WTFriday shines a spotlight on an awesome Mega Man/”Beat It” mash-up, Microsoft’s decision to lure potential Internet Explorer users with freakin’ Nickelback music, and This Week in Crime. Also, our weekly awards and an ode to Canada.

Just in time for Pre-E3 hype, Capcom questions their Japanese presence at E3 while Square Enix and Koei both make clear that their E3 presence will be limited. Why? Swine flu. That’s why… sissies… other than that, the big news was that 3D Realms says they’re not closed.

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.

Luanne Hill once said “I am a proud, ignorant woman”… just thought you outta know. Anyways, today was a fairly beefy day for news, with announcements about PixelJunk Monsters, Wet and Tomb Raider getting a reboot.

Monday, January 12th, 2009 was a purely average day in the gaming world. Which is good, because I didn’t feel like working.

This painful, annoying week is done with and all I can say is… thank God. Really. Long week concludes with… well, not much.