Today in Joystiq: September 18, 2007

In one minute (as of this writing), it will be International Talk Like a Pirate Day. For those who wish to celebrate September 19 properly, greet everyone you see with "avast," be sure to elongate your "arr's" and "yar's" and don't forget that you answer to Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate! Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Don't Forget: win the ultimate Halo 3 setup from X3F
Dragon*Con impressions: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Joyswag: Free 1-year subscription to EGM magazine
Readers pick best webcomic: prescription meds
Reminder: Win a CoD4 beta invite from GameDaily
Today's just-like-me video: Cat's in the Cradle parody

News
Super Smash Bros. Brawl reveals online plans
Team Fortress 2 beta now available
Confirmed: RadioShack to start selling games in-store
Lair dev berates motion controls ... in other games
PGR4 demo to have exclusive content
Meet the new Halo 3 map: Isolation
New details on Treasure's Wii project, Ikaruga XBLA
Finally, the Star Wars lightsaber game for the Wii
'U R MR GAY' message discovered in Super Mario Galaxy box art
This Wednesday: Geon: Emotions on XBLA
Mass Effect allows lesbian alien sex, men remain vanilla
Future publishing taking over Nintendo Power
Konami unveils MGS4 playable at TGS, Wii Fitness

Culture & Community
Final Fantasy retrospective: Part IX
Gaming's money-making secrets available for free
World of Warcraft erotic guild disbanded
Marshall University converts to Mushroom Kingdom