Yes, for those of you who didn’t know, the Xbox Live Vision package has had it’s street date broken at a few places. [url=http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105110]Someone at Cheapass Gamer has a nice review of the package for us.[/url] Unfortunately, Totemball is not a pack-in. Even worse, the pack-in is Uno, which most people already have.

Apparently it’s a pretty good camera. I’ve recently considered picking up a cheap EyeToy and some games, so that has me a little curious. Don’t know if I’m so interested in Video chat or picture attachments to my messages, though.

There’s also some info on some upcoming games for Xbox Live with camera support. They seem to be updates or ports of the games in [url=http://www.freeverse.com/bbbg/]Big Bang Board Games[/url] by Freeverse that have been given added camera support.

[url=http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/8/21/5053]The 360 Live Vision Camera reviewed[/url] (Arstechnica)

So, there’s one big title coming this week. Can you guess what it is? Also, some game with Pac-man, and American McGee plasters his name on another game I couldn’t care less about. Enjoy!

[b]Madden 2007 – you name it[/b]
The big news for this week is Madden, which is hitting every system you can think of. Will the series bring new features and updated graphics, or will the monopoly on the NFL license result in a weak attempt to kick a dead horse? No matter what the outcome, one thing will be sure: We can expect insightful commentary like “The Ravens will have to kick or run the ball in if they want to score any points.” Thanks, John. Without you I’d never know what to do next.

[b]Pac-Man World Rally – PSP, PS2, Gamecube, PC[/b]
Namco adds to the ever growing library of Mario Kart clones, only this time with Pac-man. I might get it anyways. It’s Pac-man and Mario Kart at the same time!

[b]Bad Day L.A.[/b]
American McGee tries to take on the Bush White House with sarcasm and fails. Ugly graphics, childish humor, and mild racism drive his point home in a way that couldn’t be misunderstood. There’s a demo out if you don’t believe me. For the easily amused only.

Well, not a very exciting week, except for you Madden fans. But if you like the NFL, this is the only game you’ll see them in this year.

Hey, remember Tony Hawk’s putting of faces into games? Well, it seems like there is finally some concrete information on Xbox 360’s Live Vision Camera (the answer to the EyeToy) and it has tools to do just that (only hopefully better). Rad! I always wanted my gruff and studly video game heroes to look like a badly shaven 30 year old man! Hmmm, I guess most of them already do.

There’s also a bit of info on the pack-in game, developed by the people who did the Toysight games on Mac, as well as some information on face tracking technology. I hear good things about the Toysight games (even if they do look like EyeToy for Mac), and I’m a big fan of Freeverse games in general, so if someone gives me a free Live Vision camera I’ll be all over it.

[url=http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060818/cifaldi_01.shtml]An Update on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera Technology[/url] (Gamasutra)

Say that 5 times fast. Someone has put up some [url=http://www.playsyde.com/news_3319_en.html]720p versions of Sony’s PS3 trailers[/url] from E3. (They may be slightly edited from their original versions in some cases.)

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/18/high-quality-ps3-trailers-ready-to-download/]High quality PS3 trailers ready to download[/url] (Joystiq)