Error Macro: Newspost for 12-28-07

Atari has gotten another delisting warning from Nasdaq.
Sony is the latest company to quit making rear-projection TVs.
Eurogamer lists their top 50 games of the year in an annoying multiarticle format: 50 - 41, 40 - 31, 30 - 21, 20 - 11, 10 - 1
Gamasutra has added a Game Developer Conference 2008 event job board to their jobs section.
And if you happen to be the one hiring instead of being hired, they also have a guide to recruiting and hiring new employees.
Jack Thompson intends to set his sights on the defense department in the new year, as he says there is an "unholy alliance" between the DoD and the video game industry.
Meanwhile, Army recruiters in Arizona have sponsored an America's Army tournament where they will promote the benefits of joining the Army while gamers shoot pretend guns. *cough*
OMGLists names seven ways modern games are spoiling us.
British Gaming Blog lists the 20 greatest moments of 2007.
Racketboy has amassed a collection of video clips showing people playing Tetris better and faster than any human should ever play Tetris.
The BBC has an article on the rising development costs for video games. They say the average PS3 game costs $15 million.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco raps about video game violence. I'm stuck between not getting what he's saying and yet also being annoyed at the GamePolitics commenters who are apparently all 75 year old men. THAT "RAPPING" IS ALL CLICKS AND WHISTLES, PUT ON LAWRENCE WELK
Konami's latest addition to the Bemani family is called jubeat.

New media: Black Mesa Source screenshots, a fanmade Half Life 1 remake

New content: X2 1.5 patch, X3 2.5 patch, X Motor Racing 1.03 patch, updated demo

Counter-Strike Online, the special East Asian version of Counter-Strike, saw 170,000 players in its three day closed beta.
A World of Warcraft guild plans to march from Ironforge to Stormwind on New Years Day in support of Ron Paul. Don't worry about who gets loot, the free market will sort that out.
If that's not enough to make you feel embarrassed about any association with the game you may have, then watch as a WoW nerd makes a rap about the lack of a patch and Blizzard's community manager actually makes a rap in response. Well, they're not so much raps as mumbling quickly.
Amazon's deal of the day is World in Conflict for $19.99.

An 84 year old woman won a Wii Sports championship, beating a 79 year old man who is an actual bowler and had, in fact, just won a bowling tournament earlier in the year.
According to "Japanese sources", Smash Bros. Brawl has gone gold.
Play Asia has Phantom Hourglass figures in stock for a paltry $2.99 each.

New media: Yakuza 3 trailer

Microsoft has declined to comment on rumors of a motion-sensing peripheral for the 360 in development.
Major Nelson provides the seemingly obvious answer as to why Live members under 18 can't download certain demos and trailers.
An updated version of Metal Slug 3 is coming to Live Arcade this Wednesday.

"Feel that your heterosexuality is in trouble? Buy the SHARK GUN today and blast those questionable thoughts out of the water!"

I bet it runs on SELSUN BLUE.

the best part about that eurogamer article is it so inconveniently lists the same 50 games as everyone else.

also zelda figures for $15+shipping. i've never been a figurines guy but that's a heck of a deal

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