What was supposed to be merely a nap turned into an all-night snooze-fest. What's up with that? Alarm set and everything, all I did was pinch it off. How useless!

Yesterday I watched Jennifer's Body, which wasn't exactly super, but not all that bad either. I'm sure the many make-out sessions and girl-on-girl scenes had some redeeming value. We also watched Glee, House, The Good Wife, and Stargate Universe. At least we had a productive night, I guess ....

A California law that would ban the sale of violent video games to minors does not violate the First Amendment and ensures parents can exercise their authority to determine what content is appropriate for their children, according to an amicus brief written by Columbia Law School Professor Theodore Shaw.

Memorial Day weekend, formerly known as Decoration Day, commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. It's also our excuse to troll The History Channel or A&E looking for war movies that we've seen a dozen times before.

Since we've already seen Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the only other movie opening this weekend is Sex and the City 2, but we'll pass on that. However, on Monday, some friends were wise enough to invite us to their BBQ, so I'm already looking forward to that. Cold beer and some steak — sounds like a plan to me!

Paws & Claws Regal Resort will have players primping and pampering their pets high-fashion style. Gameplay features will invite players and animal lovers alike to interact and care for a bevy of fun-loving animals while discovering facts about each along the way.

In the ongoing fight against video game piracy worldwide, Nintendo of America has filed a civil lawsuit against the owner of multiple websites that sell illegal video game copiers. Nintendo filed suit on May 11 in the Western District of Washington against the owner of NXPGAME of Queens, NY.

Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that none of Nintendo’s video game controllers infringe on a patent asserted by Anascape, Ltd.

Two more days of GDC, and we're home free for a few more months until E3, not counting Wonder-Con in early April. Got a busy day ahead of us, and Saturday will probably be spent just walking around the exhibit, saying our goodbyes to people.

If we don't have too much catching up to do, we might see Green Zone this weekend, but our DVR is filling up quite nicely again so we might just plop on the couch and turn into potatoes.

Earlier this week, CrimeCraft finally received a major update, not only fixing a nasty virtual memory error that's been plaguing the game since beta, but also adding a new (huge and awesome) 32-player map and a feature for daily tournaments. It's a long overdue, but excellent, update (so far).

Former Infinity Ward president/game director and CEO Jason West and Vince Zampella, respectively, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Activision, which terminated their employment weeks before they were to be paid substantial royalties as part of their existing contracts for Modern Warfare 2.

Recent developments surfaced this week in a class-action lawsuit filed by Hagens Berman, on behalf of current and former college athletes, against Electronic Arts and NCAA. U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken denied a motion to dismiss the case, and will move forward April 2010.

In 2006, MumboJumbo and Seattle-based PopCap Games reached an agreement whereby MumboJumbo would produce, distribute and sell certain PopCap games in North America. A jury in the 193rd Civil District Court in Dallas County, Texas, agreed that PopCap breached the contract when it decided to market and sell its games on its own.

Start your career as a World of Outlaws rookie and make your way to the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Race against the fiercest competitors in the World of Outlaws series.

System Flaw is an action shooter which makes full use of the Nintendo DSi Camera as a process of the gameplay, featuring 100 levels of gameplay that will have users gyrating wildly as they battle enemies that seem to appear out of the real-time environment of the game player.

The long weekend is over with, so it's time to get back to the grind. We have some eggnog cheesecake left, but no more turkey leftovers.

Not much happened yesterday. We ran some errands, and apart from that, we watched the latest Heroes, a few Glee episodes, Amazing Race, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Slumdog Millionaire. Yup, it was a busy couch and TV day.

System Flaw is an action shooter which makes full use of the Nintendo DSi Camera as a process of the gameplay, featuring 100 levels of gameplay that will have users gyrating wildly as they battle enemies that seem to appear out of the real-time environment of the game player.

EA Sports MMA will feature the most authentic, intense and broad mixed martial arts experience to date - complete with a vast array of top fighters and fighting styles from around the world. EA revealed that it has signed Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Frank "The Legend" Shamrock to appear in EA Sports MMA.

A Fallout MMO has been talked about since 2004, but Interplay was forced to sell off most of its licenses due to financial reasons. When Bethesda acquired the Fallout license, Interplay kept an exclusive Fallout MMO license, under certain conditions. Interplay's annual 10-K filing reveals that Bethesda might be trying to cash in on that, claiming that those "certain conditions," namely full production within 2 years and funding, have not been met, which would revert the MMO license back to Bethesda. Now it seems the Fallout 3 developer is following through as it has formally filed suit against Interplay for their inability to move forward with the MMO, but also for making digital distribution deals with GOG and Steam for its back catalog and repackaged products which have not been approved by Bethesda (thanks NMA).

Brütal Legend is a 3rd person action/adventure starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand. In June, Activision filed a lawsuit against Double Fine to stop the release of Brütal Legend, claiming it never gave up the rights. DF countersued, and a preliminary hearing was postponed by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan, while saying it'll be a close call but also stating he doesn't think Activision will be able to win its argument. Re-scheduled for today, the hearing was canceled as both parties have settled out of court, although no details were revealed.

Square Enix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Korean entertainment production company Fantom and music video producer Hong Jeong-ho, for the unauthorized re-enacting of an action sequence from FF VII: Advent Children in a music video, resulted in a damage award of approx. US$326,000.

Brütal Legend is a 3rd person action/adventure starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand. Last month, Activision filed a lawsuit against Double Fine to stop the release of Brütal Legend, claiming it never gave up the rights. DF countersued, and a preliminary hearing was postponed by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan. While he says it'll be a close call, he seems to think Activision won't be able to win its argument.

Live the life of a law enforcement officer tasked with saving the world in Miami Law, known in Europe as Miami Crisis, featuring explosive action, as well as crime-scene investigation, which players will use interchangeably to help save the city of Miami.

The Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Commerce issued a statement last Friday banning the illustrious "gold farming, " the trading of in-game currency for real cash. The government also spelled out the definition of "virtual currency" for the first time, which includes prepaid cards of cyber-games.

U.S. District Court judge Manuel Real has dismissed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Nintendo brought by Guardian Media Technologies alleging Nintendo's Wii infringed on one of its patents.

Bracken Tor is a thrilling, and realistic, puzzle-solving horror/adventure. Locate evidence of 'mysterious beasts', study and perform ancient rites, in a detailed Bronze Age setting and discover, for yourself, the true nature of the ancient world.

Live the life of a law enforcement officer tasked with saving the world in Miami Law, known in Europe as Miami Crisis, featuring explosive action, as well as crime-scene investigation, which players will use interchangeably to help save the city of Miami.