Normally, we have a policy about not running candid photos on the blog but it’s quite clear that Maria Menounos is posing in this photo so I can post it here.

The NHL’s 2010-11 ticket revenue figures leaked online this week. The rankings are actually sort of surprising but make sense when you think about it. (MC79Hockey)

What happens when a video game hardware company outsources customer relations to a PR company that should know what it’s doing? A complete customer service and PR disaster. (Penny Arcade)

Keeping with video games, they may be moving to a purely digital format sometime in the future but they’re on discs for now. So just how are they made? (1up)

After the jump, the NHL’s New Year’s party, some video game stories and F. U. Knighted Airlines.

Shaq is apparently keeping busy in retirement. He says he’s in talks to wrestle at WrestleMania 28. (SportsGrid)

Gary Bettman held the annual NHL New Year’s party again. No, I don’t mean the Winter Classic but an actual party. It went about as well as anything else Gary touches. (Down Goes Brown)

Ever want to write more like Bill Simmons? Here’s a seven-step guide to writing like Simmons. (The Smoking Jacket) Fair warning: The site is generally considered NSFW but this post isn’t.

Could there be a worse job in the world than TLC spokeswoman? There seem to be never-ending PR fires to put out. (New York Times)

Hasbro thinks you’re all idiots. As if letting Michael Bay direct movies and calling them Transformers was bad enough, they think you’re dumb enough to not know the difference between Optimus Prime and a laptop. (Pajiba)

National Public Radio did a story on haters. Surprisingly, not many people hated it. (NPR)

It’s probably a little late but here are six video game-themed cocktails that will warm you up during the cold winter. (The Guardian)

Maybe you’d rather video game posters. Here are some posters that were recreated from BioShock 2. (Unreality) I’m definitely putting up the Brain Boost poster.

You might not have heard of Heikki Anttila of Blur Studios but you know his work. He’s one of the leading forces behind some of the best video game trailers in history. (Kotaku)

It’s funny how my new favourite phrase is “Fuck United Airlines” and suddenly comedian Lana McKissack posts a video called “F. U. Knighted Airlines.”

This next video could be almost as amazing as the last. It’s the Night Court opening credit sequence with one very cool change.

For the sake of complete and utter randominity, here’s a mashup of Doctor Who with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

And here’s the video that’s swept the interweb like no other hockey video in history. It’s the Don Cherry piano desk.