DEFCON:AWESOME teamed up with guerrilla photographer Imoto to capture the video game cosplayers at this year’s annual Anime Weekend Atlanta convention. From cross-dressing Mario Bros to (possibly the most obscure Assassin’s Creed character) Kadar, there were some really impressive efforts this year.

Madden 11 is chock full of borderline fail. From the money-grab coin system to the shameless advertising, Defcon: Awesome’s resident Madden elite player, Matty, challenges the call and demands a penalty.

For a Vikings fan, the new Madden can be a brutally frustrating experience. The opening Saints field goal cinematic is the equivalent of a video teabagging. 88 rating? Seriously? Obviously the people behind Madden 11 hate the Minnesota Vikings. Sound like the paranoid ramblings of a delusional Vikings fan? Well check out all of the evidence of Vikings hate after the jump.

Each month, DEFCON:AWESOME takes the hottest female characters from last month’s games, scours the internet for fan art and cosplayers, distills all of this hotness down and delivers it to you. StarCraft II’s Kerrigan, Monkey Island 2′s Elaine Marley, Persona 3′s Mitsuru, & Arc Rise Fantasia’s Leslie battle it out to see who is crowned the Hottest Game Girl of July 2010.

What do Shark Week, Fable III chickens, Batman, and Guillermo del Toro have in common? They’re all part of the best of video game news from this last week. DEFCON:AWESOME has spent the last week trawling the internet, bookmarked a bunch of the hottest and coolest articles, and packaged them up for you in this weekly news recap.

PJD is a video game fanatic that has lost his freedom to play until 4:00 AM. That’ll happen when you get married. Recently, however, he has started to play old video games again, and has decided to review these games all over again. Follow along today as he looks at an old classic in Final Fantasy 7…