Three Words I Said To The Man I Defeated In Gears Of War That I'll Never Say Again 
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Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending Oh, hi tubbypaws! You guys remember tubbypaws, right? She’s a whiz with the ol’ papercraft, able to turn even the most adult and depressing of titles into bright and wonderful dioramas. This is her latest work, and yes, it’s GTA IV, complete with cute little paper Niko, cute little paper buildings and cute little train whizzing by on cute little paper tracks. Should bring a much-needed pinch of levity to GTA IV’s murder n’ drugs-heavy stew.
GTA IV Papercraft [tubbypaws]
Konami’s official Castlevania guy Koji Igarashi has been involved in something like 11 games in that franchise. What does Iga think about fellow Konami colleague Hideo Kojima closing the chapter on Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4? Says whip-carrying Iga:
[Metal Gear]is something that Kojima-san has worked on for a long time… That’s his decision and I completely respect him for doing that. Maybe the franchise as a whole will continue. And that’s maybe something that Kojima is thinking about, right? Snake might be at an end, but it could continue in other ways. I don’t know exactly what he’s thinking, but let’s see what he does.
Okay, if you say so. Let’s! Koji Igarashi Isn’t Tired [MTV][Pic]
Oh Brucie. Brucie, baby. You’ve gotta lay off the bullshark testosterone. It’s fucking you up. Upstairs. Like, you need to be aware of some things, things you’re forgetting. You’re a fictional character. You live in a videogame. You are not a real person, and you most definitely should not be popping over to the real world and posting your not-real car ads on our real-world car sale sites. It’ll confuse the kids.
2002 BMW M3 Coupe [AutoTrader, thanks dlindenb!]
That E3 floor plan released a couple days back? Looked pretty! And yeah, I guess it’s accurate, but what’s accuracy compared to a tandem bike that’s being propelled by cynicism in the front and comedy in back? It’s nothing, that’s what. Here, then, courtesy of the-minusworld is an alternative E3 floor plan for your perusal. And while the majority of it is going for laughs, I can assure you, I’m yet to see a Square Enix booth that’s anything but a large, tightly-monitored sex-guessing hutch.
E3 2008′s Rapidly Shrinking Floorplan Revealed! [the-minusworld]
Another game, another movie adaptation! Here’s a first look at the upcoming Tekken movie. No, better yet, a look at an actor in the movie wearing his movie costume! That’s world champ martial arts fighter Cung Le as Marshall Law in his Marshal Law garb. The movie is being directed by Marked for Death director Dwight H. Little and stars former boy band singer Luke Goss as Steve Fox, Kill Bill‘s Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu and some other people as other characters.
Cungle’s Page [MySpace via SDTEKKEN]
Last week, Microsoft banned a user from Xbox Live for having the gamertag theGAYERgamer. Things did not end well. Now, tonight, we get an email from another Xbox Live user whose gamertag has been barred because it violates XBL policies. The incriminating gamertag? RichardGaywood. The problem here? It’s the gamertag of a Mr. Richard Gaywood, a now-disgruntled 360 owner from the UK (and yes, we’ve confirmed this is his real name). Oops.
Editor’s note: Microsoft has made a statement regarding the ban.
The XNA team announced earlier today that a beta program’s just begun for the “Community Games on LIVE” program. The bedroom coders amongst you will remember this service was announced back at GDC, and is aimed at getting user-generated games into the hands of 360 owners worldwide. If you’re interested in trying out the service now (the full program’s expected later in the year), they’re still taking beta testers, so head on over and sign up.
Announcing: Community Games on Xbox LIVE Beta [XNA Team Blog]
Australian GTA IV was censored before classification. New Zealand got the same game despite having an R rating at its disposal. The story’s been told many times but, before today, it seemed nothing more a depressing reminder of how outdated our classification system is and how NZ got caught in its crappiness.
While Oz is still fighting for games to be treated like movies and literature, NZ no longer has to deal with an edited GTA IV.
Stan Calif, owner of NZ retailer First Games took it upon himself to pay the $NZ 1400 ($AU 1130) fee to have the unedited GTA IV classified by the country’s OFLC. It took a number of weeks for events to transpire but finally, New Zealand gamers can buy the complete version of GTA IV from Stan’s store.
You can read the entire story beyond the link.
GTA IV Uncut Hits New Zealand [Geekpulp]
Man, there are so many great games for the Nintendo DS. It’s silly! But with all those great games, there are some real stinkers. Really bad games that are pure uncut shovelware. Game site Infendo has a good round-up of not so good DS games. Here they are, are you ready, the five worst games according to Metacritic: 5. Peter Jackson’s King Kong 4. Rhythm’n Notes: Improve Your Music Skills 3. Homie Rollerz 2. Wiffle Ball 1. Deal or No Deal Someone made a game based on wiffle ball? That’s amazing. It gets better, the game was even packaged with a plastic bat and wiffle ball. Telling.
And yes, please do feel free to add to this list. You know, to warn the others.
Top Five Worst [Infendo]
