Today in Joystiq: September 30, 2005

It has been over 15 days since our last article regarding Jack Thompson - so at least we finished the month off right with one more. Sony prepares for another firmware upgrade, pisses off the Vatican, and may or may not be pondering one analyst's suggestion of a hard drive-equipped PSP. Here is a quick recap of everything that happened today:

• New PSP in 2006, with hard drive?

• The Passion of PS? Vatican calls Sony ad "irreverent"

• Tackling Ikaruga's 2-player mode—alone!

• Forget homebrew, try home-made PSPs

• Goodbye PSP v2.00, hello v2.01

• Kojima clarifies "no place to hide," Snake's age for MGS4

• Why are there so many frickin' sequels?

• New film about life as a video game tester

• MS responds to HD-DVD retaliation from Blu-Ray camp

• Iwata: Rev'll be less powerful, but more popular w/gamers

• Majesco on ropes, investor threatens hostile takeover

• Itagaki talks 360, screens, hard drives, 5.1, "Dolls," & more

• He Said, He Said, as far as J Thompson and Jeb Bush are concerned