A nine year old reviewer says Loco Roco is "for younger kids such as five or six year olds." Now if she can just make some comment about how much she disliked the Star Wars prequels and Matrix sequels every three minutes, she'll be ready for a job at EGM.

• Silicon Knights denies rumors that they were scrapping Unreal Engine 3 for Too Human.
• A Microsoft employee argues that 1080p is meaningless this generation.
• Linden Labs is shutting down the Second Life forums in favor of new blogs and other pages.
• In other, stranger Second Life news, a hotel chain is planning on debuting its new hotel virtually in Second Life before opening it in the real world, in order to gain customer feedback.
• Shaquille O'Neal has been chosen for the cover of NBA 2K7.
• American McGee calls the Wii "the only truly next-gen console"; calls the PS3 and 360 "just a video card and processor upgrade."
• What Okami looked like before and after cel-shading. Even today, technological limitations continue to force developers into more creative solutions.
• Reggie Fils-Aime confirms online gaming will be free with the Wii.
• The rumor about Virgin Megastores getting Wii countdown clocks was true, but they won't be turned on until Nintendo announces a date.
• Capcom is aware that the text in Dead Rising is more or less unreadable on standard definition TVs. Whether they do anything about it is another matter.
• Now you can pay a hefty chunk of change to be a background character in Battle of the Gods.
• Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook batteries because they can overheat and catch fire.
• DigiTimes.com claims the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive will sell for $200.
• What preteen girls can learn from The Sims.
• You wouldn't think someone could make a comedy bit out of Tetris, and yet, they have.
• Microsoft warns that organized crime is targeting MMORPGs.
• Modojo has a report on the state of homebrew games on the DS, while pointing out some of the more notable titles. If you ever wished you could play Secret of Monkey Island on the go, here's your chance.
• The NeoGAF forums have an interesting thread going, posting early screenshots of games long before they were released.
• The Escapist looks at what the Frag Doll clan is really like, from the inside.
• MetalGearSolid.org has translated the official game plan made during the creation of MGS2 and released later as a part of The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2. Provides lots of background on the thought process behind the game, as well as just being interesting if you've never seen a game design document before.