The Joystiq Weekend: September 9 - 10, 2006

Nintendo gets studied, Second Life gets hacked, and Sony's Ken Kutaragi shows a moment of weakness. Check out the highlights for this weekend:

Joystiquery
Nintendo's 8-bit power play a staple for MBA courses
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: September 9, 2006
PAX: The Castle Crashers test
Joyswag: A Castle Crashers tee for your thoughts
Poll: What classic games do you want on the Wii?

News
Second Life's user database breached
Wii-eel attachment looks rather un-wii-ldy
Kutaragi admits "decline" in Sony's hardware capabilities
Video Games Live adds Halo 3, Civ IV to repertoire
EA: Spore is PC only ... for now
How's Vivendi planning to follow their blockbuster WoW act?

Rumors & Speculation
PS3: better than a toaster?

Culture
Sassify your inner econ geek
McDonald's rips off Gordon College Mario show
Awful CD-i Zelda games get remixed
Touchscreen Starcraft demonstrates how RTS games were meant to be played
Ze Frank talks video games, we laugh