Top 10 Video Games to Play With Your Date

Star Wars impressed, but Donkey Kong was barrels of fun

(NEWSER) - They may seem primitive alongside your Wii, but lest we forget the glory days of arcade games, Peter Hartlaub counts down the best in the San Francisco Chronicle. The top five:

1. Donkey Kong: 30 years on, “they’re making documentaries about this incredible video game,” whose barrel-throwing gorilla helped put Nintendo on the map.
2. Star Wars: The game made you feel “immersed in the movie,” and boasted the voice of Alec Guinness.

Many games have been met with outrage

(NEWSER) - A storm of bad publicity about Rendition: Guantanamo—a video game about falsely-accused Gitmo detainees trying to escape—forced the game makers to can it this week. It's far from the only game to test the boundaries, ABC reports:

• Atomic Games dumped development of Six Days in Fallujah amid protests from vets and others; it would have portrayed the real 2004 battle for the city.
• Faith Fighter had leaders of the world religion's duking it out until it was deemed too incendiary.

Breaking up via text or email? That's so outdated.

(NEWSER) - If couples are having fewer public fights nowadays, it might be because they're busy liveblogging their entire breakup on Twitter, NPR reports. Beyond dumping the dude in 140 characters, here are six other ultra-modern ways to become uncoupled:

1. Watch "The Break-Up Poem" on LiveVideo.com for tips on how to say "It's over" in sonnet form.
2. Take an online quiz to test whether your relationship is over—together.

Top songs to nurse rage this Valentine's Day

(NEWSER) - Roses and chocolates be damned. The pink-and-red holiday can be especially harsh on the recently dumped. MTV suggests tunes to nurse your inner rage:

1. Ain't It Funny: Who knows breakups better than J-Lo?
2. Shut Up and Let Me Go: Enough said in this tune by the Ting Tings.
3. Before He Cheats: Jam to Carrie Underwood. Just don't imitate her during the car keying part.

Over-enthused celebs to crazy costumes, dance craze has something for everyone

(NEWSER) - Go on, admit it: Dancing With the Stars has you glued to the tube like a nude bodysuit on a ballroom dancer. Don’t worry—Annie Barrett of Entertainment Weekly is right there with you. She shares the 15 reasons she’s a Dancing fool.

1. Stars dancing with gusto, no matter how goofy.
2. Campy men who get campier as they get older (ahem, Jerry Springer).
3. Out-of-control costumes: sequins, spangles, feathers, masks!