The Joystiq Holiday: July 4 - 5, 2006

Forgive our lack of updates yesterday, Joystiq's American entire staff took the day off to shoot fireworks and drink heavily (something we have in common with Itagaki). Forget Wiimotes, or controversial Sony ad campaigns (too many to count), here are the highlights for today:

Joystiquery

Happy Fourth of July
Ad critic: Sony's racially charged PSP ad
Readers pick best webcomic (June 25 – July 1, 2006)

News
Third Resident Evil film to be buried in desert
Japanese still in love with DS
Portugal wins virtual World Cup
Alan Wake details remain scarce, despite new images
Sony talks up XBLA-killing E-Distribution initiative
Bungie busy testing Halo 3 single-player
Sensible World of Soccer considered for XBLA
Nintendo sends President Bush DS Lite, Brain Age for b-day

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Assassin's "confirmed" for 360 and PC
Pokemon could inspire new DS Lite colors, in Japan
CNN Money sees Wii launching as early as September

Culture
We pledge allegiance to capture the flag
NES emulator for PSP with Wi-Fi multiplayer
The original Halo 3 trailer
Diablo 3 is coming, an argument
Itagaki confesses to drinking on the job
Forget Wiimotes, we need beer controllers
Carnival of (grumpy) Gamers
Nintendo, a top 10 patent abuser
Gamer fonts for your personal computer