I pulled my back out trying to lift a cat today. I'm out of shape. Oh well...time for more Doritos and Portal 2!

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Miyamoto says, duh, of course a new Nintendo console is coming. Speaking to Edge, who questioned Nintendo's main man about the new-console rumors, Miyamoto said, "Don't ask!" The man behind Mario confirmed that -- as is typical -- Nintendo has been working on new hardware since the Wii was released. “Please wait," Miyamoto pleaded when pressed on the timing of the announcement. "Be patient until we decide.” Don't tell me how to live my life, Shiggy!

For $1.99, get an in-depth look into the making of Portal 2 from GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley. Keighley has been covering games for nearly 20 years and has been spelling "Jeff" wrong for much longer than that. Since beginning his television job, he has moved away from the 10,000-word making-of pieces that defined his career at Gamespot. His final installment at that website was for another Valve game, Half-Life 2. Seven years later, he has returned o to his "The Last Hours of" series with a definitive look at Portal 2. This time, however, the 15,000-word story is packaged with interactivity and multimedia as an iPad app. The app is available now; if it's a success, expect to see a lot of other writers jump on the iPad bandwagon.

After nearly five years, Nintendo is retiring the DS Lite. An internal Gamestop memo has appeared online which clearly states that the second iteration of the Nintendo DS is being discontinued. Once retailers sell out of their present stock, the memo continues, they should remove all promotional boxes advertising the system. While the DS will live on in the form of the DSi and DSi XL -- we can say goodbye to Game Boy Advance compatibility. Going forward, all generations will be completely without the ability to play Yoshi's Topsy Turvy! Wait -- my editors have informed me that this is a good thing.

Telltale will be dropping the fourth episode of Back to the Future: The Game next week. The continuing adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown will return to 1.21 gigawatts in the latest episode titled Double Visions. The game will be available for PC and Mac first and then will follow on PlayStation Network and iPad at a later date.

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