It comes from Michael "IFC Yipes" Mendoza and was dropped in the stream-of-conscious lingo play-by-play of this MvC2 fight years back. Capcom's Seth Killian saw Yipes at Evo 2009 last week and got him to sign some cans of chips crisps for the big giveaway that Capcom-Unity is running.

Of course, the actual answer is easy to peg and quite prosaic; someone who is pringles is likely an easy opponent. Has a fever for the flavor of getting his ass beaten, if you will. But Seth's opening this up to more creative takes on the definition of the term.

Just remember, if you win, you'll end up getting a can of Pringles that's probably three weeks old. Then again these things are jampacked with enough preservatives I'm sure they'll still be good in August. 2012.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: "It's So Pringles" Contest! [Capcom-Unity]

Specifically, it's "from dwarven butcher shops." Makes sense, don't dwarves have infravision? I guess that's why one bite bathes the room in that pale Paris Hilton-sextape nightvision glow.

BioWare's Dragon Age Twitter feed touted this video on Friday, but by no means is it official. Which kind of sucks, because I love sausage, and pretty much any game goes better with a hunk of savory meat.

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Collector's Edition [YouTube, thanks gill bates]

The trademark finders at Superannuation have uncovered a recently filed trademark application from Namco Bandai Games for a game called "God Eater". The application was filed on May 5th, and covers "Video game cartridges, computer game programs" as well as "Entertainment, namely providing a computer game that may be accessed network-wide by network users via mobile phones and computers; providing computer games via network between communications networks and computers". It most likely won't be a video game about actually eating gods, but until Namco Bandai actually reveals what the title is feel free to imagine nipping into a steaming hot plate of theological beings.

And "video game cartridges?" How very quaint.
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No, Velvet was just a runner up. The winner was the girl who dressed up as Izuna, The Unemployed Ninja, who did a lovely job of representing the DS series despite not having quite the same assets to work with. Check out the gallery for the rest of the runners up, or hit the link to see all the entries, a disturbing number of which have guns pointed at their heads.

Atlus-O-Weenie Contest Entries [Atlus]

First and foremost, I'm sorry. Klei Entertainment asked me to review their foody puzzle game Eets more than a month ago, and at this point even the plaintive little "sooo....when's that review goin' up?" emails have ceased.

I'm really sorry.

You know how when you know something is going to be really freaking sweet, and it takes on this life in your head where you keep putting it off because you just don't have the free time it needs to really bloom as an entity? ZeFrank addresses this issue in one of his masterpieces, naming it "brain crack" because it is so very tasty, and so horribly bad for you.

I knew Eets was a fantastic game, and I knew it was going to need a glowing review, and I just kept putting it off.

I'm truly sorry.

Eets is described as "a fun combination of Lemmings and the Incredible Machine". It stars a wee white tadpole-looking critter that is very hungry. And when Eets eats, the things he eats will change his general outlook on life. And his mood affects his behavior: a fearful Eets will shy away from a cliff that an angry Eets will throw himself over. Moving him through levels is mostly a process of placing various edibles in his path, which he will eat, his behavior changing according to the type of food.

Added to this basic mechanic are a whole trove of gadgets and toys. Explosive minecarts, chocolate cannons, angry whales, and my personal favorite: excitable pigs that fart smaller pigs when you poke 'em.

Of course I'm not kidding. Don't ever question me.

And as the game progresses, the difficulty ramps up steadily while new toys are introduced. This handily circumvents boredom and very aptly handles the learning curve.

I also dig the art style. It's somewhere between Invader Zim and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, with the clean goodness of vectors and a very decent handle on color palettes. But with all the cleanliness of it, it retains a very slight awkwardness that actually goes a long way to making the game approachable.

Puzzle games are usually not my thang; I'm more of a splodin' heads sort of gamer. But I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Eetsworld and can heartily and with good conscience recommend it to you fine folks.

You can get Eets at the official Eets website for $19.95, which is a steal for such a polished title.

Final Score: I don't go in for that scoring bullshit. I either like a game or I don't. I like Eets. Eliza Gauger

Eets Official Website [Eets]

Today's nerd hero, reader Timothy, zapped us a pic of this delicious-looking game cake. He explains:

This picture was taken at my wedding in June. My birthday was 3 days before the wedding and my wife had the wedding cake baker make a birthday cake for me for at the reception in the shape of a Gamecube. Sadly, only part of the controller is visible in this picture. I knew nothing about it until we got to the reception. It was a wonderfully nerdy moment on an otherwise not nerdy day.

Birthday three days before your wedding? Good thinking! That way you'll never forget your anniversary. Brian Ashcraft

Game Cakes, O Boy

Since my constant craving for cupcakes is surpassed only by my actual ingestion of cake and cake products, I give you photos of game-flavored cakes. Because you must also suffer for want of cake. It is fair and just. Thanks for the tip, Rick.

Says Slashfood:

According to blogger r4kk4, these cakes, which include the Nintendo you see here, arcade versions of Centipede and Ms. Pacman and a Gameboy with Tetris pieces, were created for a cakewalk to benefit the nonprofit youth literacy group 826 Seattle.

These cakes are nearby, you say? I see...yes, it all becomes clear. Cake = reading. Got it. Eliza Gauger

Cake [GlitterPissing, via Slashfood]