The Joystiq Weekend: June 24 - 25, 2006

It has been a fun weekend, introducing a new feature laughing at showing off our most amusing tips. Special thanks goes to Liz Nixon for that Mario-themed banner, check out the highlights for the weekend:

Joystiquery
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: June 18 – 24, 2006
Top five tips we turned down this week

News
World Cup keeps EA at top of sales charts
NCsoft Austin shows 70 workers the door
Murky waters surround screenshots on Flickr
Valve gets all Big Brother with HL2:E1 stats
Relive your Genesis days this November

Rumors & Speculation
Street Fighter II on XBLA dated for July 30?

Culture
Private gaming with a PSP face scarf
Totally 1337 Game Boy loot
Stupidly simple games degree exam paper is very real
Portable N64 site lives again, mocks us
Original WoW song for a lazy Sunday