Today in Joystiq: October 18, 2006

Sam Fisher gets a clean shave for his 1080p debut, while his voice has run off to join the Tiberium Wars. Find a friend to share the Lumines fees and check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
How important is storage capacity for today's games?
Joystiq at DigitalLife 2006

News
EA clarifies Battlefield 2142's IGA spyware
Coming to a college campus near you: Jack Thompson
Nielsen adds games to ratings matrix
UWink: Chuck E. Cheese for adults
Rise of the Witch-King box art revealed
Scientists recommend educational gaming
Splinter Cell: Double Agent gets a close shave
Lost, BSG actors join C&C 3: Tiberium Wars
Sony gets NYT to play Cpt. Obvious
PS3 controllers: play and toss
Lumines Live is lacking in modes
Germany says NEIN to Gears of War
360 Splinter Cell: Double Agent at 1080p? Ubisoft: yup

Rumors & Speculation
Back of the Wii box sparks speculation
Wii demo kiosks to be supervised?

Culture
Trippy Space Giraffe video is "giraffetastic!"
Next-Gen earns enemies with Top-50 game journalists list
School bans tag, other recess games
Share XBLA games on two Xbox 360s... legally
A non-violent first person Hindu shooter using the Unreal engine?
Guitar Hero makes cameo in Veronica Mars
5 reasons why games based on movies suck