What We Learned This Week: Week Of September 19, 2010

I learned a lot this week from the various happenings in the video game world -- all of my life is a school day, and all the world is my classroom. Here are the main lessons I picked up from the video game world:

• I'm terrible at Halo, and Satan didn't help me get better.
• Burlesque girls can even make sci-fic characters hot.
• Many very intelligent people oppose legal intrusion into gaming content.
• Someone thinks there's a market for a Michael Jackson MMO.

We made our usual slate of top-notch web shows this week too! Check them out, won't you?

• Feedback takes a look at Halo: Reach, and shares impressions of the Tokyo Game Show.
• Sessler's Soapbox: Sess delves into the legal world and proclaims "Gaming is not a crime."
• The MMO Report: Casey looks at APB's final days.
• Fresh Ink: Blair Butler reviews the most notable comics of the week.

And now, the news...

Monday

• Limbo was the top selling game during the Summer of Arcade.
• Halo: Reach 's first patch will add game types and fix bugs.
• Konami and Harmonix have settled their legal differences over Rock Band.
• Steve Wiebe has once again set the record for Donkey Kong.
• BioWare Montreal is currently hiring for a "military-genre FPS," a "new action adventure IP," and more.
• A second season of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games has been confirmed.
• Find out what SEGA is serving up with their 3D-enabled, PlayStation Move supported Virtua Tennis 4 in our TGS 2010 preview.
• A selection of Halo: Reach myths are busted or confirmed in this awesome video.
• In a recent interview, Keanu Reeves revealed that he is trying to get a sequel made for the Bill & Ted films.
• Check our new releases list to find out what games are hitting your platforms of choice this week.
• We go hands-on with the RPG collaboration between the legendary Studio Ghibli and Level 5.
• 182 scientists, legal experts, and elected officials have filed briefs opposing a controversial video game law.
• The Ghost Rider sequel has been officially announced for 2012 and will be presented in, get ready for it -- 3D.
• This Week in Game Deals gives you the skinny on the deals around PlayStation Move.
• We shine a light on this unique platformer for the Wii in which players must manipulate the light in order to guide their shadow.
• Have a topic suggestion for this week's Feedback? Submit your question here!
• Some users of Halo: Reach are reporting disk read errors with the game.

Tuesday

• A Michael Jackson MMO will launch in 2011.
• PlayStation 3 games are the gold box deals of the day on Amazon.
• The NPD Group reports that more PC games have been sold via digital download than at retailers for the first half of 2010.
• Nintendo Marketing Head Cammie Dunaway is leaving the company.
• Irrational Games have released a batch of new in-game screenshots from BioShock Infinite that you want to look at now.
• We talked to the voice of Duke Nukem Forever, John St. John.
• From now until October 4, a large selection of Rock Band tracks, packs, and albums will be on sale for PlayStation 3.
• The Writer DLC for Alan Wake will be the last downloadable content for the game.
• Lionhead Studios demonstrates how the new housing management system works in this Fable 3 walkthrough video.
• Whether you shape is straight-and-narrow or semi-circular, we determine whether this Kinect title will help you maintain.
• We answer the call to (re)arms with a grappling hook of our own.
• Kevin Pereira, Alison Haislip and Betty White take you Around the Net!
• Adam discusses the current Supreme Court case, deciding if it's constitutional to outlaw the sale of mature games to minors.
• Can Satanism, Buddhism or Lucid Dreaming make you better at Halo: Reach?
• TECH REVIEW: Chris Hardwick and Kevin Pereira review the Samsung Captivate smartphone.
• Grab your board and take to the city streets with Shaun White Skateboarding.
• We go hands-on, fists-forward with the latest version of the classic brawler.
• Watch sexy babes cosplay at the Tokyo Game Show.
• Christopher Nolan considers an Inception video game.
• Catch an all-new episode of 'Campus PD' tomorrow night at 8PM ET, to see if they can top the 'sleep time' guy!

Wednesday

• The entire track list for DJ Hero 2 was revealed this morning.
• There won't be a PC version of Super Street Fighter 4 due to piracy.
• Check out our profile of the enforcers at PAX!
• The cast of The Tester has been announced.
• Capcom and Level-5, developer of the Professor Layton series, have revealed that they are currently co-developing a new project.
• Check out the vast of the Resident Evil movies reading lines from the first game!
• Alison Haislip and Kevin Pereira take you Around the Net!
• The BioShock Infinite gameplay video is here. You must watch it now.
• Check out these Civilization 5 errors with some solutions.
• Check out X-Play's preview of EA Sports MMA.
• The King of Pop lives on in this Kinect-enabled dance title.
• Blasting Necromorphs in full-range motion control.
• Halo games will come out frequently from now on.
• TECH REVIEW: Alison Haislip and Kevin Pereira review the Sanyo Xacti Waterproof Camcorder.
• You can sign up for an early look at Xbox Live's dashboard updates.
• On this week's Feedback, Kevin Kelly, Abbie Heppe, J.P. Shub, and Nikole Zivalich discuss TGS 2010, Halo: Reach, and more.

Thursday

• It's Nintendo's birthday! Happy 121st!
• Rumor: Peter Molyneux's Milo has been canceled.
• Check out our in-depth analysis of the new Bioshock: Infinite gameplay video.
• Media Molecule has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 2 has been officially detailed into January 2011.
• Sony says fake PS3 controllers may explode.
• Morgan Webb and Kevin Pereira go Around the Net, featuring the BioShock: Infinite demo!
• Blockbuster video has filed for Bankruptcy.
• We go guns-on with Epic's latest, large-scale shooter.
• Find out more about the tech, guns, and sound design of Fallout: New Vegas in Obsidian Entertainment's newest developer diary.
• A new trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 hits with fire, explosions, and plenty of angst.
• Rumor: Is Activision putting out a NASCAR game?
• A solo feature for Avenger Black Widow in apparently in the works. Is the idea "win" or "fail?"
• Gamers on the go, check out Morgan and Kevin's review of the Casio XJA-235 Green Slim Projector!
• The girls of Devil’s Playground present their latest burlesque extravaganza: the Ladies of Sci-Fi.
• Lovable beanbag Sackboy will be playable in 3D Dot Game Heroes.
• Put on your best zombie killing boots, and check out our hands-on preview of Dead Rising 2.
• Take an all-acess look at Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
• Casey informs you about Final Fantasy XIV's new currency, APB's last days, and Uncle Casey's Mail Bag.

Friday

• Has Halo: Reach toppled Modern Warfare 2 from its top spot on Xbox Live?
• Is Nintendo releasing a Wiimote with built in motionplus?
• Guitar Hero has been inducted into the Hard Rock Hall of Fame.
• Visceral Games and EA have started sending out invites to PS3 owners for the closed multiplayer beta for Dead Space 2.
• EA reaffirms Medal of Honor patriotism through free multiplayer.
• Watch the first 15 minutes of actual gameplay for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and find out how Monkey and Trip became partners.
• Rockstar Games' second double XP weekend for Red Dead Redemption is now underway, and will last through Sunday night.
• Smugglers in The Old Republic will get their own Wookiee pets.
• Xplay looks at the top football franchises of all time.
• Reports say that the Spider-Man reboot film may cast two romantic leads opposite new Spidey Andrew Garfield.
• Is the Liars and Cheats DLC for Red Dead Redemption worth lying and cheating for? Check out our Verdict to find out.
• Watch X-Play's all access preview of James Bond: Blood Stone.
• This week on the Links of TheFeed, we find out if Steven Seagal is a better reggae singer than actor and check out some awesome Halo:
• Rare, the developer behind the upcoming Kinect Sports, answers user questions about the game in this new Q&A video.