If you happen to have $175 burning a hole in your pocket, there are a lot of ways to spend it. You could buy almost 3 brand new current-gen games, perhaps a full Rock Band bundle, or maybe a DS and a game. Oh, then there’s always this strange Mario T-Shirt.

Yes, this simple Mario T-Shirt will cost you a whopping $175 bucks. I’m pretty sure that the reason for the extra expense has to do with the ape resting on his head. I guess I’m not familiar with the line of clothing referred to as A Bathing Ape, but apparently they sell shirts with an ape called MILO for exorbitant amounts of money. Add in a famous video game character, and you’ve got yourself a limited edition shirt that will sell for even more cash. Think no one will shell out that much dough for a Mario shirt with an ape? Think again, all three variants of the shirt are sold out.

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Someone happened to notice a slight similarity between the Wrath of the Lich King cover and the cover for the Battle for Middle Earth expansion.  Hilariously enough The Wrath of the Lich King and The Rise of the Witch-King sound alarmingly similar.  Also the armor itself is very much alike, then there is also the blue background.  The Middle Earth expansion came out in 2006, so it’s possible that the cover art was unintentionally inspired  by it.  However, Arthas’ armor was based off of Warcraft III which came out in 2003.  It’s likely just one big coincidence, but funny either way.

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Today marks the release of Rock Band’s first true expansion, dubbed AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack. This collection of music is entirely comprised from the band’s Live at Donnington show. This includes 18 live tracks, which adds up to over 100 minutes of gameplay (more if you decide to play through on different instruments). I’ve spent the last several days rocking out with the expansion, so it’s time I shared my experiences with you. Hit the jump for my full review of the game.

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There won’t be just one game with an undead plague this Halloween, for PotC they today the moon gets full and bright, if you aren’t indoors you’ll be turned into a zombie. At which point you’ll be forced to attack towns and each other. Also to celebrate the anniversary they are having a contest. Submit a video saying why you love Pirates of the Carri bean Online and you will have the chance to win a three-day trip to Disneyland, a MacBook, an iPod Nano and a visit to Walt Disney Studios. After the jump are the details straight from PotC.

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The iPhone has definitely turned some heads in the gaming industry. We’ve already seen some cool games from large publishers, and even a couple of studios formed with the sole intention of developing titles for Apple’s phone. However, you know that you’ve made a solid platform when Square Enix decides to develop a game exclusively for your hardware.

This winter we can expect a Final Fantasy related game dubbed Crystal Defenders. This is a map-based “defense simulation” game which will rely heavily on the iPhone’s touch screen for controls. We’ll definitely keep you posted on this one.

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When Portal: Still Alive recently debuted on the Xbox Live Arcade, we were surprised to see the rather large file size of 629MB. Granted, that isn’t very large when compared to your average PC game, but when you consider the fact that Microsoft has a maximum game size of 350MB on XBLA, it’s quite large. So the question then became whether this was an exception to the rule, or if they had upped the limit. Microsoft has finally responded to this, stating that it is an exception to the rule.

“We have set file limits as a general guideline. An important part of Xbox LIVE Arcade is easy access and keeping file size down is a vital part of that. Equally important is offering titles with superior game play. We weigh both considerations on a case-by-case basis, and will make exceptions when it makes sense to ensure the best customer experience.”

So, the limit is 350MB, unless you are a company like Valve, who is trying to release a huge hit title like Portal onto their console. Got it.

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If I stop to think about some of the most influential musicians and bands in the history of Rock, The Beatles are certainly high on the list. Unfortunately the British musicians have been slow to license their music in the digital age. I believe they are one of only 3 bands in the entire world that don’t have their work for sale on iTunes. Despite their apparent fear of modern music distribution, they have decided to allow Harmonix to develop their own music game.

One would be quick to think that this was a Rock Band title, however, this is not the case. It is apparently a completely unique game, though it does draw on the Rock Band platform in some ways. Very little is known about the project at this point, though we do have a few tidbits. One, it will follow the Beatles career from their first album all the way up to their last release. It will also feature a lot of “visual imagery”, though specifics weren’t mention. One good piece of news is that it will be compatible with current Rock Band instruments.

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Blizzard has updated their emote list.  They added the new emotes that will be in Wrath and of course they still have the old emotes on the list.  Which also means you can brush up on all kinds of emotes you’ve either forgotten about or just never realized were in the game.  The list shows which emotes have movements and sound and which ones don’t.  However, what they don’t say is which ones are the new and which are the old.  I haven’t seen a lot of them, but after a while you just see and use the same old ones and forget about all the extra emotes.  There is a video up of a night elf doing the /cower emote that is truly priceless.  You can check out the full list here.

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Well it’s official folks, after many years of harassing gamers, gaming studios and just being a general asshat, Jack Thompson has finally gotten himself disbarred. No longer can this man practice law in the state of Florida. Granted, that doesn’t mean that we’re completely rid of him, but it means that he won’t be filing any lawsuits without the aid of a real lawyer. Congratulations Jack, it seems that all of your years of hard work payed off!

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It looks like today could be a groundbreaking day for music fans. It seems that Apple Corps and MTV have called a press conference tomorrow for a major announcement. Now just what could those two giants be announcing?

Let me see if I can put the pieces together for you. Apple Corps holds the rights to all of the music from The Beatles. MTV owns Harmonix, which makes Rock Band. There was word in the past the Apple Corps was talking to both Activision and Harmonix about getting their music into one of the major rhythm games, so I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going down tomorrow. The big question is whether they’ll have a special Track Pack expansion for The Beatles, or if they’ll just release regular old DLC.

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