* Help us in our year-long quest to find the best animal in video games. This month, we choose the best horse. Nominate your own favorite horses (and at the end of the month, our Blue Ribbon panel will decide on the winner!).

* Peter Molyneux, Frank O’Connor, Pete Wanat and others who work in gaming shared their first memory about video games. A slew of commenters share theirs as well — what about you?

* We got an exclusive interview with Jason Gibson, the lawyer behind the Xbox Live class-action lawsuit.

* Totilo, the gamer who gave up on “Final Fantasy XII,” gave “Lost Odyssey” a try, and he was quite surprised at what he found.

* We talked to the writer of “Lost: Via Domus” about the new game based on the TV series, how closely he worked with J.J. Abrams and what the black smoke really means…

* You might know a lot about video games, but what about video game movie posters? Take our challenging new photo quiz.

* The MTV Rhythm Game Trackfinder, our handy database which helps you search for your favorite artists in music games, got new games added in its weekly update.

* What are you doing tonight? Partying? Well, Totilo’s playing video games. See why he thinks it’s okay to do that.

* It’s been a year since “World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade” came out. See where my character and I have been over the past year.

* Speaking of “Warcraft,” I interviewed French artist Ludo Lullabi about drawing the popular “World of Warcraft” comic book.

* Totilo took a dive into “Endless Ocean,” the new underwater snorkeling sim for the Wii. He discovered some surprises and even made new aquatic friends.

* Boo hoo: Totilo pondered the strangeness (and loneliness) of being a video games reporter.

* We got a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Totilo’s office, the place where he writes and edits this here blog while tolerating pesky celebrities like Scott Weiland and Slash.

* “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” was delayed yet again, thus affecting Jason Cipriano’s Achievement quest.

* This week’s “What We’re NOT Playing” had Multiplayer contributors arguing over the standards of game developers, peoples’ interest in train games among other things…

* Nintendo confirms its release schedule and reveals an EA fishing title.