Poor Major — he’s in a real predicament. His wife doesn’t normally play games so when she does it should be considered a real treat. I’m in a similar situation so I can sympathize — anything that doesn’t have the words Zuma or Warcraft in it may as well be greek to my wife. But how did he react when he came home and found his significant other playing Fable II Pub Games?

Not so good. You see, Mrs, Nelson had future-bankrupted his Fable II character. To paraphrase Louis CK, he’d have to raise 3600 gold to be broke.

Normally we try and steer away from linking to other peoples posts, but this one was too good to miss. Check out Major’s anguish here.

It’s been a little bit since we’ve shared some wallpapers with you guys, but everyone always seems to enjoy them so I’m happy to present a few new finds to spruce up your desktop.

Based on the iconic Lancer from the Gears of War series, which is pretty hard to miss what with the chainsaw bayonet and all. It’s a weapon that’s both completely ridiculous and completely awesome all at the same time. What better way to show co-workers you mean business when you minimize that Powerpoint program?

Normal deal, click ‘em to embiggen ‘em!

The Euro-centric E3 kind of snuck up on us this year. Maybe that’s because only one of the three platform heavies is doing a conference at all – that would be Sony, and that would also be right damn now. (Or at least, a little while ago.)

Here’s the cliff notes version on what has surfaced from the various liveblogs of the event:

• A new PSP, the “3000″ model. An enhanced, brighter screen; a built-in microphone; generally rounder overall appearance, Home button. They’re introducing it in Yurop with the Go! Whatever stuff that we’ll probably never really see here in North America
• Live demos of the latest Sony Online Entertainment stuff – Free Realmz (which sounds like a horrifically casual/gratis MMO); The Agency, and DC Universe Online
• a 160 GB model of the PS3 is launching on Halloween; not sure if that’s here as well, or not (EUR 449)… it will also come with Uncharted and a voucher for PAIN
• PlayTV, the magnificent TiVO-like attachment for the PS3 that will never work in our ass-backwards North American cable environment, is getting some…er, play
• There’s a detachable Blackberry-style minikeyboard coming, sort of like the 360 Messenger pad, although I think this one attaches on the top…
• some Tamagochi-like app called EyePet…sounds like it incorporates some of the drawing-recognition tech they demo’d earlier in the year
• a brief Heavy Rain demo (!!)
• something about SingStar, kebabs,and Turkish parties
• some awkwardness involving a native and the LittleBigPlanet demo
• and still no motherfucking Wipeout HD

(Updated the post with image links to the new PSP and keyboard pad)

Hey! I’m getting a day closer to remembering that it’s Multiwinia MONDAY… This week’s Multiwinia Monday preview features my favorite mode from the preview, King Of The Hill. As will be usual be sure to head on over and check out the rest of the details.

Living in the same town as Silicon Knights has it’s advantages. For example: Denis and the gang decided to do a signing at a local EB today. A short bus across our little burg and I was face to face with gaming royalty.

Not much to say really — a signing is a signing. They set up Too Human on a few TV’s and the SK team walked people through it, which was pretty cool. T-shirts, posters and tote bags were given out. And Denis Dyack? Couldn’t have been nicer (or a more likely body double for yours truly).
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This tattoo was sent to us by Darlaa Sproklett and was inked by Charlie at Leading light Drammen in Norway.

Well now this is what I like to see. Homage to a classic game, and something a tad obscure and not another Triforce or Mario tattoo. Not that there’s anything wrong with them to get, but you can only feature so many that look so alike… ya know?

So yea, Lemmings. Just seeing this tattoo makes me want to find the game and play it again, just to listen to them scream as you send legions of them over cliffs… occasionally putting up a few blockers and them blowing them all up. Yea, suffice to say I never made it far into the game before committing Lemming genocide.

At this point we’ve got a pretty impressive catalog of gamer tats!!

What do you get when you mix Space Invaders with Heavy Metal: The Movie? Well the short movie “E.L.A. in Love at First Byte” aims to show you. It starts strange and never stops.

[Super Punch]