" This is Money Markets & More for this Tuesday June 2 2009. From the newsroom -- the MarketWatch radio network I'm Adrian Mitchell coming up there are now a lot more things you can do with an Xbox."

" And I'm John ward Iraq coming up in a moment Hollywood is looking at the little screen no not TV but what are they looking had pancakes and big directors are looking at video game consoles would come up with some games -- them. And we'll talk about that and will dip into the mailbag in a moment but first this important news now."

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" Microsoft's Xbox will now let users connect to FaceBook and Twitter. The company is announcing some new features for Xbox Live including partnerships with those companies. Users will be able to browse photos senator's status updates on FaceBook and update their status on Twitter. Right from their Xbox consoles and the music streaming service lasted dot FM. Has also been integrated into the Xbox-360. If you are somebody you know have osteoporosis. You probably know it can be treated with one pill a week or one a month. Now a new treatments gotten approval and it requires only one dose every two years but it is not -- it's administered intravenously. The FDA has approved the drug called -- made by Novartis Novartis stock closed nearly 1% higher. You've heard of the big screen and the small screen now movie movers and shakers are getting involved in the other small screen. John ward docket advocates are here with the story."

" For those in Hollywood the battle is always about the eyeballs and apparently some Hollywood bigwigs think. That may be they should be getting involved and video games and what could this mean for you may and video games let's bring in our own gamer. And educates our consumer pace. Did he ever played a video game in your life I have you have yes. Yes. I didn't believe in them there against your culture. My culture I don't know what if I have a culture can I don't think I have a culture. I have played video games of course I used to be a wicked asteroids players back in the day waved back colan and yes long time ago. So what is going on here why is Hollywood looking -- video games. "

" Well as you said -- they need to capture the eyeballs were they are people stopped listening to music along time ago now they're not really. Playing with -- playing dvds any more -- out watching movies so what a lot of people are doing. Is gaming especially during this recession sales for a lot of the most popular video games have been rising since the meltdown began I guess people are hunkering down at home. So Hollywood wants a piece of that action."

" You know the LA times actually looked into this during discovered. Those in Hollywood who plunked down their money eventually lost did. Warner lost about a half billion. With its Atari right vestments -- bird. Sold off DreamWorks interactive. And a pretty much John -- that Sumner redstone sold his midway stock I mean he's he's lost almost a billion dollars on that. So my question is why didn't they learn from the lessons."

" Well I think what happened back then was that there are taking. They're treating video games like they're treating movies and you really can't do that so now the people. Who are getting involved in some of them are like Jerry Bruckheimer who's a big Hollywood producer. It get there either gamers themselves a girl playing video games or their hiring pros to designing games because they've learned now that you can't. You can't base it on a narrative like a like a story liner plot you've got to take a different approach to video games because obviously they were completely differently than a movie and one video games you play. Let's say at play Guitar Hero. And we sportsmen. And I haven't actually played video games in the when ideas the toilet."

" Why -- I'll let you know when I yeah."

" When I play video games we will it will now because the son also at noon -- dogs howl of babies a crime because John doesn't really play that it was only I really don't know not anymore we got we got Wii for Christmas and."

" You know it's like sorry kids I don't know and operate then ask your mom you're not the cooled at a theme I don't know lines united. Do you go camping and do. Code do all those things like video games it's like go outside and play kids I mean don't waste your time and character of you know Gary said. You only get so many minutes of life and join them. -- time to do the mailbag assured them. Time now for these virtual mail bag and and the other day we were talking about happy meals. And whether people are still buying them and bill from Seattle wrote us and misses one he said. I heard you're talk about how parents may be downsizing from happy meals to -- separate items. And splitting. The Fries and so on. Well I'm not a parent but I am downsizing from the regular meal items myself too happy meals. I get to save some cash and I also reduced my waist line at the same time. So as for me I find McDonald's happy meal to be a great value for both reasons let's get a cool cool exactly so bill from Seattle. I -- we have a nice collection of Darth Vader heads or whatever. Is the latest came out there who knows now I don't know I don't keep up with them. I just know that there all the backseat mine damn right. I couldn't even identify them what's in alone Dayton. I guess there's a lot of truth to that you know I must confess. That one I haven't bought items on the dollar menu I sometimes do get it happy meal because. I mean one happy meals enough and it's more about. Keeping the calorie count down. So I feel as though you know they get the apple slices so different from and I sometimes do I sometimes do and I don't use the care -- it's you know so again I am thinking that way and I'm glad to see him not the only -- out there and I say that I'm sorry of the Kirkuk now yes you do and you think I'm a Kook that's what it comes down to sound you had asked do you think on some. Out of touch cuckoo reads poetry all the time well you do. The I. Hot topic for another day okay bill thank you very much bill and Seattle writing us a -- if people want to write us how come they do that."

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" John looks like you think he's really not a Kook and with whom he can read poetry to be any time -- lab fifty thanks and."

" Thank you thanks John and and and finally watch out Martha Stewart an alligator is moving in on your territory. Izod the company famous for those polo shirts with a little alligator on the test is going into the home furnishings business parent company Phillips Van Heusen has licensed West Point home to design produce and market bed bath and kitchen products line. Under the Izod brand. And that's it for Money Markets & More I'm Adrian Mitchell thanks for listening till next time."