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That headline implies that I know how to make my ownNew Super Mario Bros. Wiilevels. I totally don’t. However, if didn’t have to finish figuring out how to make my ownWario Ware DIYlevels first so that I can review the game, I’d dedicate some time to figuring out how to use Reggie!. Reggie!is a PC/Mac/Linux program that lets you edit and createNew Super Mario Bros. Wiilevels, which can then be played on the Wii using an original (meaning, not pirated) copy of the game and the Wii Homebrew appRiivolution....

[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] I’ve been waiting for the right time to actually post a Monthly Musing article. Waiting for that perfect theme to come along, with a topic so moving that I just had to say something. Well, after all my waiting, that topic has finally come along....

The DS (and the DSi) are always big in Japan, right? Well, the PSP is putting up a good fight lately. The Media Create sales figures for last week show that Sony’s portable has plenty of good software to offer. WhileAnimal Crossing: City Folkfor the Wii andWinning Eleven 2009for the PS3 took the top spots, titles likeSilent Hill 3, Higurashi Daybreak, andMusou Orochi: Maou Sairinhelped the PSP’s software lineup take five of the top ten spots in software sales last week....

Here’s a new trailer forResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, in which Jill Valentine and Albert Wesker kick various degrees of arse. This game is looking pretty damn sweet, as are many of the games that feel like they’re taking too long to come out. I’ll definitely be picking this one up. Anybody else looking forward to it?

Looks like we’ll be getting a demo for Avalanche Studios’Just Cause 2soon. We know this because the game’s publisher, Eidos,tweeted it. “Just Cause 2demo on its way,” someone who presumably works for Eidos wrote, “details to follow!” That right there is all of the info we have, unfortunately. We’ve followed up with Eidos to get more details, but we have a feeling they’ll spill the info when they’re damned good and ready....

Since Guerrilla is itself a European studio, there’s no way that the lavishKillzone 3 Helghast Editionwould not be coming to the PAL territories. However, I’ll take any excuse to talk about it again, so here we are! Just in case this passed you by, theHelghast Editionincludes an art book, an exclusive half-cloaked Marsman action figure, a bunch of per-order DLC perks, and a replica Helghast helmet. It is basically the best special edition ever and I will murder a baby to get it....

Ha!Road Fighters. Great name, don’t you think? Konami has announced their next 3D racing arcade game,Road Fighters. It will come to the arcade in a cabinet that has a steering wheel and a seat with drop-down 3D glasses. You’re free to switch between 2D and 3D with a button press, but what’s the fun of playing this game if you’re not going to go all the way. Spectators won’t be left out of the action as the rear of the seat is also equipped with a second 3D lens set to they can watch on....

Of all the times I’ve played theGrand Theft Autoseries, it never once crossed my mind how easy it was to get out of jail. Just give up some of your money and all your weapons and you’re a free man once again. This video from Atom.com points out the unique justice system fromGTAand it made me realize that I would prefer a little mini-game over just getting a slap on the wrist in theGTAgames....

You guys playing Microsoft and iNiS’ karaoke gameLips? I have to admit thatRock Bandis still my musical party game of choice — surprise! But since Harmonix and MTV Games refuse to put any Pussycat Dolls into their game, I have to bust outLipswhen my stripper friends come by*. Maybe I’d play it more if I dug into some of the downloadable content Microsoft just announced: Available on January 16...

In what perhaps qualifies as a Captain Obvious story,it has been announcedthat Sony will be moderating the user generated content inLittleBigPlanetto ensure that anything crass and sordid doesn’t get through. That’s a shame, as an abundance of genitalia is the best part of any user created content. “We’ll be moderatingLittleBigPlanet‘s user-generated content in the same manner as we moderate all our online games,” stated a Sony spokesperson. “A good example of this isMy SingStar....

So, today is my birthday. Some people have asked me if I’m doing anything special tonight. And I tell them, “I’m going to hang out and play a videogame with the best damn community of gamers on the internet.” If you guys happen to know where I could find them, that would be a huge help. rimshot Time once again to fire up the wayback machine and play a little moreDevil May Cry 4....

Sony has released a ton of utterly astounding photographs of douchebags waving a PlayStation Move around, letting the world know that to enjoy the PS3 waggle-dong, you need to look like an impossibly smarmy prick. If you’ve ever wanted to see almost one hundred images of youngsters being forced to look like they’re having fun with a dildo, then today is your lucky day. Some of these shots are truly incredible, like Sony went out of its way to make the most gloriously fake-ass, douchebaggy photographs known to man....

PS3 fans have had to wait for years before finally getting their Sony-branded talons on a Mass Effect game, but according to BioWare, the wait has been more than worth it.Mass Effect 2on PlayStation 3 will be the “true” version of the game, and usesMass Effect 3‘s engine. “Being that the PS3 is coming out over a year later, we wanted to make sure that we added a lot of benefit to the people who waited,” says producer Jesse Houston....