Today in Joystiq: October 17, 2006

Second Life gets its own Frommer's-style travel guide, GameTap invades north, and Lumines preps itself for tomorrow's debut. Dream of Tickle Me Elmo, celebrate Colbert Report's first anniversary, and check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Readers best webcomic: vegonomics
Joystiq interviews Doug Lombardi about Xbox 360 Source
Joystiq poll: Do you read the manual?

News
GameTap now in Canada, other locations planned
More in-game commentary coming next-gen?
Sony: Blu-Ray on PS3 has "nothing to do with movies"
T-minus one month until PS3 and Wii impact
PS3 bitten by Yellow Dog Linux
Battlefield 2142 employ spies in your PC
Inconceivable: PS3 to get its own "exclusive" GTA IV episodes
Sony's Geometry Wars (and other e-Distributed titles) leaked
Tony Hawk's Project 8 soundtrack announced
Stop crying, Lumines Live! hits XBLA tomorrow
A guide to living a Second Life
NWN2 elite races, prestige classes previewed
Oblivion gets Nine Knights, expansion set on Nov 21

Culture
Nintendo Wii or Tickle Me Elmo?
Most relevant Dreamcast titles for today's gaming world
A tale of two mods: different PSP joysticks
Behold the Gamerscore elite