Sometimes our greatest breakthroughs are inspired by our most trying times. These inventions all got their start trying to solve military challenges.

According to one Suffolk University Professor the largest publishers in the video game industry have profited from fear and anxiety about terrorism.

While Sync will bring you the scoop on the iPad 2 when we’re in San Francisco this week, here’s a look at what we might expect (not!). Enjoy this amusing spoof on the next iPad, likely inspired by flicks like War of the Worlds, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Cloverfield.

What do you get when you cross Band of Brothers with retro Nintendo games? The answer looks something like Brotherhood of Leet: 8 Bit Wars a live-action video miniseries from Toronto’s Davin Lengyel, a co-producer of Web hit Pure Pwnage. Here’s the deets.

Sony’s eagerly anticipated third-person action game is now available. Quite simply, if you’re a PS3 owner and over the age of 17, then you most definitely should snag this extraordinary adventure.