If feelings of lethargy and lack of intestinal fortitude from your Thanksgiving feasts are keeping you locked away inside your house like a bloated recluse, stop wasting those precious moments lying in agony and go buy a video game. Over the holiday weekend, many games have hit shelves, and whether your cup of tea is action, first person shooters, role playing, or just plain mind numbing button mashing, there is sure to be a game for you. So, between eating left overs and trying to get drunk by sucking on your grandmother’s famous bourbon balls, go to your local retailer and check out some of these new titles:

• Geometry Wars: Galaxies – Sierra Entertainment’s 2D arcade shooter game for the Wii will also be available on Nintendo DS November 27th. The game delivers an all-new single player campaign where players can tackle waves of enemies, including 10 never seen before, all of which act and react in a frenetic way across more than 60 unique levels. Geometry Wars: Galaxies introduces the all new ‘Battle Drone’ that follows the player’s request to defend and attack or collect geoms which is used to increase multiplier scores, buy new planets or behaviors for the Battle Drone.

• Godzilla Unleashed, Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash – Atari has released Godzilla Unleashed for the PS2 (later on this season for the Wii) and Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash for the Nintendo DS. Providing an environment perfect for stopping this worldwide obliteration with nine urban arenas, interactive 3D cityscapes, huge destructible buildings, soaring skyscrapers and towering alien formations. Featuring a non-linear storyline which allows players to influence how the story unfolds through their choices within battles, and a flexible multiplayer mode which supports up to four players for a city-crushing monster extravaganza.

• Cabela’s Monster Bass - Activision has released the first ever Cabela’s fishing game, where players embark on a journey through six of the hottest bass spots and compete in 14 tournament events in pursuit of the biggest, most coveted species of trophy bass. Putting players’ angling skills to the test as it focuses on the most exciting part of fishing, the game features authentic Cabela’s fishing gear with hundreds of tackle and lure combinations. Players will set their sights on nine species of bass, including largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, and striped, as well as 14 other trophy fish such as trout, salmon, catfish, and walleye. Cabela’s Monster Bass combines the use of real world strategies with actual fishing lake environments to allow fans of all types to land that prize and become the ultimate bass fisherman.

• Ghost Squad – SEGA’s top-grossing light gun game comes to the Wii and replicates the arcade experience for your console. The Ghost Squad is a Special Forces unit established in strict secrecy by the U.N. to combat terrorism and carry out special highly-classified missions without leaving a trace. As an elite member of the Ghost Squad, players will complete dangerous missions such as eliminating terrorist groups, releasing hostages, deactivating bombs, and even rescuing the U.S. President when terrorists hijack Air Force One.Using the Wii Remote, players will utilize selectable weapons including a high-powered rifle, submachine gun and shotgun, or even engage in hand-to-hand combat.

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The gaming industry seems to have run out of modern movies to pilfer for licenses. And so they turn once agin back in time to the 80’s with a new game based on Dirty Dancing. You might automatically be thinking “cheap DDR rip-off” when the idea of a game based on this movie enters your mind, but not Codemasters. Instead, you’ll be tasked with playing a series of mini-games to collect camp dollars and earn memorabilia and dance lessons. Who could forget the classic moments from this film, like when the characters slid hexagonal tiles around to form rows of three, or when the dancers rearranged themselves all over the dance floor to allow a watermelon to pass from one side to the other? To be honest, I’ve never seen the movie so I don’t know. It’s an experimental art house film right? David Lynch directed?

Well, this is the most random site I’ve seen in awhile. All it has is this picture in the background and what I think is music from Starfox in the background. That would kind of make sense, since you can see the Starfox characters’ shadows in the back. But why is Link marrying Princess Peach? What sort of dimensional rift would even allow the elf-like hero of one fantasy world to even meet the mushroom-bred monarch of another? I don’t know, but I hope some filmmaker makes an 80’s style romantic drama about it. I’m thinking Dirty Dancing: Mushroom Kingdom/Hyrule Nights.

And I want that tie.

Update: Okay, I’m tone-deaf. It’s actually the music that plays when you defeat an enemy in Final Fantasy VII. Thanks, Daniel!

MCV has the scoop on the latest game adaptation for Codemaster Online Games. Dirty Dancing will be coming out as a casual title for the PC later this year to coincide with the popular film of the same title’s Twentieth Anniversary release. The “action puzzler” will feature a series of mini games following the plot of the film. EVP of marketing at Lionsgate Anne Parducci says:

“Dirty Dancing delivers compelling subject matter that has all the tools to become an instant hit online. The movie appeals to audiences of all ages and continues to win over new fans through increased exposure from the highly successful DVDs and multiple airings on cable. For two decades, girls and women have identified with Baby, and through this wonderful game from Codemasters, they will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in her world like never before.”

Some things don’t make a good translation to a gaming platform but we’ll just have to wait and see.