Mark Serrels of Kotaku Australiarecently posted an opinion piececalling for gamers — and fans in general — to “care less” about the media that they consume. Hatred, bile, irrationality, and “the sh*tstorm following negative reviews,” he says, is a product of people caring too much about such things. I say that we should caremore. Mind, I’m not arguing that we needmoreinternet vitriol. Just the opposite, in fact. But it’s wrong to think that the solution to fandom’s worst excesses is replace anger with apathy....

HAHAHAHA! BUG! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Of course, scorpions and spiders are arachnids, not bugs. Shut up and have some screenshots of the Wii game that everybody is talking about … when they remember it exists …Deadly Creatures. It stars Dennis Hopper and it features a spider and a scorpion working together like Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, only with more leg and enough eyes to more than make up for those not pulling their weight in the ocular department....

When theWorld of Warcraftpet store gets itslatest two petsadded to it in the form of the Wind Rider Cub and the Gryphon Hatchling the game itself will also be getting its first plushies. The plushies are landing at theBlizzard Storeon Monday for the price of $24.99 and come with the in-game pet equivalent and some fancy bags. They also come with a whole dump truck of cute and cuddly. Tomopophas a full run down and plenty of images of the two plushies....

Everyday Shooteris the PS3’s answer toGeometry Wars, created by Jonathan Mak and Queasy Games. The game plays just like Geometry Wars, for the little amount of time that I’ve played it, and focuses on musical rhythms. As Jonathan himself put it onthe game’s website: Everyday Shooteris an album of games exploring the expressive power of abstract shooters. Dissolute sounds of destruction are replaced with guitar riffs harmonizing over an all-guitar soundtrack, while modulating shapes celebrate the flowing beauty of geometry....

Really?DJ Hero? Really? Another day, another batch of useless digital clothing that we’re expected to pay good money for. In addition to a whole batch ofDJ Herostuff, you can now buyAssassin’s Creed 2gearas well. Great news for incredibly stupid people with too much money and not enougn brain cell! Such items include Ezio and Altair costumes forAC2, and decks, record boxes and masks forDJ Hero. As ever, this stuff would be absolutely fantastic if it were free, but for 160 MS Points, Microsoft can shove that Jugglenort mask up its Jugglearse....

Holy hell! Look at this thing! Sonyhas announceda new peripheral for fans of racing games who aren’t content with their current methods of input. The PlayStation Move Racing Wheel, as it’s been so eloquently named, will be releasing this fall for $39.99. Snark aside, this peripheral could be pretty goodfor what it is, especially when compared to Microsoft’ssimilar offeringfor Xbox 360. And, hey, it’s actually got vibration feedback. The current list of supported games includesGran Turismo 5,Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit,Burnout Paradise,MotorStorm Apocalypse, andLittleBigPlanet Karting....

The last of the four founders ousted from Red 5 Studios Co-founder and CEO of Red 5 Studios, Mark Kern, has been voted out of the company behindFireFall“effectively immediately.” Mark was also removed from the board, and no longer has any authority with Red 5. The story comes via an email sent to employees obtained byGame Front, which you can read for yourself below. The troubled free-to-play shooter has been going through a lot of issues, from layoffs in September that saw a 10% reduction in staff, tothe suspension and retoolingof the PvP element that only drew in 3% of players....

There’s some confusion on the new releases list this week and there might be a ton more games out this week than what’s actually listed after the break. At the very least, everything that’s listed are the major titles out of the bunch. Unless you think shovelware is a lot better in this case. Anyway, the only game I have some slight interest in getting isCall of Juarez: Bound in Blood....

WithMega Man 9on the horizon sometime in September, Capcom has decided to keep building the hype by releasing the originalMega Manto the VC. Even better, they’re wasting no time in doing so. The game will drop tomorrow, according to a post on theCapcom Unity Blog. I, for one, welcome back our Robot Masters. The good news doesn’t stop there, though. Early in September, Capcom plans to also releaseMega Man 2. If you could see me right now, you would witness a man so full of love for the world....

With less than twenty days to go untilFallout 3is unleashed upon the world, I’m finding it increasingly harder to contain my sheer joy and excitement. While sadly I won’t be playing the game on a PC — believe me, I would if I could — it’s obvious a good number of you guys will, and that’s why we’re happy to unmask thesystem requirementsfor Bethesda’s latest creation. Unfortunately, you’ll have to hit the jump to see ’em as they take up too much room to fit in this space....

This week’s fake game comes frommichiyoyoshiku, a forum member who has more letters in his name than actual posts. If you need an idea of what the game is like, simply look above: imagine the Elian Gonzales case turned into a rip-roaring action-adventure title. Hit the jump to see what michi is talking about. His original post has not been edited, to preserve the author’s intent: “Ok here’s my idea for a game...

Much to my delight, we’ve seen a lot of games in recent times delve into the subject matter of life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. What we haven’t really seen, however, is such a theme taking place in Russia. Enough with the same old “everything blew up, so therefore everything looks utterly brown” scenario for just a minute, guys. 4A Games upcoming PC and Xbox 360 titleMetro 2033has mutated beingsanda world covered in snow (trailer here)....

Last night we received a tip from Neil Christie sharing with us what he called “more bullsh*t in the UK press.” Indeed, it was a column by an elderly man called Giles Whittell, whose out-of-touch and frightened scrawling shan’t be directly linked to. This is because I’d rather benefit from his mad warblings while offering him no traffic in return. I will link tothis great CBlogabout it, though. Here’s a sample of his senile rambling: I hate video games, on or offline....