Long maligned for turning healthy children into fat psychopaths, videogames are at last contributing something positive to society by leading the fight against Alzheimer's Disease.

Working at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, researchers have discovered that an insulin-degrading enzyme nicknamed "Pac-Man" may also function as an effective treatment for the deadly degenerative dementia by neutralizing the amyloid proteins associated with its onset. According to Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, the enzyme works by "gobbling up" said proteins in much the same way as Pac-Man gobbled up fruit and ghosts in his eponymous arcade debut.

However, when asked if videogames were at all relevant to the breakthrough in something other than the most superficial way imaginable, Wood responded: "No, it's just a name. But don't let that stop you talking about it on your internet blogs. I know how desperate you people are for content."

Pac-Man copyright holders Namco-Bandai have yet to announce when they're going to sue the Mayo Clinic out of existence, though sources close to the company expect it will be within the coming month.

(Thanks, Joystiq!)

A picture of a woman has appeared on a videogame blog! And — and — she's wearing Nintendo clothes! Naturally, you are required to drop whatever you're doing and rate her appearance on a scale of 1-10, taking special care to note whether or not you would take time out of your busy schedule to have sex with her. Because god knows you guys sure do fuck a lot of bitches. And with all that tank-driving and mountain-climbing you do, you certainly don't have the time to bang 'em all, right?

RIGHT?

Ugh. Anyway, here's something delicious:

They are cupcakes! Specifically, they are EEGRA cupcakes, made and photographed by neato person Tracey. Since that picture's a bit blurry, here's another one:

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

I could be mistaken, but I think this is our very first fan-food! If that isn't some sort of milestone, then I dunno what is. Thank you, Tracey!

In other news, I've finally got the Downloads section up and going. In addition to the nine Shindig entries, there's also a neat little indie game called FIG there, which you might enjoy. Eventually, we hope to have a whole selection of cool indie games available for download, as well as some other things too, so there you go. Exciting stuff, I guess!

Also: is this some kind of joke? I mean, why even bother.