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“I feel like this is the moment in that movie, The Shining, you know?” Daniel Allen deadpans. “It’s the door scene. We’ve been chopping at this door for so long, and we finally broke through. ‘Hey! It’s us from Alabama!’”

Allen is the lead singer and co-founder of the Vegabonds, and ostensibly he’s talking about the band’s sixth studio album, Young & Unafraid, out now. But he’s really just enjoying the recent surge in popularity for his band and other artists from his native Alabama.

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"Dead Rising 2" fixed a lot of the problems that gamers had with the original "Dead Rising," as well as added numerous improvements that left fans wanting more. However, there was one key thing missing from the "DR2": Frank West. The hardened photojournalist that survived the Willamette Mall outbreak had won the hearts of fans, but was left out of his own game's sequel. While Frank's absence didn’t detract from the overall enjoyment that "Dead Rising 2" offered, his people pleaded for his return, and in "Dead Rising 2: Off The Record" their prayers are answered.

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Oh, you guys... guys. I would pay good money for a polished, cross-country racing game based on the classic* Cannonball Run. For the time being, it looks like the closest we'll get is the Blackbox-developed Need For Speed: The Run, coming to consoles in November.

This is one of those years where EA publishes a Nfs where you spend time outside the car doing stuff and typically--i'm gonna be honest here--that's never really the best part. This time around, you're in the shoes of Jack, a guy who has to race cross-country from San Francisco to New York with a $25 million prize on the line. Apparently, this will add in some elements of Hot Pursuit, with your character not only tangling with other racers, but cops and crooks who want to take you out before the finish line.

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Nathan Drake braves the desert in this gameplay video and Associate Producer Victor Harris teases some big moments from Naughty Dog's latest.

Oh, man, it gets said all the time and it's still not said enough: Naughty Dog's character animations are some of the best in the industry. In the gameplay video below, we're shown the Uncharted 3 protagonist in a brief, scripted section dragging himself through the desert.

Check out that body language, the way his shoulders are set, the way he carries himself with exhaustion and thirst. That's some good virtual acting, right there. Better yet, check out how loose his limbs are when he's running, like all of the strength has been sapped out of them. While the Uncharted games might be known for their puzzles and traversals, I think the real mark they're going to leave on this console generation is in character animation and voice work.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception rolled into NYC (literally in a bus) for Fashion Week, with Kourtney Kardashian. We spoke with Uncharted 3‘s Asst. Producer Victor Harris on the game to see what he thought were the best features of Sony’s hottest platformer and why gamers should check it out this holiday. Watch out the interview below: Harris also discusses Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the Playstation Vita and why gamers should take a look at both games. With Assassin’s Creed Revelations coming out in November from Ubisoft, we wanted to know from Harris why he thinks gamers will want to play as Drake vs. Ezio Auditore. Which game are you looking forward to most this holiday season? Check out the interview and let us know your thoughts. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception hits the PS3 exclusively on November 1, 2011. Uncharted: Golden Abyss launches on the Playstation Vita on December 31, 2011.

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“This is the scariest chase I ever saw since The French Connection.” That’s what a U.S. Supreme Court justice says in reference to videotaped evidence of a high speed police pursuit along George back roads, which has been appropriated by filmmaker Brian L. Frye for his gripping short film A Reasonable Man, embedded above. Another justice — or maybe the same, it’s hard for me to tell — later invokes a Chico Marx joke regarding the evidence: “Who are you going to believe? Me or your own eyes?” How about you watch the evidence yourself and decide the answer to that question?

Frye doesn’t give any background information in the film about the case that’s being argued, but it’s easy to figure it all out from the Supreme Court audio. (Or check the film’s Vimeo page as a cheat sheet.)

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A Us man was assisted by fire services this week after getting his index finger stuck in his car's gas tank. Victor Harris, from Saginaw, Michigan, was adding a fuel additive to his vehicle on Thursday when a piece of paper fell into the tank. He attempted to remove the blockage but then ended up stuck himself. Harris tried to free himself with the assistance of friends for two hours before finally calling (more)...