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We've published several stories about "Scratch: The Ultimate DJ" without having seen the game running or touching the turntable controller, but that changed yesterday during a mostly hands-off demo in a San Francisco hotel. Read more...

This week in "What We're NOT Playing," we just say no to continuations of popular franchises. We might be crazy. But you decide. Read more...

Rapper 50 Cent keeps a Wii in his G-Unit offices, where he and I talked yesterday, the day of the release of "50 Cent: Blood on the Sand." Check the clip above to find out just which game compelled 50 to get a Wii. And look below to see a photo I snapped of 50's Wii - note the presence of "Wii Play," the essential component of any Wii set-up. Read more...

In today's Lunchtime Video: Watch me flip through the "Resident Evil 5" reviewer's guide! Witness the secrets of "Peggle Dual Shot"! Listen to my analysis of yesterday's slew of major PSP announcements!

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Last week's "Lost" was crazy, and leaves us with plenty of questions and theories for tonight's episode. Can anyone please answer these questions? We're got a mountain of mysteries to solve. Read more...

Gaming blog Kotaku is running a rumor that the next "Assassin's Creed" console game -- slated for release some time in the next 13 months -- will move the franchise from the time of the Crusades to the Italian Renaissance. A focus tester gives the blog details. We normally don't run other people's rumors, but, in this case, the details about the setting match what we've heard from a reliable source of our own. I've reached out to "Assassin's Creed" publisher Ubisoft for comment.

UPDATE - Here's Ubi's comment, via a company spokesperson: "It’s great to see that the fans are enjoying speculation regarding 'Assassin’s Creed' and we love and share their enthusiasm. We don’t comment on rumors or speculation, and rest assured that when we are ready to release information on the game, you will be among the first to know."

The makers of "Quake Live," a new browser-based online multiplayer game based on "Quake III: Arena," talk about how hard it was getting it to work with different browsers and how they plan to make "Quake" appeal to a much broader audience than the just the hardcore community for years to come. Read more...

Let us now accept that America has a President who doesn't just have a Wii, but frequently mentions video games -- even during major speeches -- and loves to note that they can get in the way of good parenting if played to excess. Read more...

Microsoft's new "Deal of the Week" program for paying members of Xbox Live, won't replace deals for non-paying members, the company told MTV Multiplayer. Read more...

I'm not done with 2008 yet. I still need to play the second half of "Far Cry 2," most of "LittleBigPlanet" and most of "Valkyria Chronicles." In the last few weeks, "Halo Wars," "Killzone 2," and "Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned" have taken priority. Last night, I finished "Lost and Damned" (what's up with the Niko-centric end credits?) and upgraded my copy of "LBP" to the latest version. I plan to get back to it tonight, except that a review build marked "Biohazard 5" just showed up in the mail late yesterday. At this rate, I'll be done with 2009 games before I finish 2008 stuff. How long with the "LBP" campaign take me?