These days, Humpdates are really like Mother Gump's proverbial box of chocolates. How's that for a metaphor?

You see, GamerEdie Sellers is the chocolate covering -- she's creamy, sweet and you're not surprised it's there.

This week, the mysterious filling is Marcus "Jazz" Corrin of 360Arcadians.

Between the two of them, you have a satisfying treat.

Edie and Jazz dish the gaming-industry dirt on the cusp of Tokyo Games Show's first big keynotes.

Topics and links after the jump...

This week, Jazz and Edie discuss:

Microsoft's TGS keynote kicks off the night of the recording. What do we think we'll hear?

What you won't hear this year, however, is about a price drop for the PS3. Sony reps say . And some industry analysts .

Nintendo's . Bummer. On the plus side,

November 18 and it will only cost $19.99. Great news. However, it's Spore Cute & Creepy Parts Pack -- not an expansion for the game, but for the Creature Creator.

Left 4 Dead for the PS3? .

A Bioware/LucasArts game is indeed in the works, and .

Activision finally lets us know . Surprise! It ain't cheap.

Rock Band's new website allows better access to the song library. Yawn. -- including 6" figurines of your virtual rock-star character. Awww, yeaaaaaah!!!