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By now, everyone should have had their chance to pick up a copy ofMetal Gear Solid 4. In fact, some of you may (or should) be playing it right now. With a number of a midnight launches taking place around the country, we (meaning myself, along withChadandAerox) did our journalistic duty and attended the KonamiMetal Gear Solid 4launch party in West Hollywood, California. It’s a rough job — listening to music; taking advantage of an open bar; eating sushi when it was presented to us; and rubbing elbows with industry pals....

Remember thatreally creepy demoof Kinect when it was first unveiled as Project Natal last year? I’m talking about the one with the kid who fished and made everyone watching him feel vaguely uncomfortable. At the time, we were under the impression that this was going to someday be a retail product. Not so, according to Aaron Greenberg. Australian TV program Good Game asked the Xbox boss about the Milo demo, where he stated that the demo still existed and had been refined but there were no plans to make it a game....

Usually when a bunch of angry mothers get up in arms about videogames, we’re supposed to be offended at their out-of-touch morality. Electronic Arts, on the other hand, has cultivated it. They subjected actual mothers toDead Space 2footage and got them outraged as part of a commercial. The footage aired during the Atlanta Falcons vs. Green Bay Packers game to verify it reaches the maximum amount of men who think that women are stupid....

You know how it works! With the help of each other, attempt to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week’s headline hint is a bit misleading on purpose because the theme was slightly limited in the game pool it applied to. There’s plenty of teasers of all difficulties, but be warned some of them are from really old game systems....

M-O-N-S-T-E-R, Monsters, monsters so bizar…. oh, hey, sorry. That damn theme song is SO catchy. That’s why I’m SO excited to see that the worldwide sensationMonster Highis getting it’s own videogame adaptation inMonster High:Ghoul Spirit. That’s right, now you’ve got the chance to become the coolest girl, er,ghoulin school. Players of all ages (and genders, I suppose) are invited to create their own avatar and hang out with the likes of Frankie Stein, Clawleen Wolf, Draculaura, Lagoona Blue, and Cleo de Nile–You know, the gang–as you shoot for the top of the class with the ultimate goal of being crowned Scream Queen....

Musicians angry over the existence ofGuitar HeroandRock Bandoften feel better about themselves by claiming that fans of the games should “learn to play a real instrument.” However, Harmonixhas said thatthose musicians are missing the point of the games, and possess a narrow perspective. “I think they’re missing the point. I think that they don’t understand why it’s a phenomenon,” explainsJohn Drake. “From my perspective, anything that gets kids interested in music and gets kids playing music in their house that isn’t an MP3 they stole off the Internet, is a good thing....

Are you a female into “hot cars, exotic travel andNeed for Speed? Do you have “boundless energy”? Well, Electronic Arts wants you for to travel the globe pimpingNeed for Speed: The Runnext year. The publisher is holding a contest in the United Kingdom to find two spokesmodels to attend events across Europe, smiling and waving while wearing tight,Need for Speedapparel. There’salready a website set upwhere you can enter or browse just entries if you’re into that kind of thing....

Hey guys, back again with another one of those things. Y’know.Episodes.Ugh. Garfield hates mondays. Garfield is my spirit animal. I’m grumpy. I hate Garfield. Shameless Promotional News:We reprinted thoseSquidbearshirts to prevent shirtlessness. If you haven’t already,go snag one.Hard-Boiled News:Jim’s got a mini review onLA Noirefor us, but you can read thefull thing here.“UghFinally”News:The Playstation Networkis up and running again in a bunch of places. Sort of.Angry Russian News:The trailers forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3are online....

Tomorrow marks the debut of a new patch for the PlayStation 3 version ofRock Band 2. Y’know, the one that Xbox 360owners have hadfor some time now? Uh huh. Well, it doesn’t really matter now; the update is almost upon us, and it’s got enough tweaks and additions to help ease the pain. NewRock Band 2PS3 features to look forward to include: the ability to sort by stars in Quickplay mode, an improved HO/PO system a laThe Beatles: Rock Band, velocity sensitivity for those mad-expensive Ion Drum Kits, support for the Rock Band Network Store (which isn’t live yet), and also support for the wirelessSingStarmics that can be found in Europe....

Harmonix has released the details on next week’s DLC offerings forRock Band 3. To coincide with the release of Lady Gaga’s new albumBorn This Way, the title track from that album plus “Papparazzi” and “LoveGame” from her breakout release,The Fame. Classic Foreigner tracks “Hot Blooded” and “Urgent” round out the week’s new tracks, while Alice in Chains’ “Rooster” and The White Stripes’ “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” will see Pro Guitar upgrade content available....

Say what you will about wanting your videogame press-type folks to be objective, I don’t think now is the time for me to even feign objectivity — I want Epic’s and People Can Fly’sBulletstorm, and I want it now. I want it streamed into my system intravenously. I have three cats and I’m going to rename them all “Bulletstorm” starting now. You get where I’m going with this. I knew that we were going to have a “thing” going after I played it at E3 earlier this year....

Ever wanted to cut open a dolphin just to see what was inside of it? Me too. When I first heard about the new port ofZoo Hospital, I was under the impression that I could get out all of my mild sociopathic rages. Instead, I’ll just have to sort out my angst of never being able to adequately x-ray a camel. The DS incarnation ofZoo Hospitalthrusts players into the role of an aspiring zoological assistant working at his aunt’s zoo....

Now here’s something I never would have seen coming. The new issue of Famitsu has details aboutYakuza of the End, the fourth installment of the series, in a 13-page feature with a shocking bit of news: There will be zombies running amok in the streets of Kamurocho. I don’t even know how to process this information, let alone offer any sort of intelligible commentary on the subject. Should I wish for a campy story?...