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In part two of GT's The Metal Gear Retrospective series, they take a look at "Metal Gear Solid, VR Missions, and The Twin Snakes." Continue reading to watch.

The Twin Snakes GameCube remake of MGS1 is also glanced at, as well as those memorable (and excruciatingly difficult) missions from VR Missions. Next week should be equally fun as MGS2 will be the next part in the retrospective.

Think of it as a car that Mario himself painted. Given a Super Mario Bros. makeover, this custom Lada Zhiguli was spotted in Russia. Click here first picture in gallery.

..it's the amazingly accurate and detailed Mario paint job. The mural contains Goombas, pipes, coins, blocks, red-shelled Koopas and of course, Mario-himself.

Samsung unveils their latest commercial -- to promote its Samsung Soul phone, titled "10 Optical Illusions in 2 Minutes". Fortunately, there's no CG to be found, so continue reading to watch.

You got us, Samsung. We're suckers for optical illusions, and your "10 Optical Illusions in 2 Minutes" is - even with the Soul advertisement - extremely entertaining.

UK's PlayrTV gives us a 5-minute gameplay preview of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which will be released in Q4 2008 on the PS3, 360, and Wii platforms. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The Ghostbusters animation, graphics, settings, and physics look great. The original cast has reassembled to record for this game. It's even being written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.

The Swashbot is essentially a three-legged radio controlled robot that "kind of looks like he's trying to find his little robot buddies so they can sing a song about slushies before nap time." video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

[via Engadget - Crabfu]

For the sake of science or out of boredom, this person decided to microwave a CD and capture it on camera. Aside from the CD, lets just say the microwave itself didn't make out too well. Click here for first picture in gallery.

We haven't nuked a CD since the 90s either, but maybe that's only because we didn't have the right camera setup to capture the digital destruction in all of its glory.

In this Sony Gamers' Day interview, we "get the facts on Resistance 2's 60 player competitive modes from the man himself." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Developer Insomniac gave the world hell on Earth in Resistance: Fall of Man, a tale of war in an alternate version of mankind's darkest day. Now, the team takes Nathan Hale to the US for warfare on a scale never seen before.

Called the "Pixel Rig", this custom setup consists of "nine computers: five Macs, three PCs and one Linux machine." Plus, you'll also find plenty of gadgets laying around like the iPhone, four 19-inch displays, and three 22-inch displays.

According to its owner, it's all driven with one keyboard and mouse, and switches seamlessly between machines. Incredible. Lots of browsers open. Apache Logs. BBEdit. Photoshop. For web development it's 11,600 horizontal pixels of heaven.

To kickoff the launch of our sister tech news site, TechEBlog is giving away a factory sealed Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000, valued at $79.95. Continue reading for details and a VX-6000 video quality/effects example.

For those who love racing and are strapped with cash, you might want to consider the $20,000 Virtual GT or $25,995 Motion-Pro 2. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.