Gadgets and Video Games

Sure, you could guess that it was sex, drugs or rock and roll that addled Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale’s mind so much that he can’t recall with any clarity which music game franchise he recently approved the band’s “Here I Go Again” and “Still of the Night” for. And you’d probably be right — if anyone took too many drugs and rocked a little too hard in the late ’80s, it was probably Coverdale. But don’t jump to conclusions

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Whitesnake songs coming to one music game or another, Coverdale not sure

Well, you can’t say we didn’t warn you . Writing on his Twitter feed , Penny Arcade money man Robert Khoo says that 3-day badges for PAX East have officially sold out. If you missed out, you can still get onto the show floor by buying a single-day pass.

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Sold out: PAX East 3-day badges

Though it sounds intriguing and exciting on the outside, there’s something about the X-Play interview with James Cameron we put after the break that kind of bums us out. The director recently told the show, “I’ve got a lot of stories and I don’t have time to make them all as movies. That’s something I’m exploring with Ubisoft, to see if there’s maybe a relationship around just getting some of these story and world ideas into games.” It’s good news if you’re a fan of Ubisoft or Cameron, but bad news if you’re not a fan of watching a man entering his twilight years, fully aware that his own mortality may keep him from sharing all the stories he wants to with mankind. That’s kind of a total bummer . Look for James Cameron’s Grim Realization and Acceptance of the Inevitability of His Own Death coming to PS3 and 360 in 2011.

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Cameron entertaining possibility of doing more games with Ubisoft

click to enlarge The latest item of DLC coming to Borderlands adds new, combat-focused content to the game … while simultaneously removing any artifice with which Gearbox was obscuring the universe’s cinematic inspiration . Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot (get it?) adds three new Riot Mode arenas for single-player or co-op, along with a new bank feature for storing weapons. That’s right, a bank . For weapons.

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Borderlands’ second DLC pack: Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot will enrage Mel Gibson fans

[Nebeziel, deviantART user ] A Google image search of Lara Croft is a lot tamer than it used to be these days, though it’s still something we wouldn’t suggest doing. Thankfully, we have a link to quench your thirst for inspired, non-naked, sexually-deprived-fanboy-fantasy-quasi-porn, courtesy of The Design Inspiration . There are 40 fanworks in total, all originating from deviantART (obviously). There are a lot of great renditions, including the image where Lara is fighting dinosaurs and the one where she’s hiding from dinosaurs .

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The many artistic portrayals of Lara Croft

It’s a very exciting day for Nintendo downloads, thanks to one very thrilling two-wheeler . But Excitebike World Rally is far from the only offering this week. In fact, there are multiple games available for WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare, which seems like a rare feat for Nintendo of America. Head past the break to see if any of the other new games excite you.

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NintendoWare Weekly: Excitebike World Rally, Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and more

Many Netflix subscribers will find a rather inconspicuous red envelope in the mail today. It may look like a standard Netflix package, but inside PS3 owners will discover the “Instant Streaming Disc” which enables Netflix’s instant streaming service on Sony’s console.

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Hands-on: Netflix on PS3

Torchlight , the action-RPG from Runic Games, is available right now via the game’s official site or Steam . However, early next year, the game will also be available at brick-and-mortar shops, Joystiq sister site Big Download confirms. The news comes from Runic Games’ head of PR, who says that a boxed version will hack and slash its way to retail shelves sometime in early January. Currently, Torchlight is only compatible with Windows, however the team is hard at work getting it ready for Macs and is also preparing the game’s first patch and mod tools

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Torchlight to explore retail shelves in January

Just when we were really starting to wonder, Frima Studio dropped a note on PlayStation Blog to cease our concern. A new PSP mini, Frima’s Zombie Tycoon, will be released later today as part of SCEA’s weekly PSN update. Zombie Tycoon breaks a four-week dry spell for minis releases in North America and is the first new mini since the massive PSN update that coincided with the launch of PSP Go on October 1. [Correction: Zombie Tycoon is the first new announced mini since the October 1 update.

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Zombie Tycoon reanimates PSP minis movement today

FIFA 10 may have seen a 54 percent sales drop in the UK last week, but it still maintained its place in the top sales spot for the region. The soccer football title has now surpassed the million sales mark and has done so three weeks faster than FIFA 09 did last year. Last week’s PS3 mega-release, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves , entered the ” All Formats ” chart in second place, but was top (naughty) dog on the PS3 sales chart.

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FIFA 10 won’t relinquish top UK sales spot to Uncharted 2