Less than a week after Microsoft released an update to their (expensive) wireless adapter, adding wireless N technology, Mad Catz is releasing their own Wireless-N Gaming Adapter for Xbox 360. Microsoft's device comes with a $99.99 MSRP, whereas Mad Catz comes in at $79.99.

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"Project Runway" hosts Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn may both be involved in Atari's latest reality-TV-to-gaming project. Weinstein Co. will collaborate with Atari to bring its seminal fashion-design competition to the Nintendo Wii, using the Remote Controller and that Balance Board that Beyoncé is so fond of for its interface, and that game may be out as soon as next spring.

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Microsoft confirmed its Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle today with an announcement by Xbox Live community guru Major Nelson. The North American package comes tailored for families with "Lego Batman" and "Pure," and there's still a rebate offer from Microsoft that will put $50 back in your pocket if you buy one before October 5. The announcement, which also came with a look at a Wireless Controller Game Pack for November, included the basic details.

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I've never thought of the Xbox 360 as an adorable console, but somehow rabbitrampage of Etsy fame (known for the equally adorable PSX iPhone case) has managed to transform Microsoft's box into a case fit for kawaii.

It's $35 bucks, which isn't too steep considering it's hand made, but you're basically out of luck for the time being, as the Etsy store is completely sold out of 'em. Links on Gizmodo will do that to ya...

Sidenote: The Virtual Boy is just screaming out for a similar treatment.

Apple made a splash yesterday with their iPod/iTunes centric press conference in San Francisco. The big takeaways: a new iPod Nano (with a video camera), an update to iTunes, a bigger iPod Touch and a firmware update for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Oh, and a prettier/cheaper iPod Shuffle. Lots to cover, certainly. Lets look at the iPod stuff first.

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I grew up with "Ghostbusters." I owned a Proton Pack. My friend owned the ghost trap, but despite my constant begging, my Mom wouldn't buy it.

With this in mind, I stepped into a demo of Sierra and Terminal Reality's forthcoming "Ghostbusters" game with both excitement and dread. What if they screwed it up?

Now I know why "Transformers" fans were so critical of Michael Bay. I get it. Terminal Reality is invoking my childhood memories and playing with my nostalgia.

As Ray Parker Jr.'s famous title track bobbed around in my head, Terminal Reality convinced me I had nothing to fear.

Except for getting slimed, of course.

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Since the Wii was released there have been a multitude of peripherals that have been released, and it seems that there's actually been more than average due to the success of the console. In terms of peripherals, I'm generally not a huge fan; they just add to the gaming clutter in my apartment. However, one company has truly created something that every single retro gamer with a Wii must have. So thank you Retrozone for your Retroport, because I can finally play my NES and SNES Virtual Console games with my NES and SNES controllers, and it actually makes a difference.

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PC gaming and me -- we've ve never really mixed. I think it has something to do with the fact that I can't rely on my left hand for anything other than the thumb (but oh how good a thumb it is). Maybe it's because every time I time I try to use my keyboard it melts a little and gets all over my hands.

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In an effort to broaden my hobbitual horizons (the goal with that phrase was to insinuate that I'm getting more from my social life, but it really just makes me sound like a hobbit with an addiction), I'm now going to be writing a weekly blog about cool techy things that come my way.  That being said, here's a little something that caught my eye this week: The iMainGo.

I'm gonna spare you all the technical details and forgo telling you about all the awards and praise this iPod case/miniature dance club is currently garnering -- although if you're one of those people who need a little critical affirmation before you buy anything, feel free to peep their website and check all the love this thing's been getting -- and just tell you this: Ever since our games team here at MTV got their hands on the iMainGo last week, there's been nothing but a steady stream of playlists coming from the small slice of corporate real estate affectionately referred to as "the Games cave" 'round these parts.

That, my friends, is all the approval you should need.

Big ass mobile games publisher, Gameloft announced Monday plans to dive deeper into development of games for Blackberry smartphones. Since controlling a game with a keypad mostly sucks, it'll be cool to see how they use the trackball on the Blackberry Pearl and Blackberry 8800. It'll also be cool to hear about execs getting canned for playing Centipede in board meetings.