Today in Joystiq: October 14, 2005

Joystiq finishes its weeklong introspection into the Xbox 360,  Jack Thompson gets a firm tap on the wrist from other anti-game activists, and Ben Heckendorn takes his Nintendo NES system everywhere he goes. Here are the highlights for today:

• Joystiq hands-on: Xbox 360 wrap-up

• Spankings for anti-game crusader Jack Thompson

• Spielberg to design 3 new games for EA

• New theft protection for your DS/PSP

• 21 Xbox Live Arcade games at launch, 35 games by summer 2006

• NES Micro by Ben Heckendorn

• FFXI Beta bundled with Japanese 360

• Xbox 360 trojan horse; retailers doomed

• Nobel Prize awarded to famous Game Theorists

• Latest polls show PS3 still reigning in Japan

• House of Dead 2 filming finished; no Uwe Boll in sight

• Mario Kart DS Wi-Fi interface video up (and in Spanish!)

• Revolution expected in Japan spring of 2006