Hey everyone, Steve here;

Sorry about the long abscence, I got lost in the nether.  Don't ask, I don't want to talk about it..  Lets just say, remember how Douglas Adams said it's best to bring a towel?  The man knew what he was talking about...

Well, I wrote up a blog entry about why I no longer have faith in Blizzard.  You want to read it?  Go here, but be warned, I am not nice!

Joe here, with lots of links to hands on previews of things coming out of Gamecom, including:

That's right, Diablo III.  Previews here and here.

Also hands-on previews for:

Call of Duty 4 (and Co-op)

Heavy Rain

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Assassins Creed 2

Uncharted 2

And, oh yeah, some PS3 Slim thing that Sony is trying make you buy.

Joe here with the latest from the weekend.

District 9 took a well deserved first place at the box office, taking in $37.4 million, which is actually $7.4 million over it's budget (though with the amount of ad time the movie received before it came out, I suspect it has a ways to go before it makes it's money back).  GI Joe fell to second place, taking in another $22.3 million ($98.6 million two week total).  The Time Traveler's Wife opened in third place with $18.6 million; Julie and Julia fell from second last week to fourth this week with a $12 million take; and G-Force slipped to fifth place with $6.9 million.

The Syfy Channel: Home of the Terminators and Mansquito.  Personally, I like Ms. Quito.

Bourne 4 and Arrested Development: The Movie appear to be trapped in script hell.

Onto to game news:

Blizzard reportedly will not be gouging it's fans.  Reportedly, I said.

And speaking of Starcraft 2, there is a brand new CGI video out, along with 5 minutes of Starcraft 2 single player...which will not have co-op, and will feature units that will not be available in the multiplayer (due to balance reasons). There's also lots of hands-on previews of the single player hitting the web today.

Joe here...

Steve and I checked out District 9 yesterday.  Have a look at my review here.  This is a great flick, well worth your time, though it's not easy to watch.