Acts of violence, reckless driving, poor health - the list goes on. These things have long been blamed on video games, prompting restriction, censorship, and even prohibition. Gamers are so tired of the finger-pointing and banhammering. Capcom, having been involved in the latest controversy, has gotten sick of the witch hunt, and so they speak the words that gamers would echo the world over: You cannot blame society’s ills on video games.

Homebrew coder Roman Adler has released the first version of STOPPUHR DS, a simple stopwatch for the Nintendo DS with an awesome looking GUI.


Download: STOPPUHR DS

GTTV's Geoff Keighley has revealed via Twitter that Tron Legacy won't be the only game premiering at this year's Spike Video Game Awards. Apparently a new Star Wars game will be announced during the event as well.

There has been a lot of talk about the DS systems getting a lot of shovelware, but hopefully, Marvelous' stab into the edutainment market in Japan won't be counted among them. It better not be - the publisher seems to think that it's a marvelous idea to price it at ¥ 7,980, which by the exchange rate, is equivalent to about US$ 90.

Homebrew coder ant512 has released a new version of Woopsi, a handy Nintendo DS GUI library for creating homebrew user interface based on AmigaOS windowing system. The latest update includes a number of new features, tons of bug fixes and various other improvements.

Download: Woopsi v0.41

While professionalism has it that I reserve bashing the crap out of things, Erik Estavillo is really asking for it. Let's face it, the guy is on a suing spree from hell. Estavillo, more commonly known as "the banned Resistance player that sued Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo", is now turning his eyes to Blizzard, which is responsible for the evil moneymaker, World of Warcraft. To help make his case, he turns to Depeche Mode's Martin Lee Gore and Winona Ryder - you'll know how that "makes sense" in just a bit.

While it's one thing to be updated with the theatrical launch of Tron Legacy, details have been pretty scarce about its accompanying video game. Thankfully, Spike TV ends the drought with an announcement - the Tron Legacy game will be making its premiere at the Spike Video Game Awards this December. For now, let's help ourselves to this short teaser.

If Shigeru Miyamoto had just graduated, chances are, he won't even land a job with Nintendo. He said so himself. This is coming from a man who's way, way up the corporate ladder and is a living legend in the industry. That said, the prolific game lord looks past the prestigious on-paper creds and scouts for talent from those who came from ordinary colleges like himself.

When it comes to the two newest gaming portables, it seems that Nintendo walked a better path than Sony. Sure, the target market may be different in some respects, with the DSi being aimed to the elderly as well, but when it comes right down to it, the new DSi LL is selling better than the PSP Go.

Nearly two years after she took a VP seat at Nintendo of America, Denise Kaigler has announced that she will be leaving the company, citing family reasons as the reason for her departure.