Today in Joystiq: September 21, 2006

China decides it wants to have a heck of a lot of Toys "R" Us kids, Final Fantasy XII skips a holiday, Microsoft tells Nintendo to get in the backseat, and Circuit City just can't get things right. Before you start that game of Pong on your watch, check out the highlights for today:

TGS Coverage
Surprise PS3 news from TGS
Metal Gear Solid 4 in late 2007, hopefully -- new trailer for now

Joystiquery
Joystiq interviews David Reid of GameTap

News
Sims on a plane
Circuit City sticking it to Xbox 360 gamers ... again
X-Arcade launches Tankstick, tanks call comparison "a little much"
New Xbox 360 bundle hits UK tomorrow
Capcom's Resident Evil consolation for Wii: 'best of' compilation?
Lego Star Wars uses the force, sells 1.1 million copies
No Final Fantasy XII for Europe this holiday
Microsoft on Wii: Who does No. 2 work for?
Ubisoft "accidentally" leaks tons of assets
Sony responds to Microsoft's 1080p announcement
Toys "R" Us to open store in China
The economics of Live Arcade development
Best Buy gets exclusive Mage Knight promo

Rumors & Speculation
Layered disc to stop next-gen format war?

Culture
Weird Al, FTW!
Homemade Pong wristwatch sans casing
Textbook bares all on sex in games
Another arcade mecca: Shibuya Kaikan
Text-based game used to promote book
Study to research games' effect on Kiwis