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Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to From Software's sleeper hit, Demon's Souls, released for North American, English, and Australian consoles in October of last year. Today, however, the game finally released on the PC. Unfortunately, the game was slapped with a fixed resolution, pissing off PC gamers the world over. Thankfully, this is a PC game, and a random person who doesn't work for From Software created a mod to fix the issue twenty-three minutes after the game's release.

If you're into zombies and mods for video games, chances are you've heard of the DayZ mod for ARMA 2. The creator of the mod, Dean Hall, actually works for ARMA 2's developer, Bohemia Interactive. Rocket, as he is known to the community, has just revealed that the mod has become the basis for a full-fledged game from the studio. There'd been lots of talk about an actual game coming out of the mod, and now it's official.

Just to break up the cavalcade of good news and patriotic celebration today, word is that the U.K. Ministry of Defence (or "defense," depending on which side of the Atlantic you hang out on) is going ahead with their plans to install missile launchers at key positions throughout London during the Olympics. Hopefully, the arguments over whether or not their presence is gross intrusion or a security necessity will remain entirely academic.

When Apple debuted its redesigned PowerBooks way back in the day, it was rumored that Steve Jobs was embarrassed that the Apple logo on the laptop didn't glow as it was depicted doing in promotional materials. After a later redesign which cast the PowerBook in aluminum, the logo glowed and has ever since. That hasn't been the case with the iPhone, however. Instead of waiting for Apple to fix this oversight, you can take action by purchasing this handy-dandy glowing Apple logo mod kit!

For the discerning Unreal Tournament 3 player looking to make an impression no one is soon to forget, there is the Nyan Cat Redeemer. Fully customized with theme music and distinctive rainbow trail, the Nyan Cat missile can be player-navigated to take out even the most capable of enemies. Sure, your opponents might hear it coming from across the map, but that's a small price to pay to ensure that the last thing they see is a smiling rainbow cat. You can find out more about this impressive mod, and download it, at the Epic Games forums. Remember, the Nyan Cat missile isn't about just destroying your enemies -- it's about obliterating them with cuteness and getting that tune stuck in their heads. (via Neatorama)

Internet celebrity and skilled modder, Benjamin Heckendorn, otherwise known as Ben Heck, has created a "see-through" shirt in honor of Portal, in what is probably the best Portal-related fan-made creation yet. Read one past the jump for the surprisingly simple details. Take that, all those Weighted Companion Cube pillows. No, Ben Heck doesn't work for Aperture Science, he simply hooked up an LCD display to the front of a shirt and a CCD camera to the back. The camera captures whatever his back is facing and display it on the LCD display in the front. That's pretty much it. He did seem to use a red portal, though; to Portal fans, an obvious mistake--unless Mr. Heckendorn is showing support for the upcoming Portal 2 co-op. Then it's alright.