The Joystiq Weekend: September 15 - 17, 2007
Having also been in situations where we've missed flights due to lost essentials (e.g. plane tickets, photo ID), we can only express deep sympathy for Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb, who is not going to Tokyo Game Show this year due to a missing passport. Unfortunately, the Major didn't find out until he was in the terminal. Ouch. If you find his passport, be sure to let him know. Otherwise, check out the highlights for the weekend:
Joystiquery
Joyswag: 10 invites to the Call of Duty 4 Beta
Podcast Rodeo for Sept. 16: Yes, ear
Reminder: win the ultimate Halo 3 setup from X3F
Today's cuddliest video: LocoRoco Cocoreccho trailer
Today's seriously 32-player Wii FPS: Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: DIY Omegathon edition
News
Breaking news: Racer Colin McRae dies in helicopter crash
Itagaki shows off Ninja Gaiden II aqua city level
New games this week: Eternal Sonata edition
Yoshi Story, Super Thunder Blade, World Class Baseball on Virtual Console
Future Weapons to feature Halo 3 tonight
Intel picks up Havok for $21M
TurboGrafx-CD games coming to Virtual Consoles worldwide
Sony unveils Karraker replacement Scott Steinberg
Grade-grubbing GameStop manager gets suspended
Chinese online gamer dies after three day stint
Dave Perry: PSP Lite a 'head in the sand' move for Sony
WoW character sells for nearly $10,000
Xfire shows off their latest Xstatics
Nintendo shuts down official forums "indefinitely"
Oklahoma violent game law overturned
Rumors & Speculation
Reuters: Sony in talks to sell chip manufacturing to Toshiba
Rumor: Rumbling Sixaxis to debut at TGS
Rumor: Halo 3 ending leaked onto net
Culture & Community
Don't move, just listen: Automatic Mario goes anime music
Sealed game collectors hoarding all the cool toys
Book critic plays BioShock, says it's not quite "art"
Cliffy B: BioShock is my game of the year
Pimp your Wii with Talismoon's new cases
MTV drops new Multiplayer blog (plus BioShock Vs. Mode)
Joystiquery
Joyswag: 10 invites to the Call of Duty 4 Beta
Podcast Rodeo for Sept. 16: Yes, ear
Reminder: win the ultimate Halo 3 setup from X3F
Today's cuddliest video: LocoRoco Cocoreccho trailer
Today's seriously 32-player Wii FPS: Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: DIY Omegathon edition
News
Breaking news: Racer Colin McRae dies in helicopter crash
Itagaki shows off Ninja Gaiden II aqua city level
New games this week: Eternal Sonata edition
Yoshi Story, Super Thunder Blade, World Class Baseball on Virtual Console
Future Weapons to feature Halo 3 tonight
Intel picks up Havok for $21M
TurboGrafx-CD games coming to Virtual Consoles worldwide
Sony unveils Karraker replacement Scott Steinberg
Grade-grubbing GameStop manager gets suspended
Chinese online gamer dies after three day stint
Dave Perry: PSP Lite a 'head in the sand' move for Sony
WoW character sells for nearly $10,000
Xfire shows off their latest Xstatics
Nintendo shuts down official forums "indefinitely"
Oklahoma violent game law overturned
Rumors & Speculation
Reuters: Sony in talks to sell chip manufacturing to Toshiba
Rumor: Rumbling Sixaxis to debut at TGS
Rumor: Halo 3 ending leaked onto net
Culture & Community
Don't move, just listen: Automatic Mario goes anime music
Sealed game collectors hoarding all the cool toys
Book critic plays BioShock, says it's not quite "art"
Cliffy B: BioShock is my game of the year
Pimp your Wii with Talismoon's new cases
MTV drops new Multiplayer blog (plus BioShock Vs. Mode)











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Yuccadude @ Sep 18th 2007 12:17AM
I had just glanced at Major's RSS feed and noticed it said Major grounded, and wondered what it was all about. I'm sure he is really disappointed, and I hope that no one in fact is impersonating him while smuggling a large amount of illegal goods in/out of the country...
Darayz @ Sep 18th 2007 12:24AM
Do you think it says "Major Nelson" anywhere in his passport?
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Sep 18th 2007 12:45AM
ha ha ha
hvnlysoldr @ Sep 18th 2007 12:54AM
There goes Cheapy D's 360
sumdum_guy @ Sep 18th 2007 12:56AM
... and the Major's washlet
Leonidas @ Sep 18th 2007 1:18AM
Woah! What is with the change of avatar hvnly? Why replace the eyepatch with glasses?
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Sep 18th 2007 1:07AM
Damn that sucks. I recently missed my flight BACK from Japan. Maybe we can trade refunds and get a round trip out of the deal for one of us. Or he could always pull a Flight of the Conchords and just kayak the whole way there.
FrankTheCrank @ Sep 18th 2007 9:07AM
Maybe he accidentally dropped it into the 360 he shipped back due to RROD?
Steve @ Sep 18th 2007 4:37PM
How will be able to bash the PS3 from so far away?
JGE @ Sep 18th 2007 6:23PM
I am really disappointed. I can't believe there haven't been any Microsoft Passport jokes as of yet.