What's a street racing movie or game without the babes? Fortunately, NFS: ProStreet won't be holding back on us. Krystal Forscutt, former Big Brother contestant and currently sizzling model, will be waving arms as a starting girl in the game.

She seems pretty excited about being one of the girls that all NFS fans around the world would see. Now joining the ranks of other celebrities immortalized in video games, our girl is the first Aussie to ever appear on an EA game.

Forscutt admits that she went through breast enlargement, but that's all there is to her smoking body. Well, if that would make someone qualify as a DOA babe, it's not too bad right?

Look forward to hitting the road with her when NFS:ProStreet comes Q4 2007 for the PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, DS, and PC.

 

Okay, this may cause some alarmists to scream "Big Brother!" so before all the speculation, here are the known details - just so all you privacy advocates can relax a bit.

Google has filed a patent that reveals that they plan to compile psychological profiles of millions of gamers by covertly monitoring the way they play online games. Now you may think that this only concerns folks who play MMOs on their PCs, however, the patent apparently says that Google can also monitor people playing on any game console that hooks up to the internet, including the Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, and Microsoft Xbox 360.

What's even more hair-raising is that it says that information could be retrieved from previous game details saved on memory cards. To quote: "Such saved information may be thought of state information, and offers a valuable source of information to the advertisers." Yes, if you've played 350 hours of Oblivion, they'll know. Yep, the patent is that creepy; it even says:

In a car racing game, after a user crashes his Honda Civic, an announcer could be used to advertise by saying 'if he had a Hummer, he would have gotten the better of that altercation', etc... If the user has been playing for over two hours continuously, the system may display ads for Pizza Hut, Coke, coffee.

Now here's why we're asking all those privacy advocates to calm down and not cry foul. Google has said that they do not plan to roll out the technology in the near future. They say that it was just one of the patents that they wanted to file. The Guardian reports that a Google spokesman had this to say: "Google registers different patents irrespective of whether we actually intend to use them."

So no, Big Brother, er, I mean, Google isn't watching you. Not yet. *insert cheesy B-movie sci-fi music* It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.

Electronic Arts is cooking up another new venture, and this time they've enlisted the help of TV company Endemol to develop Virtual Me, a new digital entertainment concept that "bridges the divide between traditional TV and videogames."

This online offering will let users create their own avatars - or "astonishingly lifelike cyber-clones," according to a press statement - which they can use to meet, compete, and socialize with other gamers. Users can also join virtual versions of Endemol's TV series such as Deal or No Deal and Fear Factor using their avatars.

"With Virtual Me we are at the forefront of a new, hybrid form of entertainment that takes gaming beyond the console," said EA International boss Gerhard Florin. "Endemol is a great partner to help us bring together the best of TV and video games for an offering that can appeal to mass market audiences and change the face of entertainment."

Virtual Me is slated to debut alongside the new Big Brother series which is coming to British TV screens this summer. A website is also in the works.

If you raised your hand then read on. Celador will bring a skills-based game version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? to the world’s largest skill gaming website, King.com. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? became one of the most successful TV game show franchises in the world and turned trivia into a money-maker. Starting November 17, the long-running show moves online, and geeks, nerds, and walking encyclopedias can once again test their trivia skills. And yes you get to win cash prizes for those otherwise useless information you got inside your skulls.

The inclusion of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? joins a growing number of hit TV shows that have partnered with King.com for a skills-based online games versions. Other shows featured on the website are Big Brother (UK) and Deal or No Deal (US). According to King.com, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has become a certifiable pop culture icon and they're excited to offer a skill game version to challenge fans of the show.