For millions of Americans, tomorrow is a day to celebrate family and be thankful for what you have in life. Of course, long time readers of Defunct Games already know that Thanksgiving is about more than cross-country traveling and piles of mashed potatoes. Thanksgiving it's just a national holiday, it's also the day this site begins a month of non-stop themed articles.

For those new to the site let me bring you up to speed: For the past eleven years, Defunct Games has crafted a very special themed article that runs between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. I'm not just talking about the weekdays, either. For nearly a dozen years, we have made it a point to post a story on all seven days of the week.

Last year we celebrated the 32 Game Endings of Christmas. Just as the title suggests, it ended up being 32 straight days of us looking at classic game endings. The year before the theme was bonus levels. Dig further back and you'll find holiday themes that include genres, controllers, cliches and consoles.

Now that we've done this eleven years in a row, fans of the site have started to catch on. As a result, I usually start getting emails from people wanting to know what this year's theme is. These inquiries come as early as August and only get more intense as we near Thanksgiving. But I keep my mouth shut. My clues are full of misdirection and vague hints that are designs to send people on a wild goose hunt. But today, at long last, I am ready to unveil the 12th annual holiday theme. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you ...