Scraps: WTF are Scraps? (11/24/08)

Been a while, hasn’t it? Well, I’d like to blame that fact on how exceptional our news coverage has been of late. And that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Why, there’s been nary a thing to put in one of these posts for weeks now. Rest assured, it has absolutely nothing to do with me being a lazy git.

Nope. No relationship whatsoever. Here are some bonus stories for you.

• Rare will be giving Viva Piñata fans a gift this holiday season, in the form of a jukebox item for their gardens. [1Up]
• Here’s an interesting report on how the Department of Homeland Security performed its investigation into a Texas modchip distribution company. Remember, kids, if you buy modchips, terrorism has obviously won. [GamePolitics]
• Is the LittleBigPlanet slogan “Fun shall overcome” worthy of in-depth analysis? Maybe not, but that won’t stop the internet from attempting. [Overthinking It]
• Mod tools are out for the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War. [CVG]