Actually, it's likely an Xbox 360 Controller for Windows - I doubt they're using a console to display the video. It's probably something their production team put together on a PC and gave Pereira the controller for ease of use.

But it is intriguing, I suppose. It also reminds me of how I completely screw up my replays in Madden and NCAA 10 because I'm moving the two sticks like an FPS camera.

The game notably addresses the "gamex86.dll" error that may have shut your game down for good. The positive news is that you should be able to pick up your progress from a previous save. The bad news is you may have to patch twice. For a full list of changes and places from which to download, hit up Wolfenstein.com.

New Wolfenstein PC Patch 1.11 now available to download [Official Site]

Blow confirmed that the PC version—and, eventually, the Mac version—comes with an unannounced editor, allowing players to swap out graphics, sound and level designs. The developer says budding Braid designers can custom make "up to a full game, potentially" with built-in tools.

And when he says "full game," he obviously means a brick-by-brick recreation of Super Mario Bros. level 1-1.

Map editor for Braid? [Steam Forums via Destructoid]

The time-shifting platforming adventure is now available to digitally download for Windows PCs via Greenhouse, Impulse and Gamersgate, all for the low price of $14.95. Where it's not available yet, unfortunately, is through Valve's Steam service. That version has been pushed back until tomorrow meaning Steam Achievements will just have to wait.

Did I mention that we really, really liked Braid? You should get it. There's a demo version available, should you find our recommendations untrustworthy.

With the EA De-Authorization Management Tool, you can now do sane things like reformat your hard drive and install new video game hardware without the same level of hassle (or using up one of your handful of permitted activations). Simply de-authorize your installed PC game, then install the game on another machine, without wasting those previous software activations.

This applies to games like Mass Effect, Dead Space and even your copy of The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff expansion—any EA published PC game released after May 2008.

For the full list of applicable games, read on.

• Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• Crysis Warhead
• Dead Space
• FiFA Manager 09
• FIFA Soccer 09
• Littlest Pet Shop
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
• Mass Effect
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
• Mirror's Edge
• MySims
• Need for Speed: Undercover
• NHL 09
• Spore
• Spore Creature Creator
• The Sims 2: Apartment Life
• The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff
• The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff

EA Game Authorization Management [EA via Blues News]

Why you'd do this, we don't know. Unless you had no arms, or something. It could at least have some back-up dancing and maybe some kind of highland jig. Or be put to use on something a little more interesting. Like a game. But still, seeing two DDR dancemats (for the PS2, no less) stitched together and made to do something practical is worth a "well done" and a pat on the head.

Largest TV Remote Ever Controls Windows Media Center [Gizmodo]

Epic Games' forum dwellers began kvetching about the issue within the past 24 hours, when presented with a warning that read "The certificate has expired or is not yet valid." Gears Of War PC players found that resetting their system clocks back to the day before the Verisign certificate expired or earlier let them play as normal.

Fortunately, Epic seems to be well aware of the problem, responding in the official forum with "We have been notified of the issue and are working with Microsoft to get it resolved."

Epic reps offered their apologies, opting not to point the finger at any party possibly responsible for the lapse in certificate renewal.

Given Microsoft's recent problems with keeping Zunes working on a day-to-day basis, we think we might know who the culprit is.

Modified executable code!! HELP!! [Epic Games Forums via Ripten]

FiringSquad have taken a look at how it runs across two systems: a mid-spec one (AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition) and a high-end machine (Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition). While the results areworth a look at, it's worth remembering, remembering then remembering again that Windows 7 is still in beta. So there's room for improvement.

Anyway, that caveat out of the way, above are some of the results more relevant to you, the game-playing public.

More detailed break-downs - including Crysis at DirectX 10 - below.

Windows 7 Beta Gaming Performance: XP vs Vista vs 7 [FiringSquad, via Evil Avatar]

Unfortunately, that's all the info that Squenix is providing, noting that whatever those new features are will be announced later. Date? No. Price? Nuh-uh. Just know that The Last Remnant is coming and that it will have an .exe.

The PlayStation 3 port of the RPG is still "TBA," if you're holding out for it.

MARVEL at the luminous 'magic is happening' lightshow! THRILL to the giant spiders! SWOON at the one where it is all dark apart from the glowy red bits!

And GAWP at the really quite improbable physique of the protagonist Ayumi. That's quite a big sword for a lass with arms like two Men's Pocky.

According to IGN, the official minimum and recommended PC system requirements have also been revealed. The recommended requirements closely match what was posted on the official Games For Windows site — then pulled — last month. The full specs are after this.

Minimum System Requirements
* OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
* Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
* Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

Recommended System Requirements
* OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
* Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
* 18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
* Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870

GTA IV PC Delayed to December [IGN]

There have been a few minor gems since the iPhone 3G arrived and Steve Jobs made his bold claim, but the Boing Boing Gadgets crew seem rather taken with action/strategy title Galcon.

The game is a conversion of the desktop title for Windows, OSX and Linux and offers fast-paced Risk-like gameplay with an emphasis on short-burst battles - just the thing for a quick bus journey but with solid enough strategy element to keep you coming back.

The game costs just $5 (compared to $20 for the desktop incarnation) and there is a 'Lite' version available as a free demo through the App Store.

A few hours with Galcon, the first killer game for iPhone [BB Gadgets]

"The person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know [BitTorrent] to know all the elements so they can pirate software," says Bleszinski. "Therefore, high-end videogames are suffering very much on the PC."

Hmph! Thanks a lot, assholes. Oh, not you, Cliff. We were talking to the dude stealing your game.

Gears Of War 2 - Cliff Bleszinski Q&A [TVG]

The whole thing is time limited and may very well not be offered in the country of your choosing. For the lucky bargain hunters, have at it.

Rockstar Games [Steam]

• OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000
• CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
• RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
• DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive
• HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space
• VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
• SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card

Time for an upgrade! That, or coming to terms with playing the Xbox 360 version. *shudder*

Left 4 Dead Official System Requirements [HalfLife2.net Forums via Shacknews]

Windows 7 M3 Build 6780: Pictures and Videos(soon) [thinknext, via Shacknews]

Any armchair Karl Roves might be tempted by a freebie version of the game, The Political Machine Express'08, which offers all the thrills and spills of the full game's 21-week election campaign, less a couple of extra features (such as running historical campaigns or trying to become president of an alien world)

We thought the 2004 edition relied a little too much on issues and rational thought - cynics and realists will be pleased to learn that the '08 version incorporates spin doctors, smear merchants and political intimidation.

The Political Machine Express '08[Stardock]

What we saw, a Rockstar controlled run through of the memorable "Three Leaf Clover" mission, looked exactly how we remember it, just much, much sharper. Higher resolution textures, crisp anti-aliasing, better streaming and higher draw distances will certainly appeal to the graphics whore in you.

If not, GTA IV for PC's higher multiplayer cap and game searching filters might. The PC port's other big bullet point, the replay recorder and editor, wasn't on display, but will definitely make for memorable machinima.

In short, it looked damn good, if more than familiar, on a 50" plasma screen at one notch below max resolution.

Ben There, Dan That follows the adventures of programmer Dan Marshall and his reanimated zombie flatmate, Ben. What starts out as a simple hunt for a TV aerial to facilitate viewing of Magnum: PI turns into a multidimensional quest for a missing Yin-Yang.

If you don't mind some fairly primitive graphics, enjoy in-jokes about retro gaming and think you can stomach what Zombie Cow themselves describe as "the odd dabble of mild racism" (Eh? Careful with the irony guns, guys, that stuff can get everywhere) then BTDT is available for the low, low price of free - although Zombie Cow would certainly not object if you wanted to chuck a donation their way.

Ben There, Dan That [Zombie Cow]