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Kotaku Logo Shirt [Gawker Shop]

Sir Howard Stringer hangs with Ludacris at the New York City PS3 launch event last night. Word has it that teh two homies are tight... TIGHT!

Thanks to Sir Richard Blakeley for the, as usual, awesome vid. Sir Brian Crecente

For about thirty minutes yesterday, this site frankly became just a hell of a lot better. In what is internally being described as the weirdest tech problem in Gawker history, all of the network's sites went through a Brundlian teleporter together and grotesquely metamorphosed into half-breed mutants of one another.

Who was the fly on the glass when we teleported? No less than Fleshbot, Gawker's porno blog, and the one all of us secretly want to write for anyway.

Unfortunately, the only images we have were of another mash-up that briefly happened during the same time: thanks to Destructoid for recording our Defamer mash-up for posterity. It'll be tough finding a pic more homoerotic than Hoff to post on the front page, but I think Crecente's doing a cracker-jack job with that picture of him playing Guitar Hero he posts every time he mentions RedOctane. Florian Eckhardt

Kotaku has a momentary blog fart [Destructoid]

While we're playing with the Wii, big brother site Gizmodo is drooling over the Zune, nerdy (but still sexy) sister site Lifehacker is making everything easy-peasy and den-mother site Gawker is bitching. About something. The latest addition to our family? Say hello to Idolator. It's a music blog, sure. But isn't focused on tour dates for example, but rather, snarking on manufactured buzz and music in the digital space. And they even got a manifesto! Rock on. Brian Ashcraft

America's Disappointing Music Nerds [Idolator]

Gawker Shop is having a warehouse-clearing sale. Everything's gotta go! We're crazy, crazy, crazy!!!!

All of our in stock tees are 20 percent off right now at the shop. Before you get all hot and bothered though, there are no Kotaku shirts. That's right, we still haven't come up with a good enough idea yet. Yes, we suck. If you are interested in other Gawker wear (Gawker, Defamer, Wonkette, Deadspin and Fleshbot) hop on over and buy you're little hearts out.

I suspect the big K won't be getting a shirt until we find our own "You're with me, Leather." Brian Crecente

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Business 2.0 just released its list of "50 Who Matter Now" and "10 People Who Don't Matter". These winners and losers were chosen by the entire Business 2.0 editorial staff. This wasn't a list of the rich and famous, resting on former glories. The publication states, "Instead, our goal was to identify people whose ideas, products, and business insights are changing the world we live in today." And apparently, Ken Kutaragi is not. Business 2.0 writes:

Remember the Betamax debacle? Sony seems to have forgotten all about it. Under Kutaragi, who is the power behind Sony's PlayStation videogame consoles, the company is launching another format war with its Blu-Ray high-definition videodisc, the successor to the venerable DVD. Unfortunately, the PlayStation 3, which was supposed to put Blu-Ray into millions of living rooms, is months late and hundreds of dollars more expensive than competing consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo - largely because it includes one-of-a-kind technologies like Blu-Ray. The delays and cost overruns are likely to make both the PS3 and Blu-Ray nonstarters.

How sad. Happiness after the jump.

The list did include some winners like Blizzard honcho Mike Morhaime, about whom Business 2.0 writes:

It's easy to dismiss World of Warcraft as just another videogame. Easy, but dead wrong. The spectacularly popular MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) developed by Morhaime's company is the planet's biggest and fastest-growing virtual world — launched just 18 months ago, it already boasts 6.5 million players (including more than 3 million Chinese). Each player pays $15 a month for the experience, bringing Blizzard and parent Vivendi $700 million in revenue last year. Far more interesting, however, is the scope of the WoW economy: Virtual gold pieces and character enhancements are put up for sale in thousands of eBay auctions, while third-party resellers offer virtual currency trading services. In China, meanwhile, hordes of "gold farmers" earn a living by selling the fruits of their WoW labors to time-strapped players in the United States. Industrywide, the out-of-game MMOG economy has grown to $200 million — from zero just a few years ago — in tandem with the growth of WoW. In other words, the Metaverse is finally open for business.

Getting pwned by Morhaime and coming in one spot behind is our own Nick Denton, Gawker Media's bossman. Here's what the publication had to say:

Denton says he's not in the blog-publishing business for the money. (Though, given that competitor Jason Calacanis's blog empire fetched $25 million from AOL, Denton's could be worth as much as $35 million.) So take him at his word: Money, schmoney. Besides, Denton's editorial strategy — publishing the blogs that influence the nation's influencers — has been a smashing success when gauged by a more elusive currency: power. His surgically targeted titles take aim at the New York media (Gawker), Beltway pols (Wonkette), Hollywood moguls (Defamer), and Silicon Valley techies (Valleywag). Combining a signature mix of news, gossip, celebrity worship, and snark (not necessarily in that order), Denton's properties shape the conversation among the heavy hitters who read them.

Crocodile tears for Kutaragi, cheers to Morhaime and Nick! Brian Ashcraft

More Here [CNN Money]

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Live Coverage of the North American International Auto Show [Jalopnik]

In college, you bring home tidings for your family of your school. Hooded sweatshirts from frigid Big Ten schools, mugs, ashtrays, whatever. Now, that's a little dated. T-shirts from websites you frequent are the future! Your time to enter the future is slim though, you procrastinators. Get to the choppa that is the Gawker Store, buy your father a form-fitting t-shirt and buy your mother a t-shirt that can double as lingerie!

Or something.

Remember, you may have delayed to the point where you'll be apologizing over the holiday for the tardy arrival of your package! Ready your excuses, you damn slacker.

I haven't made any Hypercolor comparisons yet, because I didn't want to get your hopes up - these Gawker tees do not change color when they are blown on or warmed up. However, now when you order a T-shirt from the shop it'll ship Priority Mail at no extra charge. There is absolutely no promise that it will get to your shipping address by the big day - unless you order by Dec. 20. Go!

The Gawker Store

He just couldn't stay away. Joel Johnson, former Gizmodo editor and hermit, has returned to the Gawker fold helming a new site all about consumerism. Consumerist may sound boring, but it ain't. The site is dedicated to bringing down the retail man and all of his price-boosting, supply-hiding, customer-screwing ways. I'm sure his first month is going to be very 360 heavy.

Actually, Joel snuck an excellent Consumerist post onto Kotaku right before the 360 launched that just about everyone loved.

The Consumerist [Official Site]

Before I purchased a space heater for my office yesterday, I couldn't do my work in my Gawker t-shirt. Instead, I had to pile on turtlenecks, sweatshirts, winter hats and mittens for the downtime. I looked a little bit goofy. Now that my room is heated, I'm back to just looking like another guy wearing a t-shirt that reads: "I'll keep your secret, but I won't go to jail for you." Want one? Grab it from the Gawker Store.

The Gawker Store

The Gawker Store was packed with people for Black Friday. The sweaty masses got their Tees, click over the store to grab this Bathroom VIP shirt or any number of t-shirts with zinging one-liners on them.

The Gawker Store [Gawker]

Slick tees from the Gawker empire aren't going to keep you warm, but they still look pretty hot. The wit you'd expect from Gawker is on the small army of t-shirts they've cooked up at the Gawker Store. Got a snarky loved one? Stuff their stocking with a Gawker tee. Or make it a Hanukkah gift on day three.

The Gawker Store [Gawker]

Will Leitch over at Deadspin, a sports blog in our Gawker empire, has been mixing musings on sports with adroit Alex P. Keaton on speed references. Apparently, we're not the only ones who like our sports with a side of pop culture, since Deadspin landed some kudos from Yahoo and was named today's Pick of the Day. Two sentences from Yahoo sum things up perfectly: "Eschewing the faux hipness of the boys from Bristol, the site links to snarky takes on sports from across the Web. But it also provides more than just limp links, with an offering of reasoned reviews and informed opinions on the world of sports." We're including a few of our favorite entries after the jump.

Those Raving, Chattery, Jittery Ballplayers [Deadspin]

Jesus Christ, All-Pro [Deadspin]

The World's First Buzzsaw Blog [Deadspin]

Another stunner of a t-shirt. This one was sent in by Kotakuite Eric.

Keep 'em coming!

Gawker Tees

Gawker Media's done it again. They've added to our growing blog empire, by launching a new site called "Deadspin," which will cover games. That's as in outdoor games (AKA "sports"). If you are interested in learning about which athletes are turds and shag groupies, then check this site out. We definitely would like to give Deadspin a warm welcome and offer them any help whatsoever should they post on the latest EA baseball software. Anything that involves real bats, well, they're on their own.

In other Gawker news, the tabloid news site Sploid just got a facelift. Check out the gruesome pics.

Deadspin

Sploid

The t-shirt ideas are starting to roll in. Dave, one of our readers, whipped this beaut up on his desktop. Nice job! Keep 'em coming.

Gawker Tees

Gawker Media has launched a survey to help decide which t-shirt slogans would be most appropriate to print and sell. The reason you should care is because Gawker Media owns Kotaku and so far they don't have a single idea up for a Kotaku shirt. I suppose you could blame my total lack of creativity for this little snafu, but I'd much rather blame The Man. Go check out the survey and then send me your suggestions so I can pick through them and pass them off as my own.

Gawker Ts Pick the Shirts [Gawker]