Today in Joystiq: February 16, 2006

In what may be a sign of the apocalypse, one controversy has managed to put sex workers and politicians on the same side--thank you, Hot Coffee, for upsetting all sides equally. Advent Children finally gets dated, yet another Geometry Wars video wows us, and Nintendogs sells like hotcakes in Europe. Say something nice and we'll give you a gold star, here are the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
A brief note on the Joystiq star system

News
Sex workers call for boycott of GTA
Nokia releases Civilization for N-Gage
China tightens grip on Internet usage
The Outfit multiplayer demo readies for deployment
Far Cry H2O -- that's purdy water
Film studios cut back on UMD titles
Phil Harrison to give GDC keynote
Shareholders to sue Take-Two over hot coffee
New Xbox Japan GM appointed
Advent Children stateside on April 25th
2 million European Nintendogs
Doctor Who writer joins Maelstrom team

Rumors & Speculation
Sony exec insists PS3 date unknown
Xbox 360 camera sighting
Revolution stand to double as power supply

Culture
Replacing an XBOX DVD drive
The real "HD-Era" begins Feb. 17th, 2009
Handheld gaming in HD, on a 10-ft screen
Use your BRAINS in zombified adventure game
Multi-touching is good
Killing your boss in 5 easy steps
Video of #1 Geometry Wars score: 16.6 mln
Sam & Max V: The Umpire Strikes Back