Stretch Panic is a strange acid trip from Japan. Which, of course, means that it is a pretty awesome game. Why has no one played it?

Tons of Duke Nukem Forever fallout, Atari pulls out of E3, fake religious groups make real demands and Mass Effect 2 is… well, it’s freakin’ Mass Effect 2. That’s all you need.

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.

LET’S ROCK! Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus is as awesome as it is lengthily titled.

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.

Behold! The first “Best of the Week”, where we recap all of the week’s big news stories. Why? For your convenience, of course. Trailers, Interviews, Announcements and just plain news reports — all here.

And color coded, too.