Today in Joystiq: June 2, 2006

Sony loses a spin-doctor, Amp'd snags Final Fantasy exclusives (Where you at, Cloud?), and Penny Arcade helps kids learn the difference between "games with guns," "games with boobies," and "games with guns and boobies." While we mourn Alan Kotok (and so should you), check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Joystiq readers are environmentally friendly

News
$40 XBL Vision camera ,UNO bundle, and more
Super Mario dominates Japan sales charts
Video Games Live hits Philly tomorrow
Amp'd scores mobile Dirge deal
Disney, Shanda bring online content to China
Penny Arcade creating ESRB ad campaign
Iwata tackles Virtual Console prices, Wii Connect24
PlayStation PR chief jumps ship
Minnesota targets minors in new gaming law; ESA to file suit
South Park Republican defends video games in WSJ op-ed
Legendary computer scientist Alan Kotok has died
Oblivion patch coming next week for PC, 360

Rumors & Speculation
New report concludes Xboy to drop in 2008

Culture
"Mac users aren't really into games"
Carnival of Gamers #15: roll up, roll up!
Net neutrality: one Spartan takes on Congress
Behind-the-scenes with Ctrl+Alt+Del's Tim Buckley