The Joystiq (Christmas) Weekend, 2006

Happy holidays! Destroy All Humans gets a quirky prologue, Street Fighter gets a quirky epilogue and yours truly goofs in thinking a TurboGrafx 16 game would only cost $6. Enjoy the image above (found via Digg) and check out the highlights for this holiday:

Joystiquery
Geometry Wars as art
Today's hottest game video: XFPS demo
Today's hottest game video: Halo gameplay remix
Today's hottest game video: Tomb Raider trailer
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: the Big N edition

News
Protecting adults from children online
WoW's Night before Wintervale holiday treat
Wii 'acquaintances' made easy with Google Maps
Destroy All Humans started as a joke, launched a "dance" career
Xbox 360 video download service succeeding, others failing
DVD players finally more common than VCRs
LCD makers under price-fixing investigation
SofaTube brings YouTube to Wii/PS3 couch potatoes
Christmas sees first VC price increase
Craigslisters trading PS3 for Wii + money

Rumors & Speculation
Vista DRM to slow down high-end graphics?

Console hackery
One Wii to control the entire house
Use a universal remote with PS3
Dreaming of a White PS3?
Play ripped PS1 games on PSP

Culture
Street Fighter's Blanka: an electrical oompa loompa
Geek, nerd, or dork?
American Choppers splice consoles for Christmas