The 
week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is joyful for gamers. With no school, work or any real responsibilities distracting you from that stack of new games you just unwrapped, it’s the perfect time for some serious play.
Until, that is, you run into a puzzle you can’t solve, a boss you can’t beat, or a map that leaves you disoriented.
Don’t worry — there’s plenty of help online. Here’s where to find fast answers to your questions about the season’s biggest titles.
Gamers 
are a fickle lot. If a game’s too short, there’s a furious outcry about how we didn’t get our $60 worth. But if it’s too long, most of us never get around to finishing it.
Raptr, which tracks more than 23 million gaming sessions, last year estimated that only 10 percent of players finish the final mission of a game. We get it. Life’s busy. There’s always something new on the horizon to distract your attention. And, frankly, the stories often aren’t strong enough to keep you glued to the screen, no matter how good the gameplay is.
Some games, though, demand to be completed. No matter how busy you are, here are eight games that you owe it to yourself to finish.
The 
horrific events in Newtown, Connecticut have re-ignited the debate about video game violence in the media.
Friday morning, the National Rifle Association was the latest to chime in, pointing the finger of blame at many forms of media and entertainment with a specific focus on video games.
On 
the heels of the tragic events in Newtown CT, the subject of video game violence has once again been thrust in the spotlight. As the discussion reached critical mass, Fox News Radio asked me to speak with several stations in their network on the subject. Here’s my conversation with KION’s Mark Carbonaro in Salinas, California.
Chris 
Morris argues that a Steam Box could make life difficult for Microsoft and Sony in the next couple years
With Nintendo having launched its next generation system and Microsoft and Sony waiting in the wings, plenty of analysts, observers and thumb-suckers are rubbing their worry beads about the impact of mobile and tablet gaming.
The PC is mentioned in passing, though few believe it will be a viable threat, due to the challenges that come with different hardware specifications. They also note that things like driver updates and the perception of more frequent component updates can be intimidating for the mass audience. But if the recent whispers of Valve’s plans to launch a game hardware system prove true, that could upend the playing field.
Maybe 
this is why Princess Peach spends so much time with Bowser.
A man dressed as Nintendo’s mascot Mario has been arrested in New York for groping a woman.
The 
Grinch has paid Nintendo a visit.
Seattle area police say a determined group of thieves have stolen more than $2 million worth of Wii Us from the company by simply driving off with them without raising any eyebrows.
There’s 
a certain irony that THQ — a company whose name is an abbreviation of Toy Head Quarters — met its fate less than a week before Christmas.
Make no mistake, THQ as we’ve known it is no more. The name might live on — and many of the games that were in the pipeline will likely make it to market. But even if that entity eventually proves to be a major force in the video game publishing industry at some point in the future, it won’t be THQ that succeeds. It will be its offspring.
In 
the pantheon of terrible video games, it doesn’t get much weirder than the legendary Shaq Fu.
Shaquille O’Neal’s woeful 1994 fighting game, which starred the then-Orlando Magic center as an interdimensional kung-fu expert, is often considered one of the worst games ever. But there was something so gloriously bizarre about it that it’s gained a cult following over the years – including a group of game makers who think it’s time Shaq ends his 18 years riding the video game development bench.
Bobby 
Kotick, CEO of Activision, is one of the most polarizing figures in gaming.
Investors love his focus on keeping the financials steady. Analysts respect his straight-talking, no-hold-barred attitude. But thanks to what many perceive as a thirst to milk every repetitive drop out of a handful of franchises, gamers aren’t exactly big fans, repeatedly tearing him apart in forums and even going so far as to deface his pictures online by, for instance, adding horns to them.
Kotick has a favor to ask, though. Say what you will about him, but could you lay off on the photo desecration? It’s hurting his love life.
Chris Morris: Journalist 