The video's creator, YouTube's kalleanka71 apparently is a Swede who enjoys doing these kinds of mashups. And he does them very well. This is his latest (released Dec. 25). Others include Dallas, Airwolf, both a Rebel Alliance and Imperial version, and a head-asploding MacGyver that simply must be seen.

As sister site Gizmodo pointed out, if he's this excited right now, just image him if he gets the Red Ring of Death.

Goodbye N64 Kid, Hello Xbox 360 Kid [Gizmodo]

Final Fantasy Classic WITH LYRICS [YouTube, Thanks Lyndon R. L.]

•Eight Games That Should Never Become Movies [The Kartel] I think the fundamental problem with this genre is that no one has ever written or filmed anything that obscures the fact you're looking at a 90-minute advertisement for a game. You go in knowing that, and it makes all its flaws even worse. So, here's a list of great games that would be utterly ruined by a process that has turned out nothing but disappointments. Mass Effect, Fallout, Grand Theft Auto are the top choices. I'd like to add a movie that never should have been a game or a movie: Wanted: Weapons of Fate.

•The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade [Wired] Spoiler alert! The Sims is No. 1, Grand Theft Auto III is No. 2. Halo is No. 6, a bit low for such a groundbreaking title.

•The Five Worst Video Game Marketing Campaigns of 2009 [Set on Stun] The keystone kops who ran Dante's Inferno's publicity can't even fail into the top spot here. That's reserved for Evony, an online game I've never played but apparently run by people who couldn't find their own ass with both hands and a map. Modern Warfare 2 was No. 4 thanks to the FAGS video, which probably falls outside the scope of official marketing. And I think, on the whole, the game sold rather well despite that.

•Top 10 Celebrities That Look Like Video Game Characters [VGChartz] Oooh! Oooh! I can play this too! Was Bib Fortuna in a video game? Because that sucker is a dead ringer for Jack Thompson. Also, separated at birth: Uncharted 2's Nathan Drake and former SMU running back/college football analyst Craig James.

•Top 10 Video Games That Almost Never Happened [Ask Men] I'm calling bullshit on No. 1. Grand Theft Auto IV? Really. Because, what, it's a boutique brand that can't recoup its development cost? No, it's because the franchise is such a media pariah and Hot Coffee was such a scandal. Uh huh. We're talking about a company that just infuriated investors and analysts by not announcing plans for Grand Theft Auto V in 2010. If it failed to produce GTA IV, Take Two would have been sold well before now.

Penny Arcade

published Dec. 18

PvPonline

published Dec. 25

ActionTrip

published Dec. 21

Digital Unrest

published Dec. 25

GU Comics

published Dec. 25

Ctrl-Alt-Del

published Dec. 25

Dueling Analogs

published Dec. 14

Nerf NOW

published Dec. 24

Rooster Teeth

published Dec. 26

Monday Night Crew

published Dec. 26

Virtual Shackles

published Dec. 25

The Midnight Riders—or their management, we presume, since the band has been missing in action since October—have released their holiday single "All I Want For Christmas (Is To Kick Your Ass)" online, giving Left 4 Dead 2/southern rock superfans a new Christmas anthem to break pool cues and beer bottles to.

The fiction, explaining how the Midnight Riders would even conceive of writing a Christmas tune, can be enjoyed at the band's YouTube page.

All I Want For Christmas (Is To Kick Your Ass) [YouTube - thanks, Chad & Jeremy!]

Did you know Diaz had been cast as Sonya in the first Mortal Kombat movie? And only pulled out because she broke her hand having karate lessons? We didn't.

Imagine that...one of the most beautiful and successful actresses of our generation, and she was one broken hand from throwing it all away...

[Ed Boon @ Twitter, thanks Frank!]

•Fifteen Games that Defined the PlayStation Brand [Joystick Division] On the 15th birthday of the original PlayStation, Joystick Division looks at 15 games that helped cement the brand's place in modern gaming, beginning with Final Fantasy VII.

•The Year's Most Cinematic Games [Independent Film Channel] If this were a video game site, this list would be old news. But it's interesting to see what independent film enthusiasts think of the medium. Uncharted 2, of course leads the list, followed by Red Faction: Guerrilla. But Flower?

•Suggested New Titles for EA Sports [Ripten] Not really a Top-10 (or three), but Ripten's Chad Lakkis puts together an amusing three concepts for EA Sports, grappling with Tiger Woods' infidelity scandal and whether to keep him on the title of their golf game.

•Seven Christmas Games that Make You Hate Christmas [GameSpy] A compilation of dreadful holiday-themed shovelware and the hideous The Santa Clause adaptation for Game Boy Advance. Elf Bowling is the dishonorable No. 1.

•Top 8 Most Insulting Gifts for Gamers [The Kartel] Nothing sucks worse than to be typecast as the family gamer, and to get a cheap and completely out-of-it gift from a well intentioned but clueless relative. The usual collection of knockoffs populate this list. That cardboard arcade cabinet cutout for your PSP is humiliating for both giver and receiver. The Xbox 360 Arcade is a pretty shrewd choice (as you'd have to drop another $250 on the XBL the hard drive, the HD-CVI cables, another controller, it's the gift that keeps on taking.)

Penny Arcade

published Dec. 16

PvPonline

published Dec. 18

ActionTrip

published Dec. 14

Digital Unrest

published Dec. 12

EXTRALIFE

published Dec. 17

2P Start!

published Dec. 16

GU Comics

published Dec. 11

Dotgif

published Dec. 14

Dueling Analogs

published Dec. 14

Nerf NOW

published Dec. 16

Rooster Teeth

published Dec. 15

Monday Night Crew

published Dec. 18

Virtual Shackles

published Dec. 14

"Did you notice around :49 his tapping actually shook change off my desk and onto my floor?" writes Brentalfloss. Yes. All I can say is, I feel sorry for your downstairs neighbors, dude.

Tap-Dancing the Super Mario Bros. Theme [YouTube via GoNintendo]

[Browser Pong]

The only reason I can imagine for such a grievous oversight is the fact that he didn't actually voice Ezio in Assassin's Creed II. Other than that, his performance is flawless.

Thanks David for passing along the clip!

This guy has a PS3 Slim and a projector strapped to his chest and back, like a Ghostbuster keeping himself busy on his day off, and proceeds to show that despite the bulk and inconvenience of the outfit, it actually works.

Strap On a Projector and a PS3, Then Game Anywhere [Gizmodo]

•Top 10 Video Game Weapons [AskMen] Haven't we been over this already? Yeah, yeah. BFG-9000, blah blah spread fire from Contra. Where's the dead-cat silencer from Postal? What about the plasma cannon in Dark Forces?

•Top Seven Games That Should Get the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Treatment [The Kartel] Sonic the Hedgehog is the obvious and undisputed No. 1 for a side-scroller reboot. Super Star Wars is a brilliant choice at No. 3. My sentimental favorite? Bubble Bobble. Not a sidescroller, but still fun as hell and worth the reboot.

•The Five Greatest Football Games [Top o' the Pigskin] Ah, here's a list to get my blood pumping. Top 5 games? San Diego 41, Miami 38, on Jan. 2, 1982. Or State's 30-27 triumph at Virginia on the day after Thanksgiving, 1994, dumping those overrated bastard-ass bastards from the Fiesta Bowl to the Weedwhacker. I actually taunted Tiki Barber, about that five years later, to his face. Wait? Greatest Football Video Games? Well, uh ... NFL 2K5, Tecmo Super Bowl, NCAA 2004 - NCAA '04 isn't on this list? What?

•The 10 Ugliest Main Characters in Video Games [Video Games Zone] Our German friends tackle the subject of homeliest protagonists, and as much as I loved Bully, Jimmy Hopkins was a butt-fugly lead. Guy looked like one of those fetal pigs you carve in the biology class minigame. But ugliest? This guy hasn't seen what I can do with Fallout 3's character creation engine.

•Top 11 Most Overly Hyped Games [Baxy-Z] Baxy-Z boldly goes where 4,921 sites have gone before, loudly proclaiming which titles have been the recipients of the most insufferable marketing campaigns in the past. Here would be an amusing list: Predicting the five to get it most in the future. Modern Warfare 3. Grand Theft Auto V. Wii Motion Fit Plus Resort II. Discuss.

Penny Arcade

published Dec. 11

PvPonline

published Dec. 11

ActionTrip

published Dec. 7

Digital Unrest

published Dec. 7

EXTRALIFE

published Dec. 10

2P Start!

published Dec. 9

GU Comics

published Dec. 11

Dotgif

published Dec. 7

Ctrl-Alt-Delete

published Dec. 9

Dueling Analogs

published Dec. 11

Nerf NOW

published Dec. 11

Rooster Teeth

published Dec. 12

Monday Night Crew

published Dec. 7

Virtual Shackles

published Dec. 9

Playing Tetris will never, ever be the same. Now we have a focus for our frustration and anger. I hope that actor is prepared to be punched in the face on a regular basis.

Thanks David!

•Top 10 Games That Got Canned [Brave New Gamer] Duke Nukem Forever, Battlefront 3 and Perfect Dark 2 are the sainted martyrs atop this list; for me, I always shed a tear knowing how close we were to a Taxi Driver video game.

•12 Games You Must Play This Christmas [TechRadar] At first, I was gonna say, "This reads like a big free ad for the top releases of the last two quarters." Then I saw Wii Fit Plus at No. 12, so I know it's a big free ad.

•The REAL Top Ten Games of the Decade [Destructoid] The fact "True Crime: Streets of LA" isn't on this list is a travesty and a disgrace to video games journalism.

•Top 10 Gaming Controversies [IGN] You know all the parts by heart - Mass Effect sex, Manhunt 2, Hot Coffee, etc. In all seriousness, I think the exclusive NFL license EA Sports secured in 2005 should make this list. Nothing pisses off gamers more than a monopoly, or a company with any kind of power over any of their choices, really. These foofaraws are largely the outside world taking umbrage (sometimes misinformed) at what we otherwise wouldn't even bat an eye.

•10 of the Most Extreme Controllers Ever [Games Radar] PediSedate is enough to make any mother crap a statue of herself and vow never to let her daughter out of her sight again until she (the child) reaches age 50. I don't care if that's ostensibly meant for anesthetic uses in a licensed medical practicioner's office, it's creepier than a DVD full of To Catch a Predator. Close second: The PainStation, which reminds me of the gom jabbar test from Dune. Yeeeesh.