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• A history of memes
• Cosmic ghosts!
• A boner flower!
• IM for FireFox coming?

As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:

• MS says digital distribution will

  surpass retail

• Ubisoft sues disc replication company over Assassins Creed piracy
• The Nintendo revolution, and why

  Wii were wrong

• Dead Space written by Iron Man's

  Warren Ellis

• Rock Band and Guitar Hero doesnt

  pay music studios enough

• Fable 2 arrives October 21
• Damnation trailer and screenshots
• Interview: AIAS president on E3
• Blizzard loses Diablo 3 art

  director and makes a statement

• Sega: Sonic criticism is 'probably

  warranted'

• Bionic Commmando Rearmed trailer
• PS3 Home beta access with download
• Rubik's Cube game is shown off
• PlayStation store update
• Mushroom screenshots & trailer
• Crackdown 2 still possible

Lastly, Faylor just went out and bought Hellgate: London this evening. Just so you guys know.