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Nothing flips our hearts and makes us tear up more than seeing our favorite posthumous travel agent Manny Calavera, with Meche Colomar, inked on this ultimate fan's arm. Kudos to you, good sir. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Bungie, I am SO mad at you
Joystiq Podcast 007 - Synergy edition (feat. Shawn Andrich and Dennis McCauley)
Mythbusters: Pee on the PS2 edition
Today's driest game video: Seaman 2

News
Halo 3 to finish the fight on September 25th
EA's NBA Live cover Gilbert Arenas prefers NBA 2K series
Midnight Club: Los Angeles coming to PS3, 360
Halo 3 special edition Zune up for pre-order
Bomberman Live explodes onto XBLA this summer
More Brain Training coming to Europe, maybe US
SOE acquires Vanguard dev Sigil Games
Microsoft's Peter Moore Dreamcasts the PS3
Killzone to have public beta, 'of course'
NiGHTS gets new subtitle for Japan
International demo week continues with Tenchu Z
Sega licenses Unreal Engine 3
Halo 3 Beta: Crackdown patched in next 'three to six hours'
Project Treasure Island Z for Wii renamed extravagantly
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. dev plans several follow-up titles
Xbox Live update hurts online roster sharing

Rumors & Speculation
Heavenly Sword may get multiplayer as DLC
Ecco and Sonic get ESRB rating for XBLA

Culture & Community
Halo 3 beta absent, internet explodes
Lara Croft mannequin mistaken for gunman, house raided
Reee chair made from recycled game consoles
EA an awful place to work. Awful great!

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6:20 p.m.: The Joystiq crew walks the red carpet, because we're just that important.

6:33 p.m.: Gnarls Barkley's cover of the Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone" is blasting as we find seats in the press section. Cushy seats with recline-able chairs.

6:42 pm: Sam and Max introduce the start for the independent games festival. The mention of projectile vomiting is disturbing, but welcoming somehow.

6:43 pm: Jamil Moledina and Simon Carless march onto stage, noting that the show is being broadcast to the entire world. We sense somewhat sinister undertones.

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At tonight's Game Developers Choice Awards, Epic Games' Gears of War took home three awards: best technology, visual arts, and the coveted Game of the Year award. On the independent side of things, Bit Blot's Aquaria won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize from the Independent Games Festival.

Okami picked up a win in one of the four categories it was nominated in (take that, AIAS). Unfortunately, Loco Roco did not pick up any awards despite two nominations (character design and audio). Independent game Everyday Shooter won two awards and a distribution deal from GameTap.

View the full list winners and nominees from both events below.

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