"Gears of War" lead creator Cliff Bleszinski talked about a lot of stuff during a telephone interview late last week. Some of it was rather spoiler-heavy, so I'm sitting on that stuff for another couple of days.

Instead, let's see what he and I talked about regarding romance in "Gears of War 2," and why he's concerned that you might take what he's saying the wrong way. Read more...

I saw "50 Cent: Blood On The Sand" in action yesterday during a demonstration in Manhattan. Producer Aaron Blean shared some details in a report I filed at MTVNews.com. One of the details involves the woman in "Blood in the Sand." I didn't see here, but I did learn that she's a character the rapper dreamed up.

From my story:

Blean didn't reveal too much about the love interest, but she's apparently a fictional character with a twist that 50 thought up: "His idea was to not just have a female character be a love interest but someone he would lose trust in."