• Even with tax cuts, retail sales continue to fall in the UK (Wall Street Journal)
• GameStop’s CEO on how to keep the video game industry recession-resistant (CNBC)
• A look at the technical, five-year creation process of EA’s Spore (Boing Boing Offworld)
• With Bandai’s somen toy, you can’t not let kids play with their food (Tokyo Manga)
• 10 things to do with the new Nintendo DSi (Wired/GeekDad)
• Check out this Pokémon X-ray machine (Kotaku)
• Will Pottermania continue to cast its spell with the sixth movie? (USA Today)