Last night I was given the opportunity to bring up the issue of the R rating and government censorship of video games on the ABC television program "Q&A". I was led to believe my question would approached in a serious and intelligent manner, and that an important issue would be raised in a very public forum.

Hit Read more to get the full story on what occurred when I went on QandA.

EA are releasing a new tie-in for an upcoming game from their massive stable. Earlier this year they announced both a comic book and feature animation tie in for their space horror game Dead Space, and the trailer for the movie is now in our video library.

Meanwhile a press release straight out of DICE today announced that the development studio is teaming up with DC Comics imprint WildStorm to create a comic book based on Mirror's Edge. The six part comic book series will be created by writer Rhianna Pratchett and artist Matthew Dow Smith.

Do you think deliberate cross-overs are a good thing? Do they add to the story and background, or do you think that kind of thing should be covered within the video game it's spinning off?

In this Weekly Update Andy scopes out a few of the other games he took a look at at E3 - Lego Batman and Dawn of War 2. He's got interviews for both, and they're both looking great as well. Wrapping up he takes a look at our Metal Gear Solid 4 competition winners - you can see them all here if you haven't seen them already.

Watch the video and tell us what you think of the Real Time Tactical plans for Dawn of War 2. Would you prefer extensive base building like the first one, or do you think Relic's plans are on track with what you want?

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 will be available from July 30 on the XBLM according to Activision. The sequel to the super popular shoot-em-up game on the Xbox Live Arcade will expand on what fans loved in the first game with new game modes and multiplayer bullet hell.

If you're new to the Geometry Wars experience make sure you check out the new videos from our video library for a look at the colour explosion the games are all about.

Are you going to grab Geometry Wars 2? Was the first one your kind of game, or was it all a bit too busy for you?

Activision sent word today saying guitar mega-legend Jimi Hendrix will be featured in their upcoming band game Guitar Hero: World Tour.

The team at Activision has put Jimi Hendrix in the game as a playable character and are including two of his songs on the disc - Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary - as master tracks. They also said they will include more Hendrix in the game as DLC after the game's release.

Tim Riley, Vice President of Music Affairs for Activision Blizzard, said,

His presence in the game will serve to satisfy multiple generations of his fans and Guitar Hero devotees, as well as create new fans by reintroducing his genre-defining guitar style through the unique Guitar Hero experience.

Jimi Hendrix would make an amazing addition to a Guitar Hero game, but what about a band game? It's not all about the guitar any more, despite the name. Do you think Hendrix is a good choice when considering the drums and microphone?

The GameArena review of Don King Presents Prizefighter is now up so if you're wondering which boxing game you should get to quench your pugilistic needs, make sure you take a look at what we have to say first!

Direct from the review,

My head snaps back to the front after a huge hook in the face, and my vision blurs. I know I’m going out, but I’ve seen the floor enough to know I can do some damage before I go down. I drop my guard and let loose everything I have left. If I can keep him on the back foot until the 10 second buzzer I know I can take a rest. He’s not expecting an attack, and I catch him with a killer hook combo. I get a second wind - as painful as that is – and I launch my signature punch; a massive right hook that’ll break a man’s forearm if he blocks it wrong.

If you got your hands on the game give it your own rating, and let us know what you thought of it - if you haven't got it let us know what you thought of the review!

I don't think the Rockstar reps talking me through my hands on with Midnight Club: Los Angeles think I'm up to the challenge. I'm tearing across curbs, weaving through cars and slamming through checkpoints at ridiculous speeds and they're perched on the edge of their seats.

I powerslide around another corner, side-swiping some traffic. I'm driving a 1969 Mustang "Boss" which right now has seen better days. Before the race Rockstar guys let me customise it in the Garage, so it has a royal purple interior with gold trim, blue rims and a coat of the new paint type - Sparkle - in vomit green... with brown doors. It's the ultimate bait car - a beaten up wreck with a V8 and a massive supercharger.

Hit Read more to see the rest of the GameArena Midnight Club LA Hands-on.

Nintendo is pleased to announce they have once again broken a sales record with the Nintendo Wii. This time the little white console took the least time to reach 500,000 consoles in Australia, taking only 84 weeks to reach the half million mark.

This is 23 weeks faster than its closest rival according to the press release. Meanwhile, the press release also pimped out the Nintendo DS - the touch screen handheld has an "install base of more than 1.2 million units".

The press release also had release dates for some games - Trauma Center: Second Opinion will arrive on our shelves August 28 and Wario Land: The Shake Dimension is waggling its way into stores on September 25.

Trauma Center: Second Opinion was a launch game for the Wii in America and Japan, making it 84+ weeks before the game made it to Australia. Interestingly, the sequel to the game released in the US and Japan last November.

Microsoft announced earlier at their Gamefest conference in Seattle that effective today Games For Windows Live multiplayer features are free for all PC Gamers.

This means that cross-platform play with Xbox 360 games (which support cross-platform), voice and text chat, your friends list, achievements and Tru-Skill matchmaking are all available free of charge on the PC.

Microsoft will also bring a Marketplace to the GfW Live service selling games and will make the PC service more PC friendly. It seems like a serious attempt by Microsoft to take on Valve's Steam software which provides similar services.

If Microsoft carried their "free to play" strategy across to the Xbox 360, how do you think it would affect the PlayStation 3?

GameArena and Atari combined forces to give one Solid Snake skilled pundit a 32" Sony Bravia HDTV, a PlayStation 3 and a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4. Four runner ups received a copy of the awesome Metal Gear Solid 4 to help solidify their skills.

We have the five winning entries for your viewing pleasure up now - there were over 100 entries in the competition but these are our favourites for combining Solid skills, humour or just pure editing prowess to keep us entertained.

Head to the Competition Winners page to watch the five winners of the competition and tell us what you think - should we do more video comps like this in the future?