The Joystiq Weekend: January 5 - 7, 2008
Joystiquery
Bill Gates: live at his final CES keynote
Today's most political video and game: Kung-Fu Election
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup resets for the new year
News
Stargate Worlds trailer offers chance for eternal fame
Microsoft faces class action lawsuit due to Xbox Live outages
HD DVD group cancels pre-CES press conference
Japanese Smash Bros. commercials tease its nearing release
Gory MMO coming to the states in early '08
Guinness book of gaming records coming in February
College football players train on custom EA Sports simulator
Slim PSP to get Skype functionality late January
Sony boasts PlayStation holiday sales numbers
ABC Television and MGM brings HD content to Xbox Marketplace
UK telecom company BT Group first to use Xbox 360 as set-top box
GPS for Sony PSP coming to US
New games this week: Harvey Birdman edition
Iron Chef game listed, then pulled
Star Tropics, King of Fighters '94 arrive on Virtual Console
PSP Dragon's Lair game needs publisher
Postal devs lay Person of the Year award at Tallarico's feet
BioWare, Pandemic creating 10 new franchises for EA
LittleBigPlanet coming in September
This Wednesday: Omega Five, Tron get digitized, sucked into Xbox Live
ock Band Weekly: Iron Maiden, The Hives, Stone Temple Pilots
CES 2008: Lode Runner coming to XBLA
No More Heroes bumped up to Jan. 22
SOE teams with Gamebryo for PSN game shows
Devil May Cry 4 for PS3 gets achievements, required installation
CES 2008: New titles join Games for Windows portfolio
Wisconsin politician proposes 1% tax on video games
Sierra's Prototype is first game with Neural-THX 7.1 surround sound
Sony's new $300, 16GB Memory Stick
Nyko offering plethora of peripherals in early '08
ESRB lists Street Fighter Alpha for PlayStation 3, PSP
Wii outsold PS3 3-to-1 in Japan during '07; Xbox pens memoir on neglect
Skype skipping original PSP due to memory limitations
MS memo: Xbox 360 to have 'biggest year in video game history,' XBL surpasses 10m users
Fable 2, Alan Wake and more confirmed for 2008
Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Microsoft working on first party sequel for next Xbox console
Trade group: Game industry growth to slow in '08
Culture & Community
Conan eases writers strike boredom with Rock Band
How-To: Share your computer's internet with the Xbox
UK tabloid reports that the Queen loves the Wii
Despite Guitar Hero skills, Bill Gates can't join U2
Guitar Hero champ plays Guns n' Roses song with Slash on real guitar
Top 25 pop-u-lar Xbox gamertags
Warren Spector wishes he'd made The Golden Compass
Long-time freelancer leaves Gamespot over Gerstmann-gate
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ben @ Jan 8th 2008 12:04AM
Wow that comic sucks.
Fernando Rocker @ Jan 8th 2008 12:07AM
The point is how much the Wii is in the mainstream...
The Family Circus is publicated in thousands of newspaper everyday.
Noob.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Circus
Dannyboi68 @ Jan 8th 2008 12:20AM
It still doesnt stop the comic from sucking. But yes, this does show how known the wii is now.
Ben @ Jan 8th 2008 12:21AM
haha, yeah i get the point. I think we can grasp the concept that pretty much everyone knows what a wii is, just like most people know what a video game is.
I was also saying that the comic in general is suck.
A lot of people bought Kane and Lynch too. That also sucked.
Pro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_And_Lynch
Trickob @ Jan 8th 2008 12:37AM
I agree that the crappiness of the comic negates the point about the mainstreamedness.
mr nimblewick @ Jan 8th 2008 12:45AM
Nothing is mainstream until Family Circus makes it suck.
ChiTownRuler23 @ Jan 8th 2008 12:21AM
the rick james one was wayy better
mr nimblewick @ Jan 8th 2008 12:48AM
I think the cartoon should be: in the bubble: "Mommy, will you play Wii with me?" with the caption "Daddy keeps staring at me, thrusting the remote back and forth in front of his crotch, and panting."
Moofree @ Jan 8th 2008 12:56AM
Well there's always Photoshop.
But such a comic really wouldn't be much funnier.
mr nimblewick @ Jan 8th 2008 11:05AM
Coming from family circus it would be.
SID SPACE @ Jan 8th 2008 1:05AM
That reminds me of a Simpsons where Homer just finishes pasting a new comic into a "40 Years of Family Circus" album, reads a comic out of the album, says "meh," and then throws it in the fireplace.
I lmao'd when I saw that.
zuburi @ Jan 8th 2008 1:50AM
Thank you! I was trying to think which cartoon that was from! :D
hvnlysoldr @ Jan 8th 2008 2:43AM
Thank heavens he's wearing his wrist strap.
BPM64 - The Second Attack! @ Jan 8th 2008 3:34AM
But he doesn't have the glove!
No glove, no love!
Gavin @ Jan 8th 2008 4:37AM
ANNNNNNNNNNND that's a wrap.
This proves that the Wii was never "cool" to own.
baby sea tuna @ Jan 8th 2008 8:41AM
Every time I see The Family Circus, I can't help but think of the Todd Gaines speech at the end of Go:
"You read your paper, and you're enjoying your two-page comic spread. And there's The Family-fucking-Circus...bottom right corner, just waiting to suck.
And that's the last thing you read, so it spoils everything you read before it."
Rich @ Jan 8th 2008 12:41PM
My daughter bowled a frickin' 236 against me the first time we played it. Not that I'm bitter...