Today’s PWNorDIE Daily Blast gives you plenty of lists, suggests gaming gives older brains a boost, tells of 2009 in the gaming world, and even gets in on the Twitter craze. Plus here is a shout out to GamePolitics where politics and video games collide.

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Here is the DAILY BLAST for Thursday, April 16, 2009:

• 5 Reasons why the Xbox 360 Controller is Better than the PS3 Controller [Nerve]
• The 7 Worst Spin-Offs to Classic Games [Gameist]
• Top 10 new games for 2009 [ShortList]
• 25 things that every gamer should own [UGO]
• Top 10 Gamecube Games [VG Chartz]
• The 8 Most Screwed-Up Surprise Videogame Endings [ToplessRobot]
• 12 Game Heroes Who Look Like Villains [GamePro]
• Can video games give older brains a boost? [Tampa Bay Online]
• Virtual Reality: The Year Twenty-O-Nine In Video Game History [Kotaku]
• EA Supports Ashton Kutcher in Twitter Showdown [GoNintendo]

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