Man, I really suck at Mario Kart DS, but even more important, I can never create an emblem for my cars, you know, to at least look cool while I’m getting slaughtered on the track. Thankfully, there is the awesome community site DSicons.com, a great little resource for all of us fashion concious Mario Kart racers who need the perfect icon on our rides before we hit the track. You’ll still need a little bit of artistic ability, but, with the zoomed walkthroughs that DSicons provide, it’s much easier for even an artistic clutz like myself to get a hot little hammer and sickle rolling on the front of my little Standard YS.

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Microsoft and Rare have announced the relaunch of the Viva Pinata website, with a whole new batch of media, mini-games, character profiles, and episode summaries for the brand’s television shows. There’s even a nifty little fan-kit to download, containing screenshots, forum avatars, music clips, desktops and more so you can finally turn your PC into a massive Viva Pinata marketing machine. Viva Pinata the game is currently in development at Rare, Ltd for release on the Microsoft Xbox 360. The Viva Pinata animated television series is currently being aired in the U.S. on Fox and is set to begin broadcasting on Canada’s YTV network starting in September 2006.

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Digg has become a powerhouse in the social linking world and with that power comes many imitators, some good, many bad. We’re happy to have found a good one, recently released and covering game development and the games industry only. Registered users are able to add and vote on stories from around the games industry, from technical talks to gossipy blogosphere rumours. Best wishes on a job well done DevBump.

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