1. Something a little different to kick us off today. Over on Yahoo, it’s reported that a Pizza Hut waitress was the beneficiary of a $10,000 tip from some rather nice, and needless to say, generous people.

   Nearly as odd are the bundles of money being found in toilets across Japan.

   I just hope they aren’t actually being found in the toilets. That sort of presents a dilemma…

2. bpm? has found a neat piece (c’mon, man, if you still read this, contribute!) of equipment: The iPhone killer.

   Superior hardware?

   No, superior firepower.

3. It’s been hot lately, no secret about that.

   Loading.Ready.Run. may have three PS3s, but they seem to have zero air conditioners.

   How do they handle it?

4. Are older games better for younger gamers? Arguable, but Racketboy has a pretty good case for using them to at least start them on the path to more advanced games.
5. The GameTrailers/ScrewAttack.com Video Game Vault take a look at a game I had quite a bit of fun with as a kid, Wrecking Crew, featuring Mario and Luigi as demolition experts who have to avoid mutant wrenches, eggplants, and Foreman Spike, the possible precursor to Waluigi…?

   It’s not as bad as they say, though. You just have to have an appreciation for the really oldschool.

   And they’re surprised that Luigi looks just like Mario, except for colors? Where the hell have they been?

6. Funny, I don’t think I’ve heard of an E3 closing montage before. So I guess as those go, Sony’s was pretty good.

   Huh, was that Sonic Rivals 2? Hadn’t heard anything about it from the show so far…

7. 111 issues. That’s nearly 10 years worth of comics.

   And a record run for Ultimate Spider-man creators Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley, who discuss the End of an Era with a special interview at IGN.

8. Next-Gen talks to George Harrison of Nintendo about the Wii’s longevity, how serious they are about online, and how their relationships with third-parties have changed in this exclusive interview.
9. 1up’s Jeremy Parish has taken on the painstaking task of transcribing the Shigeru Miyamoto/Eiji Aonuma roundtable, adding some of his own brand of humor among the comments made.

And that’s it for today, I’m afraid. The weekend is looking a little busy, but I’ll try and catch things up before Monday. Hopefully next week will be slow, because I’ll be spending most of it at Otakon, leaving Wednesday. I’ll try and score some good pics and/or anecdotes for my return.

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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