Today in Joystiq: April 12, 2007

If you can't read the caption under the Game Boy Advance, it says, "The second best thing to do in the dark." Obviously they don't play flashlight tag. (Unless that is the first best thing to do, then, well ... there's some different priorities there.) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Impressions: HP's Panoply and Pluribus
Impressions: HP's Misto
Major Nelson talks Guitar Hero downloads, Halo 3
Playing Dirty: Searching for sex in Club Penguin
Today's most educational video: learn Kanji and sweet dancing

News
Shivering Isles patched for PC, no info on Xbox 360 version
God of War's IslandofRhodes.org is developer commentary site
Sadness game for Wii is real, no it isn't, yes it is
GTAIV drops Staten Island; Wu-Tang response unknown
Chart Track tracking down leak (and also charts)
Firaxis to revisit X-COM in Civ IV: Beyond the Sword
Atari reveals Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
US Army sponsoring Global Gaming League for an estimated $2 million
G3 video game charity event involves ... shooting
id Software poised for a comeback, says id Software
God of War creator would have left Blu-ray out of PS3
Letterman scores a free DS with Brain Age
FTC report: mixed reviews on industry's ability to self-regulate
Over 100,000 gamers sign up for Age of Conan beta test
The 20GB PS3 is still alive ... in Japan
NCSoft looking for apprentices in game testing
First screens of Sam & Max season finale, 'Bright Side of the Moon'
NCSoft looking for apprentices in game testing
Great Geiger! Bethesda buys Fallout IP

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Perfect Dark prequel to get a new sequel
No More Heroes may go online

Culture & Community
Halophiles Only: GameVideos analyzes recent Halo 3 documentary
Gamasutra completes CRPG history series
Video game nerd cred now in convenient badge form
You'll say WoW: Blizzcon back on for 2007
NES USB controller: don't make it, buy it