At first, I thought, “Oh, it’s an ugly aquarium simulator with some slightly wonky collision detection.” And then the trailer takes a turn for the unexpected, to say the least. Expect a review ofNeo Aquariumsoon.

Otherwise on this fine Friday, Jim let us know why Gaymercon is neither silly nor unnecessary, Holly warned us aboutAnna, and we previewed a lot of things ending in the number three.

A battle scene in Battlefield 6 Open Beta

Destructoid Original:The importance of a gay gamer conventionThe DTOID Show is live today with Orcs Must Die 2 codes!Friday Night Fights: The futureThe Network Roundup: The Doctor returnsThe DTOID Show: Zynga, Dishonored, and QuakeCon 2012!

Community:Community blogs of8/3Forum thread of the day:The Board Game thread

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Reviews:Review: Anna

Previews:Preview: Getting wet with Mass Effect 3: LeviathanPreview: So many tanks in Battlefield 3: Armored KillPreview: Six things you should know about Dead Space 3Preview: Hands-on with Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U

Events:Minecon is happening at Disneyland Paris this yearQuakeCon Preview: Dishonored is still amazing. Who knew?QuakeCon Preview: Murdering the homeless in Hotline Miami

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News:Final Modern Warfare 3 downloadable content detailedSquare Enix wants to support Dragon Quest X for ten yearsMadden 13 Wii U to be launch title, won’t have physicsEA suing Zynga over copyright infringementDishonored’s voice cast includes Susan Sarandon and moreSuggest a name for the Abe’s Oddysee HD remake!Dawnguard on PS3 will be ready when it’s readyWeekend PC download deals: QuakeCon, TopWare, 2KNext week’s Rock Band DLC wants to die in your arms

Offbeat:Here’s a 600 multiplayer game of Just Cause 2Skyrim feels the wrath of Conan O’Brien and Mr. ButtonsMega64: Game consoles, then and nowCall of Duty Supremacy Nations = Kickstarter of the yearVGdrum goes cyberpunk with a Shadowrun coverCLOP is like QWOP, but with a unicorn

A snap of the upcoming MESA update in PEAK

Media:Can you believe Real Racing 3 is an iPad game?Two girls, one Kickstarter: Project Giana Sistersngmoco announces a new Transformers mobile gameOh yeah, you’re also a cop in Sleeping DogsFinally, a Pokemon-like game for mobile devicesKick some arthropod ass in bizarre PC indie Neo AquariumHorn gets its first trailer, RAWR LET’S HATE IT RAWR!FIFA 13 iOS will have competitive online multiplayerLatest Darksiders II trailer is all emotional and stuffNeed for Speed World rolls out new drag race mode

Naked Snake sneaking around in MGS Delta.

Battlefield 6 aiming RPG at a helicopter

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Milla Jovovich portraying Alice in Resident Evil 2002, wearing a red dress and holding a gun in her hand.

Characters combatting strange creatures in Light of Motiram.