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The Joystiq Weekend: PAX edition

The Penny Arcade Expo has come to a close, and we're planning on taken twice as many naps as usual to prepare for the Tokyo Games Show. While we dream of Tycho and Gabe (not like that ... hey, don't judge us!), check out the highlights for today:

PAX Romana
Alex St. John's keynote of infamy
Gabe and Tycho ascend the Q&A altar
Overheard at PAX: PS3 price "is some grade-A bullsh!t"
IGN goes all Kano in Monday's comic
Overheard at PAX: *crickets* (or: Gaming trivia contestants don't know jack)
Tycho melts faces at Guitar Hero Omegathon challenge
MC Frontalot busts rhymes, nerdcore style, at PAX
Score a Joystiq shirt at PAX
The Minibosses were the final bosses at PAX concert
Joystiq's own Chris G. sweats it out at the PAX new media panel

Joystiquery
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News
Mac Halo now with Universal Binary
EA's admirable beginnings remembered
Destructoid takes early lead in Party of One battle
Peaceaholics protest Bully, Best Buy
Manifesto Games web site sighting
Game Boy Micro lands in UK bargain bin
Games shipping this week
Madden 07 demo on Xbox Marketplace
New Prince of Persia DS title confirmed
Old Man Murray gives Portal its voice
Toyota Yaris ad campaign to spam XBLA?
Team Fortress 2 overhauls medic class
Jeff Minter bringing space giraffes to XBLA
EA interested in Crytek acquisition, reports German newspaper
Sacred 2 web site goes live
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection marks 2 million unique users
Play catch up with Battlestar Galactica on the 360
Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list updated

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Will Nintendo punk us with the Wii?
Fake Wii "news" allegedly pulled from trash bin
Look: Assassin's Creed on Xbox 360!
GameStop memo lists 36 PS3 games at $59.99, 19 potential launch titles
Rumor: PS3 launching in black only?

Culture
Latest PSP firmware hack says "hello world"
Pong gets all dressed up at German art exhibit
Free gaming icons for Mac and PC
Strategy guides make gaming more difficult?
Nintendo doing the elderly (and you) a solid