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Do You Take Requests? A Wishlist for This Year's Music Games
If you hadn’t heard, Harmonix officially announced Rock Band 3 earlier today. And after plenty of deliberation, I decided it was a good time to rattle off a wishlist of gameplay elements I’d love to see make the cut in both Harmonix’s new game and the inevitable Guitar Hero 6. To me, tracklisting worries have become progressively less relevant as the music industry clamors to revitalize itself through these games. It’s more important to focus on the ease of use at this point. After all, a few seconds of menu fidgeting can bring down the buzz at a house party very quickly. Although everyone’s casting a gloomy forecast for music and rhythm games in 2010, I’m looking forward to both efforts -- after all, it’s not like I played every band-branded Guitar Hero game -- and sincerely hope that we’ll see some of the following features implemented: Personalized Playlists -- Look, my wife hates AC/DC. It’s claws on a blackboard to me when she wants to play The Cranberries. It’s only going to hurt more when Rock Band Network gives us new songs out the wazoo. Personalized playlists are a great workaround for this. I’m sick of yelling “shut up and sing, dammit” every time “War Pigs” randomly shows up during Career Mode in Rock Band 2. Yes, I’m a terrible husband, I admit it, but that's beside the point. Not Just Custom Playlists, the Ability to Toggle Tracks -- I want the option to toggle songs on/off of playlists, but not my hard drive. I don’t want to delete songs, I just want more control over what a “random setlist” defines. (read: no Fallout Boy, ever). And yes, this ties into Career Mode, since it’s pretty annoying to randomly encounter some song that’s utterly repulsive or is “Say It Ain’t So.” Read More?Modern Warfare 2 DLC Deploys March 30
Despite the recent shake up at Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 2 fans should be pleased to know that the game’s developers are working hard on the first batch of downloadable content for their massively successful military shooter. And thanks to a recent Twitter post by IW community manager Robert Bowling, we now know exactly when said DLC will be released: March 30. But rather than just come out and confirm the release date, IW set up a site designed to raise awareness of a condition known as "Mapathy," which is defined as a "state of indifference to old maps one has been playing for the last several months." Clever fellows. Mapathy sufferers will be pleased to know that the “cure” will arrive in two weeks time. Hopefully, you can hold on until then.Videos: Get An Inside Look At God of War III With Game Director Stig Asmussen
If you're anything like us, you can't get enough God of War III. Well, we've got a couple videos that are perfect for someone like you: Inside Look at God of War 3 with Stig Asmussen : Stig Asmussen is God of War III's game director, so when he takes you inside God of War III, you're going way in there, buddy. Breaking Down God of War 3’s Epic Opening Scene: The first two God of War games had huge opening scenes, and the third game goes even bigger. Click the video to see game director Stig Asmussen going ridiculously in-depth about God of War III's insanely epic opening level.
XYZTV Releases Episode 12
February 18, 2009
Another XYZTV episode is out and that means more music videos and more game previews. Episode 12 is packed with some great music videos from Jupiter Rising, Space, The Orchid Highway, and The Prodigy; not to mention a great video game trailer from Sony Santa Monica - God of War III.
If you haven't subscribed to our XYZTV show on your Tivo box yet I highly suggest you do. Just let your Tivo automatically download the show so you can watch it right away when you get home from a stressful day at the office. You know you wanna.
XYZTV Releases Episode 11
February 9, 2009
It's Monday night and what do you know, another XYZTV episode is out. Episode 11 is packed with some great music videos from Illusion 33, Nine Leaves, Cazals, and the Pack A.D. not to mention news from around the internet and other great content.
If you haven't subscribed to our XYZTV show on your Tivo box yet I highly suggest you do. Just let your Tivo automatically download the show so you can watch it right away when you get home from a stressful day at the office. You know you wanna.
Global Game Jam a Success
February 9, 2009
From January 30 to February 1 over 1,650 participants in 23 different countries attempted and succeeded a feat that none others have every tried before, a Global Game Jam! For those who don't know what a game jam is let me explain. Individuals and teams rally together to create a game around a central theme in which they must finish it within a certain time frame, usually 24 or 48 hours.
Participants had to create a game around this year's central theme of: "As long as we have each other, we'll never run out of problems." Over 360 free games have been created by this event and you can find them all at Game Jam Games.
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