As always, the end of the year is a crazy busy time for all of us (hence the dearth of blog action here). Anyway, I’ve been collecting links to all the outrageous/negative stories over the past few weeks, and sadly, there are a lot. For example:

Anyway, this is supposed to be a cheerful holiday post. Instead of dwelling on all that negative stuff, I’d like to point to some nice work being done by the industry. First up, a news story covering the charitable activities of the Penny Arcade guys. Next up, similar charitable activities by the IGDA’s chapter in Austin. Way to go guys!

Sadly, I couldn’t really find any positive news/articles about actual games/gamers/gaming. Oh well, maybe next year the industry will be on Santa’s “nice” list (perhaps the IEMA’s latest move will help some ;)

Update Dec23: Wow, a non-negative and critical journo/academic has added a bit more bounce to my step…