Random news of indefinite consequence

1. みんな大好き塊魂! Namco (which is merging with Bandai--big news for geeks) is releasing a sequel to wonderfully nutty "Katamari Damacy". How sweet it is. (Link to review propagated through Penny Arcade.)

2. According to the BBC, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, head of Iran's judiciary, accused police forces of using torture to extract confessions. He went on at some length, and was extremely critical, even going so far as to make comparisons such as, "Sometimes they do some things like put a bag over the head, which resembles what the Americans do to terrorists in Abu Ghraib."

(Ouch.)