Industry and multi-console news:

• According to a translation of a French interview with Christopher Gans, Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman will team up to write the Silent Hill 2 script.
• Having left the ESA, Doug Lowenstein will go on to head the Private Equity Council. So I guess he got a little burned out on the games industry.
• Sci-Fi nerds get more to salivate over as a Battlestar Galactica RPG game book is announced. (edit: It's a pen and paper RPG. Moved because I'm retarded.)
• This nine minute YouTube montage contains every fatality from Mortal Kombat 3.
• CVG has an interview with the designer and lead programmer for Civilization III and IV, talking about the state of the PC market and what he's looking forward to next year. He also has some kind words for Nintendo, saying "the one-two punch of the DS and the Wii is making Microsoft and Sony look like dinosaurs."
• The Escapist has a good collection of articles this week, covering the rise and fall of Troika, a look at the early years of Maxis, the trials and tribulations of localization, why parents make good game developers, and one man's experience playing female avatars in MMORPGs.
• Solvalou.com has a big archive of arcade game reviews from various magazines, ranging from the mid '80s to the early '90s. You can get nostalgic over a time when arcades actually meant something, or you can just lord your elite Future Knowledge over jerks like this, who call UN Squadron a "banal horizontal shooter" and then complain that Capcom is making yet another beat-em-up. Something called "Final Fight." That sure won't succeed.

PC news:

• Ars Technica argues that the flaws in Vista reported by the New York Times recently are exagerated.
• Amiga OS 4.0 has been released.
• GameTunnel has ranked their top ten indie games for December. They've started the announcements for game of the year in various categories, with the top ten of the year to be revealed December 30.
• FiringSquad has put up the first part of a Q&A with various developers about their thoughts on 2006 and what they expect out of 2007.

Nintendo news:

• Nintendo has updated their Virtual Console list for Japan with some of the titles they'll be seeing in January. Included on the list are Mario Kart, Fire Emblem and Kid Icarus.
• A survey conducted by Famitsu shows some mixed feelings among the Japanese towards the announcement of Dragon Quest IX.
• Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have sold five million units total, making them the best selling entries in the series so far.
• However, Pokemon Battle Revolution isn't doing so great, barely making the top ten and getting beaten out by Wii Sports.
• As long as you're doing everything else in your house with your Wii remote (besides actually playing your Wii), why not use it to control a Roomba.
• An open source Lemmings port has been released for the DS, along with a level editor.
• Warp Pipe has provided another link for tabbed Wii browsing in case the first one goes down.
• A writer for the Denver Post calls Wii Sports (specifically, the bowling part) the best game of the year.
• The British Chiropractors Association has developed a Wii Warm-Up to keep you from snapping in half every time you pick up your Wii remote.
• I4U's Gadget Model of the Month poses with the Wii. That's the Gadget Model of the Month: For when you've gotten to a point that just seeing attractive women holding electronics turns you on. At least it didn't turn out to be a pin-up calendar of that girl from Rescue Rangers.

Sony news:

• The recently announced PS3 version of Tekken 5 to be made available through the Playstation Store got a surprise debut in Japan today. It weighs in at 830 megs and 2,000 yen, or about $17.
• According to Destructoid, a Sony rep claims that PS3 kiosks freeze on purpose. "We do that so that people won't play it all day long," he explained. "Specifically during Motorstorm, we made it freeze up a lot."
• Pocket Gamer suggests the ten best PSP games of the year.
• If you're a real person who actually plays games and is looking for a PS3, you may be in luck as scalpers have begun returning their PS3s to stores. These dudes should've learned from the comics speculator "market."

Microsoft news:

• The last Live Arcade title for 2006 is out, and it's... New Rally-X.
• In slightly more hopeful Arcade news, Worms HD is in the final stages of development and will be officially unveiled at CES in January. The game will then be released on Live soon after.