Sony PlayStation Vita hands-on [Video]

If you've played video games on the PlayStation Portable, which affectionately became known to most as the PSP, then the Vita will look very familiar at first glance. Joysticks and buttons are placed to the left or right of a nice, wide display and the graphics produced by the system are detailed and sharp.

Daily Briefs

• Hata: Hayate the Combat Butler Manga Is About 60% Done • Nisemonogatari Anime to Have 11 Episodes • Aquarion Evol's 1st Vol. to Have Unaired Cuts in 1st 2 Episodes • MikuMikuDance Software Successor MikuMikuMoving Enters Beta • PS Vita to Support Netflix's Video Streaming • PS3, PSP, PS Vita Move 6.5 Million Units in 2011's Final Weeks

Today’s Top Stories: SOPA Loses Support, PSN Maintenance, LoveFilm on LG Smart TVs

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.

US Consumers Shun Games, Movies - Mobile Apps Triumphant

The news that US video game sales collapsed by 21% in December only complements a series of remarkable snapshots of how rapidly US consumer behavior changed this past Christmas. Remarkably, video game sales dropped back to 2005 levels during the Christmas sales period. Of course, the market is currently hampered by how old many of the major consoles are - Wii, PS3 and Xbox360 are all getting ...

How To Lose Weight Without Wanting To Kill Yourself [Video]

# funbag Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Find more of Drew's stuff at KSK or on Twitter . Buy Drew's book, The Postmortal, through here. Email the Funbag here. Today, we're covering spiders, memory erasing, headaches, and more. More »