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Tuesday
19Jan2010

Modern Dance Ware

Well, what a hoo haa. Just Dance topples MW2 to hit the top spot in the UK charts and the gaming world goes into meltdown.

Like EA, with Sports Active, it seems that Ubisoft has created a game that taps in to the Wii psyche. However, what makes this interesting is not that a casual game has topped the charts, but that it's also been universally panned by gaming critics.

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Monday
11Jan2010

I scream. You scream. We all scream for gamerscore

BAM! 100G unlocked. That sweet smell of success, you’ve just completed Call of Duty 4 on veteran difficulty. That brings your gamerscore to 9985, so agonizingly close to five digits, so close to claiming ‘no life’ status. Truth be told, it means nothing. Apart from the fact that we get bragging rights over our virtual friends, are we wasting time and effort chasing gamerscore?

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Monday
04Jan2010

Gaming goodies for Christmas

This is what happens when word gets around regarding your interests and hobbies.  The items pictured above all came down the chimney with Santa this holiday.

I have to say the little candy tins are very nice indeed and I am especially fond of the Pac Man ghosts, although the Mario Star has the best tasting treats. The Donkey Kong Jenga game is also a 'barrel' of laughs.

Did anyone else get game related whimsy this Christmas?

Wednesday
23Dec2009

My Year in Games

I thought I would take a look back at my year in games, so if you concentrate hard and your screen goes all wobbly we can transport ourselves back to......

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Friday
04Dec2009

Where's your Thumbsticks?

Well Adrockski takes a week off and the podcast goes to pot.  Nick and I battled with some technical issues to record a very interesting pod the other night, however in the edit the sound is just a bit too ropy. So please bear with me as I try and fix it up and hopefully publish over the weekend. 

Thanks regardless to Nick for coming on, you were fantastic, and apologies to all if it all goes up the swanny.

If that happens, maybe I will write a transcript:

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