It was a long leisurely three-day holiday in the U.S., giving us plenty of time to stoke the Mashable fire with fuel for thought all weekend long.

What? You were out gallivanting around, missing out on all the hard news, frivolity, mirth and madness of our eclectic yet carefully measured Mashable weekend coverage? Good for you. It was a nice weekend to be offline.

No need to grieve, because you can indeed have it all. We’ve corralled the weekend’s plethora of posts in one handy place for you, right here:

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Helpful Resources

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Top 5 Foursquare Mistakes Committed by Small Businesses

13 Instagram Apps For More Photo Fun

46 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

4 Fun Apps To Enhance Your Digital Lifestyle

HOW TO: Set Up an Online Resume

Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

Beyond Badges: 3 Smart Ways to Gamify Your Startup

A Look Back at Eight Years of WordPress

Weekend Leisure

Endeavour Is Coming Home: Amazing Photos From the Shuttle’s Last Voyage

Sony Goes Viral With Dragon Tattoo Teaser [VIDEO]

Indy 500 Warmup: World Record-Setting 332-foot Truck Jump [VIDEO]

6 Gadgets We’re Playing With This Week

Hangover II’s Mr. Chow Guest Stars in Mike Tyson’s iPhone Game

Internet Drama [COMIC]

Naked Gaming Craze In New York? It’s a Hoax [VIRAL VIDEO]

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The Hangover Part II made its debut on the big screen this weekend, and along with it, made an appearance in Mike Tyson’s iPhone game in a Warner Bros. promotion for the film.

Specifically, a free update to the game (Mike Tyson’s Main Event [iTunes link]) features the ability to fight Mr. Chow (played in The Hangover Part II by Ken Jeong) in Bangkok (where the film is set), watch the full trailer within the app and buy tickets.

For those unfamiliar with the Hangover series, the update is especially fitting since Tyson, playing himself, was the breakout star of the first movie and makes a return appearance in the sequel.

So far, the update seems to have ignited more interest in Main Event, which was downloaded more than one million times in its release week back in March. The creators of the game, RockLive, tell Mashable that they saw more than 120,000 active users of a new “city leaderboard” feature on Thursday, which allows users to see the top scorers in their area based on geolocation.

The game, which is very much modeled after the classic NES title Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, has also added more virtual items, such as a “Power Balance wristbrand” that helps users beat more challenging opponents in their quest to get to Mike Tyson. It’s those virtual items — along with promos like the one for Hangover II — that RockLive hopes will help the monetize the free game.

Below, an interview I shot with Tyson back at SXSW before the release of the game:

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The Hangover Part II made its debut on the big screen this weekend, and along with it, made an appearance in Mike Tyson’s iPhone game in a Warner Bros. promotion for the film.

Specifically, a free update to the game (Mike Tyson’s Main Event [iTunes link]) features the ability to fight Mr. Chow (played in The Hangover Part II by Ken Jeong) in Bangkok (where the film is set), watch the full trailer within the app and buy tickets.

For those unfamiliar with the Hangover series, the update is especially fitting since Tyson, playing himself, was the breakout star of the first movie and makes a return appearance in the sequel.

So far, the update seems to have ignited more interest in Main Event, which was downloaded more than one million times in its release week back in March. The creators of the game, RockLive, tell Mashable that they saw more than 120,000 active users of a new “city leaderboard” feature on Thursday, which allows users to see the top scorers in their area based on geolocation.

The game, which is very much modeled after the classic NES title Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, has also added more virtual items, such as a “Power Balance wristbrand” that helps users beat more challenging opponents in their quest to get to Mike Tyson. It’s those virtual items — along with promos like the one for Hangover II — that RockLive hopes will help the monetize the free game.

Below, an interview I shot with Tyson back at SXSW before the release of the game:

More About: Film, kien jeong, MARKETING, mike tyson, Movies, rocklive, the hangover part ii, warner bros

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