2.16.2008
Guitar Hero 3 - Dream On (Aerosmith) - FREE
1.31.2008
PGR3 - REVIEW - Genre: Bhangra
Bhangra
Genre Rating: 4.5
Total Tracks in Genre: 12
Length: approx. 53 mins.
The Wipeout series probably was responsible for getting me listening to Electronica/Techno. PGR3 is the series thats going to get me listening to Bhangra. This genre is, simply put, a great choice for racing. And Tigerstyle just tops it off. There are a couple lackluster tracks in this genre which prevents it from getting a perfect 5.. But this is overall the best genre of the game.
Guide to rating: 1 = Avoid at all costs / 5 = Can't go wrong with this one.
Track 1
Artist: MIDIval PunditZ
Track: Bhangra Fever/Heavy Nitro Remix
Label: Six Degrees Records
Length: 3.55
Rating: 4
This one starts off a little slow and then builds nicely. Some crazy tempo changes keep this one from earning a 5, but still an excellent track. Try this one on Nurburgring.
Track 2
Artist: Tigerstyle
Track: Akh mastani
Label: Nachural Records
Length: 3.28
Rating: 5
You know.. The PGR3 soundtrack repesents my first exposure to Bhangra music. Simply put, these guys make it an awesome experience for me. This song both rocks, and fits soooo great as a track in a racing game. I'm going to be buying a bunch of albums by these guys if they are all as good as this. You just cant go wrong with this track. Best track in Project Gotham Racing 3.. Period.
Track 3
Artist: Dhamaal Soundsystem
Track: Bol Breaker
Label: MusSync
Length: 3.50
Rating: 3
Kinda boring not bad.. but nothing exciting either..
Track 4
Artist: Achanak
Track: Lak Noo Hala De
Label: Nachural Records
Length: 2.28
Rating: 4
Energetic and a bit corny. But fun to listen to, and good for racing too. This track works well enough.
Track 5
Artist: Echotwist
Track: Frankies Next Move
Label: MusSync
Length: 4.54
Rating: 3
This track starts off a bit drony and boring, but picks it up about a minute and a half in. Give it a chance to get past the first part and you wont be dissappointed. Decent variety here once it gets going. I find myself wondering about the title of this track. Is this some sort of homage to "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"? Maybe they are still big in India? Who knows..
Track 6
Artist: Bhangra Blast
Track: Hauli Hauli (Abridged)
Label: Times Music
Length: 1.14
Rating: 3
The keyboards in this song sound like they are from one of those kids keyboards at the toystore.. Circa 1992.. But the song is so short, it doesnt really matter. Has a good rhythm to it and its a perfect length for those short challanges.
Track 7
Artist: Tigerstyle
Track: Boliyan
Label: Nachural
Length: 3.26
Rating: 4
Another rockin one from Tigerstyle. This one with a bit more traditional feel to it. Still a great song. These guys just don't dissappoint..
Track 8
Artist: MIDIval PunditZ
Track: Kesariya
Label: Six Degrees Records
Length: 7.12
Rating: 4
This one starts off SUPER mellow, Slowly introducing one musical element at a time. Vocals, then keys, then the beat, then the bass. This actually works really well for the super long races (think Nurburgring). The vocals are really pretty too, without being distracting.
Track 9
Artist: Karsh Kale
Track: One Step Beyond
Label: Six Degrees Records
Length: 6.05
Rating: 3
This song is mostly drums with a mellow melody over parts. Good use of both electronic sounds and analog. Gets a bit boring. Not a great track but a definately a good one..
Track 10
Artist: Jasbir Jassi
Track: Putt Jattaan Daa
Label: Times Music
Length: 5.40
Rating: 2
The worst song in the genre by far. The music is lame. The vocals boring. And it feels WAY too long. Skip this track.
Track 11
Artist: Achanak
Track: Maar Sutia
Label: Nachural Records
Length: 3.24
Rating: 4
Another good one by Achanak. Bouncy sounding and fun to race to.
Track 12
Artist: Tigerstyle
Track: Maan doabe da
Label: Nachural Records
Length: 5.05
Rating: 5
Ok third times the charm.. Just go out and buy one of these guys albums. You wont be disappointed. Another awesome track.
1.27.2008
XBOX Originals - What a letdown..
First let me say that some of these old Xbox titles are still GREAT games, and definately worth owning, if you missed them the first time round. Whether its Halo, or Crimson Skies, or Fable.. They are all exceptional games.
Here are the reasons I think this "deal" aint so great.
- You can own these titles for only 1200 Microsoft points!
Wow what a fantastic deal, that equates to only 15 bucks a game.. Fifteen bucks a game? Are you kidding me? If you spend some time looking in the discount bins over at your favorite game store, you can probably find them for 10 or less.. - You can download them right to your 360! No need to run out to the game store!
Wow thats awesome! You also get no case, no physical game, no liner notes, no instruction manual.. Don't you think it should COST less if you are going to GET less? - Pay with convienient Microsoft Points!
What the shit is convienient about these points? Why not just charge cash, so at least you can easily figure out how much you are spending.. I don't really understand the idea of these points. I can understand if you could win points or something for playing in tournaments, or games or something.. But I havent seen any things like that.. I think that people who were with Xbox Live from the beginning got some free points for the 5 year anniversary, but thats about all I ever heard of.
Want a better deal? I just bought Crimson Skies used for 4.60$ complete with original case, instructions, etc. You can find most of these games either brand new in the discount bins, or used in near mint condition, for much less than 15 bucks. Christ.. you can probably get 3 original Xbox games used, for the price of one of these downloaded games.
Oh and the ONE reason that these downloaded classics ARE better than the original? You don't need to insert a disc to play the game. Me? I'll save the 10 bucks and put the damn game in the drive.
1.23.2008
Undertow - XBOX Live Arcade - FREE

Games Over Girls Podcast
What do you say Chris, you want to move this thing to the full website and start the podcast or what?!
Chris - Yah, I'm down with doing the podcast Jacko.. Let's work on it this weekend, if you are not falling down drunk as usual ;)
1.14.2008
iphone gaming coming soon?
1.11.2008
World of Warcraft - Interface Addon - Loot Track
Way back when.. when I used to have a lot of time to play WOW, my main was a fire specced Mage enchanter. I used to do alot of farming for drops for disenchant loot. I used Thottbot for a while trying to determine which mobs dropped greens, or blues frequently, but it didn't work that well, since thott would tell you how often mobs would drop a given item. I wasn't really looking for this.. I just wanted to know how often an enemy would drop ANY item of green quality.. or blue quality.. etc.
In order to solve this dilemma I decided to code my own World of Warcraft interface addon. (Yes I know I am a nerd) Thus was born "Loot Track".
The purpose of this addon is to track how frequently any given enemy of a given level, will drop each quality item (grey, white, green, blue, purple, orange), and how much cash (in silver) it drops on average. The interface is very simple. You target a mob. If you have harvested it before, it will pop a list of how frequently it drops the different quality goods. It also lists how many times the enemy has been harvested, and the average cash it drops. If you have not harvested it before, nothing is displayed. The more you harvest a given enemy, the more precise the data becomes. Here is an example of the interface.
From this image we see the targetted mob, a level 7 Cursed Darkhound. From the Loot Track frame we see that I have harvested this particular enemy 40 times. On average it drops grey items 15% of the time, and white items 55% of the time. It drops no cash at all. The frame can be right clicked and dragged anywhere on the screen, so you can arrange it whereever you want.
This is a really simple addon. If you are looking for a good rough idea of what a mob is dropping, to figure out if you want to grind it, this addon is great. If you are looking for mass quantities of info on the mob, other addons are much better. MobInfo for instance is great for telling you just about anything you need to know. I use it all the time.
Anyway you can download Loot Track here. To install it, simply unzip and drop the "Loot Track" folder in your interface/addons directory. This app can even be distributed as long as I am properly credited, and you include a link to this blog from the distribution webpage. I hope you enjoy using this addon as much as I do. Cheers!
1.08.2008
Thumb Injury
1.07.2008
Gaming Thumb Injured; Log Maul Aptly Named

Amazingly, this is the first time I have ever gotten stitches. I mean.. I definately should have gotten them on at least 4 occasions that I can think of.. But just never went to get them done.
Anyway, looks like im relegated to the world of PC gaming for the next week or two.. Guess I could work on leveling my PVP alts on World of Warcraft.. :(
What a load of crap..
STUPID MARIO GALAXY - Review - Wii - 6/10
Go play Super Mario 64....GO NOW, I'll be here when you get back. Ooooh sweeet mama, Tia Tanaka, I would love to eat your assho- OH SHIT, you're back.... um.... I wasn't doing anything, why, what did you hear? Now go play Super Mario Galaxy, this time give me a little more time to uh.... finish up. OK, do you understand why I made you go play them? To prove a little point, Super Mario 64 is a far more satisfying experience and was made over 10 years ago. I realize that it's a different game and it should be judged on it's own merits, but I can't sit here and give a game , that's inferior in almost every way, a score that's anything higher than a 6.

Look, Nintendo is still probably the best software company in the world, but you wouldn't know it by the shit they've been shoveling out over the past year or so. Where are the games for the hardcore? Is this it? Nintendo, you are on probation until you get your act together and get back to the greatness you once were. Now on with the review.
Graphics - The graphics are actually pretty good, the only problem I have with them is that the worlds are way too small to soak them up. I really enjoy the way the teeny tiny levels look as you shoot into them as you start, and when you use the star-cannons to shoot you around it also.
Sound - Most of the music is forgettable, the only high points are the little music notes that play an oldschool Super Mario tune from yesteryear, that was awesome.
Controls - The controls would be great.... if you were able to play this game with a normal controller and not with this dildo of an abomination. After about 12 hours of play, it still doesn't feel right, GOOD GOD I want to play with the Game Cube pad again.
Gameplay - It's just not that fun, Why are the levels so short? Just when I'm starting to get into it, the level is over. Believe me, I wanted so badly for something to justify purchasing that little white shit box, this ain't it! If Smash Bros. Brawl sucks I'm going to off myself.
Overall - Pass, they really shit the bed on this one. There are better games to play, go get some older Game Cube games, I suggest Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, even Super Mario Sunshine is worth playing over this, and that game SUCKED!
In closing I would also like to say that there is probably not a bigger fan of Nintendo than I (I have 2 Zelda tattoos to prove it), so save your mail bombs for someone else. I just want everyone to wake up and smell the cat crap, there is a reason we hold Nintendo to a higher standard and I just hope they remember their loyal fanbase when it comes time to make the next system.
1.06.2008
PGR3 - REVIEW - Genre: Alternative Rock
Alternative Rock
Genre Rating: 3
Total Tracks in Genre: 11
Length: approx. 36 mins.
This genre is characterized by its mediocrity. There are no totally awful tracks in the Alt Rock genre, but there are no exceptionally great tracks either. A few of the songs work pretty well though.
Guide to rating: 1 = Avoid at all costs / 5 = Can't go wrong with this one.
Track 1
Artist: Bloc Party
Track: Helicopter
Label: Vice Music Inc.
Length: 3.38
Rating: 4
This track works pretty well. Vocals are catchy. Electronic and electric instrumentation keeps the song from getting boring.
Track 2
Artist: Morrissey
Track: I Like You
Label: Attack Records
Length: 4.08
Rating: 2
I enjoy listening to Morrissey. He's super gay and all.. but if you ignore the fact that he's singing about a dude in his love songs, they are good. This being said, Morrissey should not be on any racing game soundtrack, unless its some sort of yacht sailing/racing sim. The music/vocals just do not fit very well with the whole experience. An exception, would be The Smith's "How Soon Is Now", but even then I would probably choose Richard Butler/Love Spit Love's cover, which is more powerful. Good track.. Poor choice for this game though.
Track 3
Artist: Death From Above 1979
Track: Black History Month
Label: Last Gang Records/Vice Records
Length: 3.50
Rating: 3
Every once in a while, someone tells me that I sould listen to these guys. I give it a shot, and determine that I think these guys are ok, not great, but ok. I feel the same about this track.. This song is rich in adequacity. Not the best track, not the worst either.
Track 4
Artist: Louis XIV
Track: God Killed The Queen
Label: Atlantic Recording Group
Length: 2.28
Rating: 3
Reminicent of mid 70's guitar rock. This song is saved by its short duration.
Track 5
Artist: Hot Hot Heat
Track: Island Of The Honest Man
Label: Sire Records
Length: 3.03
Rating: 4
This track is one of the better ones in this genre. Some wierd breaks now and then, but as a whole the track works pretty well for the london races especially.
Track 6
Artist: Death Cab For Cutie
Track: Photobooth (Live)
Label: Barsuk Records
Length: 3.30
Rating: 2
I am a big fan of Death Cab. Im a big fan of this song. This song does not work well with Project Gotham Racing. It's not powerful enough. Live versions of songs typically more powerful sounding than the originals. This one is not. Great song, just does not work at all in this capacity..
Track 7
Artist: The Kills
Track: The Good Ones
Label: Domino Records
Length: 3.26
Rating: 2
This song starts and ends with very little fluctuation. Speed stays the same. Vocals stay the same. Guitar stays the same. Drums stay the same. This track is just plain boring.
Track 8
Artist: Gratitude
Track: Drive Away
Label: Atlantic Recording Group
Length: 3.20
Rating: 4
Hard guitar lines, mellowish catchy vocals, and good variety, make this track the best of the genre. Not the best in the game though.
Track 9
Artist: The Futureheads
Track: Trying Not To Think About Time
Label: 679 Recordings Ltd
Length: 2.18
Rating: 3
Lots of breaks and time changes in this fast track, make this one hard to match to the action. Still a decent track though.
Track 10
Artist: The Presidents of the United States of America
Track: Poke and Destroy
Label: PUSA, LLC
Length: 2.36
Rating: 2
I can't stand these guys. There.. I said it.. This song sucks. The vocals suck. This song is distracting. For some goddamned reason, this track seems to come up ALL THE TIME when I'm playing this game on a random soundtrack. I think they paid the developers off to keep this track "less than random" if you know what i mean.. Im giving this song a two, because I feel that I may be less than impartial, since I think these guys suck so bad. I would give this track a one otherwise. You are welcome.
Track 11
Artist: Less Than Jake
Track: Bridge And Tunnel Authority
Label: Sire Records
Length: 2.36
Rating: 4
Decent Pop-Punk ditty. Not familiar with these guys, but the track works rather well. Fast-pacing, catchy guitar and vocals, and some horns make this interesting.
12.27.2007
Ubisoft Store - Free 2 day shipping
12.26.2007
Blue Dragon - Marked Down to 32$ at Circuit City
Here is a link to the game at Circuit City.
12.20.2007
ROCK BAND - REVIEW - PS3 - 9.5/10

There is so much in the game, that if I were to break it down and give it the proper review that it deserves , it would end up being about six pages long - so let me just touch on the most important aspects.
Drums - The real star of Rock Band is the drum kit it ships with. I am not a drummer, before I played this game, to see me play the drums, let's just say I wouldn't look out of place on the short bus with the rest of the retarded children. Now I feel like the drummer from Def Leopard, I still suck, but people applaud me because I do alright with my handicap and they feel sorry for me. I suppose the only gripe I have, is that the bass pedal sometimes doesn't register when I'm pretty fucking sure that I hit it at the right time.
Guitar - The big argument on the internets, is that the Guitar Hero cheap piece of plastic is way better than the Rock Band cheap piece of plastic. Yes, the strum bar on the RB guitar is shitty, but the fret board is way more comfy. Also, I see many people complaining that RB guitar is too easy compared to GH difficulty - agreed, but I suck anyway, so it's a welcome "problem" for me.
Microphone - It's cool to be just like the assholes you see singing karaoke, but I do wish there was an option to remove the vocals so you can be that asshole. Also, I wish the words scrolling across the screen were a bit bigger.
Bass - Hey, bass player. Look at the bass player. Look at that smile, there's sadness in that smile. Look at that chord structure, there's sadness in that chord structure. Look at him flail like the wailin' wall with nothin' but stubby fingers and a dumb look on his face. He don't know it but he's balding...spiritually. But everybody hates the bass player. No one invites the bass player to the party after the show.
Bruce: Hey, what are you guys doin' after the show? Oh, nothin'? Okay.
Songs - Fan-Fucking-Tastic!!! I'm not going to list them all, but most of them are really good, and the ones that aren't that good are still fun to play. But....there is not enough Box O' Wine in the world to wash away the pain that comes with playing the 45 minute Train Kept A-Rollin'
Multi Vs. Single player - Believe it or not, single player is better because your H-mo friends can't come and take the drums away from you. All joking aside, it should come as no surprise that multiplayer is the better way to go, acting like an asshole with your friends is always more fun than solo-asshole. Don't shit on single player though, it's incredibly satisfying to practice getting better at whatever instrument you fancy.
DOWNLOADS - Harmonix, Keep em coming, I can't be the only jerkoff that will buy every single song that is released. Do me a favor though, there is a world of great songs in the underground music scene that I'm sure would cost next to nothing to secure the rights to.
Songs I would LOVE to see in Rock Band
Alkaline Trio - Private Eye, This Could Be Love, Cringe.
Jimmy Eat World - Pain, Sweetness (demo version please), The Authority Song (also demo version)
Green Day - She, When I Come Around, Holiday.
Descendents - Hope, Cameage, Clean Sheets.Nofx - Liza and Louise, Punk Rock Elite, Moron Brothers.
Jawbreaker - Accident Prone, I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both, Boxcar.
J Church - Foreign Films, No Surprise, Open Road.
Yes, I realize that the only songs that have a chance are the Green Day songs, BLOW ME!
12.15.2007
PGR3 - REVIEW - Genre: Electronica
Electronica
Genre Rating: 3
Total Tracks in Genre: 12
Length: approx. 58 mins.
The electronica genre is an unusual one. Some of the tracks in this genre, simply don't fit my idea of this genre. It has both excellent tracks, and tracks that are total crap. The consistancy is just not there. Honestly some of the tracks in this genre just ruin the whole thing, which is unfortunate, since this genre also has some of the best tracks in the game.
Guide to rating: 1 = Avoid at all costs / 5 = Can't go wrong with this one.
Track 1
Artist: Alpine Stars
Track: Carbon Kid
Label: Astralwerks/Riverman
Length: 6.25
Rating: 1
This track fits the "Electronica" genre in the loosest sense of the word. More like rock with keyboards.. The track starts off pretty good.. until the vocals come in. The vocals are sooooo annoying its not even funny. The lyrics are ass. They honestly ruin the whole song. I had to listen to this track no less than 5 times, doing this review. I was ready to blow my brains out after the first. No joke. At 6.25, this track is exactly 6 minutes too long. DO NOT listen to this track unless you are compiling a soundtrack for suicide.
Track 2
Artist: Dirty Vegas
Track: A Million Ways
Label: Capitol Records
Length: 5.15
Rating: 2
Another track that I would be hard pressed to classify as "Electronica". This track makes me feel gay listening to it. The vocals are gay.. The music is gay.. But, if you want to spend your race feeling like you are racing to a Beverly Hills public restroom, to meet up with George Michael.. More power to you.
Track 3
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Track: Tribulations
Label: Capitol Records
Length: 5.16
Rating: 4
FINALLY a half-way decent track in this genre. The music sets the stage well, and the vocals work fine. Best for Tokyo races in my opinion.
Track 4
Artist: Radio 4
Track: Party Crashers
Label: Astralwerks
Length: 5.00
Rating: 3
There is nothing special about this track. The music is ok.. The vocals are ok.. Not a bad track.. But not a great one either. Nothing special here.
Track 5
Artist: Audio Bullys
Track: Real Life
Label: Astralwerks
Length: 3.30
Rating: 3
Music isn't bad, vocals get annoying. It's one salvation is that the track is fairly short. But there are better tracks to listen to.
Track 6
Artist: Phontaine
Track: One More Day
Label: Brighton Sound/Position Music
Length: 2.40
Rating: 5
This track rocks. I like this track so much, I listened to a bunch of other tracks by the same artist on their website. I would buy this. It works really well for any short race, or challenge. At 2.40, you will be wishing this track was longer.
Track 7
Artist: New Order
Track: Krafty
Label: London Records 90 Ltd.
Length: 4.30
Rating: 2
This is a dissapointing one. I love old New Order. ("Blue Monday" is one of the best songs ever) This is not old New Order. This is new New Order. The vocals suck, the music is bland. Avoid.
Track 8
Artist: Crush
Track: Consiousness
Label: Position Music
Length: 3.41
Rating: 4
This song is fast and furious. Perfect for just about any racing situation.
Track 9
Artist: Lunatex
Track: Crawl
Label: Chakrasound
Length: 6.23
Rating: 5
Fits well with most race types, and tracks. Sound is diverse. Can't go wrong with this track.
Track 10
Artist: The Chemical Brothers
Track: The Big Jump
Label: Astralwerks
Length: 4.45
Rating: 4
This track is decent, but not the best track from the Chemical Brothers. I have come to expect more from these guys. The track does work very well though.
Track 11
Artist: The Atlas Plug
Track: The Ace, the Only
Label: Persist Records/Position Music
Length: 4.20
Rating: 4
This track has a pretty heavy sound. Goes on a bit long though, and gets repetitive. Use this one for the shorter races, or challenges.
Track 12
Artist: Robert Miles
Track: Improvisations
Label: S:alt Records Limited
Length: 4.20
Rating: 3
This is a pretty strange song. Lots of bouncing sounds to the right or left. The beat gets lost at times, but somehow it still works. Decent choice for Nurburgring races.
Next Up.. Alternative Rock
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