Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he's now focusing on bringing Nintendo's handheld DS consoles to the classroom.

Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto is famous for bringing us Mario, the Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong and Animal Crossing but the video game designer is busying himself with a different kind of project these days. Miyamoto has said the area he is devoting himself to the most is turning Nintendo brand of handheld consoles into educational aids and teaching tools.

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Harmonix and MTV today announced that Lady GaGa will be making her Rock Band debut next week. Nice and all but Lady GaGa+RockBand doesn't exactly equal breaking news. So what would make her debut breaking news? Oh, just Cartman.

Seriously, this is happening. Harmonix said, "… a four pack of songs from pop sensation Lady Gaga, as well as a special Lady Gaga cover by Comedy Central’s South Park's own Eric Cartman."

For those of you who have no idea what we're getting so worked up about, check out the clip below. Feel free to tune out at about 1:15 as the video transitions into the dance remix of Poker Face around then.

I've also included a clip of Christopher Walken reading the lyrics to Poker Face out loud, just because I can. You can thank me later!

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