Tue, May 31, 2011 | 05:39 BST

Tuesday Shorts, overnight edition – E3 billboard, Minecraft docco, Liberty City street view

Holiday weekends just mean even more entertaining dribbles of almost-news than usual. Venture within and be fully informed.

Kotaku spotted this “brief” History of Western Action RPGs. More like “exhaustive”.
Once upon a time there was (almost) a zombie game called Gunhero. You can look at its remains.
The interactive Liberty City map now features street view. GTA IV is nearly redundant.
The first Zelda game was supposed to support Nintendo’s Zapper gun. How about that.
Nvidia’s put out a pair of $99 stereoscopic 3D glasses – the catch is, they’re wired.
Nvidia’s also got a new mobile chipset which could double the power of gaming laptops.
Australian consumer group CHOICE has pointed out how unfair local games pricing is. Here’s hoping the government and retailers are listening.
Part two of the origin story of the PS Move Sharpshooter is out.
2 Player Productions is a making a film about Minecraft, and wants your stories.
Speaking of ye olde Craft of Mines, someone’s made a creeper plushie. Just… euuugghh.
Sadly, Keiji Inafune does not have a new PS3 game coming out this month, as previously reported. He meant Hyperdimension Neptunia mk II, in which he appears as a weapon.
More details of Windows Phone 7′s “Mango” update have emerged, including more stuff to do with your Live Avatar.
Michael pachter’s Xbox Live account has apparently been hacked. Make your passwords hard, be wary of phishing.
Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley snapped a picture of this year’s giant E3 billboard going up – it’s Skyrim. Apparently.