Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino thinks games are evil. He's said it before, and he's not afraid to say it again. This time, however, he does give credit to what he believes are technological advancements brought forth by video game hardware.

With numerous solid franchises and an impressive roster of manga-anime games under its belt, it seems Namco Bandai will be expanding operations to new pastures. For that, they will be trying their hand out on the online PC gaming market, and to handle that responsibility will be their new division, Namco Bandai Online.

There's nothing quite like having a bunch of robots fight each other. Since that giant Gundam in Japan hasn't gone fully mobile yet (not to mention it doesn't really have anything to fight except maybe a horde of BigDogs), we have to settle for video games.

You can really feel the gaming expo heat building up when more and more publishers start handing out their lineups. We've seen quite a lot of games coming to TGS 2009 by now, and adding to that list is Namco Bandai, bringing games from franchises that the merged companies are well-known for.

It looks like Namco Bandai has opted not to bring the giant robot action of Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Gundam Next to the PS3 after all. They've chosen instead to stick to what works and have announced that a PSP port is coming.

Lots of numbers on the QJ.NET PS3 blog this week. 999. 40,000. 150,832. All of those because of the number 299. And a recently released console iteration called the PS3 Slim. Yes folk, it's still going strong, as the first week sales numbers show. If you're tired of hearing about the Slim, though, click on through nevertheless. There's a lot of interesting stories in this week's PS3 Weekend Warrior. Things like new tech, new games, new ads, and... Nigerian money scams? What?

A gaming magazine from Hong Kong, GameWave, has on its cover Mobile Suit Gundam vs. Gundam Next, and declaring that it is coming to the PlayStation 3. Is there any veracity to this?

This we expected from Jack Thompson. But from the Gundam creator? This certainly brings a whole lot of disconnect to me. Yoshiyuki Tomino, creator of the most famous sci-fi giant robot (complete with his own posse) Gundam, believes that "video games are evil." Why? Because it's killing our planet. Among many other things, I can only suppose. I think he must have heard of the failed suicide/ arson episode in Japan because mommy took out the guy's Gundam collection to trash. Check out the rest of his statements in the full article.

Japan is gaga for Gundam. Understandable, considering the Gundam franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Sony's also doing some celebrating of their own for the new PS3 Slim, so why not combine the two into one?

Time for that day of the week when you get all the biggest news and tidbits that came out the past weekend in QJ that you might have missed for one reason or another. There's a lot of GamesCom 2009 updates right here, nothing unusual about that given that the event opens next week. We also still have a healthy spate of rumors pertaining to the console price cuts, particularly because the NPD results are out, and it does look like it will take a mighty slash off the current prices to revitalize the scene. Not all would agree, however. Why don't you jump in and see for yourself what went down in your favorite blogs? We've got it all filled up to the brim for you.