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If there’s anythingBoing Boinglikes better than liberalism bordering on anarchism, and futuristic, fictional stories that actually reveal deep truths about the current state of the human condition, it’s steampunkanything, so obviously — other than Xeni — they’re going to get a woody at the appearance of the above piece of faux vintage gaming history, a genuine 1880Pac Gentlemancabinet. Everything about that thing screams “awesome.” It manages to blend alternate-reality 19th century chic with the now-vintage 1970s design aesthetic that has instilled itself permanently in popular culture thanks to Namco’s baby....

Finally.Braidis now available for the Macintosh platform. Earlier today, Hothead Games announced the title’s availability via their Mac-friendly digital distribution service,Greenhouse. It’s priced at $14.95 and from what we can tell by the press release, appears to be a straight-up port of title that many of you have been playing on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC for the last two billion millennia. We highly suggest you minimizePegglefor a few minutes and giveBraida spin....

You knew it was coming. You knew that one day man would devise a way tocontrol videogames with his penis. We think with it most of the time. Most of the games we play have something to do with proving who has the bigger wang, and let’s not pretend that the basis for most female game character design isn’t to arouse the male gamer’s sexual organ. Yes, using your penis to interact with videogames was practically a foregone conclusion, and now the conclusion has come to fruition withLove Death 4....

Now I’m not one to rob the gaming world of yet another countdown. Hell, for all I know countdowns to random gaming things could be the thing that truly keep the internet working. However, if you’re going to do a countdown please make it a more subtle thing than Platinum Games, developer ofMadWorldandBayonetta,have done. That background makes me feel like I’m going to fall over and throw up, yet I can’t stop watching it....

If you’re anything like me, you saw someone rocking a rad alien hat inTeam Fortress 2, wondered how they acquired such a thing, then proceeded to make a sandwich and forget all about it. Thanks to PC Gamer, I have been reminded. By earning the “Hat Trick” achievement inAlien Swarm— beat two co-op missions online — the sweet Parasite hat can be yours inTF2. ConsideringAlien Swarmis a free download, this is totally worth doing....

Next month,Unchartedfans are gettinga cool opportunityto play the latest installment — in 3D, no less — before the rest of us at select AMC Theatres. The scheduled festivities include multiplayer tournaments, Sony giveaways, and the main event,Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deceptionon the big screen. Perhaps best of all, you’re able to score a copy of the game before it officially launches on November 1. General admission is $25 (yikes), but for $60, you’ll get a premium pass which includesUncharted 3being sent to your home on October 25....

Yeah! Stupid corny wordplay headlines are totally rad! ON TO THE NEWS! nail’dwill now be coming out on October 19 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Along with the new release date comes the final box art for the game and this brand new trailer showing off the bikes and quads kicking gravity in the balls. Our newest writer, Tara Long, recently got tocheck out the gameand she enjoyed getting nail’d, hard....

We knew it was coming, and now it has hit the shelves. Even before the new 40GB PS3 has hit most shelves, the 80GB model is seeing price updates today, dropping down from $599 to $499.Walmart.comhas it listed for $499.82 today, andAmazonhas also put the new price into effect. If you’re thinking about a PS3 for the holidays or the future in general, this is the one you’ll want. There’s 40 extra gigabytes of hard disc space, and there’s the includedMotorstorm, but more importantly, this model is the last of the “classic”,backwards compatible PS3s....

The PS3 version 1.9 software thatNick told us about yesterdayis live and ready for the downloading in North America. How did we know? We received this absolutely brilliant email tip: Subject: 1.9 is out for the States! Post instantspeedilyquickomundo! I want the destructoid fame andhopefully makes a fist and a tear some fortune.-shindokie We’ve confirmed availability in the United States and Canada, so get to downloading. [thanks, shindokie]

According to the NFL, about 40 million Americans watch football on a regular basis; around 20 million people play some form of fantasy football, and EA Sports’Madden NFLgames sell between 3 and 5 million copies each year. So obviously, there exists a huge gulf between the people who enjoy football and the folks who go deeper with their love of the sport through some kind of game. Quick Hit Footballseeks to address that segment of the population — as the game’s Director of Design, Brandon Justice, told me last month, “We’re trying to build a football game for people who like football, but don’t necessarily like footballgames....

I feel like this is how marketing for games should be done. Instead of a trailer packed full of quick vertical slices, just give me unedited, lengthy footage of someone playing the game, preferably with narration to provide the necessary context for what’s being shown. Take a cue from Uber Entertainment — let the product sell itself. This video forMonday Night Combatdoes exactly that. It’s the developers playing a multiplayer match for 14 minutes; nothing more, nothing less....

Over at Alphabet City, Jeff — an ex-Rockstar web producer — has unfurled all of the streaked underpants and suspiciously crusty socks accumulated during his time at Take 2 / Gathering of Developers/ Rockstar / Whatever. It’s a really great read, and I could fill an entire post just blockquoting it, which I’d love to do, because as a professional blogger, I constantly oscillate between two existential states: lazy and drunk....

2K Sports sure seems to be struggling right now. In the wake of Thursday’s announcement that parent company Take-Two expects to post aloss of $137.9 million this year— which is largely the fault ofpoor performance from 2K Sports’ baseball games— comes a rumor that the next installment in the publisher’s hockey series,NHL 2K11, may have been axed. Yesterday,Pastapadre noticedthatNHL 2K11was nowhere to be found onTake-Two’s Q4 fiscal 2009 resultsin the section of games that the publisher is currently planning to ship in 2010....