Today in Joystiq: April 3rd, 2006

We took a visit to Rockstar today and came away pretty impressed ... by a game centered around Ping Pong (no joke). Bethesda releases its first micro transaction -- armor for your horse (of course, of course), Bob Ross enters the world of gaming (again, no joke), and Michigan's violent games bill passes away. Try our recap gizoogled and check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Rockstar's Table Tennis is no joke
How to make PR-speak entertaining
New study on gaming needs your help
Fanboy chatter weekly: March 26th - April 3rd

News
Ensemble busts AoE punks
Oblivion equipment db now available online
New Super Mario delayed, DS Lite could be the culprit
Sales of M-rated games to kids declining, reveals undercover survey
Joy of Painting coming to Revolution & DS -- no really, seriously
Phil Harrison's media Q&A video from GDC
Download Oblivion's horse armor, for a price
3 million hours spent on Guild Wars Factions preview weekend
Hitman: Blood Money sets sights on Xbox 360
Michigan game law ruled unconstitutional

Culture
Koei Canada is uncomfortably Japanese
Civilization gets kudos for educational value
HOW-TO: turn an NES cart into a USB HDD
Marketing games on a college campus
MMOs and credit cards: everywhere you want to be (even in world)
Uwe Boll scores Starcraft trilogy rights
Re-Mission lets you blast away cancer, Serious Games style