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It didn’t take long.Modern Warfare 2‘s controversial footage showing civilians gunned down in an airport wasconfirmed only yesterday, and already people have decided to get offended and upset. For some reason, an Australian kids group hasgotten itself flusteredover the game’s controversial segment, even thoughModern Warfare 2has never been marketed to children. “The consequences of terrorism are just abhorrent in our community and yet here we are with a product that’s meant to be passed off as a leisure time activity, actually promoting what most world leaders speak out publicly against,” states the Australian Council on Children and the Media....

Up until last week, I wasn’t all that interested inEpic Mickey. The game looked alright, but I’ve never played any of Warren Spector’s games, and even more sacrilegious, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Disney. My recent trip to Disneyland has changed me on both of those fronts.Epic Mickeyhas reminded me what Disney used to represent, and how incredible the studio was before it turned into what it is today. There was a time when “Disney” meant more in our culture than “High School Musical” and “pays for Pixar to make awesome movies”....

Growing up in the United States and attending public schools in the 90’s pretty much guaranteed you were going to run across a Macintosh computer at some point and there are solid odds that there was a version of John Calhoun’sGlidersomewhere on the drive. This and the demo ofPipe Dreamkept me sane in computer classes surrounded by gibbering morons who couldn’t figure out which way the disks went in. Now, it can keep me sane when surrounded by gibbering morons on the bus, train or anywhere else where I find myself in need of a break....

Excited about the Nintendo 3DS eShop, I went to my local GameStop and picked up two Nintendo Points cards, each valued at 2000 Points a piece. Valued at roughly $40 American dollars, I started compiling in my head a list of DSiWare and eShop games I’d be purchasing for my handheld. But after entering the code in the “redeem funds” section of the Nintendo eShop, my hopes were crushed: Nintendo Points cards and codes simply are not compatible with the Nintendo eShop....

Banjo-Kazooiecreator Gregg Mayles has beenspeaking to MTV Multiplayeron a number of things, including Peter Moore’s notorious comments about Rare’s place in the industry, the studio’s creative direction and of course, the perpetuating rumors of aKiller Instinctsequel. Despite the fact that these rumors getting squashed, they have continued on and on, because nobody on the Internet ever gets the message. Mayles said that although aKIsequel might happen in the far-flung future, it would need a fresh idea backing it up....

The community has spoken, and Volition, Inc. has been listening. The developer is currently preparing a patch forRed Faction: Guerrillathat sounds rather exciting. This news is actually a few days old, but no one picked up on the story, so don’t yell at me, please. I’m almost hesitant to even call it a patch, because it’s adding more toRed Faction: Guerrillathan it is fixing. The full list can be found on thegame’s community site, but here are some highlights: ore deposits show up on the minimap, a Challenge mode for Wrecking Crew, double XP playlists, and the option to disable certain weapons and backpacks from appearing in custom multiplayer matches....

[Last week’s Bloggers Wanted topic asked you to tell me how you use video games to relax. Our first promoted blog on that topic is from Revuhlooshun, who explains howKatamari Damacyhelps takes his mind off the incredibly depressing material he has to study as a History major. If you want to participate in our Bloggers Wanted topic and see your own blog on the front page, take a look atour current prompt about TGS....

Resistance: Retributionis a sexy PlayStation Portable title to write about. I always take the opportunity to mention its impressive visuals, describe some of theResistanceseries’ lore, and extol theconnectivity options withResistance 2. I must admit, I was jealous when I read Hamza’spreview of the multiplayertoday. He was able to touch the game, frag dudes, and enjoy his time with a title I often romanticize. While I could talk up everything, it’s best if I focus on the connectivity since MTV Multiplayer dropped a big fact nugget about it this afternoon....

Despite its status as a “classic” action RPG franchise, with roots dating back to 1987, I personally had never had any experience with the series until hearing aboutYs Typing Tutorin 2006. Nearly five years later, the first two games in the series are seeing another rerelease (a DS remake was released in 2009), this time on the PSP. Going into this, I fostered no fond childhood memories, and I intended to judge it as a game released for the PSP in 2011....

Once original and quirky fun, Namco Bandai’sKatamariseries may have arguably already “jumped the shark.” But this clinches it — Namco Networks has announced thatRolling with Katamari, a mobile phone version of the series, is now available. The once hilarious, bizarre, and interesting premise is now familiar — the King of All Cosmos has knocked the stars out of the sky, and it’s up to you as the Prince to roll up Earthly objects to put the sparkle back into the sky....

Right in time for the hype, new Scott Pligrim-themed Xbox Avatar clothing has hit the Xbox Avatar store. There’s new outfits for guys and gals, shirts of different types and a guitar prop. Here’s a list of what they have: Nintendo, aren’t you going to get pissed off about that Bob-omb shirt? You can poke around and buy from the selection yourselfhere.

If there is an MMO on the horizon that even my MMO disliking ass could get excited for it’s definitelyStar Wars: The Old Republic. Not only is it BioWare developed, but it’sStar Wars. As if you weren’t sold on that alone it was announced at Comic-Con that the game will be doing something that the last three films (not chronologically) did not and that is to actually have wars in the stars....

RememberSection 8? It’s TimeGate Studios’s twitch-FPS, featuring mind-melting swivel action and massive dudes in robot armor that drop from space planes. Keep that last fact in mind a bit longer, because now there’s more possible ground to drill — a new expansion is available. It’s called the “Seek and Destroy Map Pack.” Available through Windows LIVE and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 560 Microsoft Bucks, it adds three maps — the salty Devil’s Backbone, the hilly Azure Basine, crater Hornets Nest — and Instant Action Modes to the core game....