Yes, that's a banana in his pocket and no, Henry Gribbohm is not happy to see you. He drained his life savings, all $2,600 of it, in his vain pursuit of an Xbox 360 grand prize at a carnival game. He did take home this swell dreadlocked banana, the source of our latest 'Shop Contest, led by overall No. 1 Rokeden!

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If "Ranger Mode" is the way Metro: Last Light is "meant to be played," why is it a preorder bonus and not in the main edition? "Offering game content as a pre-order exclusive is a requirement by retail," the game's publisher told PC Gamer. Ranger Mode is $5 to non-preorderers because that's the minimum they can charge.

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The Awesome, 100% Accurate Planetary Orbits of Blast Corps' Map Screen

Blast Corps, for the Nintendo 64, didn't give much of a damn for accurate physics. You could drive on gas-giant Neptune, and it had the lowest gravity of any of the game's extraterrestrial levels (it should be the highest). But as GameXplain marvelously demonstrates, the map menu is jaw-droppingly true to life.

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Crimefighting Babysitter Foils PS3 Robbery by Telling Suspect's Mom

Oklahoma's most idiotic robbery (this week) ended in the arrest of two teenagers who brandished a firearm at a babysitter and two children and stole a PlayStation 3 from their home. However, one of the suspects forgot to tuck in his bandana properly, helping Nancy Drew crack the case before the commercial break.

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These past few weeks haven't seen a lot of good news thrown World of Warcraft's way. The MMO shed more than a million users over the past year, a development Activision's CEO called "troubling." Before that, some of the game's hardest-core players called it quits, too.

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