My New Year's Resolution: Play more games this year. We'll often engage in the sport of game of the year nonsense here, but I just can't do so in good conscience this year, since there are a number of them I haven't played. Of course the news never stops, and keeping up with the ever changing scene is part of the problem, so I'll have to find this gaming time from other sources: I guess I'll look at cutting down on non-essential activities, like eating, sleeping, or bathing.

R.I.P. Pat Hingle. Gordon in the previous Batman movie series and a one-shot on just about every TV series ever.

Links of the Year:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez.
Play:	Replica. Thanks Digg.
Stories:	Conn. man's last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow. Thanks Neatorama. Russians claim their drinking prowess is a 'myth'. Child elopers' Africa plan foiled.
Science:	How the city hurts your brain. Why we're in the 'burbs. Thanks Neatorama. Scientists discover true love. How Hunting is Driving -Evolution in Reverse.
Media:	When Videogame Nerdom Goes Too Far... A geophysical survey of the World of Warcraft. Thanks jimnms. Daft Punk song performed on Nintendo DS and Theremin.
Image:	Rest In Peace- Where Bad Games Go To Die (RIP Tabula Rasa).
Follow-ups:	Fence hope for Tasmanian Devils. Scientists dismiss 'detox myth'. Cancer cells 'cheat suicide call'.
The Funnies:	xkcd.