This week in the Nintendo Download: YouTube, Pac-Man, and Aero Porter

It's a big week for Nintendo's various digital distribution services, provided you like to eat ghosts or manage airports.

The GamesBeat ‘Naughty and Nice’ alternative holiday gift guide for your geek

Whether you've got a gamer to please or a dork to sabotage, we have the perfect gift ideas to suit your holiday shopping needs.

Wreck-It Ralph’s film crew discusses bad guys, cameos, and portals inside toilets (interview)

We interview the director, screenwriter, and producer of Wreck-It Ralph find out just how an animated film about a video game villain got made. Warning: some parts of the interview contain spoilers.

Marching band performs amazing video game halftime show

Ohio State's marching band played pieces from Super Mario Bros. and Halo while forming iconic imagery on the field.

Gaming art for your Twitter header (Part 6: Retro arcade)

Jazz up your Twitter profile with video game-themed headers of classic arcade games like Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Space Invaders.

4 things gamers will appreciate in the new Wreck-It Ralph trailer

Gamers will find a lot to like in the new trailer for Disney's animated love letter to arcades, Wreck-It Ralph.

Decorate your iPhone the retro way with these gaming-themed wallpapers

These pictures use a grungy, simple design, but their minimalist look add a certain amount of class to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Local developers and students look beyond the stars at Baltimore’s Gamescape 2012

Baltimore's Gamescape showcased talent with a passion for galaxies, black holes, and exploding stars...and everything they represent.

Donkey Kong’s failing liver: What the death of the CRT display technology means for classic arcade machines

The cathode-ray-tube monitor technology that powered every arcade game before 1992 is dead. What happens to the games when the last screen stops working?

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox 720, 3DS XL, and surviving the zombie apocalypse

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Artists use chalk to bring games to life…or sell pizza (gallery)

This gallery features characters and worlds from some of the most popular video games brought to life thanks to the power of chalk.