I don’t know about you guys, but I love the holiday season. Love it! Hanukah, Christmas, Festivus, whatever, I love this time of the year. It isn’t for any special religious significance, or even the holidays themselves. No, I love this month because it’s the time where we can finally relax, take a couple of days off of work or school (in my case, both), and get some gaming on.

Believe me, I’ve been taking advantage of that time off. I’ve been playing a ton of games over the past few weeks - inFAMOUS (it’s no Crackdown, but I dig it), Valkyria Chronicles (a game I want to touch more on later - beautiful, charming, immersive, and the most important innovation in the jRPG in years), Mad World (artistically brilliant, but the gameplay is deeply flawed - I had my fill after an hour), Assassin’s Creed 2 (the plot is a bit rubbish, but the gameplay, art, and historical setting hit the right notes), and Left 4 Dead 2 (if you have friends, you need this game).

What about you, fellow rebels? What games have you been enjoying during the holidays? Are you going to bring the Wii to your parent’s house? Are the folks giving you any new games? Do you have any great stories of holidays past? Chime in!