Obviously none of you are going to read this today, since it is Halloween and there's no way any of you are over the age of twelve (Then again, this is the internet, so it's kind of hard to tell sometimes) and must thusly be trick or treating. Still, it is my duty to maintain this blog, and so I shall.

Most of today's news in my favorite categories (gaming, movies, and tech) comes from the realm of video games.

• Viva Pinata has gone gold, which means soon you can finally purchase and play it in your own home (unless of course you're a real or pseudo-real gaming journalist, and have had the chance to review it ahead of time.) This game's looking like it's got a lot of potential.
  
• Nintendo released the finalized list of Wii launch-window titles, as well as the list of titles coming to the Virtual Console by year's end.
• Speaking of the Wii, GamesIndustry.biz reported that Nintendo will release a DVD-enabled version of the console. Just to make sure people are confused, after saying the Wii would have DVD functionality and then not, they mentioned that this version would only be coming out in Japan according to current plans. That doesn't mean it won't come out in Europe or the US, but no one's talking right now. We'll just have to make them talk. (I'd make a threatening gesture, but it just won't come across well in text)
• In regards to my last post, 8bit_generation pointed out that stories are circulating that Microsoft's latest update for the Xbox 360 Dashboard software might be screwing with gamers' systems. I installed the update myself with no problems so far, so we'll just have to see to what extent this is true.
  

I couldn't afford to buy candy at pre-Halloween prices, so if anyone reads this, please send me candy. CANDY GOOOOOOOD! RAAAARGH!

If anyone needs me, I'll be rampaging.

Articles:

Viva Piñata goes Gold (Gamespot)