No shortage of titles this week, but not a lot of them are significant, save for another Ace Attorney game on the DS, and, of course, Chicken Riot, which for some reason makes me want to add some sort of hip-hop based curse word after it. Oh, and our feature, the somewhat controversial Aliens vs. Predator (except for our Australian friends, so it’s Chicken Riot for you).

So the Olympics are upon us once again. And this time, they’re in my home country of Canada. This doesn’t have a lot to do with gaming, except for the fact that the big screen is going to be pretty much monopolized by Olympic watching, leaving little time for me to get back into Uncharted 2 or Bayonetta. But, the Olympics are kind of a big deal, and it’s still enjoyable to watch all the different events going on and all the elite athletes who’ve dedicated years to training for their sport have everything come down to one day, or perhaps as little as 10 seconds. It’s fascinating, almost like practicing your button tapping for years just be ready for that day that you have to do that one Quick Time Event.

I’m not sure what to make of this controversial sexual health game that the Middlesex-London Health Unit have developed. On the one hand, I love what they’re trying to accomplish and the way they’re trying to reach their audience through any means necessary. But do we really need a villain with penis arms going around shooting everyone with his DNA? I think the game goes awry by getting perhaps a bit too crude for the audience they’re trying to target.

Since I’m apparently a notorious user of cliches, I think I’ll close with some random thoughts:

• If you weren’t convinced that Activision is a soulless, money-grubbing beat of a corporation, perhaps their layoffs from this week have finally brought you around.
• This Australian R18+ debate is getting better by the day. Michael Atkinson is comparing gamers to biker gangs, the Christian fundamentalist groups are getting involved, people are leaving notes under Atkinson’s door, this story went from annoying to awesome pretty quickly.
• Heavy Rain looks awesome. And I really don’t want to play it. I don’t know a lot about the story, but from the little bits and pieces I’ve put together, I think certain parts of it might hit a little too close to home. I have three young boys. I have a bad feeling that scene in the mall will be unplayable for me. But then again, I’m kind of a wuss.
• What the heck is Just Dance, and why is it selling so darn well?
• Fanbois rule, especially Nintendo ones.