Today in Joystiq: December 9, 2005

Splinter Cell finally gets its BC love from the Xbox 360, Sony hopes to launch the PS3 this spring, and Joystiq readers overwhelmingly prefer good ol' keyboard-and-mouse to gamepads with their first person shooters. Here are the highlights for today:

• Joystiq Review: Mario Kart DS

• Industry Bio: Trip Hawkins

• Joystiq Poll: Best controller

• Sony: Spring PS3 launch imminent

• Nintendo responds to alleged Revolution specs

• Poll Results: FPS Weapon of choice

• Revolution conspiracy (get your tin foil hat on)

• Tom Clancy finally gets Xbox 360 approval

• France introduces game developer tax credit

• The curse of Tecmo Bowl: how licensing ruined sports games

• Petition for TMNT on XBL Arcade

• Publishers set to combat double dipping in UK

• The rise of Atari and LucasArts

• Katamari Damacy + Dr. Jones = hilarity