Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:00 PM
Here's the official word on the most important happenings of the day in videogames, technology and popular culture.
- Microsoft, the Parent Teacher Association, and football superstar Jerry Rice have formed a triumvirate of power to fight kids who spend too much time playing Xbox.
- GameCock announced today that it is endorsing Stephen Colbert for president of the United States.
- Seminal game company Atari seems to be having deep, deep troubles.
- Reports, in the form of bulletin board threads, are coming in from the internets that some Best Buy stores are selling Super Mario Galaxy early.
- SCEA is working on God of War III.
- Nintendo thinks the DS and Wii may be around longer than past Nintendo consoles.
- You can play a redshirt in the Star Trek movie currently being shot by JJ Abrams.
- According to The Astrophysicists Journal, evil scientists at Berkley have discovered a new, habitable planet.
- Microsoft's Mindy Mount, chief financial officer for Microsoft's entertainment division, says the 360 will outlast the five year cycle common to consoles.
- Early this week, it was a rumor, but now it's official: Target is pulling controversial videogame Manhunt 2 from its shelves.
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Tags: Daily Wrap-Up
Posted by Matthew Bretz - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:10 PM
While it’s not well-publicized, TheFeed - in addition to being your source for the only news you need to know - moonlights as a fly-by-night crime lab. We’ve got black lights and everything!
Recently, an intrepid journalist by the name of Peter Stack sent us a bunch of evidence and police paperwork concerning a couple of criminals named Kane and Lynch. So, we headed on down to our makeshift forensics lab on the old Arena set and eagerly ripped into the materials and set out to solve us some crimes.
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Tags: PlayStation 3, Videogames, Xbox 360
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:52 PM
We think you will agree that the below video of Dr. Buzz Aldrin and Super Mario on a zero-gravity plane flight is the most entertaining thing ever on earth in the history of ever.
We are speechless.
It was all to celebrate the imminent release of Super Mario Galaxy. We're very excited about Galaxy.
X-Play is very excited about Galaxy too, and is devoting an entire hour-long special to all things Mario on Tuesday 13th at 8PM.
Don't miss it!
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Tags: Videogames
Posted by Guest Writer - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:23 PM
 TheFeed would like to remind you to watch South Park tonight.
It's about Guitar Hero. And it's called "Guitar Queer-O."
Here's the official description:
Stan's superior skills on Guitar Hero damage his friendship with Kyle. An all-new episode of "South Park" titled, "Guitar Queer-O," premieres on Wednesday, November 7 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.
Obsessed with the Guitar Hero video game, Stan and Kyle make a great team and score record points when they play. Stan realizes he has the potential for enormous success if he plays with another partner. He and Kyle break up but, without his friend, Stan quickly folds under the pressure of being a rock star.
We expect your opinion, in essay form, on our comments section. This will count as 65% of your final grade.
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Tags: TV, Videogames
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:55 PM
Even though he gave away his latest album, weirdly entertaining singer Prince does not want fans to use his likeness on their website. Because we are afraid of Prince and short people in general, we've illustrated this story with an original artwork of a guitar player who may or may not be Prince. It was done in Paint.
Prince's lawyers requested three fan sites remove artwork, images, and even their "own photographs of their Prince-inspired tattoos," according a to a joint statement from the site operators. Houseofquake.com, princefans.com, and prince.org.
"The law clearly provides for displaying of images of a celebrity's likeness for newsworthy events or matters which are considered to be public interest," says a statement from princefansunited.com. "All three web sites feel that the photographs and/or likeness displayed on their web sites clearly fall within the public interest category. Additionally, the use of photographs is legal based on the fair use doctrine, i.e. the displaying of album cover art, or the collage headers created by website members using a variety of different photographs."
ArsTechnica: Prince to fan sites: No pictures, no artwork, no album covers 4 U
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Tags: Music
Posted by Jonathan Hunt - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:28 PM
This week Sessler's back to his ranting and raving ways. In this edition of Sessler's Soapbox, Adam goes after all those people who seem to think that in order to be a critic, you have to hate everything. Check out the video and share your thoughts below. Also, visit our forums and let us know what you think.
 
Sessler's Soapbox: Lighten Up...
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Tags: Sessler's Soapbox, Videogames
Posted by Brian Leahy - Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:40 PM
 The iPhone is ready to launch in Jolly 'Ol England. The phone will hit the UK this Friday available only on O2, a UK cell provider.
Users will be able to unlock their phones and try other providers, but should expect similar results to US users getting their iPhones on T-Mobile.
The phone will be 80 moon dollars more expensive than the US version and still does not include 3G.
We'll be waiting to see how the Brits feel about the iPhone, but we're guessing it won't sell as well as it did in the US.
TimesOnline: iPhone launch days away ... but will it sell?
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