All the uproar actually did it. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has received an AO rating. A decaffeinated version will arrive in stores shortly. But now that the lamb has been slaughtered, will the critics be silenced? We're not holding our breath.

Is this AO rating deserved, or just a knee-jerk
reaction? >>

Delays on the Godfather weighed it down initially, but subsequent announcements on distributing Half-Life 2 for Valve, as well as mobile gaming launches buoyed the stock right back up.

Is ERTS part of your portfolio? >>

A resourceful GameSpot forumite posted pictures of himself online playing a prerelease Xbox 360, a unit that his father was supposedly working on. Free advice to the kid: keep your mouth shut next time. And get a haircut.

Grounded for life? >>

As if rapidly sinking stock and a departing CEO weren't bad enough, Majesco is now facing a class-action lawsuit from its investors. Lawyers: 1 Everyone else: 0

Is there a real point in suing over falling stock prices? >>

John Romero wasn't the only big name designer to jump ship from Midway and the Gauntlet project recently. J.E. Sawyer has just defected to Obsidian, rejoining former Black Isle mates Feargus Urquhart and Chris Avellone.

Who's next? The office manager? >>

No official word yet from Blizzard, but reports are coming in hot and heavy on a duping bug in World of Warcraft. All of a sudden that epic two-hander doesn't seem so great when every Tom, Dick, and Harry has one, huh? Community anxiety is already sky-high, as the auction house prices will be soon, if the bug is real.

Duped anything in Maraudon lately? >>

Apparently the devs at 89 games didn't learn from NARC. Drug games just aren't in. The user reviews on the recently released Dope Game demo are appallingly bad. Road to Sunday, another game involving drug use, also got canceled.

Do gamers just prefer a natural high? >>