Burnout Paradise
For: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
From: Electronic Arts, www.ea.com
Rating: p p p p 1/2
Screeeee... BOOM! That's the sound of you schooling fools on the streets of high-definition, open-world wheelman's utopia Paradise city, tagteaming with or shaming up to seven friends in hundreds of stunt- and crash-prone challenges. Seamless broadband integration ensures killer rubber-burning mayhem, with USB camera support providing authentic looks at losers' sagging faces. -Scott Steinberg

Super Blu Bh200
From: LG Electronics, www.lge.com
Price: $999
Rating: p p p p
Sprang for the HDTV but can't settle on a high-def video format? Don't pick sides. Instead, enjoy the highest-possible picture quality and greatest film selection with this combo Blu-ray disc/HD DVD player. Additional pluses include networked connectivity plus upscaling of standard DVDs to eye-popping 1080p resolution... Gigli, here we come. -SS

NFL Tour For:
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
From: Electronic Arts, www.ea.com
Rating: p p p p
Goodbye, NFL Street; hello, hyperactive, seven-on-seven gridiron successor, which trades way-over-the-top pigskin brawls for slightly less ostentatious showdowns delivered in a pro roadshow-style format. Notable additions include tackle breaking mini-games, more user-friendly controls and big play-unleashing special meters that, unlike previous Gamebreaker features, don't prove damn near as unstoppable. -SS

DJM-700 Pro Dj Mixer
From: Pioneer Electronics,
www.pioneerprodj.com
Price: $1,299
Rating: p p p p p
If you thought Pioneer made cool DJ gear, guess what? You're right. For years they've been pumping out pro mixers, cD and DVD turntables and even headphones; now, they've reinvented the mixer with the DJM-700, which boasts features like the world's first Effect Frequency Filter, a more intuitive manual filter, multiple effects and assignable MIDI functions-the effects only DJs can appreciate.
-Jonathan Wong

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
For: Wii
From: Nintendo, www.nintendo.com
Rating: p p p p p
We choose you, Pikachu, to beat down pansy-ass friends in madcap multiplayer showdowns alongside Mario, Sonic, Solid Snake and several dozen odd additional signature mascots, that is. Funny name, simple game: Grab randomly-appearing hammers or swords and button-mash your way to victory in ultra-addictive solo adventures or frantic four-man online scraps. -SS

Cinemawall
XP-103DHD
From: Runco, www.runco.com PRIcE: $99,995
Rating: p p p p p
Sorry, no misprint-you really will need to be ballin' out of control to afford this beauty of a 103-inch plasma HD display. But hey, a hunny Gs is a small price to pay for the looks on viewers' faces when they see a life-sized Jenna Jameson gettin' freaky in 16:9, right? -SS

Little Big Planet
For: PlayStation 3
From: Sony, www.playstation.com
Rating: p p p p
Got what it takes to outwit today's video game designers? Prove it with this bizarre toolkit, which lets you craft your own online-shareable 3-D adventures by plopping down random objects and creating quirky rag-doll characters on-demand. Weird, yes, but even more entertaining still when you factor in those funky physics. -SS

Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty
For: Pc, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
From: codemasters, www.codemasters.com
Rating: p p p
Save America the beautiful (but not the president, who must be wacked) from semi-intelligent Nazis who've invaded circa World War II following churchill's death. Ultra-bland story and clichd level design work aside, the hands-on, first-person, gat-'em-up action-interspersed with hand-to-hand combat, ledge-crawling sequences, rooftop chases and bomb-making mini-games-isn't half bad. -SS

Kartrider
For: Pc
From: Nexon, www.nexon.net
Rating: p p p p
Nevermind the juvenile visuals; this spastic, Internet-only arcade racer (think Mario Kart, only supporting text chat and eight-player head-to-head matchups from anywhere around the globe) scores for accessibility and price. completely free to play, the bomb/ banana peel-tossing favorite's so dope, it's already got 160 million trigger-happy drivers riding dirty worldwide. -SS

Eye-FI
From: Eye-FI, Inc., www.eye.fi
Price: $99.99 RATING: p p p
Can't ever get around to uploading all those pictures you take? Let this wireless-enabled 2GB SD memory card automatically transfer 'em straight from digital camera to Pc, Shutterfly/ Flickr-powered online albums, Facebook or your blog. Following a five-minute setup, all you need's access to a WIFI hotspot-and possibly, a hot model. -SS

Few things stand the test of time. Something once hot, scrubbed by the scathing sands of time, quickly turns not. brigitte Nielsen for one, britney Spears another (no, we'd rather not hit you one more time).

Cars are particularly susceptible to the woes of age. while they don't wrinkle, gain weight or suffer through custody battles, models -the four-wheel kind-do become dated. My S13 240Sx, for example: Pop-up headlights, a sharp nose and angular lines don't exactly scream Internet age. The third generation Mazda Rx-7, however, is a rare exception.

Yes, the Fd3S comes equipped with the was-cool-in-the-early-'90s pop-up illumination, but take a mere glance at the sultry curves of the Mazda and I ask, beg, and implore you to find a car today that has sexier lines. The MILF of the automobile world, this is one car that looks hotter today than it did yesterday; a fact that Richmond, va. resident Terry Awad appreciates.

An automotive fiend with a particular craving for boost, Terry's been through some impressive cars: An E39 bMw M5, a Lotus Elise, a JdM righthand drive Toyota Soarer (Lexus SC for the Japanese inept), five Mazda Miatas, a Mitsubishi Evo and a turbocharged honda S2000. And those are just some of his exes. Terry still owns an R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R and a trackprepped Evo 8. Jealous? All those cars are minor compared to his baby, a '93 Mazda Rx-7.

"The Fd3S Rx-7 came out when I was in high school," said Terry. "I remember the day it first appeared at my Mazda dealer. I was both stunned and obsessed with the car. All of the older guys at the time bought them and I used to watch them street race against the domestic guys and win. I vowed that one day I would own an Fd and it would be badass. For a while I thought about buying a Supra because of its superior power plant, but in my opinion, it never will be as sexy as the Fd." we agree.

While Terry thought his Mazda was hot stock, he knew he could make her hotter. Think Adriana Lima post victoria's Secret. And like any good lingerie model, the Fd chassis was first stripped bare-all the way down to the metal-so that dream works Customs out in virginia beach, va., could properly media blast and prep it for the multi-stage house of kolor kobalt blue paint with a Rosetta Red Pearl finish. The lengthy process took four months and involved spraying the entire chassis, new bumper, R1 lip and Feed side skirts and the installation of LEd turn signals and Japanese-spec '99 taillights. A custom cut 3M clear bra was applied by Roadblock Protective Systems to protect the new paint.

With the exterior looking shiny and new, Terry went to sprucing up the cabin, reupholstering the more than decadeold interior with new leather and swapping in a suede Nardi Classico steering wheel and hub, C's short shifter kit and an ARC titanium shift knob. A'PExi instrumentation, including a PowerFC Commander and a blitz SbC-id boost controller, gave the early-'90s vehicle a digital makeover.

Afterwards, Terry focused on getting the Rx-7 to rolling chassis status so that it would be readily transportable. Terry had the stock struts replaced with koni Sport shocks, h&R springs and Ground Control coilovers, he also upgraded the brakes with brembo rotors tied to Goodrich brake lines. A Cusco strut tower bar was installed and Terry had Tri-Point adjust the suspension and corner balance the rotary-powered machine. To get the Mazda finally rolling, literally, work Meisters (18x9 front +38 offset; 18x10 rear +38 offset)- custom painted to rival-make volk Mag blue specifications, a shade darker than the chassis, were wrapped on dunlop direzza tires (225/45-18 front; 245/40-18 rear) and capped with light blue work aluminum lug nuts.

Semi-mobile, it was off to PF Supercars, where Ray wilson met the task of getting the rotary running. Needing a rebuild, the 13b motor was pulled apart and the seals were replaced with fresh stock units and the housings ported to a mild street spec before being reassembled. A GT35R turbo kit from A-Spec Tuning, complete with A-Spec Tuning manifold and downpipe, TiAL 44mm wastegate, hkS Super-Sequential blow-off valve and Rotary Extreme v-mount intercooler replaced the overly complicated oE sequential setup. bye-bye rat's nest. with the motor and turbo system in place, wilson focused on the details; installing items like a freer-flowing GReddy throttle-body elbow, k&N filter, kakimoto Racing midpipe and Racing beat dual-tip exhaust, and spark-amplifying hkS Twin Power ignition, Magnecor spark plug wires, odyssey PC680 battery and NGk Iridium plugs. Fuel delivery was increased with kGParts Fuel System injectors (1,600/550cc), a secondary fuel rail, stainless lines, an Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator and two fuel pumps off a Toyota Supra. with the rotary firing, Wilson dropped in an Exedy clutch and tuned the buffed 13b with an APEx'i PowerFC squeezing 423 hp and 309 lb-ft of torque out of the tiny 1.3L; good for a 11.9 second run at 119 mph on the quarter-mile. Not too shabby for an old girl, eh?

"In the past I've built many hardcore vehicles for mountain/track driving. with the Fd, wanted to showcase something beautiful and unique while retaining comfort and daily drive-ability with such amenities like A/C, heat and comfy seats." Reliable and more importantly, actually driven on the streets, Terry's rotary is a purring MILF, one we'd take home over a haggard pop princess any day. Gimme more, in this case means one with more age.

Tweaks
Output: 423 hp, 309 lb-ft; 11.9 second quarter mile at 119 mph trap speed

Engine: Garrett GT35R turbo; APEx'i PowerFC; TiAL wastegate; hkS Super-Sequential blow-off valve, Twin-Power ignition; Rotary Extreme v-mount intercooler; A-spec manifold, up-pipe, downpipe; custom ceramic coated intercooler piping; PF Supercars mild street port; Toyota Supra fuel pumps (x2); kG Parts fuel system (550/1,600cc injectors); Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator; upgraded secondary fuel rail; Magnecor spark plug wires; k&N intake; GReddy intake manifold; Racing beat exhaust; kakimoto Race midpipe; NGk spark plugs; odyssey PC680 battery

Drivetrain: C's short throw shift; Exedy dual plate clutch; Mazdaspeed flywheel; Cusco LSd

Suspension: Koni shocks; Mazdaspeed anti-roll bar

Wheels/Tires: Work Meister rims (front: 18x9 +38 offset; rear: 18x10 +38 offset)

Brakes: Brembo rotors; Project Mu brake pads; Goodridge brake lines; dunlop direzza tires (225/45-18 front; 245/40-18 rear)

Exterior: House of kolors kandy Cobalt blue with Rosetta Red Pearl; R1 front lip; Led turn signals; Feed side skirts; JdM '99 taillights; Catz head lamps

Interior: Nardi 330mm Classico steering wheel, hub; bell works billet spacer; C's short shifter kit; APEx'i PowerFC Commander (in cradle); blitz SbC-id boost controller; ARC titanium shift knob; updated interior panels