One of the coolest features of the last Xbox Live update was the ability to stream your "on-demand" Netflix que of movies.

Well, we're already into the next Xbox Live update (well, at least some of us have already moved-on) and we're NOW all into Last.fm, Twitter and Facebook on the Live blades.

Don't be sad PS3 peeps, looks like you (we) will be also be getting Netflix come this November!

Hooray! Movies everywhere!

How's that Wii lookin'?

Read the press release on the Official Playstation Blog: HERE.

The last few years we've been telling you about the (very cool) Midnight Gaming Championship events at North Texas McDonald's. The late-night events have been a chance to show off your gaming skills and win some cool prizes (and cash!).

This year, there are events all over the country; and the Dallas event is THIS Saturday!

Check out the official site and register online... then, GO!

What: Midnight Gaming Championship presented by McDonald's

Where: McDonald's - 5960 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75206

When: Saturday, October 17, 2009 Registration begins at 5 pm - Tournament begins at 7 pm (registration also available online www.midnightgamingchampionship.com)

Games:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Madden 09
Guitar Hero World Tour
i-Play Fast & Furious mobile phone game

Game Systems: X-Box 360 and Wii

Cost: FREE

Like all of you guys, I have to buy my own games. Lately, it's becoming more and more difficult to do that because I have to choose between having fun and paying my mortgage.

So, I pay more and more attention to sites like MetaCritic.com. It's cool to see what a broad-range of people think about a certain title, rather than one or two individuals. It helps me make better decisions about what to buy.

Seriously, I don't care if the game publishers hate the site (that's another story and post for another time), they don't send me review copies, anyway (shameless jab at the you-know-whos).

So what's got my attention this week? It's the amazingly early reviews for 'Forza Motorsport 3' for the Xbox 360. It's aggregate review score is 93 out of 100! I think anything over a 70 is worth checking out; but, GOOD LORD, that's a lot of good reviews.

I see a couple of 100's and nearly twenty 90(+) scores. WIRED.com is about the only stick-in-mud in the reviews list; and to give them credit, they probably weren't, it's just how MetaCritic has converting a review of "dots" into a number.

'Forza 3' moves to the top of my "must-buy" list. Now where are the 'Brutal Legend' reviews?

Looks like the Xbox 360 will be getting faster Wi-Fi speeds with the introduction of a new Wireless N adapter this November.

IGN.com says the adapter will be the same price as the current Wi-Fi adapter ($99).
Of course, this requires that your Wi-Fi network is up to speed. So if you don't have an 802.11n router, you're gonna have to invest in that too.

The adapter is B and G compatible; but I'm curious if non-N network devices will slow the connection? I have a PS3, Wii, DVR, iPhone, laptop all on my network, and I'm pretty sure none of them are N-compliant.

Read all about it on IGN.com

We can stop complaining that the iPhone doesn't have MMS. Now it does.

And, we can stop complaining that 'Gran Tursimo' games don't have car damage. In 'Gran Turismo 5,' you CAN wreck your car.

IGN has posted the proof.

Now we can just complain that the game will never come out:

Yesterday. Microsoft and Activision revealed the 'Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare' Limited Edition Xbox 360.

It has an amazingly cool paint job, a copy of 'CoD4', 250 gigs of hard drive space, two boring black controllers and a $399 price tag. Kinda cool. No, VERY cool (except for the controllers).

The details are HERE. Pre-order at your favorite retailer... NOW!

AND, if that weren't enough... looks like some other countries outside of the U.S. are getting 'Halo3: ODST' bundles. There's no cool paint scheme, but the bundle includes 'Halo:Reach' betas (codes?). No announcement for here... yet.

Kotaku has the goods.

Kotaku posted a link to EuroGamer.net for a downloadable video clip of the PSP's ridiculously delayed 'Gran Turismo.'

Don't watch the embedded clip, download the 60fps version. It looks incredible... for the PSP.

CLICK HERE to visit the EuroGamer page

If the powers that "be" can make a video game commercial this great, why not a movie?

Sigh.

Starting Friday, August 27, the Xbox 360 Elite is $299. And it's confirmed on xbox.com.

I love healthy competition.