Happy Valentine’s Day everybody!  Well, the week of V-day, anyway.

In “local” gaming news, Alex has beaten Assassin’s Creed 2 and started playing Batman: Arkham Asylum.  Did he think the ending of AC2 was worth the thirty hours of gameplay?  Has Batman gotten his bat-hooks into Alex?  …. Maybe?

Alex has also been playing Solium Infernum, and Jonathan has been playing Blood Bowl, and we talk about that for a bit.

Headlines:

• The iPad has been announced, and the number of developers working on iPhone games has increased.
• Microsoft is shutting down Xbox Live support for original Xbox games on April 15.
• Sony’s making a lot of noise about charging for PSN.
• ESRB vs. Dead or Alive: A case of a company being TOO honest?
• FEAR THE SEX BOX! FEAR IT!
• Vinyl Fantasy 7: Gangsta Rap meets Game Music.

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