Okay so my Xbox was ready to go, I took it down to GAME and... They had no preowned 360s for me to exchange it for so I guess I'll be spending this week without the legendary map pack. I've just been playing Audiosurf, Animal Crossing and of course Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Despite all the good things I've heard about Mario Kart Wii I'm still feeling reluctant to pick up the game, however I think I might pick up Sid Meier's Pirates soon because, well, I never bought that game and I can get it for like £7.

Now there's a little something I've come across which I think everyone on the site needs to see. It turns out that the man who fired Jeff Gerstmann (John Larson) has himself been fired from his job as VP of games at CNET. Of course considering CNET are removing 119 other employees at the same time they might just be looking for someone to pin the blame on but it's somewhat reassuring to hear Gamespot themselves say that John Larson was "a suit ... who had no editorial experience and was only involved on the business side of things".

Another thing I feel obliged to mention is only a small thing at this point, but Gamespot did say in a recent unrelated report that Shigeru Miyamoto "reiterated his desire to make another entry in the Pikmin series". I've been thinking about the idea of a Pikmin 3 for some time and with a reasonably fresh console to play it on, the introduction of Pikmin to the Wii in SSBB and the wishes of Mr. Miyamoto, the idea that there will be a third installment in the series really doesn't seem too far-fetched.

Thanks once again for reading and I'd like to give a shoutout to PJ24, Kingrich06, Yo-gan, Edpeterson, Zxv33 and especially Fishdalf who is going through a very difficult time at the moment. I'll leave you with Baron Soosdon's The Device Has Been Modified. Keep on gaming.

-Gamer_152