The Joystiq Weekend: June 21 - 22, 2008

14 Comments by Ross Miller Jun 22nd 2008 11:59PM

A Mario themed set of Russian dolls, also known as Matryoshka. We're sure there's a better pun here than just Mario-shka, but that seems to be the best fit. Click here for more pics of Corey S.'s awesome birthday gift. Check out the highlights for this weekend:

Joystiquery
The Best Of Big Download: June 15-21, 2008
Japanese hardware sales, June 9 - June 15: C-C-C-C-Combo breaker edition
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: T is for Timely

News
Here's the Call of Duty: World at War trailer
Battlefield: Bad Company trailers parody Gears of War, Rainbow Six
Lord of the Rings: Conquest debut trailer depicts battles, oliphant violence
Two Worlds publisher obtains $12.9m in funding
Twilight Hack reinstated, new patch for Wii menu 3.3
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows combat preview looks astonishing
Riccitiello: Warhammer won't rival World of Warcraft
UFC 2009 Undisputed trailer shows advances in sweat rendering
Lara Croft to visit the Norse underworld this November

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Infinity Ward giving Call of Duty 6 a sci-fi setting
Rumor: Retail chains showing December 3 release date for Starcraft II

Culture & Community
Zero Punctuation makes war, not love with Haze
Marcus' Corner signs off with Geoff Keighley
McCain campaign releases facebook game: Pork Invaders
Wear your Kojima-love on your wrist with a limited edition MGS4 watch
Star Wars Retrospective: Episode V marches off to war

Tags: dailyrecap, mario, matryoshka, russian-dolls

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Bigfoot: Jun 23rd 2008; 12:03AM

Luigi really let himself go.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392]: Jun 23rd 2008; 12:29AM

Mama mia!!

mr mobius: Jun 23rd 2008; 1:18PM

Anyone else think that Mario has got his way with Peach a few months before this picture? Either that or Peach has been eating one too many kidney and mushroom pies.

Fernando Rocker: Jun 23rd 2008; 12:05AM

Me hearts Mario =)

NoHitHair: Jun 23rd 2008; 12:16AM

I would gladly pay for a set of these.

Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans: Jun 23rd 2008; 1:15AM

I am frightened...

John Hill: Jun 23rd 2008; 1:34AM

NES-ting dolls

Chase: Jun 23rd 2008; 2:54AM

Way to steal my response. Hehehe... +1 John Hill

Rowdehaj: Jun 23rd 2008; 1:47AM

This looked like a LittleBigPlanet screenshot to me.

I DeX I: Jun 23rd 2008; 2:43AM

Princess looks at little plump, that's o.k. Put 'um all inside each other now.

Kye - M-Kart Wii 0817-4620-2062: Jun 23rd 2008; 5:25AM

What's the second to last thing?

John Z: Jun 23rd 2008; 8:03AM

Shyguy, I would imagine.

#28: Jun 23rd 2008; 5:41AM

In mother russia, dolls are inside you! Wait, no, that didn't come out right.

Korova *of the highlands*: Jun 23rd 2008; 7:33AM

i know a guy who knows a guy who can get this any any other video game cast nesting dolls. any size you want.

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