^{Castlevania's Gabriel Belmont, one of this year's hottest heroes}

There's no better way to spend a snowy day than browsing through a slideshow of sexy video game guys. Luckily for you, my list of the sexiest video game studs of 2010 is right here for your time-wasting pleasure. There's a lot of variety in my top ten picks this year, so I can say with confidence that you're bound to see something you like.

Castlevania and Metroid. The battles of the Belmont family and Samus Aran have long legacies all the way back to the original NES in ’86, and both parties are still duking it out with monsters and space pirates to the likes and dislikes of critics today (the Phoenix’s own Mitch Krpata gave Other M a resounding “meh”).