After seeing the Gayest Naked Bear Gamers Ever, I only have three words to say: “I’d hit it!”

Adam Sessler, host of ZDTV’s “Gamespot TV” techtv’s “Extended Play” G4’s “X-Play” gets up on his soapbox against the racist and homophobic slurs prevalent in online gaming, specifically on XBOX Live.

I always had a hunch he was family friendly (but he never pinged my gaydar); this clip just proves it. (via GayGaymer)

This scene from “Katamari Damacy” is part of a set of video game scenes recreated with Lego bricks. (link via digg) Other games depicted include “Duck Hunt,” “Excitebike” and “Castlevania.”

“Katamari Damacy” is one of my favorite games of all time. I still buy small Lego sets and build them into desk tchotchkes. This is like a geekgasm to me.

Well, this would be too.

Photo: skinny coder (flickr)

80 video game aficionados – including 30 adorable Marios – set a world record in London. (hat tip to Wogs)

The following is video footage of someone playing the hardest song on the hardest level of Guitar Hero III: “Through the Fire and Flames” on Expert.

That’s way more hardcore than I could ever get about any game; I’m too casual a gamer, I suppose.

Over the weekend, the mate bought me a refurbished PlayStation 2 plus two games. Yes, it took me long enough to get it — blah, blah, blah. This is the first new (to me) console system I received in about 15 years.

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, I was an avid gamer and, admittedly, a Nintendo loyalist. I owned their three major platforms of the era: the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the Super NES, and the Game Boy.

I also found myself to be the owner of a rather uncomfortable affliction, which I called “Nintendo Thumb” at the time. (I now call it “Gamer’s Thumb Syndrome (GTS),” as it’s obviously not a Nintendo-specific problem. But as I said, I was a Nintendo loyalist then.)

GTS is the soreness that develops as a result of using a video game controller for extended periods of time, particularly directional pads and other small, poorly designed buttons.

Using the NES controller, I only experienced GTS on the left thumb. The red A and B buttons on the right side were concave and therefore distributed pressure to more of my right thumb’s surface, reducing the chance that a minute spot would become sore and/or potentially calloused.

In the very early ’90s, someone came up with a potential solution: padding for your thumbs. To that end, Hot Gloves were invented. Hot Gloves were fingerless (except for the thumb), day-glo colored gloves with extra padding in the thumbs. I received a pair of these prior to my appearance on the short-lived game show Video Power; they were a decidedly bright shade of neon green.

I couldn’t really say if they worked well or not. The gloves I got were a bit small for my chunky hands, and I think I gave them to my cousin as a souvenir. He was in the audience for my taping.

So, now I’m once again in the market for something that will relive my symptoms of GTS. Sadly, I don’t think they make hot gloves anymore, much less in my size.