The Machinima Comedy Lab pilots will air on Machinima.Com, but no date was announced for the first pilot.

"Machinima.com lets us put our work in front of an audience that already knows and loves our style of writing and is embracing new forms of digital entertainment," said Bill Oakley, an Emmy-winning writer and past showrunner of The Simpsons. "We get to do what we love the most—write and create fun content while Machinima.com handles all the production, marketing and distribution."

The Machinima Comedy Lab pilots will be created by top Hollywood writers, including:
— Chris Cluess: Mad TV, The Simpsons, Beggars and Choosers, Cheers, SCTV
— Bill Freiberger: Drawn Together, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The Simpsons
— Eric Horsted: Boondocks, Knights of Prosperity, Futurama, Home Improvement, Coach
— Ken Keeler: Futurama, The Simpsons, Wings, The Naked Truth, The Critic, The Late Show
— Stacie Lipp: King of Queens, Roseanne, Married With Children
— Christina Lynch: Wildfire, The Dead Zone, Unhappily Ever After
— Peggy Nicoll: WordGirl, Daria
— Bill Oakley: Mission Hill, The Simpsons, Futurama
— Max Pross & Tom Gammill: The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Monk, The Critic, Saturday Night Live, The Late Show
— Mike Rowe: Family Guy, Futurama, Comedy Central Roasts, The Jaime Kennedy Experiment
— Loren Segan: Wildfire, The Dead Zone, Spyder Games
— Patric M. Verrone: Futurama, Muppets Tonight!, The Simpsons, The Critic, Pinky and the Brain
— Maiya Williams: Mad TV, The PJs, The Wayans Bros., The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

"This is the future of comedy in new media - a fast and low cost way for writers to create shows that attract an existing audience," said Patric M. Verrone, an Emmy-winning writer and president of WGA West. "We're thrilled to break ground and forge a relationship that empowers independent production and gives writers both creative freedom and financial participation."

"As an emerging entertainment network, we're dedicated to bringing aboard top creative talent," said Allen DeBevoise, Machinima.com chairman and chief executive officer. "Machinima.com provides these writers with a new, evolving medium in which to reach the highly desired 18 to 34 male audience, showcase creativity and develop episodic pilots for multiple platforms."

LOS ANGELES—To millions of gamers, actor Patrick Warburton is best know as David Puddy, a character that appeared in only 11 episodes of NBC's hit comedy series, "Seinfeld," but left an indelible mark in that time. Many fans probably recall the episode that featured that colorful, ugly leather jacket.

"I thought when I did that episode that the jacket might be worth something some day so I asked if I could have it," said Warburton. "The wardrobe people said they'd sell it to me for $1,000. I remember thinking even back then, before Ebay was around, if I paid $1,000 in 10 years I could probably sell it for $1,000. Is it really worth $1,000? I know it's real leather, but come on. I would never wear it. I didn't buy it, but for $500, I would have bought it. It'd be fun to have today. I even have my 'Seinfeld' crew jacket that stays in the closet. You can't wear that around, it's kind of gaudy. 'That's right, I was on 'Seinfeld.' Read my jacket.'"

Warburton, who currently can be heard on television as Joe Swanson in "Family Guy" and can be seen on the sitcom "Rules of Engagement," spent time in the recording studio bringing Ken to life for Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie" and Activision's "Bee Movie Game." When told the new game was out, Warburton said he was going to Best Buy to get the Wii version of the game so "Daddy can play."

"It was a lot of fun to do the game because everything gets so pared down in the movie," said Warburton. "In the game, Ken gets all jacked up, especially when he's playing tennis. Jerry would feed me 20 or 30 crazy lines to do and we'd have a bunch scripted and then I'd just go nuts get all irate. I think Ken will be fun in the game because he's such a jerk."

Warburton said Seinfeld was in the recording studio every single day that he did the movie voice work and the one day he spent doing the recording for the game. As a father of four kids, Warburton has every game console in his house.

"I don't even play the games any more because it's too humiliating," said Warburton. "Ever since my eldest, who's turning 15, was 9, he could beat me on any game. I think the only game I could actually beat him on was the new Frogger. He has all of the games. I've tried Halo 3 because it looks really cool. I love the Wii because I can actually compete with the kids on those games like bowling and golf."

Back in the day, Asteroids was Warburton's game. But a lot has changed in gaming since then.

"I remember riding my 10-speed bicycle from Huntington Beach to Newport Harbor High School," said Warburton. "It's about a four-mile ride. The highpoint of my day was pulling over at the liquor store where PCH meets Balboa and there was an Asteroids machine there. I'd have my two to four quarters and that would last a good half-hour. I could stay on that Asteroids machine for a good while."

Aside from the Wii, Warburton spends most of his time watching his kids and their friends play games.

"Unless I do some really intensive program, I don't think I'll ever be able to compete with them," joked Warburton.

Although he doesn't play as much these days—the actor did say he'd download Asteroids on Xbox Live Arcade—he spends a lot of time bringing videogame characters to life. Warburton has worked on games like the Tak & the Power of JuJu franchise, Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Family Guy Game and Bee Movie Game.

"Videogames are fun to do," said Warburton. "I don't really see how you could make a living off of it. These games can make jillions of dollars, but the piece of the action that actors get is really miniscule compared to what these things do. But any paycheck is better than a kick in the pants. It's fun to work on them and be part of them."

When it comes to humor in games, that's something that's still pretty hard to pull off.

"It seems to me that there's this element...when you're watching 'Family Guy' it's absurd and random and it's a bit insane," said Warburton. "If you're playing a videogame, you have to have a goal and something to accomplish. All of these things are obstacles in the way of humor. Family Guy can be complex and absurd. Much of it is off-putting and un-PC. Playing a game is very segmented in moving from one level to the next and there are so many specific things going on, it's difficult to get humor going. Plus, anything that's funny the fist time loses that humor hearing it over and over again."

Even his kids, who enjoy hearing Dad on the big screen and in TV shows, get sick of hearing his voice in games. As his clan gets older, they're able to see and hear more of his work.

"I let my oldest son watch 'Family Guy' when he turned 13, so now my daughter just turned 13 and she wants to watch it and I'm like, "Oh, shit," said Warburton, who's a huge fan of the show, himself. He went into detail about how funny the 100th Episode was, which feature Seth McFarlane interviewing real people that hated the show. And when asked about the recent episode in which his character was able to walk again—temporarily—Warburton said, "Joe can kick some ass."

If you've been holding out for a Playstation Portable 2000 now's the day to hit up your local retailer. The limited-edition Daxter PSP Entertainment Pack just went on sale for $200. The pack includes a "Ice Silver" PSP2K, a copy of Daxter; Family Guy — The Freakin' Sweet Collection on UMD and a 1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo.

"PSP sales have soared since we introduced the $169.99 price point in April, and that momentum will only continue with the launch of the newly designed PSP, which has generated strong interest among consumers since we announced it at E3," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. "With our growing software library, which includes more than 140 new releases in the pipeline this fiscal year, the PSP platform is poised for significant growth. The Daxter Entertainment Pack offers a great opportunity for consumers to jump in to PlayStation(R) Portable experience with content that demonstrates the multi-functionality of the system, all for a great value."

SCEA is also rolling out three accessories for the new PSP today:

— Component AV Cable for video out, approximately 8.2 feet long ($19.99 MSRP)
— AV Cable for video out, approximately 8.2 feet long ($19.99 MSRP)
— Headphones with Remote Control ($29.99 MSRP)

If Daxter and Family Guy aren't your thing you should hold off until later this month with the PSP2K goes on sale solo for $170. Or you could wait till next month to grab up he Star Wars Battlefront edition of the new slederized PSP for $200.

If you're too lazy to look for yourself, here's a link to Best Buy.

Sony Limited Edition PSP Daxter Entertainment Pack [Best Buy]

This is our first one (VOD for XBL)... We hope to have other content on there, but right now with the launch of 'Halo 3' and the launch of the new season of Family Guy coming out, the timing really worked well for this one.

The Museum of Television & Radio is holding a neat little talk next week in Beverly Hills about the importance of writing in video games.

Video Games: The Writers Speak will tackle the growing need of good writing in video games and how it has been driven by the industry's surge in popularity.

On hand to talk about the subject will be four guys who made the jump, temporarily, from television writing to video game writing:

Kirker Butler, Writer, Family Guy series and Family Guy Video Game!
Steve Callaghan, Coexecutive Producer, Writer, Family Guy series and Family Guy Video Game!
Duppy Demetrius, Writer, 24 series and 24: The Game
D. C. Fontana, Writer, Star Trek series and Star Trek: Legacy for X-Box 360 & Star Trek: Tactical Assault for PSP

Tickets are $10 if you use the code VGMTR at the link. Brian Crecente

Video Games: The Writers Speak [Tickets]

Hopefully ALL of the releases this week are sanctioned by the courts to be shipped to your favorite retailer. Here's what's new and notable.

Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception (PSP)
Namco brings arcade-ish flight combat to the PSP for the first time.

Battlefield 2142 (PC)
EA's shark jumping team based shooter sees you battling for land after the next ice age.

Bully (PS2)
The high school action adventure from Rockstar rots brains and ruins lives starting Tuesday.

Contact (DS)
Grasshopper, of Killer 7 fame, gets cutesy RPG on us.

Destroy All Humans! 2 (PS2, Xbox)
More alien probing fun set in the '60s.

Family Guy (PS2, PSP, Xbox)
How can you go wrong with talking babies and wisecracking dogs? *cough*

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (PC)
Jets, bi-planes, hang gliding, airports, Games for Windows! Hurray!

Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends (DS)
The puppy sim quadruple dips for this limited edition featuring new breeds.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Xbox 360)
Sam infiltrates a terrorist organization in his fourth stealthy adventure.

I'm toying with the idea of snagging Bully and Contact, reviews pending. What are you guys and gals getting?

Destructoid got a first look at the upcoming Family Guy game, and seem to approve..

Overall impressions The game actually look fun and keeps a lot of that strange humor and fast cut away scenes (done with WarioWare-like mini-games) that you'd expect in something coming from the Family Guy.

The game comes out Oct. 17 for the PlayStation 2, PSP, and Xbox. If you're a fan, I think this may actually be a solid game for you and you'll enjoy it. Although, if you agree with South Park's stance and can't stand Family Guy, then you won't like this game either.

I've been impressed with the cel-shading in this. Maybe it's just that the cartooning style for Family Guy is already well-defined, but this is the most successful use of cel-shading to get a flat, animated look that I've seen. Eliza Gauger

Dtoid First Look; Family Guy [Destructoid]

Family Guy and Batman fanboys have been queueing up for literally minutes to receive the heavenly scrawl of one Mr. Adam West. That pleasant look on Adam's face is most likely due to the previous doughy gentleman's request "Adam, will you sign my breast?!?".

Yeah, he had 'em.

GameSpot reports that the Family Guy game will allow players to switch back and forth between Peter Griffin, Stewie and Brian (no not me.) Peter will be attempting to stop Mr. Belvedere from taking over the world, Stewis will be taking on Chris and Bertram and Brian will be trying to escape from jail.

2K tells GS that the game will be a combination of combat stealth, puzzle-solving and penis jokes. OK, I threw that last one in there, but you know it's so true.

New Family Guy Details [GameSpot]

The Family Guy is hitting current gen consoles this autumn. I expect a high degree of sucktitude, though the Simpson franchise finally pulled off a winner with their last title, so you never know.

This canned quote doesn't help my expectations at all:

We are looking forward to bringing the colourful Family Guy characters to life in a one-of-a-kind action/adventure style game.

Looks bleak.

Family Guy coming to current-gen consoles
[Pro-G]

Stewie's diabolical clone has kidnapped the Griffin clan and whisked them away to a hidden fortress deep in Siburbia. Intolerable as they may be, he's completely dependent upon those wretched drones for sustenance. Help Stewie infiltrate enemy lines and combat an evil robot army with his own nefarious robot horde. You'll have to brave a deluge of taunts as you battle four different types of freakin' sweet machines in this exhilarating turn-based game. Victory shall be yours!

Features of the mobile game include:
-"Freakin' Sweet" instructions, dialogue and tips from Family Guy characters
-Four robot types to provide maximum battlefield mayhem
-Family Guy sound clips featuring popular phrases and one-liners
-Vibrant cartoon-like animations and graphics
-Exhilarating combat action