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DJ Hero

I'm pretty excited about it even though it's been out for a little bit. I asked about the game when I was at EB and the guy was offended. He was all like "I'm not touching that piece of shit" I asked why and he said he was a DJ.

Oh, right. Here I was thinking you worked at EB. I don't think I've heard any of his mixes and the GFC must've hit the DJ world hard for him to have to be working at EB full time. Maybe when the Ministry of Sound Summer Annual comes out maybe I'll hear some of Dave from EB North Sydney's work.

Ultimate Gamer

Just about to watch a new reality series called ultimate gamer, however it's already a year old. They drop 12 gamers into a house and make them play rhythm, sports, fighting and driving games then make them do it in real life. Each week they make people play off in a "fight for their lives" Unless they crush them in a vice or detonate their vital organs, I'm pretty sure they'll live on.

Let's see how this unfolds...

Music and Sports

During team announcements at Origin Diddy's "Come with me" was playing. Apart from being a slightly homoerotic sounding invitation, I find it gets played a lot at sporting events, especially league related ones.

It got me thinking of other songs I enjoy at sports and then it got me thinking of the Madden franchise. Three of my favourite Madden related tunes are below. Please enjoy them.

The first is Quarashi with Mr Jinx.



Apparently they're a now defunct hip hop group but they were big in 02/03 when Marshall Faulk was the Cover Athlete. They also had the mildly successful single "Stick 'Em up"

Next is OK Go with Get Over It.



The proper video disabled embedding. Jerks. OK Go are probably best known for their treadmill film clip for Here it Goes Again. This is from the same Madden as Mr Jinx. Craziness eh?

The final one is The Rapture with Whoo! Alright Yeah Uh-Huh. I think this was on Madden 07 with Shaun Alexander as the cover athlete. You may know House of Jealous Lovers a little bit better. This song made my Good Vibrations Festival last year. Seriously.



Anyways, whenever I hear these songs I think of breaking off a massive kick return for a Touchdown or catching a hail mary pass with seconds left on the clock, something I can't do since my Xbox died...sigh...

Singstar Queen.

I just bought Singstar Queen for PS2 and it’s tops. PS3 gets Killer Queen and I’m a bit miffed but what can you do? Buy a PS3. Good point.

What both versions are missing though is Flash. I’d love to be able to do that heavily accented Russian voice in freestyle and say “Dispatch Warlock and Ajax to bring back his Body” but I can’t. I can only do it in the private of the toilet cubicles on those interurban trains. I reckon I’d do an awesome laser impression too “Peow, peow”

Please enjoy the film clip while you think of my laser impression.

XBox Obituary

At 8:35pm last night Ray’s Xbox was pronounced dead. Raybox as he was known to friends and family was an enthusiastic and loving three year old who spent most of his time in the guest room. The suddenness of his death has hit hard as there was none of the symptomatic “red ring of death” syndrome prevalent in other Xbox deaths. The only notice served was a slight discolouration in graphics. Raybox’s condition deteriorated rapidly after the discolouration with a laboured start up, loud fanning and eventually loss of vision. Assuming it was the component cable Ray attempted to revive Raybox by sourcing outside parts. In an operation which is said to be as technical as open heart surgery, the new component cable was rushed in and fitted at 8:30pm but it was too little too late, Raybox expired 5 minutes later.

Electronics Boutique has been contacted in regards to disposal of the body, however they will treat Raybox as faulty goods and are only willing to pay $15 for it because of it's age. Upon separation of the parts the Hard drive will fetch $55 and the controllers about half that, however the dismembering of the body is something that Raybox’s family hope to do without as he won’t make it into the Console After life if he’s in a million little pieces.

Ray is considering mounting Raybox on the mantle as a reminder of the good times they shared, like online Madden 2008 matches and the completion of Saints Row 2 through to the viewing of downloadable content like Robbie Williams’ back catalogue and Tenancious D’s Pick Of Destiny filmclip. Mourners are asked not to send flowers but contribute direct to Ray’s paypal account for an adequate replacement.

The ceremony will take place this Sunday, however it will just be family and close acquaintances. The family has asked for the public’s respect in the mourning process.

Raybox – April 2006 – April 2009

Beloved Console and multimedia solution. You inspired consoles around you like Slim (PS2) and Peebody (Wii)
You weren’t just a console, you were a friend and companion. You truly put the Soul into Console.
Raybox - May you continue with unlimited lives

Guitar Hero Greatest Hits

Activision has announced they're bringing out Guitar Hero Greatest Hits on June 16. Apparently they're looking at 48 tracks from GH 1, 2 & 3 and 80's.

They've just released GH1's songs. It's over here via PALGN.

I can't wait to rock out to No one knows, Killer Queen and More than a Feeling. It's going to be sensationally hot. Not so hot will be 80's which was a bit of a disappointment really. Apart from that Go-Go's song and I Ran there wasn't too much I enjoyed playing. Ah well...

Anyways, check out the actual GH site over here for more news.