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While I'll openly admit enjoying some indie music by particular bands such as Silversun Pickups which seem decent although not amazing... ... Kaiser Chiefs on the other hand just seem totally underwhelming, their first album had some genuinely enjoyable hits but then hits turned to shits by the second album, third album seemed very experimental - and not really in a good way - now this... their fourth album which has absolutely no structure to it because YOU make the album by assembling the tracks... It might seem like an innovative approach but really lets not dance around the fact that the band have composed twenty tracks - most of which I'm betting will be filler - and have attempted to make it look innovative but instead it just smacks of laziness and general desperation. Some of the best albums ever made have been structured in a specific way, there is a reason behind this because it's a tried and tested method that actually works; making an album without a solid structure is like building a house on dodgy foundations, it might stand up for a brief period of time but it won't be long before the whole thing collapses and you're just left with a mess.

Nintendo Fiil You know it makes sense...

Happy Birthday Rummy!

This is currently £29.86 at ShopTo.net, standard price but obviously no pre-order stuff, still though seems to be one of the better prices around if you just want the game. : peace: I've pre-ordered it there simply because ShopTo have never let me down yet and I can't wait to play this either on release or possibly the day before.

I've just seen the trailer, my favourite bit? ... Yoshi at the end, couldn't stop laughing, classic.

Shows how much I actually pay attention to it... ... every... night? God help us all...

*Invisible 'Thanks' for the above post*

Call of Duty is officially dead to me...

Wow... I'm glad I didn't waste my time last night sitting through the whole live semi-final, I just watched some of the acts on YouTube - just the performances, none of the bullshit inbetween - and it was just so underwhelming... Literally don't care who wins at this point and just hope next weeks are better, but arguably I'm really not that fussed about it if I'm completely honest.

Happy Birthday Canand! "they see me rollin' they hatin'"

True... but at least it's not long now, Zelda in a few weeks and then... other stuff so at least gamers will have more of a real choice with regards to software within the next month.

Yeah, there's like nothing to play on it atm... :/ *goes back to playing Dead or Alive Dimensions*

Happy Bulba-Birthday Ellmeister! Annnnd... Happy Birthday Canand! "they see me rollin' they hatin'"

Happy Birthday Caris!

At the moment, Classic Controller for it is unparalleled... though kudos to Shin'en for including such responsive motion control.

Happy Birthday Charlie! ...inbefore12am.

The teaser image gives me a PSOWOW - Phantasy Star Online / World of Warcraft - kind of vibe... but for the DS, it'll probably most likely be more like the latter, except it'll play more like Final Fantasy : Crystal Chronicles because it's Square-Enix. So to summarise, World of Warcraft characters using PSO style weapons within a Final Fantasy : Crystal Chronicles style environment... ... this could have massive potential amounts of win.

If Leon is destined to be a DLC character then that I could understand but complete omission of one of the most loved characters in the series? That's just a crime surely... The thing is with Capcom, they'll probably say 'yeah buy the game, if we sell lots, we'll include Leon... maybe' *game sells lots* Capcom - 'Oh yeah, the game sold well but not quite well enough... sorry... lol' which basically equates to, they were never going to include DLC in the first place. More than likely I will still buy this but... just... meh.

Yet full of fail for not including Leon! Anyone else feel that we should start a petition entitled 'No Leon, No Purchase!' in a feeble attempt to get Capcom to include him? Because I think it really is a tragedy that Leon doesn't appear to be playable when he was one of the first characters originally in the Mercenaries mini-game - the redone version anyway - so why the hell is he not in this? Capcom can't claim that they 'didn't have enough space' and even if that was the case then... Idk... swap Rebecca for Leon? :p

Absolutely not, Street Fighter IV has had almost as many re-releases in 2-3 years as Street Fighter II has had... ever.... probably... ... with another one on the way too in the form of SFIV Arcade Edition, so no I don't think it's wrong to wait until the 3DS version is £15 or even less. :p

R.I.P Gil Scott-Heron

Thanks dewd, though I should have mentioned it needs to be for Memory Stick Pro Duo... Sony camera = bespoke memory format fail. :p

I keep meaning to post in this thread more often, I really should seeing as I created it :p thanks for bumping it Eddie, those Brownies look nice. I've been doing a bit of cooking recently, just standard meals like Bolognese etc but alas I need a new memory card reader for my netbook so that I can start uploading pics again, must get that sorted...

Is it me or have people lost sight of how great the actual game is going to be? the past few pages seem to be all about the pre-order bonuses... ... am I the only one who just... doesn't care and is happier to buy the standard game for the cheapest price possible? Not meaning to start any arguments here but c'mon, it's Ocarina of Time in portable form, that's more than enough for me.

Here's my take on the F-Zero / Wipeout comparisons... Firstly I must stress that this is more F-Zero than Wipeout, the main things that make it scream F-Zero are: Track Design - loops etc and corners especially Speed - it's fast and the speed feels 'right' Structure - similar as it has leagues and tournaments within those Visuals - obvious cues and certain track details very similar Boost - implemented differently but still, obviously inspired The main things that smack of Wipeout are: Craft Design - definitely more inspired here Drivers - there are none But the main things that FAST can claim as its own are... Orbs - these are required by your ship for various functions such as... Polarity - your ship changes colour (black and white) to make use of... Jump-Pads - these are coloured black and white, you need to match the phase... Ceiling Lanes - again the same here with the colours, you need to match them to use these I hope this clears things up and maybe helps people to decide who are on the fence, as it really is a fantastic game from what I've played so far and I'd hate people to miss out on it for thinking that its taken too much from other games when in fact it hasn't and is a great game thanks to a multitude of elements that just simply work and work well. : peace: