Parents, you are relieved of your duties. Games have been declared by media pieces like this as "addictive" so it's not your fault that your children are spending all their time playing them.

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The Nintendo World Store had Hawthorne Heights perform a live acoustic set. Fans also had a chance to play Nintendo's upcoming console, the Wii. Here are some of their reactions.

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Modern Medieval is a stick man adventure that puts a medieval archer in a modern day urban setting. Run and jump around this fun platformer, shooting arrows at enemies.

Check out this Japanese Tetris-inspired music video by a group called YMCK.

Soda Constructor is a toy that lets you create creatures with physically articulated parts. Once you've created them, you can play with them in a physical environment, altering their movements and the ways they react to gravity. You can also save your creations and share them with other people in the soda zoo.

Watch as Luigi is brought to life out of a lump of 3D clay in Zbrush.

CheapyD was on Bloomberg recently discussing the upcoming console wars from an economic point of view.

Maganic Wars is a role card turn based game. Do battle with your opponent with the magic of cards. The more you play, the higher you level up and the more difficult the game gets. Also, as you level up, more cards are unlocked for you to use in battle.

We get a close up look at the Wii steering wheel (aka, the "wiil"). This add-on to the wiimote will be shipping with every copy of GT Pro Series and Monster 4x4 World Circuit.