Today in Joystiq: November 30, 2006

The Onion throws their $0.02 into the console discussion, Namco waits on 500,000 unit sales to make a profitable PS3 game, and NIMF actually says something nice about retailers (wow!). Marvel at N'Gai Croal's interviewing tact and check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Japanese release day highlights: 11.30.06
NOA's Reggie Fils-Aime skirts region issues
Playing Dirty: Pretty Pretty Princess
Today's hottest game video: It burns when I Wii
Unexplained PlayStation Network and Sixaxis phenomena, mostly explained

News
Download Railroad Tycoon for free
BioWare's MMO team just wants to be competitive
Nintendo's Wii component cables back in stock
Sony shuffles top PlayStation management
Big sales needed for PS3 game profit
NIMF report card lauds retailers, chastises parents
Gaming-ready PCs could hit 90 million in 2007
Empire at War coming to the Mac
Microsoft's updated 1080p update still needs work
Kottke (that blogger dude) on playing Wii
Click to win a PS3 for Child's Play
Gears of War VGA bug fixed, set aside for future update
Geometry Wars dumbed down for celly release
New image from Master Chief's Monday Night invasion
New Irish tale spun with anti-gaming sentiment
Video game documentary premiering at Sundance
Industry professionals work long hours for not much pay?
3D Realms discusses Steam, episodic games
In stock Xbox 360s help Microsoft get its wings
Teen informants sold *GASP* M-rated games!
Novice gamer candidly and descriptively reviews Wii
EA's Larry Probst on Wii and PSP development
DevHook returns, now emulating 2.82 on 1.50 PSPs

Culture
The Onion skewers Wii and PS3
Spanish blog bundles PS3 complaints with rubber poo
How the Wii stole Christmas, or vice-versa
NES & SNES controller adapters for Wii