Madden NFL 12 (EA Sports)The New England Patriots might be the odds-on favorite to win Super Bowl XLVI, but the New York Giants have proven an uncanny knack for making odds-makers look ridiculous.

And according to Madden, they're about to do it again.

EA Sports has simulated Sunday's Big Game in Madden NFL 12 on the Xbox 360, and in another insane playoff nail-biter, the Giants edged out the Patriots, 27-24, to take home the franchise's fourth Lombardi trophy.

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From obscure 8-bit trailblazer to larger-than-life role-playing juggernaut, the Final Fantasy franchise is celebrating a most-impressive 25 years of airships, summons and chocobos this year.

Turning out to be anything but final, the game has endured and evolved over the years by setting trends and staying ahead of the times.  But just what is its secret ingredient for long lasting success?  Magic?  XP?  Or just a knack for great stories.

They might be the muscle behind the Empire's despotic rule, but Stormtroopers have feelings, too.

Click for more pics (Photo Credit: Kristina Alexanderson)At least, they do in these oddly touching shots by flickr user Kristina Alexanderson, who manages to capture the cloned tough guys in a variety of tender moments. Playing with the kids, frolicking in the snow, even hanging out with godfather Darth Vader — Stormtroopers are just like us! Only totally evil, usually.

Check out her pics here!

Note: These photos are available on flickr under a creative commons license.

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Live ParkMicrosoft's Kinect technology has taken on a life of its own since its introduction 14 months ago. What started out as an amusing new way to play games is now being utilized by doctors and carmakers.

And now, theme park designers.

South Korea's "Live Park" opened its doors late last year, with several attractions centering on the fusion of motion capture technology and user avatars. And it's even weirder than you can imagine.

Margaritaville Online (THQ)Everyone's getting in on the social games act these days. Even Jimmy Buffett.

Margaritaville Online is now officially kicking back on Facebook and iPad, bringing Buffett's beachy message of cheeseburgers and tropical hangouts to Parrotheads the world over.

"The Margaritaville laidback state of mind is inherently social, and this game has captured the spirit of that lifestyle," said Buffett, who added that "fans across the globe can party together any time and any place."

A terrifying typoTypos and misspellings have become quite commonplace in our fast new age of digital publishing. It's even intentional most of the time where micro-blogging's concerned and character limits are tight.

Unfortunately, this probably won't fly as an excuse for the poor copy editor who let slip the spelling blunder on the packaging for Capcom's upcoming Nintendo 3DS release, Resident Evil: Revelations.

No doubt you've played loads of Scrabble over the years. By now, you've probably played it on a computer or even an iPad, too. But we're guessing you've never played it quite like this.

Available from curio retailer Hammacher Schlemmer, this wall-mounted Scrabble board is five times the size of the classic game, covering some 49 square feet.

And the cost? An eye-popping $12,000, making it quite possibly the world's most expensive Scrabble game to boot.

When you've got the right group of people, playing a video game online can be a blast. Opponents are evenly matched, the gameplay is never predicable, and you might even make a friend in the process.

Those sessions, unfortunately, are rare. Too often, online gaming brings out the worst in people. You'll have to deal with tirades, cheaters, and griefers, jerks who get pleasure torturing other players.

There are plenty of bad habits in the online gaming world, but here are ten of the worst.