What a weekend! This was really the kick start of the holidays for me. Vancouver was blanketed by snow--I know, BIG DEAL(!!) if you're from anywhere else in Canada or big chunks of the US, but for us folks in the warmest and wettest urban center in the country, getting several inches of snowfall this close to Christmas IS a big deal, trust me! My wife and I also attended our first Christmas get together with friends and that was a great party with a collection of people ranging in ages from 8 months to parents in their 70's. (The Chief and Athena were at the party too, so that was pretty sweet for this BSG fanboy!) And then last night, after a solid snowed-in day of gaming...I've gone back to the final stages of God of War II to finally complete the game--don't ask! I get busy with new stuff to review every week and it's taken me forever but man, I love God of War!!! Anyone that is fully enamored with the new Prince of Persia and its simplified design, should really take another look...

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Love games on your iPhone as much as I do? Then check this out. Rumours are swirling about a possible gamepad attachment for the iPhone. Belkin is allegedly working on something called the JoyPod, a frame featuring a stick and buttons you can plug your iPhone into. I’m a big iPhone jukie, so we\\\'ll keep our eyes on this one.

A new DS is on the way. Well, sort of. A new Metallic Silver version will of the DS will be available next week. I wonder if we’ll ever see plaid?

Microsoft has cut the price of the Xbox 360, so that it\\\\\\\'s cheaper than the Wii. But only in Japan. Sorry if that got your hopes up. Microsoft has cut the Japanese Arcade edition of the Xbox 360 by 30 percent. However, this rendition doesn\\\\\\\'t come with a hard drive and will sell for 19,800 yen, or about $195 Canadian.

Another big musical name has climbed aboard the Guitar Hero tour bus. Smashing Pumpkin\'s frontman Billy Corgan will appear in Guitar Hero World Tour. Corgan joins fellow musical soldiers Jimi Hendrix and Ozzy Osbourne as in-game characters. Activision has also revealed that the Pumpkins\' hit song \"Today\" will be a playable track, and that\'s not all. The band will debut their new single “G.L.O.W.” exclusively in the game. This is the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for Guitar Hero that will also be released to the general public afterwards. Rock Band had a similar arrangement with Motley Crue’s Saints Of Los Angeles single, selling more than 47,000 copies through the Xbox 360 version alone, compared to the 10,000 on iTunes. This is a very cool trend.

The PlayStation 3 edition of Mirror\'s Edge is going to have an edge over the versions. Electronic Arts and Sony have signed a deal to provide downloadable content exclusively for the PlayStation 3 version of Mirror\'s Edge. As to what kind of content, that\'s still a secret. Mirror\'s Edge is a first person action game that focuses on climbing and death-defying jumps and was one of the freshest, and dizzying, games at E3. And I still say that the main character, Faith, looks a lot like Donna.

Star Wars The Clone Wars will debut with a special one-hour presentation. The premiere will take place October 3rd on the Cartoon Network. The series promises to delve deeper into the legendary Clone Wars, and I for one can’t wait.

They\'re heeeere! MGM is remaking their hit 80s horror movie Poltergeist, and they\'re closing in on someone to helm it. MGM is talking to Vadim Perelman about directing the Poltergeist remake. Perelman\'s previous film credits include directing the moody The House Of Sand And Fog.

Comic guru Mark Millar has been talking about sequels to Wanted. Wanted is an action movie adaptation of Millar\'s graphic novel, starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy as assassins who can twist bullets in mid-flight. Millar says that producer Mark Platt has already approached him about creating new material that can be turned into a second and even a third Wanted movie.

Some sad news now. Don LaFontaine passed away on Monday. If you don’t recognize the name, you’ll surely recognize the voice. Don was the king of movie and commercial voiceovers and even parodied himself in recent Geico ads. Movie trailers will never be the same.

The long-delayed CGI flick Delgo finally has a release date. The fantasy adventure movie tells the story of a young creature who tries to unite the rulers of the land and the sky. Delgo features the voices of Freddie Prinze, Jr., and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The film has faced delays due in part to the death of actress Anne Bancroft in 2005, who provided a voice for the movie. The film was announced back in 1998 and will finally hit theatres on December 12th.

Resident Evil: Degeneration is headed to Blu-ray. This new CGI animated film picks up seven years after the fall of Raccoon City. The Blu-ray disc will include a making of featurette, voice bloopers, and a RE5 trailer, among others.

What do you do with an old console? How about sit on it? Pli Design is releasing a new product: a chair made entirely out of recycled PlayStation 2s. The chair has been dubbed the Reee chair and doesn\'t look all that different from your average plastic chair.

Are you one of those people who’s constantly harassed by people banging on the door telling you to turn it down? Well, with the new THX-certified soundproof door you can turn it back up. Serious Materials, the company behind the doors, say that there is an 85 percent improvement in sound blockage over standard solid core doors.

Is there anything that can\\\'t be leaked in the Internet era? Movies, games, songs, even novels. A pdf of 264 pages of Midnight Sun, the next book in Stephanie Meyer\\\'s popular Twilight series of vampire novels has appeared online without the author\\\'s permission. Meyer says she is so upset by this that she is putting the novel on indefinite hold. Take heart Twilight fans, the movie version is still a go and will be in theatres November 21st.

The Entertainment Consumers Association, or ECA, has arrived in Canada. The non-profit organization represents videogame enthusiasts is now offering membership opportunities to Canadian gamers and consumers. Membership privileges include discounts, benefits, and a social network of gamers that want to give their passion a voice. We’ll have more on the ECA in a future episode.