We been riding waves of nostalgia as we wrapped up 2009 and ushered in a new decade. It's hard enough trying to collect your thoughts for a look back at one year, but traveling down memory lane for the last 10 years is akin to a cross country road trip.[nextpage]

But what made all this fun and enlightening was our collaborative approach to compiling our thoughts. We put together a list of defining moments from the big three console makers, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, and I must say it is a well researched piece because it involved a good handful of people to put it all together. We also looped in some community members and they shared their thoughts on memories moments in games. 

Defining Moments in Video Games - Console Contributions

• Notable Nintendo Nostalgia

• Sony's

Few gamers have heard of a recent legal battle between Hillcrest Labs and Nintendo, and the ones that have had written it off as another attempting at patent trolling. The lawsuit claimed that Nintendo infringed on various patents owned by Hillcrest when it came to motion control. Hillcrest labs is a venture backed start up that has raised over $50 million to date, and invested heavily to create the next generation of motion controls.

So what happened to that lawsuit? Nintendo decided to settle last Aug, with no admission of guilt. So while it's not clear what would have happened if the battle went all the way through court, what is clear is that the technology Hillcrest Labs has invented is now of keen interest to every console developer.[nextpage]

Our source at Hillcrest labs, who prefers

CES is one massive show, and all that running around can make a man hungry. Thankfully Nyko came to the rescue with these custom created Wii Remote cupcakes, which they used to promote their new Wii Remote charging station. The cupcakes were the size of footballs. They offered one. I took three.[nextpage]

Speaking of the Wii Remote charging station, it's actually pretty nifty. Their new version holds up to 4 Wii Remotes, and it uses induction charging, so you don't have to plug the remotes in to charge. You just place it on the magnetic strip, and boom, it charges.

Now that KGHapa and TheGreatOne have posted up their recommendations for great holiday gifts for gamers it's now my turn. This particular initiative was actually harder than it looked, because of one simple rule: No video games. That's right, these gifts are for gamers, but aren't games. Besides, if you aren't sure what game to get your favorite gamer, better that you didn't risk it. I also added on two other rules, just to make my life even harder. No action figures or T-Shirts. Lord knows that special gamer in your life doesn't need anymore action figures and geeky T-shirts. So here it goes![nextpage]

Ice Invaders Ice Cube Tray (Price: $7.99)

While I was eyeing the Titanic ice cubes trays as a gift for my wife, I stumbled upon the Space Invader ice cube trays that I wanted her to