Reading Seanbaby's rant about EGM's editing of his articles kinda makes me kind of glad I'm doing my writing here instead of a "real" publication.

• Ritual Entertainment is facing a five to one ratio of pirated vs. legitimate copies of Sin Episodes: Emergence.
• AOL Radio has revived their Final Fantasy station.
• Former head of Working Designs, Victor Ireland, is preparing a new company called Gaijinworks. Maybe this one can release more than one game every five years.
• EA will be bringing pets to the Sims universe via a PC expansion, as well as stand alone console versions.
• Galaga is now available on Xbox Live.
• The question of "can games make you cry?" is old as dirt and more than a little tired, but here's a different approach: How should they make you cry?
• Sony beats estimates with a $279 million profit for the last quarter with no help from its game division, which saw a 29.1% decrease in revenue versus last year.
• Skilled players (some not even 18 years old) are making big money offering their services as "game coaches" online.
• Blizzard and Square have gotten ban happy again on cheaters.
• The Wii version of Trauma Center will be a remake, not a sequel.
• You've been waiting for it, and it's finally here: New screenshots of Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Game.
• I still can't quite tell what the point of this game is, but it's still an impressive application of a camera in a game.