I want to play this in CS:S.
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The pink PS2 came out, the BBC realizes it's time to write an article on how the "videogames industry is continuing to fail women".

You know that PS3 thingie that is coming out in a few months? It's not even in production yet.

Want to own in boardgames just like you supposedly do in WoW? Here's how to win Monopoly every time.

UNCG realizes nobody likes ECON201, now let's you play a videogame "demonstrating" microeconomics for credit.

Want to visit Valve in Seattle? Just ask.

What could possibly be cuter than a picture of a bunny? A video of two bunnies eating of course!

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Apparently you can get people to do about anything.
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I don't even know what Schildstyle means, but since I'm waiting for a demo to finish downloading on my X360 (Zegapain XOR!!! Huh?) so I can enjoy some sweet flying mech mayhem since Chrome has no flying at all, I figured I'd clue you in on this week in gaming.

Some of you may have seen that Xbox Live has this sort of retro thing going on with some new releases. Street Fighter is due out in a couple weeks, but this weeks release was Frogger. George Costanza would be proud.

New releases this week included Chromehounds (review forthcoming) and Prey. At this moment, I'm enjoying Prey more than Chromehounds. But I haven't gotten a chance to really dig deep into the insane mech customization and persistant online gameplay. I'll pass some sort of judgement on these two completely different games by the end of this weekend I'm sure.

ATI has been chosen to provide the decoder for the X360 HD-DVD player. H.264 or sommat. I don't see how that's news. But there it is, ATI wins again.

Joystiq is running a story about a keynote given by the VP of epic. I'd say his name, but that would make him a rockstar, and I just can't do that. Anyway, he gave a speech about how Intel is killing PC gaming. If by Intel he means consoles and the ever increasing price of maintaining a modern PC to play 80% of the same shit you can get on consoles. I suppose this magical "Intel" is killing PC Gaming. But since he's already been criticized for this particular keynote, I'll move on.

The yields on Blu-Ray and the Cell processor are shit. Sony is screwed even more.

Two last bits: Monster Hunter 2 PSP has infrastructure (wifi) play. The Wii is officially getting an exclusive Resident Evil game. Apparently it has Leon in it. I'd buy a console for Resident Evil 4.5.
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There isn't much news out there today, so you get a Game Genie commercial to fill up all that free time you have.

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First off I'd like to say that our recent dearth in news posting is directly related to the news that has been populating our fine internet as of late. Basically: if there is no news to post, we do not post any news!
That said:

The new date for Street Fighter II on XBL is July 30th, this time they REALLY think so.

Best Buy says Halo 3 will be out 11/16/06, will be become self-aware.

The Genisis isn't dead, this November it's back on your PSP.

PSP's 2.71 firmware already hacked?

The best games by men for men, and not in a gay way (not that there is anything wrong with that).

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Soul Calibur IV confirmed, no one is really that shocked.

This website says another website says that they know a guy who says the 360 might drop by as much as 100 bucks this Christmas. Gaming journalism at its finest.

Exploited gaming girls are protesting against exploiting gaming girls.

When not creating video games, the Japanese excel at peeling cooked potatoes.

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I can't necessarily decipher some of the weirdness going on in here, but it looks like fun. Hopefully it doesn't treat me like a toddler the same way NSMB did.

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"Jump In" won Best of Show during the Addy awards, American Advertising Federation's answer to the oscars. I'm pretty sure I've never actually seen it on tv, but then again, I don't watch much tv nowadays.

I kind of like it.

At least it looks that way to me.

This game needs to be translated into English, seriously.

Funcom wants to make you a slave. In Age of Conan, that is - their upcoming MMOG, slated for the fourth quarter of 2006. F13 caught up with the Norse gaming company, known for its adventure games (Dreamfall and The Longest Journey) as well as the first-generation MMO Anarchy Online. AO wasn't particularly held up as a stellar example of online gaming, with a fantastically rocky launch and bland gameplay, but Funcom seems to be trying to correct that with their latest endeavor.

Ya, I was excited when it was only out in Japan. And I'm more excited that it's being localized. Hopefully they'll keep the Japanese vocal track.

So, this popped up on Youtube yesterday. Uhm, why do I feel like I've already played this?



Oh, because I did. Back in the nineties.