Morale at CNET is plummeting over CBS’ edict that any product/company involved in litigation with parent company can’t get any good coverage from CNET. In other words, CBS is starting to take editorial control of CNET. [Jim Romenesko]

NVIDIA made a big splash at CES with their Project Shield handheld gaming device. Did you know, however, that the project was only about a year in the making from initial concept to being a showstopper at CES? NVIDIA detailed the development process on their blog. [NVIDIA]

MIDI turns 30 years old this week. Who didn’t love a good MIDI song growing up? [The Verge]

With the Sim City beta weekend done and dusted, the uber geeks at Mental Floss looked at the history of Maxis’ Sim franchises. [Mental Floss]

So what is the best Final Fantasy game of all-time? I’m not endorsing this list because FF8 is massively underrated and FF10-2 isn’t even on the list. (Shut up. I liked it.) I just want to remind myself to try to get finish an FF6 retro review before Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (-3) comes out. [Kotaku]