Why A New GTA4 Online Mode Should Come With Lost And The Damned.

Seriously? Does this really need any more explanation?

We all loved Grand Theft Auto IV. The best selling game of 2008 received critical acclaim for its compelling story, and inclusion of online play. I know I played the game online until my thumbs were numb, at the very least. Nothing beats going around Liberty City with an RPG, causing havoc with your friends, right?
Well... It gets boring, after a long time. Especially when all your friends have moved onto different games, and you're left with being forced to join random peoples' games, who (because it's a GTA game, and it sparks this kind of controversy in its very nature) are often racist griefers who take joy in treating the game like a Halo match, instead of some casual fun.

So, after looking at the new expansion DLC that is to come out for GTA this month, I thought that it wouldn't kill Rockstar to give us a couple of new multiplayer modes to keep us coming back for even more Grand Theft Auto, even after this new content. I know, we got plenty to mess around with, but truth be told, all anyone seems to play (I find, at least) is Free Mode, Deathmatch, and (if you're lucky) one of the sub-par co-op missions.

I mean, this is Grand Theft Auto! I find it almost unbelievable that they're not supporting the creativity that some people have in making their own modes using the vastness of Liberty City... Especially after taking so long to make a game that was of a good enough quality (and then some) for their consumers. And it's clear that they're not just abandoning its fanbase either. The very release of this DLC would prove that. So... It will just continue to baffle me.

Nevertheless, I'm still looking forward to The Lost And The Damned, but it just won't be able to hold my interest for too long before I realise that I'm done with it, and the game of 2008 goes back on the shelf, to gather dust...

DJ Hero - Makes Hoodies Rejoice, And Makes Slash Cry

So, as a gamer, I like a bit of fake-instrument-playing. What's not to love? Some great songs, like Journey's Any Way You Want It (though why Don't Stop Believin' isn't on Rock Band yet, I'll never know...) will always be fun for me to pretend playing, whilst parading round my room in my boxer shorts, acting strung out on heroine.

It's with this reasoning, that Activision, "the new EA" as some are calling them, are trying to cash in on every segment of the music market by branching into the mediocre/amateur DJ-ing circuit. This is probably my personal music taste speaking, but this idea sounds so bad. Like, Power Glove bad. For one thing, who would want to do this? This sounds like it really is taking a game to the same level as actually doing it in real life. Except it's game-ified! For the kids!

In development for nearly two years, (hey wait.. Didn't Rock Band first out about 2 years ago?) gamers will apparently be able to "mash-up" tracks, to form all those remixes you've wanted to hear for so long... You know, everyone's just been itching for that "Stevie Wonder/The Human League" remix... Right?

I know, I seem rather (if by that, you mean "resolutely") skeptical about all this. But we do have to remember that Guitar Hero seemed just this crazy to us, back in 2005. Yes kiddies, it's been 4 years since the first one. I can barely believe it either.
Then again, Guitar Hero was at least moderately original at the time (even if it did remind me 100% of Amplitude on the PS2... Man, now that game was good. Tripped me out on vision alone). This game may seem like another cash-in, but I'll be holding out on crushing this game completely until after I play a demo myself.

/blog post.

Thank god that's over... See Dave, this is what happens when you let people listen to bad music! Bad music = bad games!
Fuckin' Soulja Boy...