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Teen Blames GTA For Car Bomb

Dear juvenile deliquents, please stop it. Stop committing crimes. And if you can’t do that, at least stop blaming Grand Theft Auto when they catch you.

Three teenagers in Milton, Georgia were arrested and charged with 57 felony counts for tossing Molotov cocktails in cars. One of the fellas said he’d learned it all from Grand Theft Auto.

“This case is another strong example of the serious ramifications that can come from letting impressionable teens play violent video games like this one,” Police Chief Chris Lagerbloom said. “We urge parents to pay particular attention to their children’s extracurricular activities and to intervene before it’s too late.”

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New Weezer Tracks Head To ‘Rock Band’

we reported that classic Pixies album Doolittle is coming to Rock Band; but it turns out it won’t be alone! Weezer is along for the ride, with three master-tracks on the way next week. The Weezer pack will contain:

“Dreamin’”
“The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”
“Troublemaker”
Release date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace)

Price:   $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the pack.)

Click the cut for the full track list of The Pixies Doolittle.

Pixies Doolittle

“Crackity Jones”
“Dead”
“Debaser”
“Gouge Away”
“Here Comes Your Man”
“Hey”
“I Bleed”
“La la Love You”
“Monkey Gone To Heaven”
“Mr Grieves”
“No 13 Baby”
“Silver”
“Tame”

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Valve Announces Steam Cloud, Network to Store Saved Games
www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52906
Valve today announced Steam Cloud, a new system in Steam that will retain gamers’ saved games and configuration files indefinitely. More …

Rumor: Microsoft May Debut New Xbox 360 Motion Controller Next Week
kotaku.com/388741/rumor-microsoft-may-debut-new-xbox-360-motion-controller-next-week
Rumors about Microsoft entering the waggle market with a specialized, Wii Remote concept swiping controller have been popping up for the better part of a year. Talk of a partnership with Gyration, speculation that Bungie had quashed a proposal for a motion controller tied to Halo 3 and murmurs that Rare was now tasked with leading the waggle wand brigade have been bubbling up frequently. Microsoft and Gyration have both denied or brushed off the rumors, but we’ve just heard it pop up again.

Rumor: Realtime Worlds hopes APB becomes GTA Online
www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/rumor-realtime-worlds-hopes-apb-becomes-gta-online/
As far as rumors go, this one isn’t much of a surprise. A mysterious masked man told Eurogamer that developer Realtime Worlds recently bought the distribution rights to its forthcoming MMO All Points Bulletin (APB to you kids) with one specific goal in mind: “so that it could try and sell it to Rockstar as GTA Online.”
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Doom 4 announced!
www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/doom-4-announced-id-software-hiring/
Id Software announced Doom 4. Also, they’re hiring, in case you have a knack for designing better in-game flashlights.

BioShock movie in development, Gore Verbinski directing
www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/bioshock-movie-in-development-gore-verbinski-directing/
Universal has signed a deal to turn Bioshock into a movie. Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) will head the project and Aviator writer John Logan may write the screenplay.
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