Are you ready for another noteworthy update for the excellent homebrew racer game based on Tron? Homebrew coder SG57 dropped by the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums to release version 3.01 of  Light Cycle 3D. Some notable features in the latest version includes a new camera control, more stable MPS3 playback, a new skin and some more tweaks.

Download: Light Cycle 3D v3.01
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

Another feature packed update for Light Cycle 3D has been released by homebrew coder SG57. This time, the homebrew game based on Tron lets you race up to 29 opponents and sports a new grid size, new mini map, new AI, custom skin support and more tweaks.


Download: Light Cycle 3D v3.0
Visit: QJ.NET PSP development forums

Whoever thought there could be such a thing as Wii-habilitation? No,we're not talking about repairing a damaged Wii. According to the study conducted by Dr. Ben Herz, program director and assistant professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences Department of Occupational Therapy, the Nintendo Wii may aid in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, a degenerative condition that impairs the body's motor skills. Learn more in just a click.

The Disney brand of games have always been known for its fun and wholesome content aimed for the younger audiences. Disney Online's Mike Goslin recently talked about the challenges and the merits of how they were able to create an game which caters to kids while retaining the compelling elements of an MMO game. Read more of what Goslin had to say in the full article.

A recent study shows that violent video games threaten even Saudi Arabia's society, with piracy allowing children to get a hold of these interactive forms of entertainment that contain evil scenarios of combating security forces, destroying state property, and violating people in various ways. More on this at the full article.

(Editor's Note: Got that post-Christmas hangover, eh? Let's take things one at a time though, so here's QuickJump QuickPeek 27 for all of you who've been snowed in since last week.)

Not only are we bringing you this week's news today. But come next week, we'll be rolling out a whole slew of QuickJump QuickPeek special editions to cap the whole year off. Better keep an eye out for those updates! For now, issue #27 is sleighing in!

Article originally  posted on Dec. 29, 2007 at 02:59PM.

Is the US Department of Defense collaborating with the games industry to create an entire generation of perfect soldiers who crave for war like it's something good? The latest statement coming from activist lawyer Jack Thompson seems to indicate that. He also linked this theory to recent shooting incidents in Columbine and Virginia Tech. Does that sound similar to something characters went through in a Metal Gear Solid game? Read on and tell us what you think.

The Wii truly proves itself to be a platform for innovation: Johnny Chung Lee managed to create a simple yet amazing Head Tracking set up with the Wii remote, which lets gamers view objects in a virtual environment with realistic illusion of depth and space in real time. Not yet amazed? Check out the video in the full article and feel your jaws drop.

We've plugged Headplay before on some of the hottest game consoles, but this time, we're putting it to the ultimate PC stress test. The PC scene loves shooters, RPGs and racers, so we took Crysis, Sega Rally Revo, and old favorite Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and gave them the Headplay treatment. Which worked well and which doesn't suit the peripheral? Find out in the full article!

Staying true to his promise of filing more public nuisance suits against violent video games, anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson has now set his eyes on Bungie Studio's Halo 3, a popular FPS game for Microsoft's Xbox 360. Thompson today filed a complaint asking the Florida court to declare Halo 3 as a public nuisance, in effect banning the game's distribution in the said state.

GamePolitics reports that it was Thompson himself who released the full copy of his complaint to the public. The seven-page document calls for the banning of the game's release in the state of Florida, with the lawyer claiming that Halo 3 being "a video game that allows the virtual reality player to rehearse violent acts resulting in the death of one's virtual victims" qualifies it as a public nuisance.

The recent event involving his 15-year-old son being able to purchase an M-rated video game in a local Best Buy was also mentioned in the report, with Thompson stating that "there is no question that this is not an isolated incident and it will occur as to Halo 3 sales" adding that Best Buy is currently pre-selling the game online "to anyone of any age with no verification."

Having stated these arguments, Thompson is asking the 11th judicial circuit to issue a "temporary restraining order, to be followed by a permanent injunction, prohibiting both defendants from selling this Mature-rated video game." It should be noted though, that the 11th circuit is the same entity that junked a similar complaint also filed by Thompson. The junked complaint was directed towards RockStar's video game Bully for the PlayStation 2, released last year.