Legomancer Steve Barker has created a sentry gun out of Legos. The next Girl Scout who tries walking up the drive is going to be screwed.

Industry and multi-console news

New media: Rock Revolution gameplay footage with added cringe factor

• In addition to World Tour being compatible with Rock Band instruments, World Tour instruments will also work with the first Rock Band. Isn't it better when we all get along?
• Continuing from comments made by execs from EA and Ubisoft, David Perry has criticized E3 as well, calling it "broken", "expensive" and "an embarrassment."
• Speaking of being an embarrassment, EA has extended the time limit on their Take Two offer yet again.
• 18 of the 20 titles in the new sales charts for Germany and Spain are on Nintendo systems.
• British Gaming Blog has a list of what games were no-shows at E3. I had forgotten that I was kind of expecting a second Beyond Good & Evil trailer.
• Gamasutra has an interview with Reo Yonaga, aka the designer at Q Entertainment that isn't Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
• Peter Moore has had his face scanned in for the game Facebreaker, in case you've ever wanted the opportunity to punch him.
• Australia's ratings database refers to Too Human as "multiplatform." Could always be a mistake, of course.
• Forbes picks eight must-see travel destinations for gamers.
• One of the cars in GTA4 is named after a game violence researcher. She doesn't seem bothered.
• An armless UK mayor is being motion-captured for an upcoming video game. Must have been a ping-pong ball shortage.
• Joystiq has an interview with Todd Howard about Fallout 3.
• If you're annoyed with Mercenaries 2 for having in-game ads, there are missions where your goal is to blow them up.
• MTV talks to the producer of Resident Evil 5 about the setting, controls, and early reactions of racism.

PC and mobile news

New media: Quake Live debut trailer

• With the Wrath of the Lich King NDA expired, WoW Insider has a summary of all the new information coming in about the expansion.
• Flagship has suspended development on the MMO Mythos following reports of major layoffs at the studio.
• Crytek has acquired Black Sea Studios.
• A Ghost Recon pack containing all five games in the series has been added to Steam for $39.99.

Nintendo news

New WiiWare title: Pirates: The Key of Dreams
New Virtual Console titles: Super Fantasy Zone, Gley Lancer

• Capcom has officially announced Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop for American release.
• The Milestone Shooting Collection is coming to America. The disc includes three games: Chaos Field, Radilgy and Karous.
• Wired imagines the Nintendo conference everyone wanted and no one got. "Shaun White: (Says nothing, as he is not on stage.)"
• The Famicase exhibition in Japan has artists coming up with fake Famicom carts for non-existant Famicom games. You can see this year's gallery here.
• Amazon's deal of the day is Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, both $22.99.

Sony news

New media: LittleBigPlanet boss fight gameplay, Warhawk and Uncharted Home Game Space screenshots

• Konami has apologized for the Metal Gear Online problems, but say there "are no permanent solutions" for the time being.
• Kotaku has unofficial details on MAG based on what Sony showed to a focus group less than a month before E3.
• Target reservation cards mention an October 21 release date for LittleBigPlanet.
• Capable players may be able to sell their LittleBigPlanet creations. For real money.
• Jack Tretton says that dropping backwards compatibility was a cost issue. "If you paid $599 for [one] machine that had backwards compatibility, now for $529 you can get a PS3 and a PS2. You can stack them on top of each other if you really want to."
• The PS3 video service is not coming to PAL territories in 2008.
• BioShock will be getting trophies, with 2K providing a couple of examples.

Microsoft news

New Xbox Original: Jade Empire
New media: Fable 2 developer walkthroughs, Gridrunner+++ screenshots

• This week's Live Arcade titles are Go! Go! Break Steady and 1942: Joint Strike.
• EBGames has details on what comes with the Limited Edition of Gears of War 2.
• GameSetWatch clarifies what Portal: Still Alive is. Namely, it's a stand-alone version of Portal that includes new maps. Said new maps are taken from the Portal Flash Version map pack, which PC players can download and play right now for free.
• A Gears of War book trilogy is in the works.
• Major Nelson has explained that no, you don't have to make an avatar if you think the eighth graders will make fun of you, and no, hard drive installations for games will never be required.
• Game Informer's rumor column suggests Dead Rising 2 could be episodic.
• Ars Technica explains how to play as all the classes in the Too Human demo.