The week ending December 28, 2008 in gaming news from a modders perspective brought to you by MODSonline.

This show:
Notebooks Outsell Desktops, Phantom Store, PhysX?, PS3 teardown, Wii increased injuries, Adult-Rated iPhone Games, fixing 360s, Empires, Silent Heroes, Battlefield: Pirates 2, Game Videos for YouTube, iTGB, FRAPS, Steam Sale, EA Take-Two, Lobby Obama, Top Games, Armadillo Aerospace, MODSonline Holiday Pwnage, more...

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== TOPICS ==========================================

-- Hardware -----------------------------------------------------

- Notebook PCs Outsell Desktops, First Time Ever
tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20081223/tc_pcworld/notebookpcsoutselldesktopsfirsttimeever

- Phantom Store Launches
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=94119

- PhysX: Where’s the beef?
fpslabs.com/features/editorials/physx-wheres-the-beef

-- Consoles -----------------------------------------------------

- PS3 teardown: 30% fewer parts, $300 cheaper
engadget.com/2008/12/23/ps3-teardown-30-less-parts-300-cheaper/

- Rumor: PlayStation Home hacked
joystiq.com/2008/12/15/rumor-playstation-home-hacked/

- Wii blamed for ridiculous increase in British hospital visits
engadget.com/2008/12/23/wii-blamed-for-ridiculous-increase-in-british-hospital-visits/
kotaku.com/5115399/the-sun-wii-puts-10-in-hospital-a-week

- First Adult-Rated iPhone Game Appears On App Store
multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/12/15/first-mature-iphone-game/
adultswim.com/games/game/index.html?game=surgeonchristmas

- Free Guide To fix Your 360s RROD
modsonline.com/Forums-top-93873.html

-- MODS in the News --------------------------------------------

- New Empires Mod for Half-Life 2
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=94098

- New Silent Heroes for BF2
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=postmessage&boardid=1&threadid=94308&id=0

- New Battlefield: Pirates 2 Beta
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=94307

-- Modding ------------------------------------------------------

- How to Make Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead and Counter-Strike Source Videos for YouTube
ausgamers.com/features/read/2688825

- iTGB now has texture compression using native PowerVR libraries and has also been licensed out to over 100 companies.
gamedaily.com/articles/news/garagegames-brings-iphone-game-engine-to-11/?biz=1

-- Gaming -------------------------------------------------------

- New FRAPS
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=94344

- Steam Holiday Sale
modsonline.com/Forums-top-93844.html

-- Politics, Companies, Events -----------------------------------

- EA's Take-Two Takeover Follow-up
bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=94321

- Video Game Biz Involved in Effort to Lobby Obama Transition Team
gamepolitics.com/2008/12/15/video-game-biz-involved-effort-lobby-obama-transition-team

-- Other --------------------------------------------------------

- Top 10 PC Games (Week Ending December 13, 2008)
gamedaily.com/articles/news/chart/0/?articleTypeId=-1

- Armadillo Aerospace has won the Level One portion of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
space.xprize.org/lunar-lander-challenge#highlights
space.xprize.org/ng-lunar-lander-challenge/2008/teams/armadillo

- MODSonline Holiday Pwnage
modsonline.com/News-more-2786.html