The two were married when a man brought his DS along with a copy of Love Plus to a church in Guam. There’s no word on honeymoon plans, but the two will be holding a small reception for family, close friends and the internet on November 22. (Seriously, there will be a webcam and stuff.)

It just goes to show, the power of Woman has no bounds. Stick her in a digital fortress, simplify her beauty to Nintendo DS rendering limits and give her a shrill, anime voice. Woman will triumph all the same. [Tiny Cartridge via technabob]

Modern Warfare 2 Controllers: These controllers add mappable buttons on its back, allowing you to do things like jump and reload without taking your thumb off a stick. And as anyone who’s been thoroughly humiliated by 13-year-olds online knows, every little advantage helps. $US50 [Gizmodo; Amazon (PS3), Amazon (Xbox 360)]

Nyko Charge Base IC: This thing make charging up your Wiimotes as painless as humanly possible. Just place them on the tray, that’s it. No plugging in, no swapping batteries, no nothing. Now you’ll never sit down to play and find a dead controller again. $US35 [Gizmodo]

Ear Force X41 Headset: It’s pretty amazing how much of an advantage spatial audio can give you. These awesome headphones will let you hear people sneaking up on you from all sides with excellent audio quality. They’re also wireless, which ditches the annoying cable between the headset and your controller. $US180 [Gizmodo]

Xbox Live Points/Wii Points/PlayStation Network Cards: All three current-gen consoles have virtual stores that let you buy games, game add-ons, movies, shows and all sorts of other stuff. The Wii and Xbox 360 use a proprietary points system, while the PS3 lets you pay in dollars. All three will let you buy gift cards that will work specifically on their systems, however, and no gamer will be upset to get those in their stocking. Price Varies [Amazon: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii]

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV FightSticks: Any fighting game aficionado will tell you that playing with a normal controller is for suckers. An arcade stick gives you much more control over your moves and combos, allowing you to thoroughly destroy the competition. And while this particular stick is branded with Street Fighter IV graphics, it’ll work with any game. $US70 [Gizmodo]

Microsoft Sidewinder X8: For PC gamers, the mouse is an important accessory. For years, wireless mice have been ignored thanks to lag, but the current crop of mice finally has the goods to hang with their wired cousins. The Sidewinder X8 is one of the best, offering up speedy response time, long battery life and comfy ergonomics. $US75 [Gizmodo]

Arkeg: The Arkeg is an arcade cabinet with a kegorator inside. Yes, arcade games and beers. If you can swing the price tag on this bad boy, I’m pretty sure you’ll make anybody with a pulse really happy. $US4000 [Arkeg; Gizmodo]

DON’T BUY Ultimate Game Chair: A chair with speakers is a stupid idea. No self-respecting adult would have this in their home, and kids would get bored with the gimmick quickly. If you’re going to clutter up your living room with video game related crap, it might as well be plastic instruments and skateboards. $US570 [Target]

All Giz Wants is our annual round-up of favourite gift ideas, including amazing attainable objects and a few far-out fantasies. We’ll be popping guides catered to different interests several times per day for the next week, so keep checking back.

First Place — Jim Chitwood

Second Place — Andreas Kokkinos

Third Place — Sergio Hikawa

Of course, many AAA games are still doing quite well. Just last week. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launched with the biggest entertainment opening of all time, selling about five million copies across platforms and pulling in about $US310 million in a single day. [Silicon Alley Insider via Kotaku]

Rumour: Layoffs Hit Krome Studios
Aussie game developers are not having a good year.

Let’s All Play Modern Warfare 2
Wanna play against fellow Aussies? Here’s how.

Vote For Australia’s First Golden Joystick
Have your say by voting for your favourite game and retailer.

Harada: “Fighting Games Aren’t Really Tailored To Online Play”
That horrible online lag in Tekken 6? Mr Tekken knows all about it.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Review: Go Buy A Wii
Nintendo justifies the time it took to finally kick this one out.

Star Trek Online Preview: Ignoring Regulation
Btw, Jason Chen and I are also very actively begging our way into a press beta. Wish us luck.

LEGO Rock Band Review: Redefining The Rock Block
Spoiler: It’s like every other Rock Band title, but with LEGO.

Avatar: The Navi Side Of The Story
Which will lose more money, the movie or the game?

StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in “Next Few Years”
Just like I predicted, Diablo III won’t be here until 2011… at the earliest. Being right can suck.

Modern Warfare 2 Sells Nearly Five Million Copies In A Day
That’s a launch of over $US300 million in revenue.

Borderlands Sequel A “No-Brainer”
My siren is level 28. Frucci’s hunter is like level bajillion.

Oh…and as a little bonus, the worst lines in the history of video games:

[Today's Big Thing]

Loading stock discs from a wickedly exposed spinning disc drive on the back of the device, this “Gamecube” is ironically constructed from almost everything but the charming purple box. Inside this body, you’ll find a Datamax Kid’s Delight, Dreamcast Quantam Fighterpad, Wii Classic controller (third party) and most of the components from the PSOne portable screen.

It’s all fun and games until one particularly dexterous jump in Super Mario Sunshine costs someone a finger. [benheck forums via Engadget]

And Sonic. And Pac-Man. Even President Obama makes an appearance, although I don’t think Hope: The Video Game is out just yet.

For reference, artist John Quigley says the Obama one took about 20 hours to complete. That time, since I’m a self-deprecating kind of guy, puts my personal Rubik’s Cube record — which will remain undisclosed — to shame. [Technabob via CrunchGear]

The new sticker, found under the faceplate (just like the old one), looks a bit bigger and features both a code and a mysterious black bar.

Maxconsole forum members already came up with some interesting/believable theories: Could this code be tracked to your serial number, in case you open the machine and want to seal it back up with a fraudulent sticker? Could this black bar be heat-sensitive tape that would change colour should you try the classic hot box trick to repair an RRoD? Could this sticker contain a tiny capsule of cyanide meant to crack under duress, eradicating the modding community one lonely guy at a time?

We don’t know. But what seems obvious is that Microsoft is taking their warranty stickers a bit more seriously.

For reference, here’s what the old sticker looked like:
Go nuts with accusations in the comments while we wait for Microsoft to give us an official answer. [Logic-Sunrise via Maxconsole]

In the clip you’re about to see, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-il lock lips to the theme song of an erotic video game. That’s sort of the punchline. Here’s how we got there…

“My Boyfriend Is the President” is a risque video game (or eroge) out of Japan. Of course, the game has its own trailer and whiny theme song, seen here:

Naturally, dating a president is a rich theme full of narrative weight — anyone who’s seen Rob Reiner’s The American President can attest to that. So the clip featuring Obama, Hilary, Hatoyama, the Putinator and Kim Jong-il is a fan-made remix of a video game that explores the excitement and turmoil of porking a president. And in that context, it almost begins to reach a semblance of sense. [Yamatologic via Japan Probe via CrunchGear]

Bundled with the upcoming Wii game Baby and Me (in Australia), this doll-mote uses the Wiimote’s speaker to make the baby cry or laugh. Turn on the Wii Balance Board, and the simulation is taken to the next level, allowing you to burp the baby, rock the baby and teach him/her/it to walk. (Spoiler alert: the muscle-less, brain-less baby doll can never learn to walk.)

Personally, I could do without all the nappy changing, but I can’t wait to score headshots in CoD with my new infant gun. [aussie-nintendo via GoNintendo via Kotaku]