The title pretty much says it all. Five teenagers were arrested in Chicago for breaking into a video game store and looting merchandise. The strange part is that two of the criminals nearly escaped the scene, but they asked police officers for a ride home and that’s how they were caught.

I’m not sure if these guys were gamers or not, but they ceratainly need to play a little more Grand Theft Auto IV. They could probably learn a thing or two from our good friend Niko Bellic when it comes to the proper way s of evading police. These guys may actually make our list of “world’s dumbest gamer criminals”.

We decided to use the Beta image of Niko above because these guys don’t deserve the real thing.

Via Destructoid

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: beta, Burglars, Chicago, Cops, game, Grand, Home, looting, merchandise, Niko, Niko Bellic, part, police, Ride, scene, store, thing, title, video

When I first heard about ‘Mario Super Sluggers’, I was expecting ‘Wii Sports Baseball’ with a Mario skin.  While some may see it this way, I’m basically considering it an advanced sequel to the Wii Sports Baseball game which was highly flawed.  Fortunately, the Mario baseball game will allow you to control more than just hitting and pitching.  As expected, you will see Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser and Wario etc in the game, as well as your Mii if you chose to use it.  Up to four players can take part in the action at once and the game is full of fun mini-games.  

While it may look like a cheap way to get more out of ‘Wii Sports Baseball’, this title actually looks like it will be pretty good.  You can find out on August 25 when the game releases in North America for $49.99.  

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: action, baseball, Bowser, Extras, fun, game, Luigi, Mario, Mario Super, Mii, Nintendo Wii, North America, part, Peach, sequel, skin, Sluggers, Wario, way

A new video from ‘Too Human’ has surfaced showing off some seriously insane combos.  The first part of the third-person action adventure game trilogy looks sweet so far.  ’Too Human’ is produced by Canadian developer Silicon Knights for the Xbox 360. Its current release date is set for August 19, 2008.  Who said nothing cool comes out of Canada?

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: action, adventure, Canada, Combos, date, developer, game, Human, Insane, Knights, part, release, Silicon, trilogy, video, Xbox

Most of you have heard about how the Red Faction: Guerilla Beta is now free to play.  Originally, it was going to cost players $15 to take part in it.  Now they have a deal where you can play it for free, but have to fill out a lengthy survey at FilePlanet.  Before you waste your time filling out the survey, keep in mind the fact that they are out of keys.  They will also not tell you this until you have completed the long survey.  It’s kind of shady if you ask me, but that’s how companies are sometimes. I certainly felt misled by the promotion and wasted 5-10 minutes of my time and got nothing in return.  They should really mention that keys are out prior to having you waste time…

Here’s the link but don’t expect a key:

FilePlanet

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: beta, deal, fact, Faction, FilePlanet, Guerilla, Keys, kind, mind, part, promotion, Red, Survey, Temporarily, time, waste

Witness Rialto, CA’s evolving art and music community in the embedded videos below. The documentary was filmed a couple of months ago by Electric Gentlephones’s bassist, Louie Recinos, and edited into a short documentary.

Vesuvius Records has been working hard to get little ol’ Rialto on the entertainment map, a town historically known for the now non-existent orange groves. We’re about an hour away from Los Angeles but local bands have come out to support their hometown, opting out of Hollywood’s “big time” allure and growing the scene where they’re actually from.

Check out some of the movement’s shakers and musicians below and let us know what you think!

Part 1

Part 2

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: Art, bassist, community, couple, Documentary, Electric, Emerging, Gentlephones, Hollywood, LOS ANGELES, Louie Recinos, Movement, Music, part, Rialto, Vesuvius, Videos, Witness

Murder suspects on the run typically lay low and avoid public situations. In this case, 30-year-old Raymundo Castaneda thought it would be wise to hang out at a Wal-Mart in Jacksonville, Florida playing Guitar Hero while he was being tracked down for a murder in North Carolina. The U.S. Marshals were tipped off that he was there and stormed the store to capture the suspect. The interesting part of the story is how he was so focused on playing the game, he never noticed the feds moving in on him. They never mentioned in the article what song he was playing at the time.

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: article, case, Castaneda, Caught, game, Guitar, Hero, Mart, murder, part, Raymundo, run, store, story, Suspect, Wal

In tribute of this past weeks announcement of Mega Man 9, we’re going back to 1987 to bring you how it all started… Mega Man part uno.  Known to some as Rockman, Megaman, developed by Capcom, was a side scrolling action NES game.  Mega Man was the only NES Mega Man title to feature a score counter.  I consider Mega Man to be one of the first strategic games due to the Robot Master attributes you gain after you defeat them.  For ex. The easiest way to kill CutMan relies not in your Mega Buster, but in your Super Arm that you got from GutsMan in the last stage.

Characters

• Mega Man — Tool assistant, originally known as Rock (or Mega in the remake), created and modified by Dr. Light to combat Wily.
• Dr. Albert W. Wily — The antagonist of the game, his goal is world domination. He appears as the final boss in a hovering ship (at first a tank-like machine in the remake).
• Dr. Thomas Light — Creator of Mega Man, aids Mega Man on his adventure to stop Dr. Wily.
• Roll — Mega Man’s sister, she makes her debut in this game, though in the NES version her name is not mentioned. She is only seen at the ending of the credits in the NES version, but she can be downloaded in the PSP remake as a playable character.
• Robot Masters — Cutman, Gutsman, Elecman, Fireman, Iceman, and Bombman.

Mega Man is made up of six stages, with a Robot Master at the end guarding a weapon. The stage select screen allows the player to choose from these six stages, and when they are all completed, the seventh and last stage appears in the middle of the menu, replacing the text “Stage Select, Press Start”. This last stage is in fact more like four regular stages linked together, some a bit shorter than average, but with bosses that are considered harder than usual.

Mega Man 9 is due out on the XBox Live Arcade and Playstation Network.  We’ll keep you updated with all the news “Mega Man 9″ related.

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: announcement, Dr. Albert W, Dr. Light, Dr. Thomas Light, Dr. Wily, Edition, game, man, master, Mega Man, Mega Man 9, NES, Old, part, robot, Rock, Rockman, School, Sony PSP, stage, Tribute, uno, version

Gray Fox, Solid Snake and Big Boss.  Wouldn’t you like you very own unique Metal Gear Name?  Check out this website, which tags you with a first and last name.  Mine happens to be Inebriated Beetle.  I guess that’s cool.  What’s your code name?

“Input your first and last name, and you’ll be given your code name for this mission. The first part of your code name describes your unique skill or personality, and the second part is your animal designation.”

Via metalgearnamegenerator.com/

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written by Juan Perez \\ tags: Beetle, Big, Boss, code, Features, Gear, Generator, Gray Fox, Inebriated, Metal, metal gear name generator, Mine, Name, part, snake, Solid, Website, wouldn

Living in America, we all know that smoking cigarettes is probably the worst sin you can possibly take part in. I’m actually a long time smoker myself, but hopefully I’ll quit in the next month or so. The Japanese recently modified the Kool cigarette to help out smokers who simply aren’t getting enough flavor with every draw. The modification is a simple one where a tiny ball inside the filter can be squeezed to shoot extra flavor into the smoke you are inhaling. At first I thought it was a joke, but then I remembered that the Japanes introduce really odd things like this on a daily basis. The Kool “Boosts” were originally designed in 2007.

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: America, aren, cigarette, Cigarettes, Draw, Flavor, Japan, Japanese, Kinda, Kool, Makes, month, part, sin, Smoker, smoking, time

For all you anime fans out there, there’s a little manga that became an anime, which has now evolved into a 3-part live action film. If you’re hard-core, you probably already know what I’m talking about.  You guessed it right, Death Note. For those that do not know, the story revolved on Light, a college student who finds a notebook lying on the ground coined “Death Note”.  He “reluctantly” picks it up and that is when havoc ensues…

He basically can write anyone’s name down in the book with his or her face in mind and kill him or her off with the jot of a pen.   Later on it becomes a whole moral issue on who he kills, why and a very entertaining cat and mouse game. Think of CSI and Law & Order multiplied by a thousand. It is one of the most exciting intellectual dramas I have encountered and I implore you to check it out! 

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written by Jennifer Safanova \\ tags: action, American, anime, Bob, death, Film, Japan, light, Manga, movie, note, part, Remake, right, series, story, The Way, Vertigo