I'm getting the news out the door early because omg omg Half Life 2: Episode One is out NOW.

• Andy Serkis' mortgage leads him to star in Heavenly Sword.
• Game critics have chosen their best of E3 awards, if you care about that sort of thing.
• Amsterdam drug addiction center opens up game addiction ward.
• Eight year Duke Nukem Forever team member leaves the studio. I hope this isn't a sign the game's in some kind of trouble.
• Phil Harrison calls claims of Sony ripping off Nintendo "stupid", says the PS3 is a computer and "We do not need the PC." Also, he's a nut.
• IGN relaunches their Dreamcast section, for some reason.
• If you didn't immediately storm every store in your city on the news that the DS Lite was available yesterday, you can use this map to find stores near you that have them.
• Isn't it weird hearing a story from Xbox's Major Nelson about his quest to acquire a DS Lite?
• The AV Club lists 11 of video games strangest moments.
• World of Warcraft has a higher MMO market share than all other MMO games combined.
• I'd say that if you have to explain why your screenshots looked like crap, you probably shouldn't have released them to begin with.