As mentioned a couple of weeks ago (story) the Microsoft Usability Gamer Enrollment Form offers Seattle residents the chance to be Xbox beta testers, we repeat this news to stave off continued email on the subject resulting from a Slashdot article posted yesterday. Also, GameCube Controller Touch the Future is an IGN article where they intrepidly build their own GameCube controller to provide hands-on impressions. Moving right along, there's a SoF PS2 Update on FGN gives the latest info on efforts to port Raven's shooter to the PS2. Finally, Gamers.com interviews Hironobu Sakaguchi and Jun Aida, the director and producer (respectively) of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the upcoming Final Fantasy movie.