While you were busy stuffing your face with macaroni salad and BBQ, we at GamesBeat and Bitmob were busy writing about cloud graphics, gaming art, secret worlds, instrument-less Rock Bands, and of course, real-life zombies.

If you missed any of our Memorial Day weekend coverage, please take a look below!

Previews and reviews:

• Investigating something wicked in The Secret World
• Rock Band Blitz trades peripherals for pandemonium
• 3 ways Heroes of Ruin wants you to be more social
• Dragon’s Dogma is an ambitious open-world action fest

News:

• BBC News confuses Halo’s Space Command with United Nations Security Council
• Nvidia demos upcoming Hawken mech game using cloud graphics (video)
• THQ attempting creative math to maintain NASDAQ listing
• Rhode Island governor, former employee, and Salvatore weigh in on 38 Studios’ collapse

Just for fun:

• How I survived the real zombie apocalypse (gallery)
• The “real” science behind five video game items
• FanimeCon 2012 – Exhibit Gallery
• 3 not-so-obvious obvious tips for Super Monday Night Combat newbies

Art and comics:

• Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 6: Arcade)
• Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 7: Future Games)
• Super-cool minimalist video game art posters
• Link learns the unpleasant truth behind health potions (comic)

Opinions and other stuff:

• Dear Hollywood: Please use the original game’s soundtrack for your Shadow of the Colossus movie
• More games should embrace user-generated content
• Lessons in being an ass and starting kitchen fires
• Spotlight: Challenge vs. difficulty, Vita flaws, gaming after World of Warcraft, and more (a roundup of unvetted community stories)