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You can supply the poppers.

Any notoriety I achieved back in ye olde was probably due to my mischief in the face of the gestapo-esque attitudes displayed by a few of the moderators. As far as I can see the grip's been loosened now, and I doubt I'd have much to contribute to this forum anymore.

You know I do still come here ocassionally, don't be too hasty to consign me to the past. So that Wii looks good doesn't it?

So does anyone know how much like the finished product this is?

I saw the name then and thought you were someone else...

A friend and myself have recently been going through the Timesplitters series in co-operative mode, and as we approach the last level we're feeling a bit lost as to what we can play once it's done. What we're after is a game that fits the following criteria: * Can be played in co-operative mode * Is (preferably) an FPS, but we're open to others * Is reasonably challenging and will last a good few gaming seshes * Is on the GameCube Anyone know anything that fits the bill? Cheers.

Star Fox sounds up our street, but no one seems to have a good word to say about it, is it really as bad as everyone seems to make out?

Rhapsody are my favourite Power Metal band too, for cheap laughs it has to be "The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream" featuring a disgraced Christopher Lee. My Enjoyment of Power Metal goes no further than laughing at its clichés when pissed and revelling (albeit with a tongue firmly in one cheek) in the bombastic imagery created by the fantastical timbres. Even my friends (a few of who have formed a Power Metal band) enthuse as much about the hilarity of it all as they do the nods to the classical composers (of whom they are well versed in). Last year I went to see Yngwie Malmsteen, the godfather of the genre, who was supported by a band called "Dragonland" who had a song entitled "Majesty of the Mythril Mountain". Announced in the singer's Nordic tones it had me and my mates chuckling for about half way through its duration. I'm just leaving a phase of loving the ultra-twiddly guitaring, my tastes these days heading towards rootsier rock stylings and blues/rock jams. For me these genres satiate the appetite that got me into playing the guitar in the first place much better than the baroque-esque arpeggiotron stuff I dabbled in for a while. Regardless, if you're a fan of the guitaring in Power Metal I can empathise, retrospectively at least.

Good choices Mmhmm A bit of Stan Bush always gets a nod, Dare also comes highly recommended. I still think "Man in Motion" by John Parr (not the recent bastardisation) is top of the pile, alongside Herbert Grönemeyer's "Manner", the themes from Baywatch and Ghostbusters, Michael Macdonald's "Sweet Freedom" and Whitesnake's "Straight for the Heart".

I was relieved to discover that Frazzles, the true heir to the snack food throne, will survive, due to the fact they aren't made my Golden Wonder, but Smiths.

Cigarettes mumpdelawosser

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Very tasty, nice arpeggios and all that, but who really cares how fast his hand his moving? To really appreciate what he's playing play the music without the video and listen to the progressions without thinking about his chops.

4 wheels is 2 too many for me

Or, you have a shitty PC <-

Aye, the curse of being controlled by your right lobe.

This is a picture of a guitar just like mine (my guitar's in the Guitar Gallery at the moment getting spruced up in time for xmas). The only major difference between mine and this is the fact I had a DiMarzio FRED installed in the bridge position, oh, and the fact that this one has a pointlessly white selector switch. Anyway, the model is a Jackson TH1-L, discontinued in 1997 and supposedly arousing the interest of Jackson collectors these days, but they can fuck off! It's my baby!

I can lick my elbow

1. Donkey Kong Country (SNES) 2. Super Mario 64 (N64) 3. Super Mario Kart (SNES) 4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) 5. Perfect Dark (N64)

What a suprise, Liv fucking Tyler.

Seems Piro (I knew it already) Athriller and Pestneb are all in easy striking distance, and awesome points are on their way to you Laguna for living in a place called cook ham, a town and a nugget of culinary wisdom all in one.

An interesting feature is the ability to move the marker to the exact point where your house is, for your cruise missile launching convenience.

Michael Bolton! If bad music is criminal then I've commited genocide.

Just the sort of attitude a person needs to be successful in the music industry.

Exactly who I was going to suggest, Jaco Pastorius and Marcus Miller, if you wanted to become a virtuoso of the bass these are the artists to check out. Also, as JohnSt suggested, the bassists of Vai/Satriani are handpicked for innovative tour-de-force playing styles, the best of the bunch being ex-Mr Big and David Lee Roth bassist Billy Sheehan.