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So I finally broke 50,000 achievement points…

That is all!

If you live in the Fylde area, starting next Tuesday we are running a games night in our local that everyone is welcome to. We had a dry run this week and although there were only 4 people involved playing repeatedly, some of the regulars even had a go on PGR4 and the SWOS mini league we had got a few older players interested. I think in future, once I actually take Rock Band down too, the night will become quite awesome!

 New posters coming today so the starting date is the 18th and every alternate week from then. We’re doing a quiz on the other Tuesdays which is also going to be fun!

Why the fuck do all the great games I’ve been looking forward to all come out at once?! Octobers releases for the 360 are fucking awesome, and as I’m going to Canada in November, my games budget for the month is practically nill. I’ve just bought Bioshock and Halo 3 which will hopefully keep me busy, but heres a list of some of the great titles I’ll be missing until November… they’re all Xbox 360 titles because I no longer buy Wii games and I don’t own a PS3..

Project Gotham Racing 4
I do own the PGR3 disc, but stupid crappy PAL region locking made the £24.99 Joypad, PGR3 and Arcade Offline price error at Play not all that great. Still, PGR4 is going to be awesome and the first racing game I’ve looked forward to in a while. Hell, even the PS3 has been using it to advertise GT5 so it must be good!

Beautiful Katamari Damacy
I fucking love Katamari! Baa ba da da da daaa ba da da da daaaa! It’s one of the only games I play on the PSP, and the PS2 version is great. “Roll on” high definition Katamari Goodness…

Speaking of Katamari… someone needs to do a magnetic remote control Gashapon Katamari Damacy model… I’d buy one tomorrow! Shame I can’t patent someone elses copyright…

Ace Combat 6
The demo rocks – I’ve never been a fan of flight sims but the Ace Combat series has always kept it arcade feeling in the same way that After Burner did many a moon ago.

FIFA 08
I’m not a massive football follower (I support Blackburn Rovers FFS) but Winning Eleven is my most played football game, and probably my most played game if I added up all the hours starting at the original Playstation. As I didn’t buy FIFA 07, I must be due to give a FIFA title another whirl to see if they’ve got the formula any closer.. graphically superior but always behind Konami when it comes to actual gameplay. I’ve played the demo and it was enjoyable… I especially like the Attract mode playable area’s Gears of War style running you can do by pressing RT.

EA would’ve had to give up the footy market a long time ago if it wasn’t for their monopoly on the player names… one of the main reasons my mates hate the PES/WE games. FIFA 08 should keep me satisfied until WE11’s release in November.

Guitar Heroes 3
The track lists for GH3 look fucking amazing. Pearl Jam. Check. Smashing Pumpkins. Check. Slayer. Check. Iron Maiden. Check. Fucking hell, even Killswitch Engage are on the line up. Talk about rocking out with your cock out! Shame the wireless guitar is a faggy Les Paul , given the track list a Flying V or a BC Rich Warlock would’ve been more fitting..

Clive Barkers Jericho
Blood, guts and FPS Horror action directed in its entirety by Clive Barker. I’m not pissing my pants in anticipation for this but it does sound pretty good. I’ll probably pick it up (pending a good review) when the next game drought surfaces… probably after Xmas now.

Well, that’s it for Octobers line up for me. I’m currently enjoying Stranglehold, even if it does give me motion sickness. I’d add Half Life 2: The Orange Box but I’m hoping for my bonus on Monday if we make budget (my fucking awesome new Shuttle PC… not the Hentai Case I wanted but still…) so I’d “purchase” that from TPB for PC if I do… It should give the 256MB Radeon HD2600XT I put in it a bit of a workout in any case… its no GF 8800 Ultra but I had a budget to work to.

Oh Sony, how the internet loves you… after all that’s gone on in the past you still manage to show your commitment to how much you really do hate Europe. Now that hate spreads to North America as they too turn their backs on you; yet you just cock your leg and take a massive slash all over both continents with the latest DualShock3 announcement. Or at least that’s what it looks like on the surface…

Sony is now trying to piss off Japan, just like the rest of the world. You see, Sony know regionalization doesn’t work, and we know Sonys position with the PSP and its Iron Fist with Lik-Sang, this can be the only logical explanation.

Sony have placed all those exploding batteries they recalled into the Japanese DualShock3 controllers and are secretly trying to systematically destroy the hands of its loyal Japanese fanbase. It makes perfect sense.

Why else would hardware not be rolled out at the same time the world over for the same games system. Its not like it needs major regionalization, or standards adapting for local laws. The only clues we have are the threads Sony have previously spun when imposing their Localization and Safety Laws on Lik-Sang with their Army Of Lawyers.

Sony lied in court stating that Japanese and Asian PSPs were not safe enough for Europe, and didn’t meet our strict safety guidelines, even though they come with all the correct markings to say they are. Those crazy Japs and their rogue approach to human safety… Sony are going to learn you good this time!

Listen up people… Sony says its true, so it must be true… products in Japan are not safe for use in Europe and North America, and vice versa so don’t import them or you are putting your own well being at risk and more importantly you are breaking the law!! SONY IS THE LAW!

What a bunch of cunts… I mean for fucks sake… when are the Sony Sheep going to close their mouths and stop accepting the turds straight down the gullet?? Sony said in the build up to the PS3 that rumble was “so last gen” yet the biggest announcement of TGS for them is DualShock3 and the fanboys are still licking Sonys proverbial balls like there’s no tomorrow. Haven’t Sony’s balls been in the lions mouth for too long now, and isn’t it about time we as the public bite down and said “enough is enough… we’re sick of you teabagging us”?

2007 is the year of being sold shit you didn’t really want in the promise of it being better than it really is (is this different to any other year then?). The iPhone is toss… FFS it doesn’t even have 3G making it instantaneously 3 years out of date. Anyone dumb enough to buy one (the Mac Fucks out there) deserves to get brain cancer from it. The PS3. Windows Vista. A War with Iran (maybe?). All massive letdowns in their own right.

2007 will go down in history as The Year of the Letdown. Mark my words…

I’m not a salesman and my blog is just for fun/anger management so is not blazoned with advertisements. I have the one banner for Play-Asia and if it inspires you to buy a game then great, I get about 3-12% depending on the title. Thus far my blog has made me a total of $2.36 and I know the person who bought something via that link exchange because I returned the compliment later on! Score!

So, by this logic, you know I am not posting this for financial gain! Even if 10 people were to buy this game from Play Asia I would get all of about £5. In any case Play Asia have Prey on special offer at the moment for the bargain price of £8.93 + P&P of £1.55 to the UK and it’s 100% region free and in full English.

A quick overview if you’re unaware is it’s based off the backbone of the Doom 3 game engine and you play a Cherokee destined to save the planet from invading aliens. It’s average rating is 7.8 / 10 according to GameRankings and most importantly if you’re an achievement point whore like me, rated 3/10 in difficulty or very easy to achieve! Personally thats the only reason I’ll be buying a copy… same reason I bought Condemned and played through it’s vomit inducing motion sickness!

The direct link can be found by clicking here - if you do buy it thanks a lot for your support, it’s much appreciated! Just give me a shout when you want me to reign down a world of pain on you on XBL!