Checking out the latest set of GameSetLinks, including all kinds of fun - particularly tickled by Atlus' faux press release calling out the ESRB for essentially leaking game announcements by releasing details on their ratings website. Oh dear!

Also in here - the neat Flash shooter Fat Cat, the Buck Bumble theme tune, game journalism commentary, me vaguely making fun of strange European sports and/or Americans, and the NME on games and rock and roll.

Og og og:

Fat Cat review @ Jay is Games
Really interesting 'control two players at once' pixel Flash shooter - 'We were looking at Don Don Pachi and other Cave bullet-hell shoot em ups during development. Fat Cat is child's play by comparison', says the developer in comments. Via K0an.

The Odd Gentlemen Blog » Blog Archive » It’s Official
Further indication that the game is signed by... Sony? That's still my bet, given previous USC/Sony deals.

Siliconera » Atlus Has A Sense Of Humor About ESRB Leaks
“Our experiment has been a rousing success,” said Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales, beaming. “Allowing information about our upcoming titles to be silently posted on ESRB’s website has been a triumph, and we’ve decided to abandon all direct, overt disclosures of our future games in favor of quietly allowing the posting of new titles onto ESRB.org." Hahaaa.

YouTube - Buck Bumble Theme Song
Someone on eBay is selling a store poster for Argonaut's long-forgotten N64 bee simulator, so then I recalled the completely awesome ragga vs. jungle theme music - and here it is, thanks to YouToob!

PlayStation.Blog » Everyday Shooter blasts onto PSP today
Cute Jon Mak explanation of how it got where it got to: 'Sony was interested in putting Everyday Shooter on PSP. Immediately, the floodgates opened to the stress of so many potential problems sweeping my soul to the faraway depths of darkness where it was then beaten repeatedly at three frames per second before crashing…' But they did it! (With Backbone's help.)

Kotaku: 'Death Of Criticism: The Death of (Video Game) Criticism'
Crecente - an ex-newspaper journo, lest you forget - in an elegy to the longer story, something he's actually been trying to preserve on Kotaku despite the financial reasons not to.

Conspiracy Entertainment Announces U.S. Release of "Ski and Shoot" for the Wii - International Business Times -
'Ski And Shoot' - because 'biathlon' is too complicated a word for Americans! (Kidding!)

NME hails the 'Young console rebels' | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Games aren't very rock and roll in general, it's true.