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If your feeble mind can’t keep up with these newfangled digital video games, then perhaps a game of Analog Tetris is for you. You’ve gotta think quick with bricks dropped by a real live human.

When Sony released the PS3 Slim, they definitely cut down on the bulk of the original.The guys at Japan’s Hori have decided to make the console “portable”-(ish) with this 720p PS3 display.

Masterminds can whip up some serious hellfire with the Demon Summoning power set for the City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion. 7 different demons with unique malevolent attributes are featured.

Designer Konstantin Diaz created this neat concept for a Rubik’s Cube – instead of the colors themselves, the names of colors are embossed in Braille on the tiles of the cube.

Paintings and pixels collide in Worth 1000’s Video Game Renaissance contest, which challenged master Photoshoppers to mash-up their favorite video game imagery with classic artworks.

The case customizers over at Computer Choppers are at it again. This time, they’ve managed to dip an entire Xbox 360 in shiny 24-karat gold. For truly conspicuous consumers only.

It was a 21st century video game based on a 20th century video game, then it was a movie based on that video game. Now it’s a new video game again. Go figure. Just watch the gameplay and enjoy.

Bungie’s April Fools joke this year is a doozy. Combining the Halo universe with the classic Battle Chess, they’ve put together a game concept that seems just too good to be a prank.

iPad gaming is upon us, and Broken Radio Games’ Globetrotters will use the iPad’s multi-touch display to let up to 4 players bounce between planets as they try to catch stars before their friends.

Shattered Dimensions is a beat-em-up with web-slinging and melee combat, in which Spidey bounces between multiple parallel worlds, including a 1930s-inspired Spider-Man Noir universe.

Universal healthcare legislation has passed for all denizens of video gameland, regardless of the color of their pixels. From this day forward, everyone’s health bar shall be full.

Get ready for the latest in the Metroid series for the Nintendo Wii. In Metroid: Other M, Samus is back in prime form, with seamless transitions between 3D and side-scrolling gameplay using the Wii-mote.

Like war games and free maps? EA is readying the 2nd VIP map pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The maps will be available and will include a special VIP code with every copy of the game.

Lost Planet 2 may still be a couple of months away, but in the mean time, here’s something to whet your appetite for blowing up the Akrid – 4-player Co-op mode. Yummy. Explode-y.

The latest preview video from Realtime Worlds’ APB: All Points Bulletin shows off the games’ over-the-top violence, massive street fights, and insane customization of cars, costumes, tattoos and graffiti.

Looking for a bad-ass gun controller for FPS games? XCM’s new XFPS Storm combines the best of joystick controls with a light gun. For Windows PCs now, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions soon.

Nope, it’s not a food challenge on Iron Chef: Nintendo. 2 mushrooms enter, 1 mushroom leaves. You’ve only got 24 hours to grab this fun Mario-inspired t-shirt by free_agent08 from ript.

After many delays, the highly-anticipated sequel to Mafia finally has a release date. Expect to see the cinematic M-rated killing spree hit PS3, Xbox 360 and Windows on August 24, 2010.

You are out of food. Would you like to fight? Of course you do. Sit back and enjoy a relaxing a game of Mortal Kombat vs. Oregon Trail. The ultimate finishing move? Dysentery, of course.

Watch what happens when master hunter Ironbeard McCullough from the Wii game Monster Hunter Tri tries to find a place to cook up his monster catch into a delicious monster burger.

Games Are Evil’s Game Developers Flowchart also doubles as a surprisingly broad and deep family tree; it’s the end-all, be-all definitive history of video game development studios.

Available 5/11/10: 3D Dot Game Heroes goes epic with this Ultimate Hero trailer, showing off giant swords, boomerangs, custom characters, and hordes of pixelated chickens.

Now available: we’ve never gotten into the Settler franchise, but Settlers 7 is a must buy for long-time Blue Byte fans; it features the three paths to victory and improved enemy AI.