The Bender on Tuesday? With special guest UGetBeatByGirls of PMS Clan? And ten minutes longer? Listen now!

After a brief GameX hiatus, The Bender is back to amuse and confuse you with video game chatter and a drunk host, listen now!

There wasn’t a whole lot of Earth-shattering news this week. However, we did hear about The Beatles: Rock Band, the sales figures for both Chinatown Wars and Madworld, and Bethesda may be planning on making a Fallout TV show.

Will Wright leaves EA… to join EA. Yu Suzuki leaves SEGA… to join SEGA. Konami announces a game based on the Iraq War, Midway is sinking faster and faster, and rumor has it that we’ll be hearing about a new Xbox 360 bundle. Awesome? You bet your ass.

Michael Pachter is an analyst for Wedbush Morgan who gets paid gobs of money to basically guess what’s going to happen within the video game industry. Sometimes, he gets it right. Sometimes, he gets it way, WAY wrong. But one thing is for certain: Most gamers don’t take him seriously — and JW thinks he knows why…

Even though they can’t pay their employees, Midway is still trying to save Ed Boon’s bonus. Also, news on EVE Online, Halo 3, a future appearance by Master Chief and Jack Thompson’s legislation passing in the Utah House.