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| Guitar Hero Rocking its Way to the DS |
| March 21, 2008 at 1:21pm |
No tiny guitar here. This way should
be easier.
When we first heard that Activision was
making Guitar Hero for the DS, we pictured a tiny wireless guitar
controller that you operated with tweezers and a stylus taped to
each finger of your left hand. Fortunately for you, we were not in
charge of working out the controls, and someone else came up with a
way to play guitar and preserve the portability of the DS.
Guitar Hero: On Tour for DS will ship with a small adapter grip with
the familiar Guitar Hero fret buttons that plugs right into your DS Lite.
You'll control strumming with the pick-shaped stylus on the lower DS
screen. You can see exactly how this works out in the video that's
on our product page.
You might also appreciate the irony of the
actors in the video pulling a tiny DS out of a full-sized guitar case.
In addition to the familiar Guitar Hero look, you'll also find some
features unique to the DS platform, such as co-op
play using the local wireless network. And you may find yourself
having to blow into the microphone to extinguish a pyrotechnics effect gone
wrong, or using the touch screen to autograph a fan’s shirt in the middle of
a set. Guitar Hero: On Tour is scheduled to release June 29, which
just happens to be the birthday of Gary Busey, who starred in The
Buddy Holly Story. We're pretty sure Buddy Holly songs won't be
included in Guitar Hero: On Tour, but we'll let you know if we hear anything.
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| And the Winner is... Sparty the
Spartan! |
| March 19, 2008 at 2:11pm |
Is this madness? No, it's just Sparty
the Spartan.
You may have noticed that the cover for NCAA Football 09 for Wii features a mysterious grayed-out figure. If you were hoping this meant that NCAA officials have finally approved
the use of cloaking devices, then we hate to disappoint you, but that's not the case. The good people at
EA Sports, who bring you NCAA Football 09, asked college
football fans to vote on their favorite mascots, and after tallying
up more than 700,000 votes, the winner was Sparty the Spartan of Michigan State University.
As a result, Sparty will grace the cover of the Wii version of NCAA
Footbal 09. This is not a slight to other college mascots. Sparty
just happened to receive the most votes in this particular contest.
Some of the other top picks included mascots from University of
Central Florida, Washington State University, Auburn University,
Louisiana State University, University of Nebraska, Kansas
University, Iowa State University, University of Alabama and Penn
State University.
In fact we'd like to recognize all mascots,
who are personally responsible for most of the victories of their respective teams.
How could your favorite team possibly win without the mascot picking
a mock fight with the other team's mascot, or waving off a field
goal the officials have already signaled as "good," or climbing into
the bleachers and pretending to swallow some poor kid's head? Their contribution to
the world of sports may never be fully appreciated. We'll put up the
cover with Sparty's likeness as soon as it's completed.
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| Cuteness Reaching Critical Levels |
| March 17, 2008 at 5:20pm |
This non-zombie, non-burned kitty
comes free with your pre-order of Harvest Moon Cute.
In an effort to make up for showing zombie
cats being fried by a flamethrower in our preview of Monster Madness: Grave Danger for PS3, we'd like to present the cat-loving cuteness of Harvest
Moon Cute for DS. While supplies last, when you pre-order Harvest Moon Cute before the March 25 shipping date, you'll get a free
non-zombie, non-burned plush kitty. Of course, whether or not it
remains a non-burned kitty is entirely up to you.
In Harvest Moon Cute, a misunderstanding has caused 101 Harvest Sprites to
go astray, and it's up to you to round them up. In the meantime,
you'll raise livestock, tend your fields and look for Mr. Right.
That sounds like a task for the ultimate multi-tasking woman who can
bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan.
Some of our customers have started a buzz in our customer preview
section for Harvest Moon Cute. For example, customer "briter" said,
"I seriously am shaking right now. I want this game soooo badly!"
Customer "Story" said, "I'm so excited! I'm on my way to order this game right now, and
I can't wait till it comes in!" Who can blame them? In addition to
the aforementioned tasks, you'll also be able to change clothes AND
decorate your house! And have we mentioned the plush kitty? Of
course we have. Pre-order your copy now because those kitties are in
limited supply!
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