Kratos. He’s such an attention whore! Welcome to another edition of YTMND Thursday. Some decent picks this week, which ones do you like? Don’t forget to send in your YTMNDtips.

If you’re planning to pick upDragon Age IIwhen it ships next year, you might want to consider pre-ordering. BioWare has announced that all customers who pre-order the game before January 11 will receive a “free upgrade” to a limited editionDragon Age II BioWare Signature Edition. TheSignature Editioncomes with what BioWare is saying is “over $20 of additional content,” including: a download code for an additional playable character and new missions; a digital version of the game’s soundtrack; and an in-game digital armory featuring a number of weapons and other items....

Who doesn’t love arcade sports games? Though they tend to lack depth, they almost always providetons o’ fun— and 2007’sThe BIGSwas no exception. Taking the throne that was vacated by Midway’s solidMLB SlugFestseries when 2K procured the exclusive third-party baseball license,The BIGSbrought addictive gameplay to the fore — and its Home Run Pinball mode, which put you in a glitzy Times Square, was a personal favorite of mine, since I’m a sucker for anything set in New York....

And 100% of statistics are stupid. Someone’s got to track this crap, right? TheEntertainment Software Association has done that for us, and they say that38 percent of gamers are female. These gals spend7.4 hours a week playing games, andthe survey says that the majority of them prefer casual games. They usually use the Nintendo DS or a PC get their game on. Whatever. ACNN articleties these statistics into how many women are actually making games....

Some photos are disturbing. No, seriously. [Editor’s note: Tony Ponce, which we only knew as “megaStryke” when this was published, looks at three games that have destroyed people’s bodies for his A Time to DestroyMonthly Musing. In 2012 he joined the Dtoid team as an associate editor. Imagine that! — CTZ] Games are considered a safe activity because they provide an engaging and immersive experience without the need to leave home....

In an article forEdge,Dead Spaceexecutive producer Glen Shofield wrote about how the gore inDead Spacereflects reality — literally. Led by Shofield, the developers for the horror title, EA Redwood Shores, viewed photos of car accident and war victims to get a sense of what real dead bodies looked like. From the article: This sounds horrible, but we had to go look at pictures of car accidents and war scenes and things like that because we had to get it right; we had to portray scenes of terrible carnage and realism....

Capcom revealedDr. Doom, Chun-Li, Super Skrull and Trish fromDevil May Cryyesterday and now Marvel has two more character reveals. Yes, Thor and Amaterasu will be inMarvel vs. Capcom 3. So. Awesome. The Thor reveal timing is perfect as Marvel is currently hyping the hell out of theThormovie at San Diego Comic-Con this week. What I wasn’t expecting was that Amaterasu would ever be in the game. The screens below depict the two squaring off....

While most sensible human beings regard theModern Warfare 2“Stimulus Package” DLC as being a gouging, greedy, overpriced slap in the face, at least one analyst believes that it should have cost more. EEDAR’s Jesse Divinch, running the risk of giving Activision an evil idea, seems almostdisappointedby that the map pack didn’t cost $20. “The accepted commercial success benchmark for DLC for a console game is 20% of the install base,” explains Divinch....

Capcom has revealed that S.T.A.R.S. members Barry Burton and Rebecca Chambers will be unlockable as part of the upcoming additional content forResident Evil 5. The characters will be playable in “Mercenaries Reunion” mode, and will feature their own customized weapon load-outs. The characters will ship as unlockables on theResident Evil 5: Gold Editionretail disc, which comes with both the “Lost in Nightmares” and “Desperate Escape” expansions. If you already ownResident Evil 5, you can simply download the content....

Xbox 360 wanna-Beatles (see what I did there?) have been enjoying it since launch, but Harmonix and MTV Games have announced thatThe Beatles: Rock BandDLC “All You Need is Love” will soon be available for Wii and PlayStation 3. The track will hitThe Beatles: Rock BandMusic Store for Wii on February 16 for 200 Wii Points, and for the PlayStation 3 on March 4 for $1.99. Proceeds from the sales of the track will go towards Doctors Without Borders; more than $200,000 has been generated from the sales of the track on the Xbox 360....

I have the originalBioShockartbook, and while it is ok, it pales next to something like the 288 pageOkamiartbook that proudly adorns my coffeetable. With a game as rich asBioShock, I wanted something a little bit more hardcore when it came to an artbook. Luckily, someone else had the same idea, and now we have the Developer’s Edition artbook coming our way, which weighs in at a respectable 174 pages. Only sold through theTake Two store, the softcover book boasts never-seen-before art from the game as well as an introduction from 2K Marin’s Executive Producer, Alyssa Finley....

Ten episodes. That’s how many it took for me to get one up late. The week after E3 was not the best time to attempt getting a show together. We’ve learned a valuable lesson today. Episode 10 features Ed McMillen of Team Meat. We talk aboutSuper Meat Boy, Hitler and the dangers of being multiplatform in a fanboy world. It’s a pretty good time. You should invite your friends. Oh, and we’re doing a little something special to celebrate our tenth episode of the show....

Andy Holzer (pictured above) climbs mountains. That’s his thing. His other thing is that he’s been blind since birth. Also, did I mention he climbs mountains? You know, good for him. I wear corrective lenses, and I’m not climbing a mountain any time soon. But I still think it’s a bad idea. I mean, the guy is blind; mountain climbing is like, totally dangerous. But leave it to Deep Silver, publisher of the upcoming Wii horror exclusive,Cursed Mountain, to encourage the guy....