Nintendo added one Virtual Console, three WiiWare, and six NDSiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Jett Rocket, Pong Toss Pro – Frat Party Games, Robin Hood: The Return of Richard (Wiiware), Maestro! Green Groove, Date or Ditch, Animal Color Cross, Ancient Tribe, Brain Drain, Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects – Revenge (NDSi), and Mario Tennis (VC).

Detour is a road-oriented Real-Time Strategy game that takes a satirical twist on highway construction, environmental activist groups, and cartoon humor. Players compete against each other and/or AI opponents to outsmart and out-build them.

Dead Rising 2 will take the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun with tens of thousands of zombies, the all new gambling paradise of Fortune City to explore and conquer plus a host of new in-game objects that can all be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault. Originally planned  for August 31st, Capcom has confirmed that DR2 is now scheduled for September 28, 2010.

We just got back home from the Danzig concert. The opening bands were Toxic Holocaust and All Shall Perish, and it was a great show. Lead singer Glenn Danzig is starting to show his age (55), but the charisma and powerful voice are still present. Oddly enough, we were not allowed to bring in any cameras on the strict request from the band that absolutely NO pictures or video could be taken. Security was all over the place, and a few shutterbugs were immediately escorted out and not allowed to return. Damn ...

I wore my earplugs this time around, and I'm glad to say my hearing is almost completely intact, almost ... Next gig, Queensryche!

Based on the covert, shadowy world of the military sniper, Sniper: Ghost Warrior throws players into the chaos of a military coup, as they aid the rebels in restoring the rightful government to the embattled country of Isla Trueno.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings features all new dialogue, updated graphics engine, realistic environment, revamped day/night cycle, actions that affect AI behavior, more dynamic/spectacular/bloody finishing moves and plenty more.

The USA vs. Ghana World Cup match did not go as we had hoped, but it still a good game. Quite surprised about how well Ghana played, to be honest. It was most impressive.

We also watched some Burn Notice and Whip It, produced and directed by Drew Barrymore herself. While it's not going to break any records or win any awards, it was quite fun and entertaining.

Later today, we're going to go see Danzig. Depending on how loud it'll be, I might actually wear my earplugs because after last week's Iron Maiden concert, I couldn't hear for two days.

Gladiator Begins is a sequel to 2005's Colosseum: The Road to Freedom, tracing the life of a Roman gladiator from his first few bouts as a lowly slave to his final days of glory in the Roman Colosseum.

Ys Seven is the latest installment in the long-running Ys series which first debuted on PC in 1987. This is the first iteration to be built specifically for the PSP system, taking full advantage of the widescreen format and hardware for beautiful graphics and virtually no load times.

In several hours, a few friends may show up to watch the USA vs. Ghana game on TV, depending on whether or not they decide that going to the pub at 11am is morally justifiable.

Wimbledon is also in full swing these days, but we'll be checking out our favorite (Kim Clijsters ftw!) later on. Did you hear about the 11-hour match that went on in the men's side of the tournament? Talk about epic!

On a positive site note, the WorthDownloading page is back up & running, so I'll be catching up on some trailers, demos and patches over the next few days. While we were tinkering with the WD configuration, we added a few http optimizations here as well and managed to cut the load time of the site in half. All Hail Ricky!