The Fall is almost upon us which means the deluge of videogames that are released between September to December is about to begin.

I am actually curious how sales will do this quarter. On one hand the market has been stirred by all of the next generation hype. On the other hand developers must seem some drop of intrest durring the summer burst of mediocrity.

How many people just stop coming into their local store when they see almost nothing intresting released for almost the entire summer months?

Gamasutra has article about the Georgia state government’s plan to educate its citizens on how to use the ESRB rating system. One hand this is great idea from the government’s idea. It is nice to see governments trying to solve a problem by fighting ignorance rather than promoting it. Honestly, the best thing that can happen for the videogame industry is for consumers to understand that some videogames are meant for children and some are clearly not.

It does sort of beg the question though: if the ESRB is doing its job then why does the government have to educate people on how to use their rating system?

Gamespot has a story featuring the price point for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

According to the story, is will run about $10 more then its precursor Liberty City Stories.

I have only this to say: if Ray Liotta reprises his role as Tommy Vercetti I will pay the premimum price to play. Vercetti is easily the coolest videogame character of time.

That is all.

Target has announced that they are dropping UMD movies from their stores. For those who do not own a Playstation Portable UMD is the film format for the travel-sized console.

First Betamax now UMD, How many formats must die to quench Sony’s thirst for the dead?