ffwd: Linklog

NFG Games reviews Space Invaders DS (Mastiff is bringing this to the States, incidentally.)

Wired News: Keyboard Is Mightier Than Sword (Recognizing the continuing MUD/MUSH popularity.)

Touch-DS: Nintendo DS Japanese TV ads (Also including a new Electroplankton ad - mm, Electroplankton!)

Press Release: '21st Century Hugh Hefner, Mitch Mortaza Creates a Revolution of Lingerie Sports' ('Lingerie Sports Franchise that will counter-program not only the NFL's Super Bowl halftime but also the NBA Finals and MLB's World Series in 2006.' Yay!)

World Chess Beauty contest website (Artfully pointed out via a more detailed post on MMM.)

Archive.org: Media Burn documentary collection (I _love_ the Internet Archive for paying to have amazing material like this digitized.)

BBC: Christopher Ecclestone quits as Dr. Who (Blimey, and only one episode shown so far - are we going to have a new Dr. Who per series now?)

Enkord: 'Clash Slash' PC indie space shooter (Here's a screenshot, looks kinda yummy, there's a free demo, too.)

Dangerofnoprivacy.com (Site set up by domain registrar GoDaddy, apparently the U.S. government has 'disallowed private registrations for .US domain names.')

BBC America showing all Alan Partridge series (Steve Coogan is a genius, please watch this Larry Sanders-esque comedy if you have BBC America.)

10TACLE secures exclusive Oktoberfest video game licence (...includes game rights for the Oktoberfest official mascot, a Bavarian dachshund referred to as "Wies'n Wastl". Yay!)

MSSV: 'The Reality Artificers' (A great essay on alternate reality games - via ARGN.)

Improbable Research: 'Bird on bird' (It's about dead birds and unfortunate intimate situations, and... oh, just read it.)

CBR: Mike Mignola on 'Hellboy: The Island' mini-series (Also mentions Hellboy movie sequel, new series of novels.)

Invisible City: 'Peep War' free Easter-themed tabletop RPG (Mm, Marshmallow Peeps and hex maps, a perfect combination - via Ogre Cave.)

Curmudgeon Gamer: GameSpot Vs. The Public (The public loves everything - fact.)

IGN DS: Meteos coming to U.S. in June (From Kirby co-creator Masahiro Sakurai and Lumines/Rez mastermind Tetsuya Mizuguchi, more lovely puzzle goodness.)

Matt Haughey: Kelly Clarkson's 'Since U Been Gone' as a corporate presentation (Totally cute - via Waxy.)

Gamasutra: 'Question of the Week Responses: The Highlights Of Game Developers Conference 2005' (Dayjob/free reg. req. alert - everyone loves Spore and Burning Down The House, hence the awesome mash-up illustration from Adam Reed.)

Water Cooler Games: PSP and Performance Intelligence (Some very dense, interesting analysis here.)

Toastyfrog: Exposing the first issue of OPM (...or P.S.X, as it was known then. Freaky.)

MeFi: 'More fun with Lovecraft' (You can never have too much fun with Lovecraft.)

Nich Maragos on the Japan Girls Nite Tour 2005 (...that's this tour, which hit San Francisco last night.)

Toni Takitani official movie site (Based on an eerie Haruki Murakami short story, will hopefully get a cinema/DVD release soon - via Alex de Campi.)

Official .JP site for NamCollection (Wow, it's just crazy that Ridge Racer for PS1 came out on the 3rd December 1994 - more than 10 years ago.)

Archive.org: Mika Björklund - Nocturne [wh054] (Relaxing CC-licensed Finnish white-noise ambience from Webbed Hand netlabel.)

Loonyblog: Did annoyingly forced PSP bundles affect the launch? (Even more annoying, apparently they didn't - bundles with unwanted games are evil.)

Apple: Trailer for Richard Linklater's 'A Scanner Darkly' (Oddly combining ultimate sci-fi cipher Keanu Reeves and Philip K Dick, using the same treated Rotoshopped style as Waking Life, looks astounding.)

Finalists for Sexiest Indie Gamer Of All Time (They're handsome/beautiful, and they love indie games - a winning combination.)

NewGrounds: Photo report on Alien Hominid at IGF (Sounds like they had a whole load of fun - yay!)

InsertCredit: Kill Bill mod for Beats Of Rage (My first IC post for a while, this Beats Of Rage mod is short but _extremely_ cool.)

Sony Classics U.S. trailer for Stephen Chow's 'Kung Fu Hustle' (...CG kung fu perfection from the maker of the divine Shaolin Soccer, releases in the States April 22nd.)

Ceefax.TV: search the BBC and RTE's TV text services (Here's more info on Ceefax - this is an unofficial site, and the Beeb are reportedly not pleased.)

Engadget/Music Thing: The Cracklebox ('A half-working oscillator where the conductivity of your fingers completes the circuit to make whooping, bleeping, semi-random noises.' I want one.)

Yahoo! Photos: Japanese-hosted Gallic nose exhibition (Reminds me of a Wario Ware mini-game.)

Touch-ds.jp: Videos of Japanese girls playing Nintendogs (This continues to be the cutest. game. evah.)

LJ: Japanese fast food mascot cosplay (Colonel Sanders looks sooo happy, even sans facial hair.)

Governor of Michigan shows 'The Guy Game' in press conference (Yes that 'The Guy Game'. Show Lumines instead!)

Michelle Delio's disputed Technology Review article (Seemingly randomly cached - this is, indeed, strong stuff, alongside previous concerns about Delio's Hungarian sources.)

XYZZY Interactive Fiction Awards for 2004 announced (Here's the award winners with links - looks like Blue Chairs cleaned up.)

Gelf Magazine: 'The Blurb Racket' (About movie ads with worryingly positive blurbs - cynical/excellent.)

Game-Science: NamCollection PS2 compilation announced (Oo, 'also includes a Museum Mode, featuring super play videos from each of the games' - didn't know that.)

1UP: Crucial Classics - Galaga (Parish, as always, knows his stuff.)

Crossfader.com - Microsoft's new electronica community site (?!) (Not, perhaps, an obvious subject for MSFT - via PostPlay.)

Digitimes: Interserv doing Condor Trilogy Online for Xbox 2 (Unannounced game alert! Plus - 'the development costs of an Xbox2 game is estimated to exceed US $1 million'? I'll take 20!)

Gelf Magazine: Wired News reporter citing suspicious sources? (Plus a more detailed follow-up - big deal or witch hunt? Via PaidContent.)

GameSpot: From Software releasing Adventure Player for PSP (...like RPG Maker, with WiFi-downloadable user-created games - sounds phenomenal.)

Sony: MPEG downloading site for PSP (...includes a free-to-grab episode of Speed Racer, even, heh.)

Improbable Research: 'The adventures of Hideto Tomabechi' (From my new favorite blog - Tomabechi 'claims to have developed a tune for ring tones that promises to increase the breast measurements of those who listen to it.' )

Kieron Gillen on Year One of New Games Journalism (He coined the phrase, and he's very sorry. Maybe.)

Gamasutra: 'Unionize Now?' (No reg. req! From Game Developer's March issue, Paul Hyman discusses the pro-s and con-s of unions in the game industry. Interesting.)

NTSC-UK: Consolevania interview (Consolevania being a rather good online games TV show, perhaps coming to UK TV soon.)

BoingBoing: Robolympics at SFSU, San Fran, this Friday-Sunday (I went last year, and it rocked - can't make it this year, but y'all should go.)

Snackspot: McDonalds launches 'Chocoballs' in Zurich (Snackspot is useful for keeping up with world events.)

CNN/AP: Imax theaters in Southern U.S. not showing volcano movie (...due to hints at, omg, evolution. )

GameTunnel reviews PC indie game releases for February 2005 (Sometimes I forget these monthly round-ups, but they rock mightily for obscurity-hunting.)

Guardian: New research claims 'Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' written under influence of ergot (...which is, of course, "a potentially deadly hallucinogenic fungus." You knew that, right?)

UK Natural History Museum video presentation: 'The Piltdown Fly' (On faking flies in amber - the Darwin Centre has a multitude of other great videos available - via Improbable Research.)

Handango: Russian roulette, Pocket-PC style (Only 5 copies sold so far, for some reason - via QT3.)

CNN: 'Chiptune assault-unit clashes with police in Brooklyn' (Or not so much, hah... go go Data Destruction Tour.)

Legaltorrents: Mark Cooper - Benefits Of P2P (PDF) (Making a point by distributing it by P2P, I guess? Heh.)

Reality Blurred: Kathy Griffin says Amazing Race's Jonathan may appear on Surreal Life (Carwreck TV! Only interesting if you're sad reality show geeks like we appear to be.)

Kikizo: New 'Shadow Of The Colossus' (aka ICO 2) trailer (.WMV) (Comes alongside a relatively vanilla interview with the game's producer - but my God, the trailer is beautiful.)

Stylish .SWF-ish speeding car Nissan JP screensaver from Groovisions (From other creators, ants with sugar cube clocks, also see bouncing cubes - all are 1024*768 Windows versions, check for other versions - via JeanSnow.net. )

Legendary game developers Schadenfreude Interactive return! (A bit early, but this is as seen in the April (?!) issue of Computer Games Magazine, and they're hitting hard with The Teutonic Ten: League Of Extraordinary Bavarians, from the creators of Need For Speed Underhill.)

Search-Wise - the fake search engine used in the first episode of Dr. Who (Very Google-esque, and so fake, it doesn't work.)

Cyclic Defrost: free Australian electronic music mag PDFs (They're up to Issue 10 now, stylish _and_ readable, I reckon.)

Monotonik: Machinae Supremacy - Jets 'N Guns OST [mtk144] (Re-issued for free on my net.label, the awesome bleep-metal (!) soundtrack to PC indie game Jets 'N Guns.)

Outpost Gallifrey: _Everything_ you need to know about the new Dr. Who series (The UK press is astounding, conspiracy leak theories are happily abounding.)

Sausage cross-section rugs (Including 'Salami, Bierschinken, Mortadella und Blutwurst' - via Improbable Research.)

Nintendo Power release list includes Katamari Damacy DS, Bubble Bobble Revolution DS (Good news all round!)

ASSEMblergames reviews the MAS Super NOVA JAMMA arcade setup (...a 'supergun' for your home, good detailed review of heavy-duty equipment.)

DIYGames: Independent Adventuring, January 2005 (Jozef Purdes is still doing sterling work in an almost disregarded subgenre.)

Chris Kohler confirms he's writing O'Reilly's 'Retro Gaming Hacks' (..the pseudo-sequel to my book - I'm contributing a hack or two, I believe.)

Adam Cadre discusses Emily Short's IF classic Galatea (Interactive fiction is such a niche, but there's some great commentary here.)

Worthplaying reviews 'Gaming Hacks' (A well thought-out review, even if it's not sparklingly positive.)

CBS Marketwatch: 'Gizmondo seeks to compete with majors' (Finally, someone's spotted that 'Jordan Racing sued the company for $3 million' and 'shares were removed from the OTC Bulletin Board in May 2003' - I have an unpublished 8,000 word article with much more 'interesting' info.)

PlanetNintendo: Wario Ware 'cameos and references' explained (Though I am a giant nerd, I definitely didn't get all of these, like the 64DD link & Chiritorie.)

Seona Dancing fansite - Ricky Gervais' new-wave band (I know 'The Office' star was in '80s bands, but boy - pictures can be very revealing - via b3ta.)

Gamespot: 'Everything Is Possible - Inside the Minds of Master Storytellers' (Ragnar Tornquist recommends author China Mieville in here, which I heartily second.)

B3ta: Interview with Patrick Moore (I love Moore, who is somewhat of a national hero (of eccentricity) in the UK.)

Lifehacker.com: Interview with 'father of life hacks' Danny O'Brien (Surely he's a bit annoyed that Lifehacker liberally borrows his entire idea and name?)

Flash meme 'o the day: 'Bunny rap' (As forwarded by my mother in law, but hey, .SWF cut-ups work when they're this cute.)

Official 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' film website re-opens (..hosted by Alan Rickman as Marvin, stuff to poke at here, including screensavers and wallpaper.)

Archive.org: AV Geeks - 'Squeak the Squirrel' education film ('Squeak is somewhat of a working class hero who, in spite of obstacles "the Man" puts in his way, always perseveres.')

American McGee's blog: 'Super Jack' (Friends of his have been modding the Unreal engine with Jack In The Box mascots for advergaming pitches.)

Hollywood Reporter: 'Doin' that E3 two-step' (Particularly interesting, Activision confirm its top E3-shown title will be 'new, original IP from [Tony Hawk makers] Neversoft Entertainment.')

Orange County Register: 'Game Plan: Go Online' (About the IGF and Reflexive - I'm briefly quoted - there's also a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about its local favorite, Chronic Logic's Gish.)

Archive.org: 'Fund For Innovative TV' documentary movies (Some smart excerpts in here, like the Adland documentary McDonald's commercial clip from 1972.)

Endless Fire: A brief history of the shoot-em-up genre (Or shmup, if you want to give certain friends of mine an aneurysm.)

Publisher's Weekly: Cuts Hit ADV Manga Unit (I don't follow this too closely, but the manga market in the U.S. seems very overcrowded to me.)

GamersInfo: 'A Tale In The Desert II, 5 Months Later' (The scoop on one of the more fascinating MMO experiments.)

Yahoo/Reuters: Nicholas 'Xander' Brendon in... 'Kitchen Confidential'? (Presumably based off Anthony Bourdain's excellent book of the same name.. but odd, all the same.)

Everything2: Do-It-Yourself Depression Control (I only have indigestion right now, but maybe some of you guys need some IANAD advice?)

Blizzard hits 1.5 million World Of WarCraft subscriptions (...including Korean Internet cafe subscriptions, this is hundreds of millions of dollars per year.)

QT3: Good summary of the state of Star Wars Galaxies (Much jargon, but good info - 'JtL' is Jump to Lightspeed, the space expansion, for the terminally confused.)

Kevin Gifford gets first 136 issues of Byte Magazine (Mm, computer mag fetishization, and the cover illustrations look great - is there a cover gallery online anywhere?)

Game Informer: Inside the U.S. PSP packaging (Still need to work out how to actually get one of these, first day.)

Archive.org: NES Glitch Compilation (v1.3) movie (' A compilation of temporal 8-bit glitches created by a NES.')

Gamer's Quarter PDF magazine - Issue 1 (Some not unintelligent, vaguely alt.journalism here.)

Private Eye: 'Lookalikes', Issue 1128 (Oyl, St. Hubbins have clones - also don't forget random lookalikes for more 'hilarity'.)

Archive.org: '27 uroven - First strike' (Just to mix things up, some freely downloadable Russian-language hiphop.)

PRNewsWire: 'Pret A PSP' fashion show in LA (Including 'a pure gold [PSP] case with seven carats of yellow and black diamonds encrusted on the front and back.')

Ne-o - production company behind Gene Kelly VW ad (As pointed out by Jason&Nihongonauts - especially check the Futureshock video for the VW ad 'inspiration', pop+lock-wise.)

CMU Experimental Gameplay: 'Tower Of Goo' (Win .EXE) (Here's a little more info from experimentalgameplay.com, a _really_ fun experiment.)

Yahoo! Buzz Game - MMO Market (Look at World Of WarCraft go! New fantasy prediction game also has handheld consoles (go PSP!), game consoles (too vague), and even Archive.org, heh.)

Amaztype .SWF app, exemplified for 'hacks' (...uses Amazon API neatly, via Waxy, but wait, Baseball Hacks?!? Eagerly awaiting 'Hacks' slot machines.)

Reuters: Imax Brings 3-D Tech Into 21st Century (Notes that George Lucas "is expected to project a digitally remastered 3-D excerpt from one of the Star Wars movies" this Thursday at ShoWest.)

Gamasutra: GDC Report: Will Wright's "The Future of Content" Lecture (A little late, but a satisfyingly complete write-up of Wright's vital keynote, no reg. req. for now, too.)

Yahoo: TiVo to make customized version for Comcast (Yay for TiVo not dying soon.)

Half Man Half Biscuit - 'Mate Of The Bloke' (And lots more Peel/Kershaw sessions here, even better, 'What Is Charteris?' ('You never hear of folk getting knocked on the bonce... although there was a drive-by shouting once') - HMHB's new album out later in 2005?)

Greg Costikyan on alternative game distribution methods (It's a tricky conundrum, but some good concepts.)

Transcript of P.Diddy's speech from CTIA Wireless mobile trade show ('Most of you are familiar with the book 'Understanding Media' by Marshall McLuhan.' Sure, Puffy.)

New York Metro: 'King Mike and The Quest for the Broadway Grail' (About Spamalot, via Mark Evanier, who remarks that his friends "all predict it will make The Producers look like a one-night flop.")

Ludologist: Pictures of Will Wright's 'Spore' (..probably not to be up for too long, yikes.)

Game Gardens - a Java multiplayer game host (...from the creators of Puzzle Pirates, fills an interesting niche.)

The Observer: Romanian MMO sweatshop specifics (Surprisingly few of these are actually verified, in-person.)

Archive.org: Ilkae - Imaginary Track (Lackluster 23/07/02mx 26/03/04b Ableton Live Jam) (Nice Ableton jam on an Ilkae track from the ever-great Lackluster.)

Jelly Belly 'Favorite Flavor' competition has some interesting prizes (Among your options: '$25,000.00 gift certificate for the purchase of cinnamon rolls.' Seriously.)

Click-Stick: 'Data Destruction Tour' bleep concert series report (Nullsleep, Aonami, Covox, Bit Shifter, Bubblyfish and friends hit NY.)

Mega64's 'Cold Fear' comedy promo trailer #2 for Ubisoft (The first one is more traditional Mega64, and is also worth checking - eventually, I need to write my 'Why Mega64 are important to the future of media' rant - because what they stand for is.)

RealityBlurred interviews The Amazing Race 6's Jonathan Baker and Victoria Fuller (Dr.Phil didn't rehabilitate them as they hoped.)

Segway introduces 2005 product line-up (...including Midnight Blue/Solar Yellow colors and a special 'Segway Golf Transporter' - via PR Bop.)

Tim Rogers responds on 'New Games Journalism' non-debate (Search for 'DEAR GAME' - and, well, this is still all odd, since we use authors on both sides of the 'divide'. Conclusion - good writing is good writing, whatever.)

1UP: 'Hallowed Be Thy Game' (A famous Toastyfrog touchstone, revisited in wonderful style.)

Official 'V For Vendetta' movie site (For the first Wachowski+Silver-related post-Matrix movie, the press conference transcript and video is intriguing - can they do Moore justice? Via Loonyboi.)

Lucasfilm's Rescue on Fractalus press conference from 1984 (Quicktime) (Also see Ballblazer press conference - via David Fox.)

Uncyclopedia - the free encyclopedia of politically incorrect non-information. (Wikipedia, without the annoying fact-checking - via Ambiguous.)

The Rubber Chicken: Star Wars III, John Rhys-Davies and a Grievously Bad Pun (Rumor-spreading at its most pointless. Via Damned Vulpine.)

Clive Thompson @ Slate on MMOs you can dip into... (...though World Of WarCraft's powers make it tricky.)

Doves - 'Black & White Town' music video (.WMV) (Wonderfully poignant video of UK urban kids from one of the best rock bands around.)

Hitachi discusses supplying HDs to Archive.org (A little PR-y, but some nice quotes about LoC and 'household hair dryers'.)

Gamasutra: GDC 2005 coverage (almost) completed (45 features and 50 news stories later, phew - a few stragglers to come in next week.)

Gamasutra: Rolling the Dice: The Risks and Rewards of Developing Katamari Damacy ("He went to the zoo and saw a mother panda rolling her babies around in balls.")

Gamasutra: Handling Complexity in the Halo 2 AI (GDC proceeding from the Halo 2 AI programmer - complex, but relevant.)

Gamasutra: The International Game Designers Panel (Iwatani, Mizuguchi, Cerny and friends wax lyrical.)

1UP: Preview of Will Wright's 'Spore' (This is a very, very big deal.)

Gamasutra: Akira Yamaoka on Silent Hill, Fear, and Audio For Games (The new Game Developer mag has a Silent Hill 4 postmortem by Yamaoka, too.)

Gamasutra: Fluid Loop - Science Design in Cinema, Games, and Life (John Underkoffler, science advisor on Minority Report, has interesting things to say.)

Gamasutra: Gish, Wik Triumph At 2005 IGF (Some very, very worthy winners, yay.)

GI.biz: GDC: Innovation blooms at the fringes (Some positive things being said about the IGF, yay.)

Independent Games Festival head lauds 2005 entries (These questions ended up being a little odd, but I dealt OK.)

Gamasutra: Playing Games with Jim: Demonstrating the Important Learning Found in COTS Games ('Even if you learn from games, aren't you just learning how to play that game?')

Gamasutra: Gameplay Moves Forward into the 21st Century (Peter Molyneux on The Movies, Black & White 2, a new experimental game called The Room.)

Gamasutra: Postcard from GDC 2005: How Can MMOs Develop Mass Appeal in the US? ("Game designers in Asia and Korea are gods," Vogel said. "Here, we're just regular people.")

Gamasutra: Quality of Life Summit: The Business Case for Improved Production Practices ('Structure can be of benefit. It is orthogonal to creativity; there is no real connection between the two.')

Gamasutra: Microsoft Keynote: The Future Of Games - Unlocking The Opportunity (I was technically ineligible to win the HDTV, doh.)

GameSpy: 'Xbox - We Got Next' (A good round-up of alleged features? Allegedly, I have no idea.)

Gamasutra: Serious Games Summit - Making Game-Based Learning & Training Pervasive in the Armed Forces and Elsewhere ('Currently in use is a missile system interface, the design of which is based on the PlayStation 2 controller.' Wow.)

Gamasutra: GDC Mobile - Academic Experts on Mobile Game Design (Interesting references to Habbo Hotel and others in here.)

Gamasutra: GDC Mobile - Final Fantasy for Mobile: A Case Study (Ooo, Final Fantasy.)

Gamasutra: GDC 2005 coverage (OK, this is what I'm doing for the rest of the week, which is why linklog is sparse.)

Gamedev.net: Interview with Simon Carless, co-chair of IGF (..in which you can watch me try to count backwards from 7.)

Gamasutra: GDC 2005 - Ian Bogost on Advergaming ("It's basically a platform game where you move the monkey around and dodge flying chainsaws.")

Gamasutra: Casual Games Summit: Web & Downloadable Panel ("Four years ago, the only entertainment product you could purchase online with a credit card was pornography.")

Gamasutra: Game Developers Conference 2005 Preview (From the February magazine, now posted on Gama too.)

Vorc.org: Music for Atari 2600 Zoo Keeper preserved, even though code has been lost (Intriguing from a preservation perspective.)

Gamasutra: 'Interview: From Redmond With Love? Microsoft's Chris Satchell On XNA Studio' (Posted this morning on dayjob, since the product is officially announced - a v.interesting move by Microsoft.)

Beats.at: Double album streaming net.label compilation (..taken from Archive.org's collections - here's disc 1, disc 2.)

Microsoft doubling staff at Bungie (Although that's after the other MGS layoffs - analysts claim 'Microsoft probably will get about 2.5 percent of its sales and about 7.5 percent of its profit from video games'?)

Meteos for U.S. release by Bandai next month? (This is Mizuguchi's DS puzzle game - let's hope North America gets it that soon. Via GAF.)

BBC: 'Diarrhea Dan' Flash game (Great ZX Spectrum spoof by Rob Manuel of B3ta, done for UK faux-educational TV series Look Around You.)

eBay: 'Vegetarian Intestines' for sale ('This item is perfect for the vegan that loves animals but also craves their intestines.')

Edge: Interview with Nintendo Europe's Jim Merrick ('Here in Europe, the PSP is as real a competitor as DS is right now.')

Data Destruction Tour 2005 - w/chiptune bleep freaks Nullsleep, Covox + friends (East Coast-ers, plz check this out - kthnxbye.)

Officially licensed Duncan Yo Yo 'italian gold charms'. (Thank God they have Ziggy, Peeps, and Atom Ant as well - semi-via PR Bop.)

BBC: Front pages of today's UK newspapers (..and an easy archive back to 2003, hadn't spotted this before.)

NewsFromMe: TV Land showing SCTV from March 18th (Good news if you haven't decided whether to get Shout Factory's excellent DVD sets.)

GameDaily.biz: 'A Look at the Independent Games Festival' (Quotes from me as 'Co-Chairman', I'm helping with press - I've been updating the IGF site with other IGF-related coverage.)

CNN: Review of Vin Diesel's 'The Pacifier' (Ouch, probably the rudest CNN film review I've seen - not much better on Metacritic, either.)

UltimateDisney's _great_ review of The Incredibles DVD (..which is out on the 15th - lots of screencaps of the multitudinous, fabulous bonus material - via Luxo.)

IC: Toshio Iwai's new DS game, Electroplankton (I adore Iwai's 'Sim Tunes', and this may also rock - Game-Science has a box shot.)

Second Life puzzle game creator gets 'low five figure' licensing for non-SL usage (Scroll down - it's Tringo - Tetris meets Bingo? Here's a Second Life-based screenshot. )

Costik.com: Greg Costikyan goes off on new 50 Cent game (Or rather, what it represents for game creators - via Broken Toys.)

Guardian GamesBlog: 10 unmissable examples of 'New Games Journalism' (All good reads - but why do I keep thinking of C86 when I think of NGJ? Remember, kids, it's not a movement until someone says so! )

Game Science: Nintendogs to come in three varieties (Special miniature dachshund edition! Must import for wife immediately!)

Impse.cx (Somewhat NSFW, worst. fanfiction. ever.)

Japan Girls Nite U.S. Tour 2005 (Funky Japanese girl band hilarity!)

Businessweek: Less Impact from the "Slashdot Effect" (Maybe the traffic of the sites that Slashdot links to have increased? This piece seems odd.)

AlwaysBlack: 'Possessing Barbie' (Originally appeared in the UK PC Gamer, which seems to be an alt.games journalism center nowadays.)

ClickZ: MSNFound.com confirmed to be by ilovebees creators 42 Entertainment (I missed the public confirmation of this, but public criticism and ARG indifference has meant general apathy, so far.)

Gamasutra: IGF 2005 - Student Showcase Finalists Preview (Free reg. req., dayjob, some of these titles, including Dyadin, are extremely cool.)

UK Independent: 'Geeks have all the fun' (Specifically the games journalist. How can I sign up? Bonus quotes from Charlie Brooker!)

IC: Every Extend maker releases Dan! Da! Dan! (More great free Japanese 2D shooter action.)

Conspiracy to make Jeff Corwin Experience PSP/DS game (What happens when you can't afford the Crocodile Hunter.)

Tony Hawk to play murdered game tester in CSI Miami episode (I thought he was playing himself? Still, "the world of video-game production... is apparently much scarier than previously thought." )

Archive.org: disrupt - Central Dubbing Unit [JTRNET04] (Germans writing Pac-Man styled dub? Still priceless.)

PRWeb: 'Actor Stephen Baldwin [and 'his extreme sports friends'!] to Speak at 2005 Kingdom Bound Christian Rock Festival' (Nope, still not bored of lame press releases.)

PRWeb: 'CardioRetinometry Attacked' ('Global PharMafia or Organised Medicine behind virus and Trojan attack?' PRWeb is great.)

Nullsleep's pics from the Low Level All Stars chiptune show! (Includes great pics of Treewave mashing things up, Bodenstandig going crazy with semi-NSFW teletext - here's Fort90's review of the bleep Woodstock.)