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Today in Joystiq: July 3, 2006

by Christopher Grant { Jul 3rd 2006 at 11:59PM }

While the video game world apparently took the day off for the upcoming holiday, we were busy downgrading our PSPs, dusting off our copies of Monkey Island, and running the latest ScummVM build. Before you answer the next Call of Duty, check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Superman needs no health bar

News
Next Call of Duty answered, previewed
Nintendo of Korea opens July 7th
Tour Nintendo.co.jp's bit Generations site
Analyst: Sony from first to worst?
Sega, Ubisoft want a PS3 price drop in 2007
Downgrade that 2.50 or 2.60 PSP to 1.5ohyeah
Games shipping this week
LucasArts-adventuring ScummVM hits 0.9.0
Transformers game releasing same day as movie

Culture
Why are there no famous video game critics?
A gift to commuters: milkcrate Tetris
The top 10 most important games
Video games are a part of prisoner rehabilitation
Claymation + puppy kicking = GTA parody
Israeli conflict bleeds over to competitive gaming
Ron Gilbert talks up his new game, a lite RPG

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