Screenshots of GTA: Chinatown Wars for the DS released

The folks over at Nintendo Everything have managed to get their hands on some screenshots of the forthcoming DS version of GTA – GTA:Chinatown Wars, which we posted new details about on Friday. Click on the image below to start the gallery.

GTA: Chinatown Wars (via Nintendo Everything)

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Slacker G2 – properly personal radio on the move

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Okay, close your eyes and relax your mind. Think about nothing – just a grey backdrop. Now allow an MP3 player of your choice to float in. iPod, Zune, whatever. Doesn’t matter. Now, from the other direction, float in Last.fm, or Pandora, or any other personalised radio service. Allow yourself to get a little cross-eyed as the two objects merge in your head and you visualize a portable device that streams a mix of songs to you based on your listening habits – your likes and dislikes.

Man "portablizes" Super Nintendo

It’s a beautiful piece. The cheap case gives it a pleasingly utilitarian early-1990s design appearance, with simplistic buttons that you could easily believe Nintendo would’ve chucked into a handheld SNES – had it bothered to make one back in the day. And look at that chunky power button. Imagine the satisfying click it makes.

The poor guy started the portable SNES project last Christmas and eventually finished it last week. Here’s how it turned out.

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The chap used an off-the-shelf plastic case to whack most of the SNES bits in…