Claire Barry, creator of webcomic Kitty Bot, has deeply disturbed us with this Metroid J-E-L-L-O (it's alive!). Check out the highlights for this weekend:
Joystiquery
Japanese hardware sales, Jul. 16 - Jul. 22: Just the FAQs edition
Joystiq interviews Heavenly Sword's Rhianna Pratchett
Off the Grid plays with Icehouse
Today's video of portable espionage: Bourne Ultimatum mobile trailer
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: Facebook graffiti edition
News
Al Roker discovers Xbox 'recall' on Today Show
Rock Band: Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' real venues and a possible release date
Rockstar to develop brand new franchise exclusively for PlayStation 3
Gameloft sales up 50% so far this year
More Bomberman Live costumes and levels coming
Toys R Us ad shows Xbox $349 price drop
Viva Pinata announced for Nintendo DS
PopCap's Bejeweled free on iPhone
Loco Roco sequels planned for PSP as well as PS3
New games this week: Mario Strikers Charged edition
Operation Darkness, an SRPG with an M rating in Japan
Star Soldier, Dynamite Headdy, and Drop Off dropped onto Virtual Console
This Wednesday: XBLA runs Marathon (and Board Games) in HD
Beowulf gets mobile game from Gameloft
Epic's Mark Rein: Consoles will define look of PC games
First trailer for Project Offset
Dragon Quest IV, V, VI remakes bound for DS
Halo 3 gets its first 'real' Spartans with Brute
Bizarre confirms PGR4's cities, comments on DVD constraints
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl sell 10 million
Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Xbox 360 at $349 in advertisement
Rumor: Northrend could be next World of Warcraft expansion
Rumor: Best Buy done with Xbox 360 core model
Job listing is similar to Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan
Rumor: Overlord looking to rule over PS3
Culture & Community
Nerfing your Wiimote
Halo Covenant plasma rifle has overheat built in
3200 MS points for $20 at Circuit City
Final Fantasy video retrospective: Part III
DIY Guitar Hero axe, oodles of assembly required
Newsweek's Croal chimes in on 'video games as art' debate
Library lures potential readers with video games
MTV News foils Wii Fit, invents Wii Sit
[Thanks, Matt Carstensen]
The Joystiq Weekend: July 28 - 30, 2007
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