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In this episode of the Mobcast, Gamasutra's Christian Nutt joins Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, and Brett Bates. The group discusses the things in games that they're thankful for, under-the-radar titles, enthusiast and public reactions to the Kinect, which 2009 titles they won't get to until 2010, and the best (or worst?) moments in griefing.

21 Random Qs with ex-EGMer and Shawnimals founder Shawn Smith. Let's talk...ninjas!

Video Blips for May 4, 2010. Come check out the trailer for Ninjatown: Trees of Doom, a behind-the-scenes peak at Samuel L. Jackson and Don Cheadle doing some recording for Iron Man 2, a video showing off some new moves in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and more.

From the vault: a long-lost review of Ninjatown that required time travel to happen.

Three tower-defense games you shouldn\'t miss, and one upcoming one to keep on your radar.

Former Games for Windows Magazine editors Shawn Elliott and Sean Molloy made mention of the boilerplate method of constructing a game review, in which there is a particular prose construct ready for the insertion of the (often inconvenient) aspects of a chosen game. To quote Sean, games reviews follow this formula: "This but this, this but this"