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For the past week, we've been storing up our deepest reserves of gaming energy in preparation for the onslaught of titles due out over the next 60 days. It's a pretty rigorous process -- one which forces us to save our precious endurance, preventing us from performing simple tasks like showering, cleaning or generally moving out of one spot. Thank goodness we work from home, right?

Fortunately, it doesn't take too much physical exertion to compile our seven favorite gaming webcomics of this past week, listed below. Check them out, and vote for your favorite in the poll after the jump!

Welcome to the Party, Pal (No Cash Value)
The Fashion Imperative (Penny Arcade)
Untitled (Another Videogame Webcomic)
Janitor of the Mushroom Kingdom Part 3 (Brawl in the Family)
Remember Reach (Virtual Shackles)
Fethers (Awkward Zombie)
Scouting (Nerf Now)

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#photoshop Last week we learned that Chrysler, maker of the Jeep brand, was ginning up a special ve-hickle for Call of Duty: Black Ops. So we put it to you to design a concept car for other video game franchises. More »

Haven't picked up a copy of PS3's massively multiplayer first person shooter, MAG? If you wait just a few more days, you'll be able to get the Greatest Hits version for only $29.99. Available on September 28th, the budget re-release comes just in time for the big 2.0 patch, which adds support for PlayStation Move motion controls and a whole slew of online fixes and tweaks. Considering Zipper's upcoming game, SOCOM 4, won't be available until 2011, this may be a good way of satiating your tactical shooting urges.

[Thanks, frank!]

#mods "Household Holes" is the Internet's foremost journal of research into the means of kit-bashing, jury-rigging and misappropriating everyday items for, uh, pleasurable insertion. Don't ask me why I know this, I just read it for the articles. More »

#clips Damon Bruce of San Francisco, is the host of a new halftime show in NBA 2K11 presenting highlights from your game and others around the league, all within the storyline of your current season. Get a look at it here. More »

#dlc The achievement set for Halo: Reach lists 49 achievements for a total Gamerscore of 1,000. That there screen, in the latest Bungie Weekly Update, adds 10 cheevs and 250 Gamerscore. DLC inbound? More »

This week's Bungie.net news update brought with it more than just info about Halo: Reach's Xbox Live stats -- it also featured a couple of screens showing an extra 10 Achievements and 250 Gamerscore for the just released title. In a segment explaining how to install the game to the 360's hard drive, two screens can be clearly seen with the adjusted Gamerscore and 'Cheevo count (1250 up from 1000 Gamerscore and 59 up from 49 Achievements).

Bungie doesn't directly address the changes in its update, instead hinting at "some new stuff" being added in a "potential second October update." Unfortunately, this hint is dropped right after talk of the regular housekeeping performed on Halo multiplayer, so it's unclear what's being hinted at directly. Halo 3 was eventually lavished with an astonishing 1750 Gamerscore when all was said and done, so the idea of an extra 250 doesn't seem like much of a reach if you ask us.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Your adventure begun when you inherited your uncle’s old sailing ship; and his journal with it. The journal revealed his best-kept secret; your uncle was a pirate. You find out about the many treasures he’d taken while sailing together with the greatest pirate of all, Bluebeard. These treasures - they remain hidden away [...]

#screengrab What happened to Kirby, indeed. I'd say that thing is an epic yard. Seen in an email Nintendo sent to gamers this morning. Thanks to reader Christian C. More »

#free Electronic Arts and Yum! Brands are thick as thieves. Last year we had some kind of Kentucky Madden Super Fried Smack Pack meal; this year, sibling fastfood hut Taco Bell is handing out free discs for the Sims' Wii franchise. More »

Featuring Nat King Cole's classic rendition of "Orange Colored Sky," the first TV commercial for Fallout: New Vegas has hit the internet. Just like that -- flash! bang! alakazam! -- out of Bethesda's dev blog. We've dropped it past the break.

#stickjockey In two weeks, President Obama will appear in a video game for the second time in two months. Is he being paid for that? Is the White House cutting deals with sports game makers? Not likely. More »

Wayforward Technologies' gorgeous looking platformer Shantae's Risky Revenge will dance its way to Nintendo's DSiWare download service on October 4, according to the dev's official newsletter. Ready the Nintendo Points! More »

For iPhone and iPad owners who are also old, Capcom has released a new game starring the 1970s Saturday Night Live character Mr. Bill. In Mr. Bill, players guide the unlucky clay character through a series of jobs given to him by the Sluggo Employment Agency.

Two jobs are available in the initial game: human cannonball and farm hand. Capcom plans to release more levels and jobs in the future -- for free. The first update will be a zombie-themed level due on Halloween. Do zombies eat clay?

If you're at all curious about this vintage character's new adventure, Capcom has temporarily priced the game at 99 cents for the launch. The publisher didn't mention the regular price, but it's, you know, more.

We've known since May that Alan Wake's second downloadable content extension would be titled "The Writer." Last night, Gametrailers told us it'll get here Oct. 12. The pack costs 560 Microsoft Points. More »

The versatile Garry's Mod is available now for Mac. To celebrate, the app will be $5 for the next week -- that's 50 percent off the regular price. Though, remember, if you own the PC version, you automagically own the Mac port. The one caveat with Garry's Mod is that you need to own another Source Engine game before use.

In the right hands, the mod can be used to make engaging Machinima like "The Jacknife Chronicles." In our hands, it would be used to make the umpteenth version of Gman doing "Banana Phone."

#gameoftheweek Something like three-fourths of NCAA Football's user base play it principally for Dynasty mode, and of those, probably more than half have done it to take the game's worst team to national prominence. More »

Riku and King Mickey - Riku is infested with bugs - Sora is going to clear the bugs - Sora receives kind words from King Mickey that state, “The friends who always fight alongside you are here.” Hollow Bastion - control Sora here - Sora has lost his keyblade - issue commands such as “Destroy blocks,” “Attack enemies,” and “Follow Sora” to [...]