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The long and winding saga of high PSP Minis prices continues. When we last left off, the ESRB was identified as the reason PSP Mini downloads costing twice as much as their iPhone counterparts, with accusations that ratings cost too much. The ESRB hasnow hit back, claiming that cheap games do not have to spend so much cash to get their game approved. “The ESRB has a reduced fee of $800 for games that have development costs under $250,000,” explains ESRB spokesman Eliot Mizrachi, “which would likely apply to virtually all PSP Minis....

Confession time: I watch entirely too many house flipping and home buying TV shows. Some of you might argue that watching anything more than an accidental 10 seconds from channel surfing is probably entirely too much, and I can see where you’re coming from. But for whatever reason, these stupid shows are great stress relievers (the life of a blogger ain’t always easy, yo). Except for thatSuzanne Whang. Seriously, f*ck her....

Congratulations, everyone! We did it! We were able to defeatthePhantom BlotastheDisney Epic Mickeycontestreceived over 1,500 comments and thanks to your efforts, we’re now able to sharethis exclusive artworkwith all of you! Not only did we have some artwork to share, we also have a bunch of prizes to hand out! Congratulations tophilkid3as he is our grand prize winner of the Nintendo Wii,Disney Epic Mickeysigned by Warren Spector (creative director on the game), a Paintbrush Nunchuk and a Blot Wii Charger!...

I can’t hear you guys over all of the shouting about the reveal ofNo More Heroes: Hero’s Paradisefor the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This updated version of the once-Wii-exclusive was announced recently for release in Japan, featuring updated high definition graphics and set for release as early as February. Bad news, though — looks like it doesn’t have a US publisher in Ubisoft, who will publishingNo More Heroes 2: Desperate Strugglefor the Wii in 2010....

There aren’t enough games out there that have such inspiring moments that they warrant their own sculptures. Not surprisingly,Final Fantasy 7is one of those games, and surely most of you recognize this scene. The sculpture is sure to elicit a shriek of joy from many aSquare-Enixcollector, or perhaps a few shrieks of horror as well: Its current retail price is $239.99. You can pre-order the statue atEntertainment Earthto ensure you get your own before the February 2008 release date....

[Community member Tubatic compares games big and small to find out how much of a game’s story should be left up to our imagination. Which camp do you fall into? Let us know in the comments! Want to see your own writing on the front page? Write something awesome andput it in the C Blogs— Kauza] At the encouragement of a few outlets over the past few weeks, I finally came around to trying outThe WagerbySurprised Man....

Besides Arc System’sGuilty Gear XX Accent Core(which is already two years old) and a spate ofNaruto-licensed games, the 2D fighter Renaissance seems to have curiously skipped over the Wii. The exception to the rule, of course, is Capcom’sTatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. As the company moves to corner Wii owner’s need for fighters (and no one else’s), it’s trying it’s best to keep a steady drip of info coming out for the title....

This video is interesting to say the least. The voice acting makes me thinkArmy of Twois supposed to be a comedy, while the eye candy makes me hope that this is real-time game footage. What’s more interesting is the fact thatAoTis the baby of Alain Tascan. Remember him? He’sthat guyfrom EA Montreal that saysGears of Warhas no innovation. IfArmy of Twocan somehow survive the backlash Tascan has created for himself by talking smack aboutGears, then more power to the man....

[Forums, we have them, is a monthly series where we look at all the going-ons in the Destructoid Forums.] Welcome back to the stage of history. Hamza is terribly silly. Here is the February edition of Forums, we have them. We did quite a bit of housework this month and I would like to share with you all what we did. It’s been a year since we put up the Forums we have currently and it’s been pretty good to us so far....

This week’s Friday Night Fights is going to be a crazy one. We have got a whole bunch of variety planned for you, and trust me, it’s going to beXTREME. Wipeout HDcame out very recently, so of course we’re going to be playing that. Don’t likeTechno music? Well you would if you had robot ears! Mixing it up on the PC side of FNF, there’s a Dtoid community server forThe Shipthat we know you won’t be able to resist joining....

Last week‘s debate will hopefully be a wake up call to those responsible for theMortal Kombatseries’ future. The numbers from our microcosm debate poll may show that a small group of people are happy with the series overall, but the comments suggest otherwise. I’m not surprised at all by the outcome, but it still needed to be done to shine a spotlight on a series that continues to fall more and more behind its competition in popularity and replayability....

Irony? Poetic justice? I don’t know what to make of theseBlurscreenshots being blurry, mostly because my cat decided to be a dick and jump on my face while I was sleeping last night so now I’m sleep deprived. Straight out of gamescom in Cologne, Germany are a fresh batch of images for the arcade-style, power-up lovin’ racing gameBlurby Bizarre Creations, the maker ofGeometry Wars 2and other fine computer videogames, I think....

I lovePunch-Out!!. You lovePunch-Out!!. Everybody lovesPunch-Out!!. There’s no real surprise there. And since everyone lovesPunch-Out!!just as I do, I’m going to go ahead and presumptuously assume that whatever emotions I experienced upon hearing of a newPunch-Out!!for the Wii were pretty much the exact same emotions you felt as well. Namely: adoration of the graphics, but intensely cynical worry about crappy motion controls and a toned-down difficulty level for the casual Wii audience....