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The past week’s best news…

The Bargain Bin: Penumbra Black Plague
- In such economic turmoil, who will you turn to for the best cheap games? Well, Tech Olive’s Bargain Bin, of course. Every week, we’ll pick a nice game for under $10 that you should check out. This week, we’ve got a horror title: Penumbra Black Plague; the newest game in the Penumbra series for the paltry sum of $4.97 (with shipping, my total was about $8)…

Asus Eee 1005HR to Sport Broadcom HD Decoder
- Personally, I thought I’d never see this coming, but seeing the swarm of modders fitting their netbooks with HD decoders has persuaded Asus to go ahead and put their own HD decoder in their upcoming 1005PR Eee PC…

Epic Vid of the Week: Unnecessary Censorship
- I’m sure we’ve all seen a clip or two of Jimmy Kimmel’s Unnecessary Censorship and I guarantee you’ve at least seen the one where The Count likes to do naughty things to anything he comes across. This specific Sesame Street montage is one that many people haven’t seen, and it’s by far one of the best…

Codemasters Officially Announces F1 2010, Releasing This September
- As expected, Codemasters announced this week that their next upcoming racing game is F1 2010, which (according to Codemasters) will be the first F1 game on the PC in 8 years. The game is planned for release this September on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3…

More Portal 2 Secrets Teased at GDC
- An interesting BSOD graced the screen of a projector at GDC this week (see above). It seemed completely harmless until gamers looked closer. It seems GLaDOS was behind it all and was offering to fill the area with deadly neurotoxins. Upon closer inspection, the BSOD had even more information to offer…