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There's no way to get around it: Privates is a game about genitalia. While most other games involving the naughty bits of people tend to be of the blatantly pornographic kind, Privates decides to take a different tack and approach the problem of supper happy sexy fun times with a little more humor. Granted, we aren't too surprised, since the game is made by the astoundingly funny, slightly risque, and extremely British Zombie Cow Studios.

Privates follows a squad of troopers as they fight their way through the nether bits of a particularly infected young lady. It's rude and crass and completely biologically inaccurate, but overall it's a load of fun. And dead virus critters, but nobody really likes a load of them. It was made on commission for BBC's Channel 4, which hosts some of Britain's funniest comedies (Mighty Boosh, IT Crowd), so it's no wonder Privates is a delightfully humorous take on sexual hygiene.

The game will run on most current systems, generally any computer on par or better than an Xbox 360, but the video card must support Shader 3.0.

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At this year's QuakeCon, Big Download was able to sit in on a private screening of Frag, a serious documentary about the many struggles and setbacks dealt with by professional gamers such as Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. At the complete opposite end of the spectrum is LAN Party Massacre, a satirical film in development by Creatively Bankrupt Productions.

LAN Party Massacre follows the exploits of a group of pro gamers invited to a national LAN tournament. One of the attendees has spent a bit too much time playing video games and decides to hunt down fellow attendees.

The movie aims to parody both the "slasher" sub-genre of horror movies as well as gaming culture, with the antagonist, a man obsessed with violence due to excessive gaming, seemingly viewed as a representation of how the government and most non-gamers view our admittedly violent hobby.

LAN Party Massacre will be available in 2009. You can view or download a teaser trailer on the movie's official website.