it's a good day to be a gamer

A Florida judge recommends that Jack Thompson be found guilty of being a complete and utter douche 27 of 31 counts of misconduct.

Tunis made 21 recommendations of guilt in relation to Thompson's participation in Strickland vs. Sony, an Alabama case in which the anti-game attorney represented the families of two police officers and a police dispatcher slain by 18-year-old Grand Theft Auto player Devin Moore. Tunis also recommended that Thompson be found guilty on four out of five counts relating to his 2006 attempt to have Rockstar's Bully declared a public nuisance in a case before Miami Judge Ronald Friedman. An additional two guilty counts stemmed from a non-video game matter."

While we wait breathlessly for the verdict to be delivered, we can play the Penny Arcade game! On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness is finally available for Mac, PC, Linux and from Xbox Live Arcade.

Just because I haven't packed enough pure awesome into one post: Harmonix announced yesterday that next week's Rock Band DLC will be the entire album The Cars, from the Cars. Time to watch Fast Times -- well, part of Fast Times -- over and over again in, uh, preparation.