Industry and multi-console news:

• GameSetWatch takes a look at old game publisher newsletters, from the days in which companies like Acclaim actually cared to talk to you.
• The UK edition of OPM says that Silent Hill 5 is coming, and it will be similar to SH2 in gameplay.
• A survey conducted by retailer Game Crazy says 85% of parents "aren't confident they have enough information to select the proper video game for their child." You just have to read a bloody box, how is the ESRB not making this clear to everyone?

PC news:

• A Chinese student in Japan was arrested for selling over a million dollars worth of MMORPG items, which is outside the scope of what is allowed under a student visa. For future reference: If you're a student, sending 100 million yen back home to China looks a touch suspicious.
• In the realm of legal game millionaires, a language teacher who sells virtual property in Second Life has sold more than one million dollars worth of real estate. That's real money, not Linden Dollars.

Nintendo news:

• Apparently Target is selling Twilight Princess soundtracks (!) that contain 1/6 scale sword and shield replicas (!!).
• What do you need to make your own real, life sized Master Sword? Why, just $3,300 and the e-mail address of a blacksmith in Scotland.
• A website has already opened for players to share Wii save games.
• The Wall Street Journal has an article about Wii players finding themselves sore and worn out. Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan notes that "If people are finding themselves sore, they may need to exercise more." Ice burn?
• A post on Nintendo.com's forum suggests how to use a Mac Airport with the Wii.
• The first hole in Wii Sports Golf is an update of the first hole in NES Golf.
• Elebits will be the first game to use WiiConnect24.
• Just in case anyone says Nintendo products never fail: The disc-spitting Wii. If you could only amp it up and attach it to your wrist, you could play real-life Tribes.
• Mario Galaxy is being reported to run at 60 fps.
• It's been shown that TV remotes can be used to replace the sensor bar, but candles work too.
• A not at all scientific poll on Kotaku says that six percent of respondants had their remote strap break. It's even been caught on video now.
• That said... STOP THROWING YOUR REMOTES THROUGH THINGS GOD

Sony news:

• GamersReports and a thread at NeoGAF suggest that some PS3 controllers are having problems. I'd ask if anyone here has had this problem, but.. is there anyone here who even has a PS3?
• The official line on the PS3 720p issue is now that they're "looking into the issue and haven't stated any actions that will be taken regarding it." A Sony spokesman had previously said that a patch was in the works.
• Hideo Kojima admits that he misses rumble.
• Sony has signed a deal with EMI Music UK to allow users to download music videos to their PSPs.
• PS3-themed Nike Air Max shoes currently fetch $4000 on shoe auction site Blue Sole. Yes, an auction site for shoes.

Microsoft news:

• Bungie has posted a lengthy dissection of three recently released Halo 3 screenshots.
• Microsoft's Robbie Bach says that Sony is "spread really thin" with trying to compete against the 360 with the PS3 and the DS with the PSP at the same time. This is supposedly why the Zune was not a handheld gaming machine.
• An adapter that allows unofficial mouse and keyboard support for the 360 is in the works.
• That silly-assed Gears of War ad propelled the Gary Jules cover of Mad World to number one on the iTunes sales chart.