Ryo has released a new version of his replacement menu for the GP2X.

Heres whats new:

Fixed flickering in context menu
Fixed bug that prevented correct launch of some applications
Interface color configurable (START brings up an options menu) (removed img/selection.png)
Saves and restores last selected section and link
Added global config file
Sections with no icon are displayed with a default one (icons/section.png)
Added virtual keyboard for editing title and description of links
Links created through file browser are truncated if too long

Download Here --> http://gmenu2x.sourceforge.net/page/GMenu2X ...

Those in the US can now get your hands on the Black and Pink versions of the DS lite.

Check out Amazon.com for availability ...

Those in the US can now get your hands on the Black and Pink versions of the DS lite.

Check out Amazon.com for availability ...

The latest craze in customising your favourite gadget is adding bling to it and what better way to add it then with the world renowed Swarovski crystals. Here is the latest by noted Japanese designer Tikko a Swarovski studded Nintendo DS Lite. The flap behind the LCD is embedded with crystals giving it a bold new look. So if you happen to be in Japan you can surely get in touch with him.

The customisation is not cheap and will set you back by 45,000 Yen ( $ 390) for the price you can get three DS Lites.

Check out the Ugliest DS ive ever seen via the Comments ...

The latest craze in customising your favourite gadget is adding bling to it and what better way to add it then with the world renowed Swarovski crystals. Here is the latest by noted Japanese designer Tikko a Swarovski studded Nintendo DS Lite. The flap behind the LCD is embedded with crystals giving it a bold new look. So if you happen to be in Japan you can surely get in touch with him.

The customisation is not cheap and will set you back by 45,000 Yen ( $ 390) for the price you can get three DS Lites.

Check out the Ugliest DS ive ever seen via the Comments ...

Via Gamesradar

For those of you brave enough to venture again on to the streets of Silent Hill, this competition should tickle your fancy with a 10-inch knife.

We've teamed up with Pathe to offer one lucky winner a PSP console, a UMD of The Silent Hill Experience and a DVD of the Silent Hill movie, which stars Sean Bean and Radha Mitchell and is due for release on 4 September. Three lucky runners-up will each receive a copy of the UMD and DVD.

Night after night, nine-year-old Sharon DaSilva enters nightmarish trances and when she is woken by her anxious parents she screams the words "Silent Hill". Driven to desperation, her adoptive mother Rose (Mitchell) disappears with her troubled daughter to find the root of her nightmare - the ghost town of Silent Hill.

After losing control of her car on the outskirts of the town (of course), Rose awakes to find Sharon gone. Once inside Silent Hill, she enters a world where reality and a hellish dimension seem to blur into one another. Stalked by hell beasts with massive knives, twisted limbs, burning flesh and a hunger for blood Rose stumbles from building to building following the lingering screams of her daughter.

Scared yet? Well, you'll have to brave the trailer to be in with a chance of winning. All you need to do to enter is watch the trailer here and tell us the answer to the following question:

What does the newspaper call Silent Hill?

a) The Tainted Town
b) The Noiseless Knoll
c) The Town of Terror

To enter, click here to email us with your answer, name and full address. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 26 September 2006. Note: The movie is rated 15 so entrants must be aged 15 or over. ...

This holiday season, few consumer electronics categories are being watched more closely than that of video game consoles.

Both Sony and Nintendo plan to release their next- generation consoles, the PlayStation 3 and Wii, respectively. Yet, with prices as high as $600, the PS3 is clearly aiming for the high end, while the Wii is targeting more casual gamers with prices expected to be well below $300.

Meanwhile, both companies must contend with Microsoft and its Xbox 360, which has a yearlong head start and therefore a commanding lead in the next-generation race. Still, Sony has always maintained that its console cycles are 10 years, rather than the five considered the industry standard. That's why, even as the market readies for the PS3 launch, the PlayStation 2 is still selling like gangbusters. And it should continue to do so for some time, as Sony has committed to the PS2 for at least another four years.

In a few weeks, much of the video game industry will descend upon Tokyo for the annual Tokyo Game Show. But for the time being, the focus is on Germany, where the Leipzig Game Convention is being held. So, for companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, and publishers like Electronic Arts and Activision, there is no break in sight. Sony Computer Entertainment of America president Kaz Hirai talked with CNET News.com about the forthcoming PS3 launch (parts of this article refer to comments Hirai made earlier this month in an interview with GameSpot).

CNET: Can you provide an update on the PlayStation 3?

Hirai: The PlayStation 3 will launch in the North American market on November 17. Things are pretty much moving according to plan.

CNET: How does a scaled-down Electronic Entertainment Expo affect a company like yours? Was it a good thing to institute some changes in the format, or were you happy with the way it had been?

Hirai: E3 has about a 10-year, 11-year history, if I'm not mistaken. I think it's grown to a point where it became just such a massive show that we needed to take a look at what we were trying to accomplish with the show. We needed to see how effectively we can accomplish those goals. I think it was pretty much across the board in agreement that we should revise or relook at how E3 is structured.

CNET: Beyond the pricing and availability of the PlayStation 3, one of the big pieces of news from this year's E3 was more information about Nintendo's new console, the Wii. There were rumors that the Wii would be priced for less than $250. How did that affect the PlayStation 3?

Hirai: The pricing that we announced for the PlayStation 3 is a price that ultimately offers fantastic value to the consumers. I think that we are offering a very good value for the consumers. We look at our products having a 10-year life cycle, which we've proven with the PlayStation. Therefore, the PlayStation 3 is going to be a console that's going to be with you again for 10 years. We're not going to ask the consumers to suddenly buy another PlayStation console in five years' time and basically have their investment go by the wayside. So for all those reasons, I think at $599 we're offering a very good value to the consumers.

CNET: Are you saying that there won't be a PlayStation 4 within five years?

Hirai: Well, I think that if you look at the history of the way we've managed our console business, we always try to hit a 10-year life cycle. I can't speculate on when we might come out with a new console after PlayStation 3. But my message is that once you become a family in the PlayStation family of products, you become a family member. We make sure that we take care of you.

CNET: Going back to the question of the Nintendo console, it seems like its pricing is significantly lower than what the PlayStation 3, or the Xbox 360, will cost. Any concern that Nintendo's Wii pricing will undercut the market as people decide which console they want to buy?

Hirai: Some consumers will compare features or software offerings and decide that they may want to go with a different console. You also have to realize that we have a very strong, market-leading console called the PlayStation 2, which is at a very affordable price right now. Consumers will also understand that if you buy a PlayStation 2 right now, and you make some software investments, when you feel it's right to move onto PlayStation 3, those software titles aren't going to go by the wayside. Consumers will take that into consideration. I don't think price is the only determining factor when consumers make a choice in looking at their console purchase decisions.

CNET: Is there a danger that some consumers will buy PlayStation 3 just for the Blu-ray player and not the games?

Hirai: Consumers are going to look at the totality of what we offer in the PlayStation 3. Even if there was a consumer who decided to buy the PlayStation 3 perhaps as a Blu-ray player, I think that they will quickly realize the potential and the entertainment value of the fantastic content in true [high definition]. Any consumer would be hard pressed really not to try that functionality out.

CNET: ...

News Via Gamestop

The top 10 bestselling games from last week looked eerily like a football score: Madden 7, others 3. The 07 edition of Electronic Arts' annual football game nabbed the top seven slots in its first week in release. The platforms represented were, from first to seventh, the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2 (Hall of Fame Edition), Xbox 360 (Hall of Fame Edition), PSP, and GameCube. The only console versions of Madden NFL 07 not to make the top 10 were the DS and Game Boy Advance versions.

When gamers weren't tackling runningbacks last week, they were killing zombies. Capcom's Dead Rising landed in eighth place, down three spots from the previous week. But even hordes of undead and 350-pound linemen couldn't stop the DS duo of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day and New Super Mario Bros. The two titles remained on the top 10 list in ninth and tenth, respectively.

1 Madden NFL 07
Platform: PS2
2 Madden NFL 07
Platform: X360
3 Madden NFL 07
Platform: XBOX
4 Madden NFL 07: Hall of Fame Edition
Platform: PS2
5 Madden NFL 07: Hall of Fame Edition
Platform: X360
6 Madden NFL 07
Platform: PSP
7 Madden NFL 07
Platform: GC
8 Dead Rising
Platform: X360
9 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Platform: DS
10 New Super Mario Bros.
Platform: DS ...

Rockstar's Bully hasn't been released yet, but the game has already seen its share of hate. Set in a fictional prep school, Bully follows 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he copes with bullies, teachers, and other sorts at his school. When faced with getting his head dunked in a toilet or being beaten to a bloody pulp, Jimmy learns that talking his way out of confrontation isn't always practical and that he can use various weapons, including baseball bats, to even the playing field.

This portion of the game has upset many groups, including outspoken Florida antigame lawyer Jack Thompson and youth group Peaceoholics. One more can be added to the list today, as Jayne Hitchcock, president of activist group Working to Halt Online Abuse, has spoken out against the game.

"How long will it be before we hear on the news about a victim of bullies who is inspired by the new game and retaliates using a baseball bat?" asks Hitchcock, in a statement that proclaimed her as an "Internet expert." "There is a tremendous probability that this new game will send out twisted messages, possibly even influence victims of bullying to resort to violence as a means of defense."

Citing a report by The American Justice Department, Hitchcock points out that 77 percent of students say they have been bullied and one in five has admitted to being a bully. The statement didn't mention any specific demographics.

"[The glorification of the game's violence] targets the video game to kids and teens, who are impressionable and might come to believe they could be just like Jimmy Hopkins and beat the daylights out of their real-life bullies," says Hitchcock. "That is not the message that should be sent out."

Late last week, the group known as Peaceoholics protested in front of Rockstar's offices in New York City, demanding that the company not release Bully. A gamer known as "The Software Pirate" documented the protest, which consisted of chants of "This game is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S."

Despite opposition, Rockstar is pushing along with the game's release. Earlier this month, Rockstar revealed that the game would be available in October on the PlayStation 2, and a company spokesperson told Reuters, "Finally, Bully can speak for itself. People can look at the game and see what it is and what it's not."

Bully has not yet been rated by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. ...