If you've turned on a television lately, you've probably seen that the Superdome in New Orleans has turned into Thunderdome. But you may have missed these other important news items from this week:

Slashdot reported that Nintendo has patented insanity. This could be bad news for a lot of people. But seriously, patenting software algorithms is a very irritating topic for this programmer.

Slashdot also "reports" (ie. links to the real article written by someone else) that scientists have created genetically altered mice that can regenerate. Yes, they can grow back severed limbs and mutilated internal organs. One has to wonder about the mental state of scientists that enjoy chopping off mouse limbs.

Another fine link on Slashdot points us to an article about the ruination of computer games by corporate fatcats (my terms). This former gamer knew this years ago, when he sat on IRC with his Quake clanmates wondering when there would EVER be a new game out that didn't suck.

But perhaps the most disturbing story of the week: According to Reuters, scientists have discovered an inexplicable hot spot on one of Saturn's moons. Could Enceladus be the alien's base of operations in this solar system??