To: Luke
From: Owen

So Friday I walked into the CEO's office and, on his desk, laid an envelope that looked like it was stacked with drug cash. "That's a thousand dollars," I said, "and it's the company's, if I get the PS3 and the flat panel TV gathering dust in the break room."

The PS3 I've gone over before, 20GB, the SKU discontinued last year. The TV is a 47-incher, something we bought for an open house a year ago and have used only once. It's out of warranty. I've asked my boss about this before and it never went anywhere, so I figured I'd go to the head man. His response was, more or less, he had to ask my boss (and the other co-founder). Gah. I will not be deterred in my quest for high quality merch (second usage of that slang term today, I know. Oh, and if you don't get the headline.)

Some highlights from this weekend's report:
Report: New Nintendo DS Coming This Year With Camera, Music Playback
Who's Winning the Battle for the Hardcore?
Leaked CoD: World at War Perk List?
Can the New DS Take-On the iPhone, PSP?
LBP Dorks Already Adding Penis
Report: New Nintendo DS Coming This Year With Camera, Music Playback
'Gang Garrison II' — TF2's 8-Bit Bastard Brother
Mega Man Hat Keeps Head Warm, Awesome
On DRM: Not Every Inconvenience is "the Plight of Sisyphus."
Former ESA Head: Game Journalists Helped Make Thompson

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