9. Play some video games

While video game sales may have <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100371472" target="_blank">taken a hit</a> in 2012, it's still a multi-billion dollar business year in and year out. You can always fire up the PS3, X-Box, or whatever version of a Nintendo console came out last year and play a round of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot" target="_blank">"Crash Bandicoot"</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcmKPmj9yeE" target="_blank">"Super Mario Bros."</a> Or you can play along to the Super Bowl on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9NObyIm_c" target="_blank">"Madden 13"</a> - and hope the real game turns out the same way this one did.

( Getty Images / January 25, 2013 )

While video game sales may have taken a hit in 2012, it's still a multi-billion dollar business year in and year out. You can always fire up the PS3, X-Box, or whatever version of a Nintendo console came out last year and play a round of "Crash Bandicoot" or "Super Mario Bros." Or you can play along to the Super Bowl on "Madden 13" - and hope the real game turns out the same way this one did.

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