Do you live in the Philadelphia area and rarely receive your GameFly games in the mail? I think we have some answers for you.

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A former Philadelphia US Postal Service mail handler has admitted to stealing 2,200 GameFly rental video games to a federal court. It turns out he was reselling them to Gamestop for store credit. According to our numbers, that adds up to about $100 in Gamestop money for all of those games. Would you like to pre-order anything? [Joystiq]

Nothing new from Nintendo as they take baby steps towards utilizing HD technology. Nintendo guru Shigeru Miyamoto commented recently that as HD TVs become more common in the market place, the company envisions their games will "move along in step." Miyamoto remains adamant that HD graphics don't necessarily improve the gameplay experience. What this all adds up to is a betting pool we can start on how many duct-taped-Wiis it will take to create the power of the next Nintendo home console. [1UP]

Princess Peach isn't a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii because of the difficulties of programming her dress. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted the Princess to be a playable character, but ultimately decided on the Toads -- simillarly-sized to Mario -- to make the cut. This looks an awful lot like gender discrimination and begs the question: Why couldn't they just thrown some pants on her and be done with it? [Destructoid]

A new NPD study states that 40% of gamers have purchased a game impulsively in the last six months. Things like creative packaging and lower prices for used games are cited as factors for this statistic. That, and apparently people like to play games. Imagine that! [gi.biz]

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