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Games wishlist: Mad Mel

Now that we’re slap bang in the Summer games drought – how about a bit of topical gaming?

In this DS exclusive action adventure game, you play as Oksana Grigorieva – the beleaguered ex partner of mental-as-anything, drunken bigot, Mel Gibson.

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Epic’s Mark Rein apologises to indie dev

Following a spout at the recent Develop Awards 2010 in Brighton last week, Epic Games’ Mark Rein has apologised to an indie developer for remarks made about his business processes.

Reign originally entered a conference halfway through and ‘heckled’ the panel of indies – one of which, Cliff Harris of Positech Games, later posted a blog telling Epic to “fuck off.” Rein has since apologised – here’s the full story:

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How to avoid: Phone game hackers

One of the main selling points for a Mac is that they don’t get viruses. And it seems that it’s now one of the main selling points when buying a phone as well.

Smart phones have vastly become common place after the success of the original iPhone. There are lots of devices made by several different companies all running on different operating systems.

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Want to break a gaming world record?

MCM Expo guiness world record

On the weekend of May 29th and 30th, fanboys, cosplayers and gamers will be making their way to London’s Excel Centre for the upcoming, twice yearly, London MCM Expo.

There you can see a multitude of your favourite Film and TV stars, representatives of anime and manga and (of course) video games to play.

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Charlie Brooker: “Flower almost made me cry”

Video game BAFTAs

TV presenter, author and comedian Charlie Brooker admitted to almost shedding a tear while playing Flower, at the video game BAFTAs last night.

Find out why, and the full list of winners in this post…

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Interview with a games journalist

Games journalist

Want to write about games for a living?

We talked to Gwynne Dixon, staff writer for totalvideogames.com (TVG) to find out exactly what the job involves and how to break into the industry.

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Fable 3 promises RPG revamp

Fable creator and legendary game designer Peter Molyneux has made lots more grand promises for Fable 3 – but will he deliver this time?

Planned additions include a complete levelling-up revamp, player-made weapons and an online item marketplace. Molyneux’s past achievements include Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park, Black & White and Populous.

Sonic rollercoaster at Alton Towers

Sonic Rollercoaster

A Sonic the Hedgehog rollercoaster will open at Alton Towers next month.

Maybe it’s all part of Sega’s plan to return Sonic back to his old school roots and has something to do with ‘project needlemouse’…

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Ron Jeremy: “violent games are worse than porn”

A porn star has hit out at videogames, saying they have a “much bigger negative influence on kids than pornography.”

Who, what, where and why the hell why? Leet Games Blog investigates.

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Merry Christmas from Xbox 360 kid!

What better way to celebrate Christmas than with this excitable American Xbox 360 kid? He’s not as funny as N64 kid, but at least he’s not crying over Modern Warfare 2.

From all of us here at Leet Games Blog, have a great Christmas and new year. Here’s to many more great gaming experiences in 2010.