It seems that a lot of the commotion that is came out of the Microsoft press event yesterday was, understandably, surrounding “Banjo Kazooie,” but what about some of the other, more immediate big news that broke? A week from today we will be able to plunge deeply into the minds of Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade, as the first episode of “Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness” will be available. Hopefully it will offer a fresh take on gaming, and really push the episodic and comedic areas of gaming forward. We’ll have to wait until next week to see. Until then, check out today’s links:

Jason’s Pick:

The 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Enemies of All Time: Straying from typical “scary” games like “Silent Hill” and “Resident Evil” this list from Cracked highlights some of the more frightening characters to ever grace a video game.

Tracey’s Pick:

Uwe Boll Explains Why He’s the Perfect Director to Make a ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Movie: Even though he told me last year that it’s “old-fashioned” and wondered “what would you gain if you made a movie out of it.”

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