As you may of noticed, I changed up how I handle the Misc. Media/Previews section. Quite simply, the link to the media/preview is now placed on the bolded name of the game. That area has always been a beast of its own, so please let me know if this helps out the situation by sounding off in the comments section. In other news, the story about the gaming camp is a bit humorous. Not too long ago, I was looking at the possibility of attending Full Sail, so one of the things I did was e-mail a ton of game developers and asked what they thought of the school and the students that came from it. The general response was neutral; Full Sail neither hurt nor enhanced my chances at 'making it' and I was probably better off learning on my own. Now that 'gaming school' is the big fad now, I would definitely love to hear the opinions of developers on the value their studio places in these institutions.

	Oddworld 4 Picked Up by EA It's funny how these stories happen. The day after it's revealed Atari has ditched its stake in Oddworld Inhabitants, it is revealed by an inside source to Computer and Video Games that Electronic Arts will publish the latest title in the Oddworld series, currently codenamed Stranger. An official announcement is to come from EA later this month. Also in this story it's revealed that Atari traded away their 50% stake in the company to Microsoft in exchange for publishing royalties. Pretty weird when you think about it; Microsoft ditched the publishing rights to Stranger not long ago. All in all, don't feel bad for the guys at Oddworld Inhabitants any more!
	Sony Wants the Youth to Vote Sony announced today they have partnered with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), a non-profit, non-partisan organization interested in reaching out to the youth of America to get out and vote. HSAN, which is chaired by renowned hip-hop artist and poet Russell Simmons, has already made two stops in Ohio and Michigan, with three more in the works. Each summit holds an open panel discussion on youth voting, empowerment, and community service which has seen such panel guests as Eminem and LL Cool J. Sony will provide a private PlayStation2 jet for those celebrities as well as have recent PS2 hits available to play and hold contests to win systems, games, and accessories.
	Devs Talk Xbox Next Although it has been rumored for a while now that Microsoft's follow-up to the Xbox will be the first out the gate, possibily in 2005, IGN has been speaking to developers and came out of the discussions with some pretty interesting quotes. For instance, one dev commented, "Let's put it this way: A lot of developers crunching to get their games ready for a 2005 launch will be really pissed if Microsoft doesn't get it out by then." According to an employee of a major software company, they're expecting a November 2005 release, just in time for Christmas. The article also discusses the PS3 and mentions that some developers see it slipping to late 2007.
	Metal Gear Comic Konami and IDW Publishing have joined forces to bring Solid Snake into the world of comics. Coming this September, you'll find everybody's favorite stealth artist in his own comic book series. Written by Kris Oprisko and the art being handled by Ashley Wood, the comic is apparently in capable hands according to series creator Hideo Kojima. "Personally I have always been a fan of Mr. Ashley Wood. I am very glad that Metal Gear Solid will be made into a comic with his talented artwork," Kojima commented. "I have a lot of confidence in the people at IDW Publishing who understand the world of Metal Gear Solid. I have great hope for this new development of the series through the work of these people."
	Kemco to Publish Yager IGN is reporting this evening that Kemco has picked up the US publishing rights for the shooter Yager. The game was released in the UK and Japan last year and now will hit US shores at the budget price of $29.99, although it may drop to $20.
	Video Game Camp Want your kid to become the next Miyamoto? Then send him/her to the Videogame.net Experience 2004 videogame camp! Yes, someone actually has opened a game design camp for kids between the 6th and 12th grade level. Campers will get to use industry programs to learn how to design videogames. "In addition to teaching what is involved in making video games, the program also focuses on writing skills, critical thinking, presentations, sciences and math concepts," said Susan Fleming, Vice President of Curriculum Development. When I was younger, I had to go hiking and find ten different kinds of leaves.
	Misc. Q&As/Interviews Hey, here's something different: a video interview of Alfred Molina about his voicework for the Spider-man 2 game, brought to us by GameSpot. IGN shows 'em up by interviewing Kirsten Dunst. For good measure, they also talked to Jimmy Hart about Showdown: Legends of Wrestling. Not really an interview, but GamerFeed has some choice quotes by Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat producer Takao Shimizu and director Yoshiaki Koizumi.
	Misc. Media/Previews
	A whole mess of footage of McFarlene's Evil Prophecy is hosted at GameSpot. CVG discovered a link to some footage of Final Fantasy XII off a Japanese site. GameSpy contributes with a look at Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and screenshots of Ghosthunter. IGN pimps a new video of Shadow Hearts: Covenant.
	The folks at GamerFeed spend some quality time with Conker: Live and Reloaded.
	IGN tonight has a video that displays the entire first chapter of Paper Mario 2. GameSpot presents the second official trailer for Geist while Gamers.com provides their own preview of Resident Evil 4.
	Tonight at Planet GameCube there's a preview of Mario Golf: Advance Tour, the quasi-RPG golf game.
	GameSpot has a few shots of a couple games: The Bard's Tale (PS2 Xbox) and Predator: Concrete Jungle (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox has their own preview of The Bard's Tale. The Magic Box has new shots for Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation. GameSpy previews Koei's Samurai Warriors (PS2, Xbox) and EA's Madden NFL 2005 (PS2, Xbox, GCN) as well as show us new screens of Second Sight (PS2, Xbox, GCN) and Timesplitters: Future Perfect (PS2, Xbox, GCN). IGN tosses us videos of IndyCar Series 2005 (PS2, Xbox) and ESPN NFL 2K5 (PS2, Xbox, GCN).