Every week, Paul, Graham, Kathleen and I get together to write ENN. Over the week, each of us actually writes stories separately, then we get together on Fridays to choose what to use, what to revise, etc. Sometimes the stories we throw out aren’t very good; other times, they are too obscure for a wider audience. Even so, sometimes very good stories have to be thrown out because there is just not enough space for them in the episode. Here are two of those stories for this week’s episode:

Nintendon’t (two stories on same topic)

Joystiq is reporting that an Australian software pirate who uploaded New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the internet a week prior to its release, has been found guilty and fined $1.5 million dollars. Nintendo obviously felt such piracy was a concern, considering the game has only sold 10-and-a-half million copies in the 90 days since its release. Shigeru Miyamoto, in his role as Father of Modern Gaming, said he wasn’t angry, just disappointed.

The Revolution Will Not be Digitized (too obscure)

SquareEnix has registered a trademark for Deus Ex: Human Revolution–a curious choice given that the Deus Ex IP is owned by competitor Ubisoft. Square Enix Alphomega Imperial Hot clarified to ENN that the trademark doesnt refer to a game, so much as his plans to create a gigantic, robotic Robspierre to set loose on the French publisher, insighting the Deus Ex team to revolt, and join his company. The robot is scheduled for release in 2015, alongside Final Fantasy XV.