Today in Joystiq: December 7, 2005

Revolution insiders predict a very sweet retail price for the console's launch, Forbes and a team of analysts assault the Xbox 360, and Sony pulls a Microsoft by buying their "Halo-killer" developer before the launch of the PlayStation 3. While we take a long, hard look in the mirror, here are the highlights for today:

• Digital lifestyle from a dumb terminal? Not likely. (Xbox 360 annoyance #007)

• Ring of disc death (Xbox 360 annoyance #008)

• Fanboy roundup: what's up with them?

• SNL calls gamers fat and ugly, gamers download clip on Internet. Hmmm.

• Final Revolution disc capacity, tentative memory specs, and hopeful price point emerge

• Forbes on 360: attack of the analysts

• Sony buys Killzone developer; Bungie-killer imminent

• Best Buy apologizes for 360 launch day swindling

• Worst video game covers

• Bow down before: Snow Mario

• Happy Birthday, Satoru Iwata

• Games for Women, Games by Women conference to happen in February

• A response to Ted Reuter's op-ed