Abacus, Pheromone, Nunchucks, Sai, Bo, Katana, BFG-5000

@kemperboyd: You're insane. No one was going to humiliate Blatter by bringing any less than an A team to the Confederations Cup. Samaranch in his heyday wishes he had the stroke Blatter has.

The best part: Shaq found out *from Twitter*. Here's the guy who says it: [twitter.com] and here's Shaq admitting it: [twitter.com]

@Eggman006: Just got it. Thanks!

I just tried to download Dr. Mario and it wasn't there. :(

@undefined: @Gourmet Spud: +5 hits, Super Combo

5 OT brings me back to DUAN for the first time in months. Needless to say, you guys do not disappoint. I should do this more often.

Maybe this works better:

In case you don't know why They Live is awesome, here you go:

Robomodo, the makers of the new Tony Hawk game (although no one will confirm it, for God knows what reason) are also here.

@NexusSIX: This never, ever gets old. Thank you.

@geekgrrl: Nope, they sent word that they were caught up with work. Pek was the closest we had to Midway staff. But hey, we raised a cool $1,000 - [blog.dawdle.com]

@Andrzej Matuch: The issue is that it's not just the amount you pay for the stock - it's what it would cost to assume all of Midway's debt. Midway has enough debt that it wouldn't be cheap.

Mr. Plunkett, I admire and applaud your choice of image to accompany this story. Well done, good sir. Well done indeed.

It's a shame people can't share levels. I still get a kick out of just surfing levels tagged "Brilliant" in LBP.

This isn't just anybody - it's Adrian Holovaty! He's the guy who created the Django framework for Python - he's a hardcore, brilliant technologist. [holovaty.com]

@Ravel: As you can tell by the list of games on [www.dawdle.com] , the answer is yes. They're the cornerstone of the Chicago gaming community.

If you're in Chicago or can get there on Tuesday, December 9:

There were details in the [SI.com] article, folks:

@rich8606: Isn't this a bullshot?