Delighted to welcome a new week with some GameSetLinks - headed by a look into user-generated content, alongside the (pictured) art-mod of Civilization to get a little bit more keiretsu on your ass.

Also wandering around in here - Robot Finds Kitten makes it into Secret Agent Clank, in a cute 3D version (totally cool, I've been a RFK booster for a while, more zen gaming plz), Wil Wheaton on a Rock Band faux pas, the performance-enhanced sports game concept, and quite a few other things besides.

Thirty three and a third:

Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun: A look ahead
'What's interesting about [user-generated content] is that it's the first real step toward moving away from the traditional 'walled garden' philosophy of videogame production.'

VGChartz.com | VGC Exclusive: Xbox 360 to Cut Arcade Prices to $199.99 on Sept. 7th
'Using Moore's Law , it is believable that the Xbox 360 has reduced it's price a further 35-50% from the November 2006 pricepoint.' MOORE'S LAW? God.

JEANSNOW.NET — Arcade Mania
More on the upcoming Snow/Ashcraft book.

jPod DVD news: Announcement for jPod - Season 1 | TVShowsOnDVD.com
Douglas Coupland's show about a video game developer goes to DVD.

Crummy.com: 'It Has Been Confirmed'
'The PSP game Secret Agent Clank includes a robotfindskitten minigame.' Complete awesome.

This cartoon popped a lot of pills back in the 80s. « the rut.
Cute.

Trends in Japan » Cyber Figure Alice with VIDEO
'While running the software, if you point your webcam at the cube Alice will then make that her centerpoint for entertaining oh-so-geeky you.'

ISEA 2008 - The Juried exhibition - we make money not art
A modded art exhibit 'Civilization V', in which tech companies rule: 'Players choose their company and instead of warriors and generals, employ CEOs and lawyers to build an army to win the war for market-share dominance.'

WWdN: In Exile: green grass and high tides forever (and ever and ever and ever and
Wil Wheaton on a horrendous Rock Band endless setlist error - and why it's only a game, after all.

Ironic Sans: Idea: Performance Enhanced Video Games
'I would be tempted to include a hidden “Steroid Mode” where the players can enhance themselves by taking drugs which make them stronger players.'