It's difficult to outgrow a childhood character like Sonic -- as soon as I try to move on, his speedy little legs catch up to me!

Video Blips:

• Sonic Colors presents a...well, colorful world to speed around in. It's good to see a return to the fundamentals of the franchise, but that music has got to go. [GameVideos]

Continue after the break for a manly Vanquish trailer, an NBA Jam developer diary, and an explanation of Kane and Lynch 2's multiplayer modes.

• Gruff dispositions, unshaven faces, and punching robots in the face -- the testosterone runs strong in this Vanquish trailer. Was it a coincidence that an ad featuring the Old Spice Guy sat prominently on the trailer's YouTube page? I think not!

• NBA Jam Creative Director Trey Smith describes how his team adheres to the franchise's roots. For complete authenticity, I propose unlockable montage videos of arcade nerds trading insults over whose team's heads grew bigger. (Yes, this actually happened to me.) [GameTrailers]

• Kane and Lynch 2's jittery cameraman jumps out of gritty Shanghai to film Multiplayer Game Director Kim Krogh's lecture on -- you guessed it -- the game's mutiplayer modes. A slightly unbuttoned plaid shirt amplifies this man's explanation of the hundredfold ways to kill people. [GameTrailers]