For this offering of our weekly recap, we see a resurgence of all sorts in the gaming industry. Finally we see a PS3 kicking ass in the sales charts, finally we see another big homebrew breakthrough for the PSP, and finally, it looks like things are definitely looking up for the videogame world in general. It is certainly looking like it's gonna be a happy holidays we're having this year.

Sega may not be into making consoles anymore, but look! Zippo has gone and picked up the slack for them. Sort of. Check these out - Zippo has rolled out two new designs for us gamers: the old Sega consoles now bring a different kind of heat into your lifestyle.

Other than the figurines displayed at Jump Festa, we haven't really seen any other Final Fantasy XIII merchandise. And this time, they're accessories you can carry on your person and not something to be ogled at from the other side of a display case (unless you're that type of collector). No, they're not Vanille's pig-tails. And no, it's not Sazh's afro either. They're actually based off of Snow's tattooed symbol on his arm... which makes me think... why that of all things?

 For those of you fans of either Mistwalker, Blue Dragon, or Zippo lighters, well here's something to add to that list of things to spend your money on get for your collection.

On the other side of the world, the Japanese arm of the Zippo Manufacturing Company has just released the Blue Dragon-themed lighter. With Zippo lighters already considered as collectible items on their own, we're expecting at least two types of collectors to start placing their orders, as this lighter is also considered an official Blue Dragon merchandise.

Sporting a... well... metallic blue body, the lighter bears the illustration of the Blue Dragon itself on one side, while the other side has the game's logo monogrammed on it. The lighter also comes with its own clear display case, and bears the requisite serial number which attests to its authenticity as a Zippo product. Each lighter is priced at ¥10,500, though, or about US$ 87.

Well, if that seems too pricey, at least there's still the Blue Dragon mug set which goes for ¥3360 (about US$ 28) for a set of six.