Today in Joystiq: August 18, 2006

Guest columnist Dennis McCauley gets political, Bob Marley gets disgraced, and one gamer gets too caught up in Civilization to finish his homework. Thank Paul Carroll for the image and check out our highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The Political Game: A brief history of video game legislation
Gamer dinner: Who would you eat with?
Joyswag: Be crafty, win DS and GBA games

News
Xbox Live Arcade Stick priced at $50, includes games
High quality PS3 trailers ready to download
New video of Wii's Avatar in action
Grid Wars author comments on clone's creation
RealArcade head talks casual game growth
Gothic 3 updated screens
Shocking study: MMO players are social
Area 51 sequel in the works for next-gen
Ultimate Alliance producer interviewed
Bob Marley cries tears of pain in heaven
Developers and PS3's motion sensing still behind
Got any questions for the PAX panels?
World of Warcraft tops 10 best selling PC games for July
PS3 Untold Legends looks *gasp* better
Ninjas, pirates, robots, and zombies (oh my!)
Japanese hardware sales, 7 August - 13 August: fake comments edition

Culture
Happy Zelda music day ... again
Industry rant: Watermarking game images
Civilization causes missed book deadline