The Joystiq July 4 Weekend: 2008 edition

Over the weekend, we bought ourselves some fancy new Octo-Camo suits. Unfortunately, the suit failed about one minute after this picture taken, as it became so effective that we got sat on by a trio of quite rude individuals. Check out the highlights for this weekend:

Joystiquery
The Best of Big Download; June 29-July 5, 2008
DS Fanboy Lite: June 28 - July 4
Japanese hardware sales, June 23 - June 29: Nineteen hundred and ninety-five edition
Joystiq Podcast 056 - Womb of Freedom edition
Joyswag: C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (Xbox 360) giveaway, Day Four
Joyswag: C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (Xbox 360) giveaway, Day Five
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 6/30 - 7/6
This Week in Review is evolution, baby
WRUP: American Edition
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup, now with more Yahtzee

News
Peter Moore explains EA Sports' PC snub
Raven Squad to marry RTS, FPS this fall
EA sorry over Irish anthem gaffe in UEFA Euro 2008
Capcom.co.jp lists Devil May Cry for PSP
See a hot anime clip from Street Fighter IV
Wario Land Shake intro and gameplay videos
Wrath of the Lich King beta registration now open in US
Hudson explodes onto the iPhone with Bomberman Touch video
"On the Seven7th Day" Bungie shows you Cold Storage
Siren: Blood Curse priced, dated for Europe - £19.99, July 24th
Diablo 3 to emphasize cooperation, PvP to be included
Professor Noel Gallagher gives lecture on game violence
Video: PSP app uses GPS to remix tunes as you walk
Leaked box art shows maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo
New MGS4 camo DLC hits with LOLs aplenty
Wall-E becomes first Arabic-language game for current-gen consoles
Zeppelin's Jimmy Page uncomfortable lending master recordings to rhythm games
Mercenaries 2 developer walkthrough previews different 'approaches'
New Mortal Kombat vs. DC screenshots are fairly brutal
Burnout Paradise 'Cagney' update for Xbox 360 delayed until July 14
Confront the SOCOM: Confrontation trailer
Atlus bringing Persona 4 to North America on December 9
Chrono Trigger DS countdown ends, 'reveals' Chrono Trigger
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and the debut trailer

Rumors & Speculaiton
Diablo 3 'theoretically possible' for console port
Rumor: Rock Band 2 setlist reportedly discovered by two sources

Culture & Community
Condi, other foreign ministers receive custom DS
Handheld NES ... in an NES cartridge
Brawl on the go with homebrew Super Smash Bros. Rumble

Reader Comments (22)

DO WANT THE OCTO-CAMO! When that becomes real, I shall be obtaining one for the sole purpose of blending into the hot dog cart at a baseball game and stealing everyones hot dogs before they can purchase them. MUAHAHAHAHA so evil

not realy evil as you will be saving those poor customers from buying over priced hot dogs and at the same time preventing them from eating a potentialy unhealthy meal. Your doing us a favour :p

"Lady, he's puttin' my kids through college!"

"Oh my god! I just bought a boat!"

"The Simpsons" vendor quotes are some of my favorite! :)

Ya know it took me a good minute to figure out what was happening in the picture. I guess the camo did work!

What the? I don't see anything in the picture but a sofa.

Heh :P

I don't get it, why did you post a picture of an empty couch? Am I sopposed to see something?

Owned!!! Charlie_six beat you to the joke

what joke?

That Joke its using Octo-Camo.

""WE" got sat on by a trio of quite rude individuals"????

It looks like only one person is in that "camo suit." Are you sure that suit isn't some kind of symbiot? Sounds like you should take it off now!

my guess its the editorial we they mention in the last podcast. its the writing style of joystick. so if you see an article saying, "we are still hooked on dolphin olympics," they could be but its most likely just justin. or if they say they're giving cool swag to fans its likey not justin because he uses those as gifts to family and friends