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PixelNinja is a favorite around Destructoid. She first mesmerized us and the Internet as a whole with her Samus Aran cosplay. Damaged, hurt and looking like a total badass. Since then, she’s kept up her Metroid theme by doing Zero Suit Samus and more recently her Varia Suit 2.0 and Gravity Suit costumes.

Simply stunning. A number of her outfits are just top notch, especially her Raiden tribute. Check out PixelNinja’s full collection of cosplaying amazingness over on her website.

Video Game Art – Gravity Suit cosplay [GoNintendo]

Today’s episode of Destructoid (the show) is very special because it gives me the chance to show off all the amazing things that have been happening in the past 5 days on the Destructoid Minecraft server. If you don’t play Minecraft, you should. And if you do, you should be playing it on our server (unless you’re the griefer who lit our treehouse on fire, in which case you can suck it.)

In other non-Minecraft (and thus non-important) news, if you’re alive on the planet then you probably know that today is Cyber Monday. In today’s episode of the show, I break down the best video game deals for your dollar, while Holmes sheds a little light on some new Street Fighter IV characters and fan art. Later, I talk a bit about Mario Sports Mix and Nintendo’s weird milking habits. Then, to top it all off, Holmes does the last half of the episode in the nude.

Wait, what?

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Make that footage from the Xbox LIVE Arcade version of Spelunky, which is beefier and less pixel-y than the long-since-released PC freebie; I was one character over the limit in the headline there.

In this latest slice of Indie Game: The Movie, we’re shown the new game in motion for the first time. But more importantly, we get to see designer Derek Yu talk about how creating games is like wearing a Half-Life headcrab at all times. He also hits on the importance of communities and the indie network.

As always, this documentary continues to fascinate. And it’s not even out yet. Be sure to go back through and watch past clips if you’re new to it all. I cannot recommend doing that enough.

As revealed in Game Informer, Bungie at least toyed with the idea of expanding Halo: Reach’s space mission into a full-blown multiplayer mode. “We joked about it from time to time and even had a rough version of it working very early on in development,” says creative director Marcus Lehto.

“But the mechanics of it were pretty silly and we very quickly realized that the resulting gameplay experience wouldn’t hit the bar we were aiming for, nor justify the amount of work required. With so many features and so much content already committed, Reach was an incredibly ambitious project on an already aggressive schedule.”

That’s a fair point. Still, I’d be all about a Bungie-developed, digitally distributed space combat game should such a thing ever exist. Actually, they don’t even need to be the ones behind the project. I’d pretty much take whatever I could get at this point.

Early Halo Reach had multiplayer space battles [CVG]

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Today on Public Access Destructoid, we play BIT TRIP! Today is Hard ON Monday and we will play one of the most interesting (and a BIT difficult) game series available for the Wii. Aesthetically interesting with an amazing soundtrack to boot, the entire Bit Trip series is rad.

The developers of Bit Trip, Gaijin Games, are rad people with a unique vision and they know how to party too. So watch us on Public Access Destructoid as we play Bit Trip then watch our interview with the creators of Bit Trip.

How much damage has been done over the last few days? Quite a lot, I bet. If it’s any consolation, today is the final round of Steam sales — at least for now, anyway. That said, there’s some good stuff that won’t be easily resisted:

• Aliens vs. Predator ($6.80)
• Metro 2033 ($10)
• Mafia II ($37.49)
• DiRT 2 ($5)
• Monkey Island 2 Special Edition ($2.50)
• Peggle Deluxe ($4.99)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ($2.50)
• Beat Hazard ($2.50)
• Indie Air Pack: Altitude, Dog Fighter, Flotilla, Gratuitous Space Battles, and Plain Sight ($4.99)

As for gift packs, here’s what we’re looking at:

• World of Goo 12 pack ($19.99)
• Aliens vs. Predator 6 pack ($29.99)
• Trine 8 pack ($19.99)
• Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West 10 pack ($19.99)

I may need to have a friend hide my credit card until the day is up. I don’t need any of these games, but I want pretty much all of them. What’s looking good to you?

Those beautiful people at SEGA kindly invited Destructoid to visit their office. Being the good will Ambassador that I am, I decided to visit on Dtoid’s behalf. Why would SEGA want us to come to visit? They threw us a party to celebrate something really special that happened on Destructoid! Seriously, look at everything we have done for them in the past. As the most trusted man in gaming I am really honored that I was able to help forge a stronger bond between Destructoid and SEGA.

As we slowly trudge our way toward the Spike Video Game Awards, incessant speculation and rudderless gossip runs rampant. The latest biggie is the appearance of a “Murder Your Maker” teaser site featuring the back of a bald man’s head. Mysterious. 

The site’s registered to Activision, and a fair few chaps believe that it’s leading towards the announcement of Prototype 2. It’s as good a guess as any, considering the game’s protagonist, Alex Mercer, does a fair amount of murdering and has a very literal connection to the word “Maker.” 

While right now this is a case of people jumping to conclusions, we’re definitely overdue an announcement. Prototype sold pretty damn decently when it was released last year, definitely enough to justify a sequel. We all know Activision well enough by now to understand that if a sequel can get made, a sequel will get made. 

A few weeks ago I actually asked Activision about a potential Prototype sequel but got a general “Nothing to announce at this time” line. All I’ll say is that I’d f*cking love a new Prototype, so yes please.

This is the day a number of DSi owners have been waiting for. Yes, the Nintendo DSiWare service gets the hidden object game Spot it! Challenge (200 DSi Points) today. It’s been a long wait, but rest assured, it’ll be worth it. There’s also Frenzic to look forward to, which is similarly priced at 200 Points.

There’s another game — perhaps you’ve heard of it? — that’s coming to the service today as well: Cave Story. Ah yes, what an amazing title. Holmes tells me there’s a new jukebox mode with those Holiday-themed songs. This one will cost you 1,000 Points, and Europe will have to wait until December 10.

What’s more, there’s now a demo for the WiiWare version of Cave Story; demos — those things are still cool, right? Other WiiWare releases include Airport Mania: First Flight (500 Points), which promises “whimsical characters,” and HB Arcade Disc Golf (1,000 Points).

Finally, the ultra-bouncy Neo Geo puzzler Magical Drop II hits the Virtual Console for 900 Wii Points.