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You’ll not only be platforming but building the platforms in Tuper Tario Tros.; it mixes Super Mario Bros. and Tetris, letting you switch between the two games by using the space bar.

Take a sneak peek inside the subscription-only, quarterly World of Warcraft Official Magazine; it’s more a book than a magazine, with no ads–just 148 pages of articles and pictures.

Filled with psychotropic mushrooms and reluctantly airborne tortoises, A Complaint to Mario Bros. Plumbing is reason enough that video game characters are best left in World 1-1.

Gorgeously animated with Corel Painter, Assassin’s Creed: Initiation is a fan-made short film; it delves into Altair’s past, showing his last rite of passage before gaining the title of Assassin.

There’s no gameplay footage in this trailer for Fist of the North Star, but we’re still plenty excited: the Dynasty Warriors-style game is due out next year on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Though far shorter than previous trailers, these Assassin and Savage trailers for Mass Effect 2 manage to be both entertaining and succinct; in the deep words of Grunt: “I love to fight.”

If you’re a true-blooded chocobo, seven-letter hero, or adventurer with a thing for thickets, we promise you’ll shed happy triforce tears over Brentalfloss’ Final Fantasy with Lyrics.

Some may find mowing down zombies with a car repetitive, but this launch trailer for Zombie Driver puts the undead to rest: rocket-powered buses and flame-throwing limos FTW!

I’ve got the whole 8-bit world in my hands: Craig Robinson’s famous Minipops are now available on the iPhone/iPod Touch, with 1,000 pixel people and a Guess Who? pop-quiz mode.

Bioware co-founder Ray Muzyka gives us an overview of Mass Effect 2’s new features in this Upgrades Interview; he covers the improved combat system, exploration, and progression.

Saint Nick lays down a whole can of Christmas kick-ass with Santa Fu; it’s a not-so-merry version of Kung Fu Master where you’ll take on gingerbread men, nutcrackers, and elves.

This Story trailer for Alien vs. Predator is actually light on the story and heavy on the gory; if there’s a brighter future with Weyland-Yutani, it sure as hell ain’t working as a colonial marine.

Mass Effect 2’s Infilitrator class gets a stealthy reveal in the trailer above: it only focuses on one talent–the tactical cloak–but it’s perfect for games of hide and geth seek.

Due out next week on Xbox 360, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is a Mad Max-inspired Borderlands DLC; you’ll fight waves of enemies in one of three arenas in either single player or co-op.

Confirmed for the US: Alien vs. Predator: Hunter Edition gets up close and personal with a Facehugger model, Weyland Yutani badge, hardcover graphic novel, and 4 multiplayer maps.

The 12 Days of Christmas meet the 9 Circles of Hell in this gut-wrenchingly goofy Christmas Carol trailer for Dante’s Inferno; it’s actually a teaser for the game’s Gates of Hell Demo.

It may be purely cinematic and completely Japanese, but this Airship video for Final Fantasy XIII is worth a billion words; the first part is mostly dialog, with more action in the second.

Bioshock 2 unloads a triplet of little sisters gameplay trailers that show off three of its team-based multiplayer modes; included: Capture the Sister, Turf Wars, and Civil War.

Perfect for brainless board game fun, Oh No… Zombies! tasks you with leaving your shack to collect survival gear at abandoned stores; includes 35 cards, 14 game pieces and 3 dice.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shows off its new Squad Deathmatch multiplayer mode; it features up to four squads of four, random or teammate spawn points, and a single armored vehicle.

Because it’s good to know where your priorities fly: Ryan Vanderbilt’s table&tennis is a slick, wood-topped, metal-framed conference table that also doubles as a ping pong table.

Splinter Cell: Conviction’s new co-op mode gets fleshed out along with a series of Denial Ops missions in this Hunter interview; the latter are standalone 1-2 player challenges.

We’ve been smitten with Just Cause 2’s over the top skydivin’ hijinx for some time, but this Chaos trailer seals the deal with an equally over the top bazooka-totin’ villain guarded by ninjas.