Is this Age of Conan or Lemmings?

AoC Good Times with a Horse [YouTube]

Here's a nice thought for the PSP as we get to scheduling our summer camping vacations. Homestar Portable for the PSP is out now for the PSP and even though has no Homestar Runner on it as some tented, sleeping bagged entertainment, it still looks like a beautiful application for looking up at the stars:

"...It is for the Sony PSP, but it's not a game. It's a piece of software that helps you 'read' the nights sky. By utilising the PSPs GPS unit (I had no idea the PSP had one until now!) it can tell where you are and what constellations are above you..."

Sure it's all in Japanese, but after singing 99 bottles of beers on the wall for four hours around a campfire, everything starts to kind of make sense. Kim Phu

Homestar Portable: Star Gazing for Your PSP [Sega Nerds]

One of our favorite anonymous Best Buy tipsters lets us know that the big blue retailer will have a minimum of fifteen Wiis in stock at each brick and mortar location this Sunday, January 21st. He says we should, in reality, expect around 35-45 consoles at each store, but we suggest setting your expectations to the store minimum. The minimum store allocation will also be published alongside the weekly store ad, so this won't be a secret.

I'll be heading over to one of the local Best Buys this weekend, just to see how I fare against the competition. I won't be at all surprised to see folks camping out for the Wii on Saturday night, even though the console launched two months ago in the US. Michael McWhertor

We hear that each Best Buy location will have upward of 60 PS3s on hand for Sunday, December 31. No details on the 60GB to 20GB ratio, though. Regardless, get your tents and sleeping bags out from the attic and definitely do not bring cash. Pepper spray, maybe.

Thanks, John and Brian, for the heads up. Michael McWhertor

UPDATE: We got the following info from another Best Buy mole this morning:

Just wanted to verify that Best Buy is hording more PS3's. We received a shipment of around 82 PS3s today around 6pm. What they plan on doing is releasing 14 each day until Sunday, when they plan on releasing 40 (they are all the 60gb model).

Analyst P.J. McNealy says he expects "people to start camping out on Saturday again" and I'm inclined to agree. After many weeks of having no luck aquiring one personally, I think I'm ready to start sleeping on the sidewalk outside the Glendale Best Buy starting around 2 AM.

Any other procrastinators out there ready to grab some sidewalk this weekend? Michael McWhertor

Game day for PS3, Wii [USA Today]

You gotta love Craigslist. So many uses! I've exploited it to sell furniture. Others have used it to scam hundreds with false promises of anonymous, attachment-free, rough sex. Some are looking to hire gullible line-sitters with no grasp on the concept of capitalism.

To wit:

SONY PS3 PLAYSTATION 3 CAMPER WANTED PAID IN CASH - $200

IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO CAMP OUT FOR ME IN FRONT OF A STORE IN ORDER FOR ME TO BUY THE NEW PS3 I WILL PAY THEM BECAUSE I HAVE SCHOOL I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE THERE, I WOULD BE BACK ON THURSDAY NIGHT AT 10PM, OR YOU YOU CAN WAIT TILL THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOR AN EXTRA 50 BUCKS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW, YOU CHOOSE THE STORE, I BUY THE SPOT FROM YOU, THANKS!! CALL ME ANYTIME!!

Okay, doofus, no one is going to do this. Besides, any gamer worth their salt would just drop OUT of school already. Michael McWhertor

SONY PS3 PLAYSTATION 3 CAMPER WANTED PAID IN CASH - $200