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How do games manage to keep our attention on complete lockdown? Do they beam subliminal messages into our eyeballs? Are controllers and keyboards made with crack-infused plastic that we absorb through our fingertips?

If we had to write an article about it, we'd probably say that these are the Top 7 reasons that video games can take control of our minds so effortlessly.

As the de facto figurehead of this little medium of ours, Mario is a tough dude to hate on. He’s adorable, his games are stellar, and he still stands proud as a shining beacon of everything that’s right in the land of vidjagames. But we take our Week of Hate responsibilities very seriously at GR… this must be done. We took a deep breath, poured ourselves another glass of Maximum Strength Haterade, and managed to unearth a few ghastly Dry Bones in the fat plumber’s closet.

True, there are many reasons to love the Legend of Zelda franchise. Its first appearance on NES was a breakthrough that still influences game design to this day, and it’s timeless story of a young hero and a princess in need of rescue will softly whisper through the ages. For all its greatness, though, it is far from perfect. Strictly for the haters, here are five reasons to hate on Zelda games.

Who the hell is Justin Bieber? Until recently, we cared less about Bieber than we did Tara Reid's career plans, but the kid has been a "trending topic" on Twitter for the last fifty years, so we had to find out. An office-wide investigation revealed that he's a doe-eyed 16-year-old Canadian pop star and protégée of Usher who sings auditory barf at pre-teen girls (who all have giant girl boners for him).

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Video games can be cruel and other gamers are assholes. So it's little wonder that we get irrationally enraged from time to time. We blow up. We calm down. We move on. But for some unfortunate gamers, their outbursts are captured and - in the spirit of sharing the rage around - unkindly posted on YouTube. And these are 10 of the loudest, funniest, offensive, disturbing and truly psychotic gamer rages we could find.

GamesRadar’s annual Week of Hate is back! What is it? Well, stop interrupting me with questions I pose for you and read, you illiterate bastard:

It’s a week of content about the one thing gamers love to do more than play games. It’s a celebration of the bilious loogies we constantly (Tony) hawk at each other, at publishers, and at everything that challenges our immovable opinions (because they’re RIGHT).

Ever wondered who's bigger out of God of War's Gaia and the Riftworm from Gears of War 2? Of course you have. That's why we've created pretty much the biggest image on the interwebs to showcase the biggest baddies in games and how they match up to each other size wise. Click on either of the preview images below to see the image in all its gargantuan glory.

A lot of stuff happens in the world of games every week - some of which you might have missed. Here's a quick round-up of what we considered to be the most talked about news stories of the past five days....

Sony used this week's GDC to splurge a whole bunch of info about PlayStation Move - the new motion controller that looks strangely familiar (glowy ball notwithstanding) to some other motion

A Mario bakery and a Luigi take-away right next door to each other. Could it really be *just* a coincidence? But this - obviously - isn't the Mushroom Kingdom. It's a street in Manchester, which was snapped on Google Street and brought to our attention by Geekologie.

If Mario and Luigi are about, it's safe to say that Peach will be somewhere near by. And, sure enough, it turns out she's also set herself up with a