Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you.

• Apparently, the producers of Lost really do listen to the fans - sometimes. The characters Nikki and Paulo were introduced when fans said they wanted to know more about the other castaways. But when fans complained about the Nikki and Paulo storyline taking away from the main story, the writers responded by burying those characters alive. The point is, complain enough, and maybe they'll listen to you!
• Here's a trailer for Ultimate Moral Kombat for the DS, which seems to include a couple of installments of the popular super-violent fighting franchise, as well as MK Puzzle Kombat.
• This month is the 30th anniversary of the Atari 2600. Ah, memories.
• Gamercize is an exercise device that attaches to your video game console controller. As long as you keep exercising, the controller will work, but as soon as you stop, the controller stops, too. Sounds like a pretty clever, if potentially frustrating, idea.
• Any Wii owner who wants them can ask Nintendo for up to four silicone Wii Remote Jackets, and Nintendo will mail them out, free of charge. Good old Nintendo! They're so nice. We don't think we'll be making a request, though, because those jackets look ugly! Plus, we've never lost control of our Wii Remote before.
• Could Bungie—the creators of Halo—be splitting from Microsoft?! Sounds like something Microsoft would never allow to happen, but who knows...
• There doesn't seem to be a way to link to the specific posts on the Super Smash Bros. Brawl blog (design flaw!), but if you check out the latest two, you'll see videos and information on Snake and his stage in the game. He wants to eat Yoshi, that crazy bastard. (Via)
• The United Arab Emirates might be blocking its citizens out of the Facebook website.