Today in Joystiq: October 2, 2006

by Ross Miller { Oct 2nd 2006 at 11:57PM }

I had to sneak in my Mii picture somewhere -- it's even better than the real thing. Xbox 360 rolls out the red carpet in South Africa, Burger King enters the gaming market, and GameStop stakes their claim as the only retailer with Wii kiosks. Keep fiddling with your Mii portraits and check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Picture it: special status for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii console owners
Economies of scale don't apply to virtual worlds?
Roll your own Mii, pre-Wii
Xbox 360 launches in South Africa

News
Nintendo expects Mom to leave notes on your Wii
Gitaroo Man Lives again, port headed to North America
Games shipping this week
South Park: make love, not Warcraft
GameStop to be only retailer with playable Wii units at launch
Kingdom Under Fire's new direction
Gears of War previewed
The King is in your Xbox 360
U. Texas Prof. studies gaming grannies (and grand-dads)
PlayStation 3 Magazine hands-on video with ... PS3
How the Wii was engineered (or "born")

Culture
Xbox 360 as romantic aid
Cybering night elves is cheating, but will you stop?
Better eating habits through gaming
Episodic content: Changing the way video games are made
Megaginormous NES replica dwarfs competition

Tags: daily recap, DailyRecap

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Concerned @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:22AM

The bias comments are getting stupid
really fast

Concerned @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:29AM

Man Joystiq is going downhill
the recent boom of the Sony fanboys just attacking people with moronic comments

the complete "DEFENSIVE" mechinism that seems to click every time somebody hears something they aren't pleased with and try to pass it off as bias

Don't get me wrong all fanboys suck
But To all sony fanboys out there

shut the fuck up

nobody cares
if joystiq was so bias, then stop pointing it out
and get the fuck out, or you know what
if you have nothing that really offers to the topic at hand then don't say anything at all
because i swear everytime you friggen asswipes insist on typing something

Iq points start to drop

seriously

? X ? O @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:19AM

Drew,

The daily wrapup has nothing to do with a "ranking" of today's most important news. Lighten up.

Also, that PS3 video on YouTube pales in comparison to the Phil Harrison walkthrough video on GameTrailers.com

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=13649&type=mov&pl=game

Anyhow, Joystiq *can't* be biased, since Joystiq isn't run by one person. If you have a problem with a specific poster's bias, call him/her out by name.