With the holiday season already upon us, it’s not surprising that with it comes the usual holiday tunes: “Jingle Bells”, “Silent Night” and “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”, to name a few. Joining these are the untold number of remixes done by several artists over the years, which can cause the familiar tunes to become a fair bit overplayed and contrived. It’s now time for something new and fresh.

Sonic Retro member Shadix has decided to compile a new holiday album called, “Christmas Chaos”, featuring winter-y versions of familiar Sonic tunes. The project already has plenty of musicians and remixers, as well as the promise of some surprise special guest artists.

“The Christmas Chaos project is rather simple,” says project leader Shadix. “It’s an attempt to make a community\contributory Christmas album that we can all listen to for years to come, giving the community it’s[sic] own unique way of celebrating this universal holiday (even if you aren’t religious Christmas is still a huge part of our culture that has transcended it’s original meaning into a sort of super-holiday in itself.). The project is to be released completely free of charge.”

For more information and discussion on the project, check out the forum topic here.

Cover Artwork illustrated by Sonic Warrior TJ.

The Sonic community never fails to be just as bad as you stereotypically imagine it. As a promotion for Sonic Team’s upcoming Sonic and the Black Knight, Sega of America is holding a fan art contest, with the best 20 being featured in the game.

The results are pretty much what you expect.

The Minus World has taken the brave step of managing to pick out the 20 worst drawings and have collected them for your mock–er, enjoyment. Hopefully we’ll get some decent fan art in the game, but who knows.