Crib sheets have gone digital, this time with the release of Pass Your Driving Theory Test for Nintendo DS in Europe. Long before you're able to cruise the streets behind the wheel, friends by your side, you need a Learner's Permit (it has many different names across the world) -- a piece of paper that says it's safe for you to learn how to drive. Seems pretty easy, considering you can't accidentally kill anyone during a written test, but European statistics show that around 40% of people fail the initial examination. Pass Your Driving Theory Test from Avanquest Software Publishing hopes to better your odds at beating the system by including every possible question for cars and motorcycles -- all 1265 official DSA possibilities. Sure, the game becomes practically useless when you've completed the Learner's Permit test but at a price of £19.99 for the title versus the £30 each time you take the test, it may be a good option. Or you could read a driving test book, which can be found at your local library.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Ready to go on your first Bit.Trip? The folks at Aksys have confirmed to us that the hard-as-nails retro-themed WiiWare-exclusive music game will make its US debut on Monday, March 16th. The concept is rather simple: just tilt your Wii Remote to slide your Pong-esque paddle up and down. Deflect oncoming bullets to create some pretty rad chiptune music. As easy as this sounds, the wild barrage of notes that soon floods the screen will lead to many, many game overs.With support for up to four players on one screen, Bit.Trip.Beat has us pretty excited. It's the kind of game that you can just play and get into a trance.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Capcom just sent us the first trailer for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. You know, the one they showed at Resident Evil 5's launch event last night? Yeah, that one. And it's now available for you to view above this pointless text. Enjoy.
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We actually got two hands firmly on a MotionPlus-sporting Wiimote for our demo of Tiger Woods 10, which, as it turned out, was a very good thing. Unlike EA's other 1:1 motion sensing sports offering, Grand Slam Tennis, we were able to more immediately appreciate what Nintendo's new tech brought to the game.Playing one hole at Bethpage Black, we first got into the swing of things (sorry) by seeing how accurately our on-screen club matched what we were doing in reality. The answer was "very accurately." Bringing the Wiimote slowly back and up, we watched as Tiger perfectly matched not only the angle we were holding it at, but the twist of the club as well. We took our first real swing and found that, yes, it was quite true-to-life: we sucked.We got better, though, and putting really seemed to benefit from the increased Wiimote precision. The slightest backward movement was shown via an on-screen meter, providing a really good sense of how much follow-through we'd want in order to sink the ball. All in all, our brief time with Mr. Woods' game was the most impressive implimentation of MotionPlus we've tried yet. You can get an even better idea of what we experienced in the above video.
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