Our latest crop of stuff-you-shouldn't-miss by Bitmob members includes more arcade memories, a made-up interview with Funky Kong, and a wrap up of FanimeCon 2009, AKA Any Excuse to Show Cleavage 2009 (hit 'Read more' below for the full line-up).

Keep Your Head Up -- The Weird and Wonderful UmJammer Lammy
Benjamin Torrey takes a look back at one of the first music games, UmJammer Lammy. Along with a relentlessly surreal story, UmJammer Lammy also gave players more creative control over the actual music making than current kings of the genre, Rockband and Guitar Hero.

Arcades: A Youth Well Wasted
Arcade nostalgia runs deep and true for many Bitmob writers. Lee Bradley recounts his formative arcade years in A Youth Well Wasted, as does Brett Bates in Coin-Operated Memories. Meanwhile, Eric R. Cummings isn't going gently into that smoke-filled and dimly-lit goodnight; he's keeping the dream alive with an upcoming trip to Funspot XI. Possible Donkey Kong kill screen coming up!

Bitmob Community Podcast Update
The planning continues, spearheaded by Derek Lavigne, Trevor Hinkle, and Brett Bates -- now's the time to contribute ideas and segments!

Behind the Videogames: Funky Kong
Andrew Hiscock's satirical interview with Funky Kong has some good moments ("...in focus tests, children found him to be obnoxious, trying too hard, and simply too Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle"), but maybe spends a little too much time dwelling on Funky's supposed lifestyle choices....

Valve, This is an Intervention
Developer Valve recently changed the way Team Fortress 2 awards new weapon unlocks. Previously, you had to earn specific achievements, which led to matches full of mostly one class. Now, weapon unlocks are based on time played, but the rewards are random. TF2 player Michael Moore enumerates the ways in which he is not amused.

EA Sports Active: Day 1
Alex R. Cronk-Young is aiming to play EA Sports Active every day for a month, and post weekly progress updates.

Gaming and Cosplay at FanimeCon 2009
David Ngo takes a lot of pictures. This time he was taking them at FanimeCon 2009, and I think he got a picture of pretty much everything!

Lego Batman learned a valuable lesson: next year show more cleavage.