The newly formed LuaPlayerHM Team of homemister and PiCkDaT recently released a new build to the PlayStation Portable homebrew app, LuaPlayerHM7 RC1. The new iteration to this highly useful program includes a host of new functions and convenient features which definitely improves on the previous build. More details in our full article after the jump.

Download: LuaPlayerHM7 RC1

Publisher Take-Two Interactive has sent word of a couple of new details for its upcoming Carnival Games titles for the Nintendo consoles, DS and Wii. Wondering what sort of casual fun's headed for either console? Read the full article to find out!

Linden Lab has come out with the newest Release Candidate for Second Life with 1.19.0. This new version features a host of bug and security issue fixes as well as reverts back to the same XUI-based login code in the previous version. You can check out the rather extensive changelog of the game in the full article.

Yesterday saw the release of not one, but four updates for the homebrew video converter application XviD4PSP from developer Winnydows. Check out the details of this hefty update in the full article!







Download: XviD4PSP 5.027 RC11 update

When we saw PicoozIR, we were very impressed. Well, it looks like PlayStation Portable homebrew developer pacopad is looking to wow us once again with PSPQsteer. This spanking application turns your PSP into a RC controller. Check out the full version for more info.



Download: PSPQsteer Beta

 

While a good number of steering wheel controllers have already been made for various consoles, nothing quite says style like this controller. Fantec, a German company responsible for making advanced gameware products, has designed a sleek steering wheel controller patterned from the Porsche 911 Turbo S's steering wheel for the Sony PlayStation 3 and the PC.

This leather steering wheel comes with the standard wireless USB features found in other steering wheel controllers. In addition, it actually sports force feedback controls which was initially unavailable for many PS3 games in particular.

Considering both the company's and the design's German origins, it wasn't very hard taking care of any licensing issues for the product. In any case, even if you can't get the actual car, you can satisfy yourself with this simulated feel of riding your very own Porsche in your favorite racing game on either platform.

Here's a complete list of all the features the Porsche 911 Turbo S steering wheel will be sporting:

• Original Porsche 911 Turbo S steering wheel design
• Licensed by Porsche Lizenz- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH
• Authentic metal Porsche logo on wheel
• Hand stitched leather wheel manufactured according to Porsche quality standards
• Compatible with PC and Playstation 3 (all games which support ForceFeedback wheels)
• 6+1 Speed H-pattern gear stick with realistic shifting feel
• Additional exchangeable sequential gear stick included
• Wireless pedals with + 100 hours battery life time (low battery warning on display and optional power supply cable for simulators)

You can check out the complete listing of features the Porsche 911 Turbo S wheel has right after the jump!

The PC-original Mad Tracks is getting the Xbox Live Arcade treatment and there seems to be a lot of effort coming from D3 Publisher and the development team. The word is that there's going to be a lot of DLC for this XBLA title coming in the form of 17 Gamerpics which will come in three sets of five. Two of them will be free at the time of purchase.

New content will be made available after a month, which will also come in the form of Gamerpics and a theme pack. Pricing ranges from 100 to 150 Microsoft Points, depending on which goodies you get. Speaking of goodies, here are 12 screens of car models that you'll be able to drive in the game.

If you didn't catch Mad Tracks the first time it hits, don't expect realism to the level of Gran Turismo. In fact, this game doesn't even want to come anywhere close to that. It's an RC car simulator that's all about speed, customization, and reflexes. It gives us the lighter side of blazing through tracks, and we're glad it's getting a second spin on the Xbox 360.

   

See the rest of the Mad Tracks car models after the jump!

If you're a collector and you have  model planes 4153 and 4161, you might end up seeing your RC plane burn up in mid-air and crash in a blaze of glory. 

Okay, maybe that's not so glorious, but the good news is it will happen less now as the manufacturers along with distributors Wal-Mart and Radio Shack are ordering a recall of 66,000 of the units.

To date, nine separate reports of these mishaps have been received and one injury was noted. Apparently, the rechargeable Lithium battery used to power the craft has some ion issues similar to laptop batteries. The results are sometimes explosive and always scary.

If you own one of these planes, immediately stop using them and call 800-576-5811, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (MT), from Monday to Friday. Estes-Cox will be happy to replace your model with a new and hopefully less explosive model.

Move over, Roomba, there's a new toy in town sweeping off dirt and dust from hardwood floors. Enter the Lamborghini Gallardo RC floor sweeper. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has created a handy household helper using a US$ 15 radio-controlled car, an electrostatic dust mop, and a blank printed circuit board.

The Evil Mad Scientist detailed the steps on his website. What's really great about this nifty Roomba-replacement (sort of) is that it's quite easy to build. You just got to figure out how to attach the dust mop to the RC without breaking it. The Lamborghini happens to be the perfect car for this project as it has a little ledge with screw hole where a little plank can be attached to hold the dust mop. If you're planning to create one yourself, you can use other car types, a 4WD even.

While a Lamborghini and a dust mop don't quite look good together, they do a good job of cleaning up the dust on the floor. Watch the Lamborghini Gallardo sweeper in action!

Lonekeeper will need to change his username because he won't be alone anymore if he keeps on doing this for the World of Warcraft community. He just collected some great addons that most might like. Here are just some of them:

Ace, AceGUI, Atlas, AtlasLootEnhanced, BuyPoisons Remix, CTMod (Master, Mail, Party, Raid, RaidBosses, Unit (frames), DamageMeters, EnergyWatch_v2, Fontabulous (I used Myriad at size 78), GBars, KLHThreatMeter, MobInfo(Includes MobHealth), ntmysFixLoadingTimes, Natur's , EnemyCastBar (NECB), Nurfed (Combat Log, HUD), Outfitter, RangeColour, SCT, Titan Panel (Includes all the default ones), UberQuests (Modded).

Installing them is a cinch. You should first exit the game, unzip the files to default folder: C:Program FilesWorld of WarcraftInterfaceAddons, then run. If you'd like to modify some of the addons you can follow the instructions below:

Atlas - Click on minimap button
CTMod - Click on the CT/RA minimap button.
Fontabulous - /ftab
EnerygyWatch_v2 - /ew off, /ew on, /ew unlock, /ew lock
GBars - /gbars
NECB - Click on minimap button
ntmysFixLoadingTimes - /nFLT
Nurfed (Combat Log, HUD) - Click on minimap button.
Outfitter - Click on minimap button.
RangeColour - /rc
SCT - /sct menu
Titan Panel - Right click on it.

So there you go. If you got some great collections as well. Feel free to share it with us and the WoW community. Comment below if you like what you received.

Download: [Chiploxie U]