- A further trawl of the RSS reveals these sets of delightful links. You guys may have seen it already, but I particularly liked the Conan O'Brien 'Rock Band' skit, mainly because it shows just how accessible music games are to Finnish president lookalikes.

Also below - new physics games, Steve Bauman picking Assassin's Creed as game of the year, and a rather brilliantly surreal fighting game trash-talk video. Someone get that man to commentate on TV! Here goes:

NekoFight » Fun-Motion
'Slightly Miswired Robot Ragdolls Shuffle About', the title handily says. Physics games ftw!

Japanmanship: How now cash-cow?
Suggestions for DS add-ons: 'I doubt any of the above will actually be implemented, save for the bigger screens, as they really don’t need to do anything to continue the sales trends, for now.'

Joystiq interview: What game devs, pubs got in the THEIR stockings - Joystiq
Bacon of the month is awesome.

YouTube - Rock Band on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Yay, zeitgeist alert.

2007: The Year that Was . . . And Wasn't - Gamezebo.com
'In the end, 2007 was a good year for casual games, but when you look beneath the hype, the reality paints a more somber picture.'

The Bar For Cutscenes Has Once Again Risen, Thanks To Phoenix Games... - NeoGAF
'... and their masterpiece, Animal Soccer World.' Bad, bad game cut-scene alert.

YouTube - mahvel baybee!
Over-enthusiastic (slightly NSFW audio) Capcom/Marvel fighting game commentary gets awesome subtitles - via Fort90.

manic pop blog » The 10 Best Games I Actually Played in 2007
Former CGM editor Steve Bauman picks... Assassin's Creed as his No. 1 game. Genuinely. Good on him!