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Good Morning Gamers!

Today I'm going to attempt to include pictures in this damn blog if it kills me or this laptop. And now, I bring you the news.

To anyone who plays the Sims 2 (and there must be some of you out there, judging by the way the game sells) and is bored with the same old stuff in the game, head over to ModTheSims2.com where you can become a member and download all sorts of goodies including customized Sims, pets, houses, businesses, and housewares. While you are there, check out some of the houses created by Flabaliki, an Australian high school student. He's been building houses on Sims since 2000. My favorite design is below (yayy! pictures!)You can check out the rest of his portfolio here:
http://www.modthesims2.com/creator/Flabaliki
and visit ModTheSims2 here:
http://www.modthesims2.com/

When the president of a well-established company leaves for a position at one that is struggling to stay alive, people ask questions. Questions like, who is going to take their place at said old company? Sony is one such company. After Phil Harrison announced his resignation in February, Sony had a big empty seat on their executive board to fill. They did fill it, with the behind of Harrison's right hand man Shuhei Yoshida. Games Industry Biz got to interview SwishSwish about his life at Sony with Harrison and all the fun times they had skipping to and fro around the office. No seriously, this interview is filled with lots of information including the real story behind the cancellation of Eight Days and The Getaway. It is a two-parter, so make sure you use the bathroom first, and put up your away message.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/shuhei-yoshida-part-one
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/shuhei-yoshida-part-two

The Championship Gaming Series and G4 announced yesterday plans to air four 90-minute episodes of the CGS North American playoffs and the World Finals. The first episode will air on July 16, however, fancy-schmancy gamers with DirectTV can watch all the coverage they can stand right now. Check out the full press release here:
http://www.thecgs.com/Championship_Gaming_Series_Brings_Programming_to_US_Cable_Television_for_First_Time_with_Exclusive_G4_Deal aand a full schedule of all CGS seasons here:
http://www.thecgs.com/index.php?s=content&d=tvschedule&page=2008_cgs_season

Hey how about I abuse my new picture power and throw down some screenshots of a new game. Here we have some screens of Fatal Inertia EX for the PS3. Damn, they are gorgeous. I want!

Check out more of these pretty babies here:
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/fatalinertia/images.html?sid=6192500&om_act=convert&om_clk=gumballs&tag=gumballs;title;1