This service keeps looking better to me, espescially now that it’s ten bucks a month. Only a few games are getting multiplayer, but it’s a start. The TV will include some of my Cartoon Network favorites (Jonny Bravo and Dexter’s Lab are worth the price of admission right there).

With that and a chance for the Sam & Max game to be good (fingers crossed; the Bone games have been less than impressive), I think I’m overdue to sign up. I can’t miss out on “the one Zaxxon game I ever missed” and Kolibri, arguably the finest hummingbird based shooter available for the 32x.

[url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10138]GameTap Adds Multiplayer, IM, TV Shows[/url] (Gamasutra)

Valve has made a trailer for their upcoming FPS puzzle game “portal” available for those who are interested. It actually looks pretty good, and it was done with a nice sense of humor.

If you have Steam you can get it from Valve [url=http://storefront.steampowered.com/v2/index.php?area=game&AppId=922&]here[/url].

Otherwise check this Joystiq article:
[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/first-trailer-of-valves-portal-released/]First trailer of Valve’s Portal released[/url]

Apparently Microsoft hired Gabe & Tycho to do a comic about Xbox 2 rumors. Well, [url=http://ozymandias.com/archive/2006/07/17/Penny-Arcade-Xbox-2-Rumors-Strip.aspx]here it is[/url], thanks to a nice MS employee.

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/the-lost-penny-arcade-comic/]The lost Penny Arcade comic[/url] (Joystiq)

Apparently some folks at GoNintendo ferretted out some non-publicly linked webpages about the Wii. It looks like it will be using Nintendo’s wifi service, which will remain free, but will use those annoying friend codes. I can’t imagine doing different friend codes for like 15+ games. Yuck.

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/18/official-hidden-wii-pages-revealed/]Official hidden Wii pages revealed[/url] (Kotaku)