2009 started off amazing thanks to Dead Movie Star’s game on Destructoid’s male EllenDeGeneres. Punching old ladies has never been this much fun!

Jim previewed the games of 2009, the new Monthly Musing topic is up, all Zune issues have been fixed, the new Lara Croft model is pretty hot, and plenty more happened over the last two days.

Hell is Us gameplay reveal

Destructoid Originals:Art Attack Friday: CyberMoonStudiosPew! Pew! Preview! The year 2009Um, did this really happen?! Chad Punches Old Ladies: The VideogameMonthly Musings: Playing with others

Community:C Blogfor 01/01/09If Sega made a new console comeback…The unfortunate decline of splitscreen gaming

Black Ops 6 Season 5 Multiplayer Ransack Mode

Reviews:Destructoid music review: Symphonic Shades

News:Sony could keep Home in open beta for awhileGarriott ‘keen to get back into the fray,’ could do a medieval fantasy titleNielsen ratings are fact, Wii third place in overall console usageCapcom lists Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop for a February 24 releaseJack Thompson believes God struck down Take-Two, doesn’t say it subtlySandswept Studios’ Detour is an RTS, road building confirmedRejoice: Microsoft Zunes have magically fixed themselvesKid threatens suicide in Blizzard game, representative gets him arrestedLenny Kravitz and Steve Miller DLC heading to Rock Band?King of Fighters XII’s roster is well endowed, chock-full of flamboyant asiansMicrosoft to cut 17 percent of its staff, Xbox division is safeNew book details how Microsoft used Sony’s Cell processor for the Xbox 360Skate 2 demo coming, insert horrible skate trick pun hereLord of the Rings: Conquest multiplayer demo available for 360 and PS3Resident Evil 5 producer is ‘worried’ about the WestQ-Games president promises ‘two or three’ new PixelJunk titles in 2009The Week in Rock Band DLC: Want a Roy Orbison six song track pack?Japanese TV Network frets over upcoming Wii video servicePre-order Resistance: Retribution and get an early access demoPay-to-use computing patent smacked down by the Patent OfficeWay of the Samurai finds way to multiplatform dishonorShorty want a thug, bottles in the club: First Dead Space comic available online

Offbeat:Dirty Lara Croft gets clothes off, this is videogame newsLeft 4 Dead fans, get your folding skills ready for The Tank papercraft

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: a black and white Jin and Heihachi stand back-to-back.

PEAK Bing Bong plushie

Silent Hill f: a woman’s face covered in blossoming but deadly looking flowers.

Mei NERF gun in OW2

Battlefield 6 vehicles combat

Several men standing and watching at an explosion in the distance in Battlefield 6.

BO7 key art

yordles animation still image