This video offers Cliff Harris from Positech Games offering thoughts on Gratuitous Tank Battles, and the influences behind this upcoming tower defense-style strategy game. On a semi-related note, Gratuitous Space Battles is on sale on Steam, where the GTB predecessor is half-off.

Kotaku - A Beatdown in Which No One Threw the First Punch.
That's his prerogative. Penny Arcade is not my business and I've never attended PAX. But the fact remains this incident never would have become the Internet scandal it is if Krahulik didn't decide it involved him and it involved Penny Arcade. There's a difference between saying, for example, "The Boston Red Sox endorse what I write," and "I'm going to a Red Sox game." Well, PAX is a Red Sox game in this case; all Christoforo said was he was going to it, which more than 100 exhibitors do in Boston.

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• These Are the Best Indie Games of 2011 - Kotaku. Thanks Batman.

• Unannounced XBLA games hit rating boards along with many others.
• Xbox 12 Days of Deals- Day 12.
• Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson » Show 424.

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• Comcast Unsurprisingly Kills Internet2Go Wireless.
• New glasses-free 3D smartphone and tablet to debut at CES. Thanks HARDOCP.
• Verizon ditches $2 fee after customer uproar. Thanks loonybomber.
• Mojang Doesn't Know How Minecraft- Pocket Edition Will Turn Out.
• Coin Flick Christmas on the iTunes App Store.
• Grand Theft Auto III mobile supports PC mods.
• Orangutans to Skype between zoos with iPads. Thanks Slashdot.

• Apple's Jonathan Ive gets an OBE. Thanks Matthew.
• HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast.

• Now The Largest Game Companies In The World Have Dropped Support For A Bill The Internet Hates. Thanks GamePolitics.

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on GameBanshee.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic on IncGamers.

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• Kingston HyperX 3.0 64GB Flash Drive on Legit Reviews.
• NZXT HALE82 650W PSU on OCIA.net.

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Happy New Year's Eve! We're planning a quiet evening here in the BlueTower, and are very happy about that. I'm also happy that I'm not in any oral pain, as it turns out I need to go back to Dr. Toothy when he has more time for me, since there are two things he can do in the same area at once, which would be optimal. You can look forward to my whining about that in a couple of weeks, around the time of my new appointment. As for tonight, I'll offer my usual warnings about being careful on what is a heyday for amateur drinking: Please be safe, especially on the road. And of course, to those in areas like Australia where it's already 2012, please don't reveal what the future holds, as my flux capacitor is on the fritz, and I may not be able to go back set things right.

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Stories:	Airlines Count Down to Safest Year on Record. Thanks Slashdot.
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Media:	Win/Luck Compilation of 2011. Best Local News Bloopers of 2011. NMA: Romo, Manning battle for playoff spot.