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Hexic

Hexic, my dear friend. There you sit on our 360 hard drive, largely ignored or forgotten, but every now and again you pull me in and I get addicted to you again. Finally, after two long years, you have been conquered, as today I managed to make the black pearl flower, granting me the satisfaction of knowing I have done each chalenge you have set me.

I feel one with the Hexic universe, it truly is a fantastical feeling.

Drunk Driving in GTA IV

Have you done it yet? It's really cool. I bet it's just like that in real life. I can't wait to try it out in a real car.

brb, going to endanger some life because I let videogames rule my conduct.

Oops...

New and exciting things are happening with DLC, that will undoubtedly change the face of the music industry FOR EVER AND EVER AMEN, with Def Leppard releasing a song first as GH3 content.

Def Leppard's publicist notes that the band will be the first to have "released a new single ahead of its traditional launch through a video game." Thrash-metal legends Metallica have reportedly been in discussions with Harmonix and MTV Games to take a similar tack by debuting the first single from their next album as a song download in Rock Band.

Rock Band getting Metallica, OH GOOD GOD, IT'S METALLICA!

Last week, Def Leppard's publicist touted the band's upcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock downloadable song pack, set to be released April 24, as the first time a major act "released a new single ahead of its traditional launch through a video game." That honor now looks like it will go to glam metal band Motley Crue, which will be releasing its new single in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Rock Band this week.

Motley Crue! Close enough, right?

Shock Band

So, Rock Band finally has a European release date, rejoice, but wait a minute...

The Instrument Edition will be priced at £129.99 or €169 and will be a bundle with just the three instruments but not the game. The game itself will be priced at £49.99 or €69.99, wireless guitars are going to be £59.99 or €79.99, and the drum kits £69.99 or €89.99.

You bastards.

Five things you didn't know about me

This is something that has evidently been spreading through people's blogs like wild fire, and I noticed (a little late mind you) that Spazz tagged me to answer the call. So, here are five things you probably didn't know about your friendly neighbourhood Chevolutionary.

1. I'm coming to the end of my final year of an english degree, once my dissertation is handed in I plan to start writing a novel.

2. My favourite film ever is probably Battle Royale, I've been into Asian Cinema for a few years and this is still one of the best films I've seen.

3. My hair is roughly 20 inches long.

4. I'm probably one of the three people on the internet that doesn't really care about music.

5. Since getting into Guitar Hero I toyed with the idea of trying to learn to play guitar, I gave up very quickly.

Ta-dah.

I tag nobody, because that's not the way I roll.

Devil May Cry 4

I was always under the impression that I played games to enjoy myself, but DMC4 made me change all that. Because when I was playing it I wasn't actually enjoying it, and I spent the last two stages of the game shouting, punching things, gnashing my teeth, stroking and passing in and out of consciousness.

I've played difficult games before, I managed to beat Ninja Gaiden without ever getting this angry. Something about DMC4 is just that little bit to irritating to let slide, maybe it's the absence of a story? Maybe it's the laziness of the whole thing? Maybe it's the fact that the timing windows for certain things are just that little bit too small that it passes over from being challenging into being pure diarrhoea.

Or maybe I'm just not cut out for this kind of thing anymore.

For crying out loud

Durrrr

This whole stupid thing has been going on so long that I can't even be bothered to get worked up about it anymore. This whole issue is basically idiotic, and the fact that it is still an ongoing thing is just... just... uuuuuuurgh.

Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.

2007: The Year in Games

As has become somewhat of a tradition now, throughout the year I've been adding the games I completed to my wish list, now 2007 is officially over it's time to clear it and start again. As a matter of undisputed interest here is a list of the games I've played and completed this year:

BioShock
Blue Dragon
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Crackdown
The Darkness
Def Jam: Icon
DiRT
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
Earth Defense Force 2017
Enchanted Arms
Gears of War
God of War II
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Halo 2
Halo 3
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Ninety-Nine Nights
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All
Pokemon Diamond
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Shadow of the Colossus
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
Stranglehold
Super Paper Mario
Virtua Tennis 3

From what I've played Bioshock has to be my game of the year. I know that a lot of people have criticised it for being too shallow in terms of gameplay, but it pulled me in like no game has before. The environment, story telling and characters were all superb, I enjoyed every minute of it and the fact it's an easy game didn't ruin that.