From the story above regarding the politician who fears that gamers will take his life I found this snippet, which is not really related, but still funny,

"In 2004 Mr Atkinson told South Australian Parliament that bikies (bikers) had used a park barbeque in his electorate to "cook a cat for human consumption".

He was later forced to apologise. The animal was not a cat, the incident happened at another location and bikies weren't involved."

LOL.  So maybe the real story was that a suburban family BBQ'd a steak in another country?

phantom_leo said:

Hey Ask...

Did you happen to pick this up today?

Just lookin' for someone to play online with eventually!

Jeez, I wish I could find a better picture!

I thought I was a TWEWY hating JERKFACE!

J/K

And no, I didn't get that. It's Ragnarok, right? Yeah, I didn't hear good things about it and I have no idea what it's about. I only know the game from the PC MMO and the name of the series, but that's about it.

Is it good though? Maybe I should check it out.

I've been pretty conservative lately, picking and choosing what games I should get instead of impulse buying. Like I didn't get Dante's Inferno, Bioshock 2, and I haven't even bought that new Miles Edgeworth game yet, and I'm a HUGE fan of the Ace Attorney series.

But I did pick up some oldie but goodie Platinum Hits like Halo Wars for $20, which is a steal! I also finally got Fable II Platinum Hits, which is great so far!

Sorry about Ragnarok. The game really hasn't convinced me yet. Maybe you can with impressions and I'll check it out!

edgecrusher said:

BTW....Started playing Sky Crawlers last night. Its good, but I had to switch to non-motion controls cuz that setup was just annoying. I'd honestly prefer Gamecube controls for this game.

It plays just like Ace Combat, and the graphics almost look like a semi-cel shaded Ace Combat 4 (the first PS2 game).

In between missions the story is told in a bizarre way just like the Ace games, with little story board cutscenes. And Mission setup is also done just like AC.

The only thing I'm not liking is the lack of homing missiles; it seems you can only shoot down planes with your machine guns, unless you unlock homing missiles in later missions?

All in all, pretty solid if unspectacular.

Nope, no  homing missles. I've just played the first mission and figure I'll need an hour or two to get comfortable with the controls. I'm not used to making very small movements, I'm flying all over the place on expert (I read that the expert controls are best and I bet they are once you're comfortable with them. I had to go with normal controls just to shoot anyone down though) I also heard that the early planes don't handle that great.

I'll have to play more to see what I finally think but I suspect you're probably right. Decent game  and priced right.

http://kotaku.com/5473504/even-capcom-wants-street-fighter-iv-on-the-psp

With Street Fighter IV about to make an unexpected trip to the iPhone, it's understandable that Capcom has handheld ports on the brain. Could the PSP be next?

Answering some fan questions on her blog, Capcom's Natsuki Shiozawa has revealed she'd like to see the game appear on Sony's handheld. As would anybody wondering why the game would be ported to the iPhone and not to a handheld more suitable for rapid button pressing.

Like, say, a PSP.

Still, if Capcom is thinking handhelds, and SFIV sells well on iPhone, a PSP port surely couldn't be far away.

More Wii shots of the Prince

This should have released a couple of years back as an alternative to cel shaded prince as a Wii exclusive. It would have sold more than Ubicrap would come out with some re****** statement about how it's obvious how the POP audience is on Wii etc BS ad infinitum.

Now its late and a little brother version, with so far, no distinguishable features to set the wii version apart and made by a terrible developer.

CVG

The rumoured DS2 development kits are in the hands of select developers in Japan - and include a motion-sensing function, CVG can reveal.

The biggest of the firms working with the device is The Pokemon Company, which CVG understands was the first business to be offered the dev kit.

A CVG insider at a third-party studio currently toying with DS2 said he was aware that "a handful" of other developers had been given the hardware on a trial basis.

However, Nintendo informed him that it was merely the first version of what will become the finished product. The platform holder is asking those trialling the hardware for feedback - but our man is certainly impressed.

"It's genuinely the best thing I think I've ever worked with," he said. "I can tell you that it's got a 'tilt' function that's not dissimilar to iPhone, but does a lot more. We know that The Pokemon Company are getting special attention with it."

However, before our source went tight-lipped, he said he didn't expect the hardware to be shown at GDC.

"Any kind of March announcement wouldn't fit with the timeline I understand the second DS to be on," he added.

He wouldn't tell us any more for fear of being rumbled, but we'll keep digging.

So there you are folks, a motion-sensing handheld with definite Pokemon goodies on the way.

Unsurprisingly, a Nintendo rep told CVG today that they wouldn't comment on "rumour or speculation".

Fingers crossed for E3...

Where is everyone?!

Foolz said:

I was watching your favourite sport!

 I hate all sports with impunity.