Just from looking at the trailer, it's pretty easy to tell who the director thinks the real hero (come on, one possibly works at a fast-food restaurant and the other is a science teacher). Mitchell hasn't even seen the movie, knows that he has been casted the villain from reading the reviews and press. Now he is speaking out in an article by MTV along with friends and colleagues who have come out to clear the air. According to Twin Galaxies' top scorekeeper, Walter Day:

When I saw the film, I was very upset. I saw the dynamics of stress between Billy and Steve and all those other people. At first I was mad at the players, mad at me and mad at everyone. Then I went away and sent [the filmmakers] an e-mail and said, 'Look, you got the plot all wrong.'

Tales of tweaked arcade circuit boards, skewed storylines, and made-up plots are just the tip of the iceberg in this video game drama. It's definitely a fun read for anyone missing "The OC". Kim Phu

Ex-'Donkey Kong' Champ Finally Speaks After Getting Bruised By New Doc [MTV Movie News]

WomenGamers.Com - National Computer Camp [WomenGamers via Gay Gamer]

EA Canada grabbed number one mostly attributed to the popularity of the FIFA and Need for Speed games. Number two was Nintendo who jumped from the number five slot because of DS and Wii sales.

Right now the Development 100 site looks like it has last year's listings, so I'm guessing we'll have to wait to find out the full listing. I'll keep y'all posted. Kim Phu

Develop 100 rankings hit the web [MCVUK]

The Independent Games Festival has announced the ten winners in the Student Showcase portion of their annual competition. Each winner will receive a $500 prize from the CMP Game Group to help fund their trip to the Game Developers Conference where they can show off their wares and compete for the title of Best Student Game and a $2500 prize. The winners, taken from the IGF website, are as follows:

• TU Wien's paper cut-out 2D rotation-based title ...And Yet It Moves.
• Koln International School Of Design's extremely Gilliam-esque Flash soccer mini-game pastiche Ball Of Bastards.
• DigiPen's ingenious action-oriented cartoon strategy game Base Invaders.
• Stanford University's touchscreen and voice-controlled multiplayer abstract strategic romp Euclidean Crisis.
• DigiPen's 2D innovative color-absorbing platform action title Gelatin Joe.
• Guildhall at SMU's stylized vertical shooter meets puzzle game Invalid Tangram.
• Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy's interactive singing game vs. action title Opera Slinger.
• SungKyunKwan University's extremely original puzzle-sliding platform game Rooms.
• Hogeschool van de Kunsten, Utrecht's city color-painting roll-around extravaganza The Blob.
• DigiPen's clever 3D block-manipulating shooter Toblo. (pictured)

There are some really amazing looking games in there and I wouldn't be surprised if we see one or two of these in some form on the next gen consoles. Look what happened to Portal. Flynn De Marco

2007 IGF Student Competition Finalists Announced [Independent Games Festival]
[via: Gamasutra]

Spike TV held their Video Game Awards show Friday night and I'm sure you've all been hanging on the edge of your seats for us to print the winners list. Actually, I forgot it was happening and somehow I really couldn't get up the energy to care. Thankfully, the robots at Destructoid never sleep and already went to the trouble of putting this list together so I didn't have to. For those of you who can't wait for the December 13 show date to see the outcome, make the jump for the list of winners. Some highlights appear below...

• GAME OF THE YEAR: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• STUDIO OF THE YEAR: Epic Games
• BEST ACTION GAME: Dead Rising
• BEST SHOOTER: Gears of War

Spike TV VGA Winners List

GAME OF THE YEAR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Epic Games (Gears of War)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)

BEST SONG
"Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic
Arts/Criterion Games)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)

BEST WIRELESS GAME
SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE
Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE
Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical
Entertainment)

BEST CAST
Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)

MOST ADDICTIVE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

CRITIC'S CHOICE
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)

BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD
Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)

BEST ACTION GAME
Dead Rising (Capcom)

CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)

BEST PC GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)

BEST RPG
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST SHOOTER
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)

BEST MILITARY GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)

BEST GRAPHICS
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)

BEST HANDHELD GAME
New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
WII (Nintendo)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)

BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)

GAMERS CHOICE: BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
(Atari/The Collective)

GAMERS CHOICE: CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
"Jack Sparrow" portrayed by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7Studios/Buena Vista Games)
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We delayed the contest more times than Team Ninja is going to delay DoA 4. Finally, we stopped extending deadlines and had to man up. The winner of the Hot Rod DS is: derekc.

The five losers runners-up receive a Nintendo DS stylus and they are: Drew, the_briarpatch, Cerif27, Ravidrath and supersloth.

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