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THQ allows our imaginations to run wild.

Feast your eyes on EA Sports' portable basketball offering.

Filed under: Podcasts The ol' Fancast keeps on truckin' this week, with intrepid hosts Alexander, Xav and Richard pressing on through some nigh indomitable audio issues. We discuss Forza 3, Dante's Inferno and the evils of Games on Demand. We also welcome back the Spoiler Warning feature, in which we discuss Batman: Arkham Asylum. Grab a blanket, sidle up next to the fire and warm your soul with some piping hot Fancast. [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3). [Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in Zune Marketplace (MP3). [RSS MP3] Add the Xbox 360 Fanboy Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [MP3] Download the MP3 directly. Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander), Xav de Matos (Snypz). Produced by Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Punching Goodbye Out Front" by Kinski. For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group

Final Fight 2 (SNES, 1 -2 players, 800 Wii Points) This week's offering punches the Virtual Console silly, continuing the adventures of everyone's favorite wrestler-turned-politician (What, you think Jesse Ventura deserves that honor? Pfft ...) in Final Fight 2. It doesn't innovate or really add much more to the original experience -- well, except for more dudes to punch. There are plenty more thugs to beat on, that's for sure. But what it lacks in innovation, it makes up for in dudes to punch. Seriously, do you wanna punch dudes? Because that's totally what's going on here. Every week, we like to check out what's new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we're pushy jerks like that.

A portion of a UGO review… You may like this if: …You have a fascination with all things Katamari Damacy. …You have a primal urge to wreck stuff. …You enjoy a simple, fun game. You may not like this if: …You expect the charm of Katamari Damacy. …You need a lot of variety in your games …You can’t get over the way Saturday [...]

Comes see the new mode in motion.

Dekaron's highly anticipated new update is now available.

A portion of an NWR review… Dirt 2 is as vanilla a racer as you’re going to find on Wii. There are some unlockable videos and vehicle skins, but this is a very generic package that feels like it was phoned in.

There are few things more awesome than battling in outer space.

Green Hill Zone Doesn’t the Green Hill Zone look like a great place to live? We’re talking about post-Robotnik interference, of course. Blue skies, happy animals, bouncy flowers and crystal-clear waters. Sign me up, I’m down for a Green Hill vacation!

The Achievement aficionados over at Xbox360Achievments.org have uncovered the Xbox 360 Achievements for Left 4 Dead 2. The Achievements offer some insane challenges -- "Survive a campaign on Expert skill with Realism mode enabled" -- and, if accurate, also confirm the recently uncovered "Dead Center" and "Hard Rain" campaigns. The Achievements also detail some new features and confirm other rumored features, most notably a defibrillator which can be used to revive teammates. Also mentioned is an adrenaline power-up to boost speed, deployable ammo upgrades and ... a bile bomb. We really hope that last one does what we think it does. Head over to X360A for the full list (warning: watch for spoilers ... and Tanks).

Two magazine pictures from two different times. The picture of Mr. Nagoshi (Super Monkey Ball) is looking snazzy with cigarette in-hand, and Itagaki is without his trademark sunglasses and long hair in this ancient picture. Man…quite the pair of chaps, don’t you think?!

Demon's Souls is not your friend, nor does it want or try to be. Your relationship is on its terms and you can love it or leave it. From Software's dungeon crawler comes from some sick, demented alternate plane of existence, where arcades are thriving and popping quarters into your console is how publisher Atlus recoups the costs of the game. It's a reality where Diablo was a tremendous flop because gamers have accepted masochism as the only measure for a game's quality. Demon's Souls is your leather-clad mistress and -- the worst part -- if you can withstand the pain for almost eight hours, you may, in what can only be described as a horrifying epiphany ... begin to enjoy it.

There's an interesting piece over at InternetNews.com about how hackers target Xbox Live accounts, and from it, we were able to get some good tips on how you can protect yourself from a similar threat. While you aren't able to hide your gamerscore, you can make your account a bit less desirable on the black market by hiding the games you've been playing. Avoid services like Mygamercard.net that promote your gamerscore and, in doing so, make you a larger target. Put fake information in your Xbox Live account, then use pre-paid cards to buy things and pay for the service, thereby making identity theft less damaging. No, we don't actually do any of these things, but if you're a worrywart you can't say we don't have your back.

If you’re willing to part with $50, you can grab yourself an import black Wiimote from Amazon. I don’t think that’s worth the price, but I know some of you will be interested! Grab yours right here (thanks Supa_S!)

The US has invested a healthy amount of money into combating the terrorist threat -- certainly a bit more than $100. According to a CNN report, one of a few experimental methods being used to identify suspicious dudes at the airport uses Nintendo's Wii Balance Board (sans Wii Fit Plus).Scientists part of the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) program have taken the Wii Fit peripheral and adjusted it to measure how a person shifts their weight. Scientists hope to find "a level of fidgeting that would suggest the need for secondary screening." We're just glad we're not a part of the study, because every time we step on a Balance Board, we can't help but act like we're playing that awesome hula hoop minigame. That's a suspicious amount of fidgeting.[Via Kotaku]

You may see a Wii exercise bike accessory and think it's ridiculous. We think it's about time. Not because there's never been an exercise bike controller before, but because there has. The Life Fitness Exertainment System did the video game/exercise bike interface back in 1994, allowing players to pedal along with Mountain Bike Rally or Speed Racer. However, you had to order the thing, and it cost around $3500.While the bike accessory with Big Ben Interactive's Cyberbike has yet to be priced, we are certain it'll carry a more modest price point than the Life Fitness system. Unless the company has to make back what it'll lose when Ubisoft sues it for calling its other newly-announced exercise game My Body Coach.

This information comes from the Japanese magazine, Otona Fami… - Domestic sales for the franchise are at 1 trillion yen - Worldwide sales for the franchise are at 2 trillion yen - “monetary effect” of ANA’s Pokemon jet and JR’s Pokemon stamp rally are at 2 billion yen and 4 billion yen respectively - total game copies for Pokemon [...]

Choose your own path in this interactive story from the game.

Halo fans better start clearing room off their desks and dressers.

Delve into the dark world of nightmares in the relentless horror-themed FPS.

Check out this new intro full motion video that plays prior to the start of the game.

The battles are back--in space!