Did you have yourself a Mario little Christmas? (I can hear you groaning.) Analyst Jesse Divnich says that "Nintendo saved Christmas," with Wii sales on an all-time high for December. Without these sales, he says, the industry would have felt "the full wrath of the recession."

How far would you go for your favorite video game character? This kid went all the way to court. 11-year-old Judson King was such a Sonic the Hedgehog fan that he decided he wanted the real thing - only to find out that hedgehogs were illegal in his city. What's a boy to do but take the case to court?

A very Merry Christmas from your friends at QJ. Here's to sneaked peeks, to torn wrapping paper and gingerbread, to stocking stuffers and pudding, to merriment and relaxation. Basically, we hope you folks are taking it easy.

All the very best,

Team QJ.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

The rabbids want to greet you a Merry Christmas. Video after the link.

Short but sweet update: Take-Two Interactive is planning to release BioShock 2 in 2009. Oh, you say you already got that from the title alone and I'm wasting your time with filler text? Why, yes, I am.

Looks like Nintendo isn't the only one getting a class-action lawsuit for Christmas. A new lawsuit (with an old tune) is claiming that Microsoft knew about the Xbox 360's disc-scratching problem way before the console was released.

Details in the full article.

Most of us can agree that the PlayStation 3 desperately needs a price cut. But when CNN says it, whoa nelly: "Tell yourself the PS3 has superior graphics if it makes you feel better, but a $400 console with a mediocre game library simply cannot compete against an Xbox 360 priced at $200 in this economy."

Ouchies.

Ah yes, it's the Christmas season indeed. The spirit of joy and cheer is all around us: angry shoppers, traffic jams, and the occasional cross-platform bashing between Microsoft and Sony.

Xbox 360 product manager Aaron Greenberg talks about how Microsoft is dealing with the holidays, especially in these times of economic turmoil. Meanwhile, he also takes a potshot at every Sony fanboy's favorite Christmas present: PlayStation Home.

That's right, Gamestation's Advent Calendar is back, and we're gonna be seeing one discounted title every day until Christmas. Follow this calendar of games-for-less and I'm sure you won't use boughs of holly to deck your halls this Christmas.

Let your NXE Avatar get into the Christmas spirit with the free Avatar Winter wardrobe. Because the spirit of Christmas is free stuff! The clothing pack is now available, so get it while it's hot (or cold).