Like puzzles? No, that isn't a puzzle, it's a question.

Wordsnap Contraption is a word-based puzzle game in which players try to create new words — in under two minutes. There are multipliers and a constant flow of new letters.

Wordsnap Contraption is a fun little game. Future updates will hopefully expand the dictionary.

At 9am ET in New York City — 7am Kotaku Time — Nintendo will kick off its 3DS launch event. Will they finally tell us when this thing is coming out and what games we can play on it on day one? We're ready, and we're liveblogging.

Meagan VanBurkleo, who we've seen before as the Princess of Persia, returns to wow us again with a day spent as Mad Moxxi, a maniacal star of Gearbox's shooter Borderlands.

If you haven't played the game before, Mad Moxxi is like Tina Turner in Mad Max 3. Only less terrifying.

While the pictures are great, it's also interesting reading the accompanying blog post to find out just how much work goes into a costume like this. Some people like to make all their own stuff, but in this case, nearly every little item had to be sourced, not sewn.

Cosplay Feature: Mad Moxxi [meaganvanburkleo][thanks MSJ!]

Monkey Island? More like Spunky Island.

Apologies if that appears crass, but I didn't come up with it: developers Grimmstone did, as it's the name of their pornographic tribute to Lucasart's classic adventure game series.

Sadly, it's not a game where you have to trade insults with dangerous women or use rubber chickens to cross gaping chasms (it's just a theme pack for Grimmstone's porno Tetris clone), but it does have a catchy title and pictures of what looks like Governor Elaine Marley with her pants off, so...yeah.

As for the requisite porno name changes, Guybrush Threepwood (which was good enough as it was!) becomes Shortplank Hardwood, while the evil ghost pirate LeChuck becomes the evil ghost pirate LeBonq.

The Secret of Spunky Island is far from the only "homage" present in Grimmstone's Sexy Adventures On Porn Island, as it also features potentially-copyright-infringing tributes to Star Wars, Star Trek and The Sims.

Monkey Island Games Get Porno Parody [1UP]

A handful of mothers were totally freaked out by sci-fi game Dead Space 2. Those moms are pansies.

Dino Ignacio's mom? While everyone else seems to cover their eyes, his mom laughs in the game's face, cackles and chuckles. Ignacio is Dead Space 2's user interface designer.

Dead Space 2 is headed to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC later this month. Some find the game scary, Dino's mom thinks its hilarious.

I asked my mom... [Reddit via Dtoid]

We're just a few hours away from a pair of big Nintendo events in the US and Europe, where actual, useful information pertaining to the release of the 3DS will be revealed. To pass the time, then, let's make some predictions.

There are three key pieces of information we're likely to have by the time the events are over: a price, a release date and a line-up of launch software. Actually, since we're talking about two different regions, make that six key pieces of information.

Our house rules are simple. Make your predictions below. And that's it! To help get you started, here are some points of reference: the DSi launched in the US at $170 and in the UK at £150. It was released in Europe two days before it was released in the US. The 3DS will be, according to Nintendo, released sometime in March in both NA and Europe.

And here are Japan's 3DS launch games. Oh, and Japan's launch price for the handheld, too — in short, the handheld costs what a Wii used to.

For what it's worth, here's my predictions on release date and price. It'll be out on March 27 in North America and sell for $249, while in Europe it'll be out on March 25 and sell for €249.

This year, China is releasing a new controller-free gaming console. New for China, that is, as the world already played this when it was called Kinect.

Dubbed a "Kinect clone" by the West, the eBox will come with 30 games built in and a set-top camera that can detect a player's movements, according to the article. According to Eedoo Technology, the company behind the product, this is only the second controller-free console.

"Our product is designed for family entertainment. EBox may not have exquisite game graphics, or extensive violence, but it can inspire family members to get off the couch and get some exercise," Eedoo Technology honcho Jack Luo is quotes as saying last year. Luo believes that since Eedoo is a Chinese company, it better understands the needs of local gamers.

While eBox tested the console in China last year, a look a the first eBox game hit YouTube this week. The title is Flyimal, and it's a flying game with...a animals. Kinect also has an animal game, which is called Kinectimals, but that's probably just a kwinky-dink. The eBox graphics don't look eye-popping, but perhaps it plays better than it looks. The gameplay, however, doesn't exactly look revolutionary. Still, it's hard to say without actually playing the game.

Video games are largely banned in China, expect for plug-and-play devices. That seems to be changing as Sony is dead set on entering the Mainland.

A First look at Flyimal! [Unity]

Angry Birds. It's the craze that's sweeping the nation. Well, many nations. And soon, it'll be the craze that's sweeping TV sets (or computer monitors), with an Angry Birds animated series on the way.

Rovio, the developers of the smash hit mobile game, has found a partner (or partners) to "move into production" on an animated series that could appear either on television or the internet.

Round, furious birds smashing into things may sound like a wafer-thin premise for a TV show, but as a child of the 1980s, it's no less flimsy than any other series that was made just so it could sell toys.

It's a great deal for Rovio, who are already making a packet from sales and licensing of the franchise, but not so great for Electronic Arts, who recently bought Angry Birds' publishers, Chillingo, as the deal didn't include any licensing rights. Bummer.

Rovio Producing Angry Birds Animated Series [FingerGaming]

A 42-year-old Japanese male walked into his local cineplex and started watching the latest Gundam flick. As well as recording the anime's audio with his phone. He is now in police custody.

While piracy is only thought to be, you know, filming the actual screen, Japanese copyright law covers audio, too. Under a 2007 ruling, video and audio recordings are banned for the first eight months after a film's opening day for paying audience members, reports the Anime News Network. After that, go buckwild?

This is only Japan's second prosecuted case for recording in a movie theater, and the first one in which only audio was recorded. Before movies start in movie theaters, there are warning messages about recording.

The suspect apparently recorded only the audio for the new Gundam 00 film and was reported to the theater staff by a fellow audience member. The 42-year-old told authorities that he recorded the soundtrack for his own listening enjoyment. Apparently, the man enjoys listening to crappy cell phone recordings of movie theater music.

Since the suspect recorded only the audio, does that mean if he's found guilty, he'll only be served half a penalty? Probably not!

Gundam 00 features in the new Super Robot Wars game for the PSP, slated for release this spring in Japan.

Man Charged with Recording Audio from Gundam 00 Film [Anime News Network]

Here's a tip, budding customer service representatives of the world: if you're going to abuse your powers in a video game and treat your customers like dirt, don't do it while you're live-streaming the game.

An employee of Riot Games, operators of action RTS League of Legends (ironically, about to pioneer a new system aimed at curbing jerkish behaviour online), was live-streaming a match on his Justin.tv account last week when he was seen verbally abusing another player. As if that wasn't enough, he then banned the target of his ire from the game.

Note that these weren't your average "yo mama" taunts. The employee's quips, with the handle PsyonicHero, were chock-full of obscenities and topped off with a racial slur.

With the matter having enraged players of the game, Riot Games took one look at the situation and promptly fired the employee, its Community Manager Steve Mescon writing:

Hello Summoners!

Over the weekend we were informed of an unfortunate incident where a Riot Games employee acted inappropriately during a game he was streaming. Riot employees are held to a high standard and after thorough review of the incident we have determined that the employee's actions were both inappropriate and outside the confines of Riot Games internal policy. We take matters that impact our community extremely seriously and have since unbanned the account that was negatively impacted.

As a result of this unfortunate situation the employee in question is no longer with Riot Games. Additionally, we will be reviewing internal policy and training procedures to take steps to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.

Riot Employee Behavior [League Of Legends]