Today in Joystiq: March 23, 2006

It's a Nintendo-riffic day for Joystiq and the GDC attendees--sure, no Revolutionary renaming, but we did get a surprise in the form of a new Zelda for DS. This is already a very long post, so we'll be brief--here are the highlights for today:

GDC Coverage
GDC Awards in the shadow of the Colossus
Unreal Engine 3 and other PS3 tech demos from GDC floor
Pocket-sized Revolution
Dar-win-ia a success at IGF
Chris Grant co-host on Gaming Steve podcast
Heard@GDC: Darwinia creator slams publishers, developers cheer!
The Nintendo keynote blow by blow (Updated)
God of War 2 GDC video leaked online
GDC: The "Iwata, drop the bomb" (-omb) guy

Joystiquery
Demo disks are dumb, doomed, Dodo-like

News
Blazing Angels demo drops into XBLM
Region-free PS3, free online multiplayer confirmed
Iwata's pre-keynote interview
Increasing price of games helps nudge UK inflation up 2%
Ninety-Nine Nights North American release confirmed
Sega to publish next-gen Obsidian RPG
High quality Zelda: Phantom Hourglass footage
Video Game Voters Network: 10,000 strong in first week
VG Voters send Senate 20K notes; survey up

Rumors & Speculation
Goodbye Revolution, hello Nintendo GO?
Rumor: Capcom Studio 8 (Maximo) shut down

Culture
Lack of video games incites teen to violence, says teen's grandmother
"I EAT POO" tops Metroid Prime online leaderboards
Peeing: the video game
Loken feels cheated after BloodRayne experience