With the Naruto movies hitting the Video Store early this month, the PlayStation Network continued its anime push with the addition of the more popular titles into the lineup. Highlights of this week include Bleach, more Bakugan, and the first episodes of Naruto Shippuden.

It looks like Nintendo is readying the next generation of DS  with the help of nVidia. According to reports from Bright Side of News, the company has already started to work on the next iteration of the handheld gaming console that will debut sometime next year.

Remember when assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright proposed to have kids protected from racist games and its ilk? And before that, representative Joe Baca introduced another bill which wanted those obtrusive warning labels on video game boxes. Take those two bills and up the ante with a whole list of mature content warnings, plus a US$ 1000 fine for violators. Thus, you get this new one. Execute order 66 A2837!

Last week, Gino posted an article about Rep. Joe Baca and his H.R. 231, a bill that would require all games with a Teen rating or stronger to have a warning label on their boxes. This time, the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) takes a stand and launches a campaign to trash the bill. Learn more in the full article.

Feels like a bucket of bricks just fell on my forehead. Heard via GamePolitics, a new bill is being passed in Congress which would have some staggering effects on how our video games look all nice and fun-like on the retail shelf. The bill, once approved, will require Teen-rated (or higher) video game boxes to have a warning label on it, much like what they have on cigarette boxes. *facepalm*

After patiently waiting in line for 3 hours to cast his vote, the internet's biggest little celebrity and America's new darling, Sackboy, appears calm, confident and self assured.

Pushing and shoving our way through the massive crowd of fans, kids and groupies that congregate wherever he makes an appearance, we managed to get a few words from the enigmatic socialite. What did he have to say? Who did he vote for?

Jack Thompson, silenced by a permanent disbarment? No wai. Everyone's favorite non-lawyer is back and noisier than ever, this time over Bethesda's last-minute pullout of Fallout 3 gameplay footage. Hm, guess "ambulance chaser" is off his list of titles.

So what's old Jack so upset about? Click.

Recent documents being passed around Congress and the PotUS office [insert West Wing red tape montage here] gave birth to a new anti-piracy bill which was signed into law as the "Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008" or, in short, PRO-IP. Back in the ESA offices, Michael Gallagher couldn't be any happier.

Angered over the US ban on internet gaming, several World Trade Organization (WTO) members are seeking compensation by placing a whopping US$ 100 billion fine on the US, saying that the internet ban is discriminatory against European gaming operators.

It should be noted that the US government excluded the gambling industry from the free trade agreement, after WTO ruled against the country's ban on online gambling operators from Antigua.

"The US decision is a major threat to a rules-based international trading system," Nao Matsukata, former policy planning director from the US Trade Representative office said. He continued that the internet gambling ban marred the US's credibility in the trade industry.

Will this mean that there will be a chance that US will lift the online gambling ban? Do stay tuned.

There's a remarkably impressive cell phone bill in Congress, and no, we don't mean that somebody in Congress just accumulated a cell phone bill that's enough to give someone more than a headache.

Senators Amy Klobuchar and Jay Rockefeller just revealed their proposed legislation, dubbed the Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007, that will greatly benefit cell phone users all over the US. Don't believe it? Read on to find out.

Distressed with Early Termination Fees? The two senators propose that the ETF be reduced to only half the amount after one year; this is especially useful for people who just have to cancel their service a few months or weeks before the end of their contract.

Klobuchar and Rockefeller also thought up of something very useful for consumers: a visual map of all network providers in a given area. This way, people will be able to make informed choices before signing a contract with a network provider.

As for Armed Service Personnel - those who frequently leave the their hometown or country and thus may have to shut down their subscriptions at inopportune moments - the two senators suggested that those who work in the military should be absolved of any cellular contracts once they receive orders to leave the country for a period of not less than three months or 90 days.

Such legislation certainly means less headaches for cellular phone users. Will the bill be implemented? Do check this space to find out.

Click on the Read link to read the summary of the entire bill!