GamePro is opening up a new site meant to educate parents about video games. The blog features a mother and a father character who write about particular games and why they may not be appropriate for children. Where it gets weird is that they then have a child character write on behalf of why he or she'd like to play the game, which leads to someone (presumably not a real kid) writing in childspeak about how Scarface is a neat game.

Industry and multi-console news:

• Gamespot's PS3 page has been overtaken with a 360 theme. The other category pages are perfectly normal.
• Square Enix and Sony BMG have announced a "mobile dance game" called Destiny's Child Groove. How exactly one makes a dance game for a mobile phone is unclear.
• An article in the Harvard Business Review advocates reverse product placement for video games. That is, taking fictional game products and making real brands out of them, like the infamous FFXII Potions.
• Ebay has released sales figures for the PS3 and Wii. The PS3 was sold in 14,000 different auctions; the Wii in 26,000.
• Video: Interviews with young kids in Toronto's Regent Park neighborhood on why they play GTA San Andreas.
• Colts tight end Dallas Clark wasn't happy with a recent Madden 2007 ad that he felt made him "look like a punk." In response, the commercial's creators (who happen to be Rooster Teeth, the creators of Red vs Blue) made a new ad they felt would be more to his liking.

PC news:

• Episode 2 of Sam & Max hits GameTap December 21, and will be available for sale on the Telltale Games website on January 5.

Nintendo news:

• Reggie Fils-Aime says that the Wii is on target to meet the 4 million shipped by the end of 2006 promise they made. It could even exceed that, though he admits that would be "challenging based on manufacturing capacity." He also says the GBA has "at least one more holiday season in it."
• In an interview conducted within Second Life, Reggie talked about further Mii customization in the future and the possibilities of Wii MMOs.
• Nintendo's online store has restocked Wii component cables.
• I can only pray that any of you who waited in line for a Wii were not standing next to this guy.
• Impress the ladies with the new Nintendo Family Tree t-shirts.
• Pokemon Battle Revolution will allow players to save data to their remote and carry it over to someone else's Wii.
• For anyone trying to find a Wii this past week or so, this ancient Toys R Us commercial will seem oddly familiar. Otherwise, you can just laugh at dad dressed like Samus.
• Retrozone is taking pre-orders on special ports that will allow you to use NES and SNES controllers with the Wii.
• A particular new brand of PC looks a lot like a Wii.
• The full list of VC games hitting Japan by the end of the year has been released. All told, they'll get 20 more titles than America by the end of 2006.
• Yesterday's Wii update stops the Wii Shop from being used as a browser.

Sony news:

• The president of Namco Bandai says a PS3 game must sell 500,000 copies to turn a profit.
• Kaz Hirai and Jack Tretton have been promoted to president of Sony Computer Entertainment and president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, respectively.
• The CEO of EA has said that Sony only sold 200,00 units at launch due to even more shortages than were anticipated.

Microsoft news:

• Microsoft has issued a patch for the 1080p VGA problem. Joystiq says it still needs work.
• More Halo 3 beta details: On December 4, North American gamers can go to halo3.com and sign up for a chance to be a part of the beta, which starts in spring.
• They also sent out a screenshot from the trailer that will air the same day during Monday Night Football, if you're desperate.