The day you have been waiting for has arrived.  Lock up your wives and children and prepare for a Diablo III extravaganza.  Don't have the game yet?  You can view IGN's livestream of the game here.  For the rest of you, make sure you have an ample food supply to keep you alive through the weekend.

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I will have the distinct honor of visiting Disney's Star Wars weekends this year for my first time ever.  For those that don't know, Star Wars weekends take place every Friday - Sunday at Disney's Hollywood Studios on May 18 - June 10.  The event has famous Star Wars celebrities like Ray Park (Darth Maul) and Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano) that will be in attendance and signing autographs.  What more will they have?  I'm glad you asked...

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UPDATE: According to NintendoLife, the Aqua Blue 3DS will only be discontinued in Japan.

If you're looking for an Aqua Blue 3DS you better act fast.  According to Andriasang, Nintendo is starting to phase out production and will stop selling this color soon.  This is unlike Nintendo, but I guess they do have Cobalt Blue and maybe that color is selling better.  Who'd of thunk I chose the real collector's edition color when I bought mine.

In other news, the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL will have lower prices soon.  Starting May 20th, the DSi will sell for $99.99 and the DSi XL will sell for $129.99.  Both systems will come pre-loaded with Flipnote Studio, and the DSi XL will also come loaded with Photo Clock, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters and Brain Age Express: Math.  The DSi XL currently sells for $169.99 which is the current price of the 3DS.  I found that to be funny and I feel bad for the poor fool that paid that much for an out-dated system. :/

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If you remember a while back, we did a piece on EVE online and how that community polices itself, governs itself and goes Inception level deep with corporate espionage to the point of being governed by a real life council voted on by the players. Recently, a large number of players decided the economy needed a reset and attempted to destroy the main trading hub in the game by ramming literally thousands of massive ships into the colossal trading hub base. The event was large enough that the developers were warned ahead of time added servers just to support this singular event. If I had the time, I would play this game just to be a part of this community and see these events unfold first hand. To hear more madness, check out this two part Rock, Paper, Shotgun interview with some of the developers. As was mentioned on a Giant Bomb podcast, there should be a news rag dedicated to what's going on in the world of EVE. It would make for some of the best reading every week. It's better than most current movie plots.

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I know what you're thinking.  If I saw a $99 case for an Apple iPhone 4/4S I would run the other way (if I owned an iPhone that is... GO DROID!).  However, this phone sleeve/case is actually a pretty cool idea.  When you connect the case to the iPhone, it connects you to Clearwire's WiMax network and you are given 500MB of free 4G data a month.  Pretty cool idea and maybe something you might see coming to other mobile devices in the future.  Check out the video above for the rundown.

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According to GoNintendo, a launch title release list was leaked out of Blockbuster UK.  I don't what's more amazing, the fact that someone got their hands on this list or that Blockbuster stores are still around.  But I digress.  I had to laugh because when you look through the list there is a line item for "Damaged Consoles".  Let's hope that it's not something they'll have to use often... we all remember the RROD (red ring of death) don't we?  If you want to read the list in bullet form instead of squinting at the screenshots read on.

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Diablo III is right around the corner and Jay Wilson sat down with IGN recently to speak about Diablo III's most challenging difficulty level.  I hope the loot is amazing and I can't wait to give it a shot.  Check out the above video for the information.  Also, if you are looking for a good source of information, check out IGN's Diablo III wiki and the Character Guide.

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If you were looking to pick up Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir used from GameStop or considering selling it back because you didn't like it you are out of luck.  According to NintendoLife, GameStop will not be selling this game used as it heavily uses the AR book and the book has to be in good condition for the game to work.  According to the article, GameStop does not have the time to thoroughly examine used games and accessories before putting them out for sale.  It is up to the person who purchases the title from GameStop to test it out, and if it doesn't work, they can return the used game to GameStop... a little backwards I believe but that's their practice.

Sadly, I play tested Spirit Camera and was not impressed, so if you do purchase the title new for $40, you'll have to find somewhere to dump it if you don't like it.

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It's the beginning of the month, so let's get an update from Club Nintendo.  For those un-aware, each month Nintendo offers select game redemption codes for Club Nintendo coins.  The offer lasts all month.  This month the titles are:

• 3D Classics: Urban Champion (3DS) - 150 coins
• Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (3DS) (DSiWare) - 150 coins
• Snowpack Park (WiiWare) - 150 coins
• Eco Shooter: Plant 530 (WiiWare) - 200 coins

I'll be picking up Art Style: PiCTOBiTS and staying far away from 3D Classics: Urban Champion, Snowpack Park, and Eco Shooter.  At least there is one good game to download this month!

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The New York Times recently ran a front-page story detailing how a combination of onshore and offshore business practices enable Apple to pay far less taxes than other technology companies.

The only problem is that the Times' indignance is tempered by the fact that the practice is not unique to Apple.

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