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Video Games Killed the Radio Star - Gangs of London

Taking a few steps from the hordes of social parasites they've decided to depict, PlayStation has rolled into our hood and colonized a portion of the website in support of their recent release Gangs of London. And, taking a few steps from the quivering masses who just sit back and let this sort of shit happen, we're giving in and helping them explain the difference between a Snakehead and a Yardie to a culture that's still wrangling with exactly what it takes to be a Mod. Check here for the scoop on new gangs each Tuesday.

Scandinavia – Zombiegrinder Goes to Town

About a year ago we asked our good friend Olle Hemmendorff to come up with a game for us. He had this idea he had been holding on to for quite some time, which fitted our Horror Issue perfectly, and thus Zombiegrinder was born. This weekend The Swedish Institute of Computer Games picked it as one of the featured games for their annual gaming fair. Olle will be there on Saturday, and if you ask him nicely he says he might even give you the even faster, standalone full-screen version of the game. Read an interview with Olle after the jump...
Play game: Zombiegrinder

Melbourne - Table Tennis Tournament

We held a massive table tennis tournament to help Rockstar launch their new game and discovered just how difficult it is to co-ordinate 64 players when you have an open bar and a dj that insists on playing deafeningly loud techno. As people were disqualified and the number of players became manageable, it got pretty intense — especially when Anthony Mundine, the king of Australian boxing, went head to head with our country's number one table tennis player (see the video). In the end, our friend Andy from the band The Midnight Juggernauts won the comp, beating the Aussie TT champ because he was useless at computer games.

VIDEO GAMES KILLED THE RADIO STAR - TABLE TENNIS

Rockstar Games Presents – Table Tennis XBOX 360
I’m guessing there’ll be a pretty large and vocal “Ping pong’s gay” contingency when this fella comes out, but honestly, does anyone care about these guys? People who actually get upset over what games video game companies decide to put out, as if some incredible new black-ops dress-up game had to be wiped from each disc to make space for this cuddly little gem? Anybody who’s ever let “gamers” in any way influence how they live their lives needs to get with a little program called not caring what 14-year-olds have to say about things and start enjoying pleasant crap like this without shame.

NEW YORK – FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS

Maybe it’s us fucking up but every time we go to the Golden Gloves we get these shitty seats and we’re basically just watching two tiny ants hit each other. This year we’re going to give Friday Night Fights a try. It’s run by the guys at Church St. Boxing gym and front row seats are really easy to get. Seeing a fight close up is a whole other story. The colors are so bright it’s like something out of Microcosmos.

AUSTRALIA - ZOMBIE WALK

A young Brisbanite was recently inspired by a little thing called the Toronto Zombie Walk, and so, took it upon himself to organise his very own Brisbane Zombie Walk. He recruited people through friends and via the internet and thought he might get 100 people along if he was lucky. Seems the kids went nuts for it and over 400 people dressed up like the undead and cruised the streets stopping traffic.