What the hell are Christmas stockings anyway? Why do we put stuff in them? Are they supposed to be Santa Claus’ socks? Why would we want to do that, and what relevance do they have to videogames anyway? A big-assed red sock on the wall has never made sense to me, but these 8-bit game sprite stockings are something I can get behind. Reader bookwo3107 (Greg) sent us images of his Christmas stockings done right....

Well, it’s about two years too late to really be timely with the whole Chuck Norris meme, butChuck Norris: Bring on the Painfor the iPhone is finally about to get a release. The game, which for some reason we failed to tell you about when it was first announced, is a sidescrolling brawler in which you play as none other than Chuck Norris. In the game Chuck Norris is sent to the jungles of Cambodia to save a group of prisoners from communists....

At Midway’s panel today at Comic-Con, a slew of new characters were unveiled forMortal Kombat versus DC Universe. On the DC side of things, the Joker, Shazam, Green Lantern were all announced. As for the Mortal Kombat characters, Kitana,Shang Tsung, and Liu Kang were confirmed as well. Unfortunately, no footage of these characters was specifically shown at the panel. If new characters weren’t enough, a special comic by DC and a PS2 bundle were also announced....

Fans of obscure scrollerThe Red Starmight be very interested to learn that the OFLC has recentlyre-ratedthe game for a multiplatform release. Our tipster checked to make sure this wasn’t just an old rating for the PS2 and Xbox version, and was happy to find that the original rating is still listed, meaning this is entirely new. The OFLC hasn’t revealed very much outside that, so we don’t know exactly what this means....

If you grew up during the late eighties or early nineties, space cowboys were the coolest, most badass dudes ever. Cartoons likeBraveStarr,Saber RidersandCowboy Beboptook the previously overused elements of cowboys, horses and gangsters, and put them into space. It’s been a while since we last had any games or shows about gun-wielding space men, but they are back inStarhawk. We talked to Dylan Jobe from LightBox Interactive about dogfights in space!...

[As originally posted onTomopop] The world of designer vinyl is a strange one, to be sure, but if you are thinking to yourself “What in the … what the hell am I looking at here?”, I’d guess you wouldn’t be the only one. ArtistDave Bondidecided to a pop culture mashup by creating Akashi, who is a mix between Mickey Mouse and Mario. Measuring in at 9 inches and priced at $65, this piece ought to appeal to collectors who have a firm sense of humor....

At E3 2006, I played a game calledDead Islandon the PC, and it sure didn’t look like this. But that’s a good thing, because Techland looks like they’re headed in the right direction with this open world zombie survival first-person shooter. What’s that? You don’t think there’s enough gameplay shown here to make any judgments? Come on now — you should know that anything with the flesh eating dead is cool in my book....

In our first chapter in ourBoy and His Blobseries,Forest, you got your first look at what gameplay would really be like, got to witness the epic glory of the hug button, and heard the boy’s heartwarming voice for the first time. Yesterday, we shared theSwamp level, which apparently wasn’t as interesting as the fact that I had googly eyes for developer Sean Velasco. I’ll admit, I was a little starstruck, but you would be too if you got to hang out with the guy that made this game!...

TheAfro Samuraianime has its charms. The bent characters, copious amounts of stylized violence and decent narrative kept me moving from episode to episode. I usually don’t enjoy watching “cartoon” movies. I’m the kind of guy that likes his action or plot to be moved by real people, doing fake things in front of a green screen. When I heard that Namco Bandai’s new Surge label was developing anAfro Samuraivideogame, I got excited....

WhenPenny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode Onewas released, I eagerly gobbled it right up. It was brash, absurd and hilarious, exactly the sort of lampooning that I feel many RPGs which take themselves too seriously deserved. This week,Episode Twomade its way into our clammy, grubby hands and I was eagerly looking forward to the opportunity to return to the world of New Arcadia. Could it live up to the precedent set by the launch of the series?...

Before my nastiest knee accident, I was a terror on clay. Opponents would quiver as my mighty backhand delivered crushing blows that needled the line and ran them to exhaustion. My serve wasn’t too bad either. A few years ago when Pete Sampras and I were just kidding around at my private court, I served up a nasty 122 MPH ball that caught on fire and put a small crater on the opposite side of the net....

We’ve beenkeeping an eye onthe officialDissidia: Final FantasyJapanese Website for awhile now, and we’ve just heard that it has been updated again, now with a game play trailer. Hit the “New Movie” link andwatch onas Onion Knight fromFinal Fantasy IIIbrings the heat to a naughty Cloud of Darkness. You’ve gotta love the retroliciousFinal Fantasypop-up menus that appear during game play. It actually gets even better near the end of the video, where you see the selection of an actual spell, in this case, the white spell “Holy....

Hey guys! In case you live under a rock that is in a box buried underground, you may have heard about DtoidSF being at the annual WedgeCon held this weekend at the DtoidHQ! This event was an all weekend celebration of the communities centered around our very ownWedgeWu, and was seriously one of the most epic NARPs in the history of NARPitude. Let’s start this recap off! (warning, it is picture heavy!...