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The Joystiq Weekend: January 19 - 21, 2008

The above picture from DeviantArt user DrakeLake just begs to be used as a desktop background. Even better, it begs for an adorable Team Fortress 2 mod. Check out the highlights for the weekend:

Joystiquery
CES 2008: A covert intel briefing on The Agency
Metareview - In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 1/14 - 1/20
Today's 9-to-5 video: Portal: A day in the Life of a Turret
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup just got told

News
NASA may enter game publishing realm with space exploration MMO
N+ greenlighted for Xbox Live Arcade, includes multiplayer
New Penny Arcade Adventures gameplay footage features hobo warfar
Street Fighter IV to be playable at Japanese Amusement Expo Feb. 15
SNK revisits well, returns with 16-game compilation for PS2, PSP
DS RPG Rondo of Swords coming stateside in April
MTV's Stephen Totilo sits down with Lost: Via Domus
Lineage II clan rivalry ends in real life murder
Play PC games on your PS3 with StreamMyGame
Nintendo accidentally confirms Lucario, Ness, Jigglypuff for Brawl
New games this week: Burnout Paradise edition
Super Street Fighter II, Adventures of Lolo 2 on Virtual Console today
Rock Band Weekly: An Oasis of music
EA to release free, online-only 'Battlefield Heroes'
Lost Planet to be found on PS3 Feb. 26
Hellgate: London balances, Stonehenge coming today
Age of Conan pushed back until May 20
Get your Patapon on for $20
This Wednesday: Just Undertow (but this time it's free)
Guitar Hero franchise passes the $1B mark
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters set for March PS2 release

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Anoymous Microsoft source reveals truth about the Red Ring of Death
Rumor: Factor 5 working on a Kid Icarus game for Wii
Rumor: Super Smash Bros. arriving on VC with Brawl
Rumor: Frontlines canceled on PS3 (also, PC multiplayer beta is open)

Culture & Community
Super Mario Fusion makes Mushroom Kingdom Hearts a reality
Bully causes Brit-troversy a year late and a pound short
See the Top 12 covers of Portal's 'Still Alive'
Romero: GameCock is dumb, GameCock: No U R!, Us: Whose bitch are we?
E3's Game Critics Awards do the Game of the Year thing
Microsoft announces Xbox Live Arcade Awards
This Weighted Companion Cube casemod will never threaten to stab you
Register and ye shall REZ-eive (a free game)
Chain Chomp knit beanie won't tear your head off
Keighley takes on Fox News' seXbox seXposé
Gordon Freeman crank calls Coast to Coast AM