Missing Pieces: Atari serves up Hashteroids at Denny's, Fallout gets blitzed, and more

Turn on the grill, turn up Springsteen's Born in the USA, light off some fireworks, and then tell everyone to go home in the middle of the afternoon—July 4 is about freedom, and you're free to sit inside and read articles about video games as much as you damn well please.

This is your gaming news update for the week of June 30. Fox loves BioShock Infinite, Lindsay Lohan sues Grand Theft Auto for making her relevant again, and Atari's serving up breakfast food at Denny's.

Fox loves BioShock

If you, by chance, watched Fox News this week you might've spotted a familiar looking logo—somebody in the graphics department clearly played a lot of BioShock Infinite.

To be fair: BioShock Infinite has a sweet logo. Thanks, Kotaku.

MOBAverload

There is a Transformers MOBA with an open beta this weekend.

There's a Dead Island MOBA running a closed beta.

There is also a Witcher MOBA.

Everything you love is dead.

Mean girls

Lindsay Lohan is following through on her threat to sue Rockstar over unauthorized use of her image in Grand Theft Auto V.

I just can't even

BioWare showed off a Dragon Age: Inquisition party member this week, Dorian, who lead series writer David Gaider called "fully gay." Then he backpedaled and said what he meant was "legitimately gay."

Leaving aside awkward phrasings, Gaider writes that Dorian's sexuality "added an interesting dimension to his backstory, considering he comes from a place where 'perfection' is the face that every mage puts on and anything that smacks of deviancy is shameful and meant to be hidden."

Fallout 23:13

I'm normally not too into speed runs—where people play through games at record-setting speeds—but there's been a back-and-forth shootout in Fallout 3 for the last week that's worth watching. All you need is twenty-three minutes or so—that's about how long the two frontrunners (YouTube users BubblesDelFuego and Tom Roe) are taking to complete the entire game at this point.

Below is Tom Roe's 23:13 run, which has since been surpassed by a 23:11 BubblesDelFuego attempt.

Atari's part of this balanced breakfast

Let's be clear: Nobody should ever step foot in a Denny's of their own volition. But if you happen to find yourself there, say at two in the morning when nothing else is open, well at least you can take solace in knowing that Denny's loves video games.

The diner-just-barely-better-than-Waffle-House teamed up with Atari for a suite of classic game makeovers—they're bringing breakfast-themed versions of Asteroids, Centipede, and Breakout to mobile devices (titled Hashteroids, Centipup, and Take-out, respectively).

I'll leave you with this soul-crushing description of Hashteroids: "You're aboard the SS Denny's Condiment Transport ship and the mission is clear: deliver 40 tons of condiments to the 4th planet in sector 7d." A game titled Hashteroids featuring "delivery" (read: smuggling) and it's not about marijuana? Poor Denny's.

Kill that blunt

The dumb just keeps on coming, as this week Activision announced you can buy the "Blunt Force" character pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts. This gives you armor and weapon skins featuring the cannabis plant, commonly known as marijuana or "weed."

Remember kids:

Your poor wallet

Did your wallet not suffer enough from the Steam Summer Sale? Then it's your lucky day—the Humble Store is serving up its own set of deals every day, with 10% of your purchase automatically going to charity. See, you're not buying those video games because you're selfish—it's for charity!

The sale runs through Wednesday, July 16.

Manfaat Teh