage 2. Replacing the now lame in comparison Max Thunder, the hacked Bubsy comes complete with his own title’s animation and physics....