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The full set list for the upcoming DJ Hero has been announced, and considering the songs that have been confirmed, I’m definitely willing to give this a shot.  I’m still not 100% positive on how well this will play out, or how effectively the DJ peripheral will function.  I’m just not completely sure that this whole concept really translates to the music game format.  Just like with Guitar Hero, I wonder if your time would be better served actually trying to create your own mixes, instead of punching buttons in time to someone else’s.  

But, to each his own, and here’s the tracks you can look forward to fake DJ-ing in your living room:

• 2Pac - “All Eyez On Me” vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - “Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)”
• 50 Cent - “Disco Inferno” vs. David Bowie - “Let’s Dance”
• 50 Cent - “Disco Inferno” vs. InDeep - “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life”
• Afrika Bambaataa - “Zulu Nation Throwdown” vs. Freedom Express - “Get Down”
• Beastie Boys - “Here’s A Little Somethin’ For Ya” vs. DJ Shadow - “The Number Song (2009 Version)” (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
• Beastie Boys - “Intergalactic” vs. Blondie - “Rapture”
• Beastie Boys - “Lee Majors Come Again” vs. Daft Punk - “Da Funk” (Produced and mixed by Cut Chemist)
• Beck - “Where It’s At” vs. DJ Shadow - “Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)”
• Bell Biv DeVoe - “Poison” Beat Juggle
• Bell Biv DeVoe - “Poison” vs. Beastie Boys - “Intergalactic” (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
• Bell Biv DeVoe - “Poison” vs. Cameo - “Word Up!”
• Benny Benassi - “Satisfaction” vs. Tiësto - “Elements Of Life”
• Billy Squier - “The Big Beat” vs. N.E.R.D. - “Lapdance” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Black Eyed Peas - “Boom Boom Pow” vs. Benny Benassi - “Satisfaction”
• Bobby “Blue” Bland - “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City” vs. 2Pac - “How Do You Want It”
• Bobby “Blue” Bland - “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City” vs. Connie Price & The Keystones - “Fuzz And Them”
• Boogie Down Productions - “Jack Of Spades” vs. David Bowie - “Let’s Dance” (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
• Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - “Bustin’ Loose” vs. The Zombies - “Time Of The Season” (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
• Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - “Bustin’ Loose” vs. Young MC - “Bust A Move”
• Common - “Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)” vs. Masta Ace - “Jeep A** Gutter (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir RMX)” (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
• Cypress Hill - “Insane In The Brain” vs. Classics IV - “Spooky”
• Cypress Hill - “Insane In The Brain” vs. David Axelrod - “The Edge”
• Daft Punk - “Around The World” vs. Young MC - “Bust A Move”
• Daft Punk - “Da Funk” vs. N.A.S.A. - “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip”
• Daft Punk - “Megamix 1”
• Daft Punk - “Megamix 2”
• Daft Punk - “Robot Rock” vs. Hashim - “Al Naafyish (The Soul)” (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
• Daft Punk - “Robot Rock” vs. Queen - “We Will Rock You”
• Daft Punk - “Short Circuit” vs. Boogie Down Productions - “Jack Of Spades”
• Daft Punk - “Technologic” vs. Gary Numan - “Cars”
• Daft Punk - “Television Rules the Nation” vs. No Doubt - “Hella Good”
• David Axelrod - “The Edge” vs. Eric B. & Rakim - “Eric B. Is President”
• Dizzee Rascal - “Fix Up, Look Sharp” vs. DJ Shadow - “Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)”
• Dizzee Rascal - “Fix Up, Look Sharp” vs. Justice - “Genesis”
• DJ Shadow - “Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)” vs. D-Code - “Annie’s Horn”
• Eminem - “My Name Is” vs. Beck - “Loser”
• Fedde Le Grand - “Put Your Hands Up For Detroit” vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - “I Can’t Stop (David Penn Remix)”
• Foo Fighters - “Monkey Wrench” vs. Beastie Boys - “Sabotage” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Foreigner - “Juke Box Hero” vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - “DJ Hero” (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
• Foreigner - “Juke Box Hero” vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - “DJ Hero” (DJ-Guitar mix, produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
• Gang Starr - “Just To Get A Rep” vs. Mobb Deep - “Shook Ones, Pt 2” (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
• Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.” vs. Blondie - “Atomic”
• Grandmaster Flash’s - “Boom” vs. “Tap” (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
• Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool, DJ Demo - “Here Comes My DJ” vs. Gary Numan - “Cars” (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
• Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl” vs. Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.”
• Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl” vs. InDeep “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life” (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
• Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl” vs. Rick James - “Give It To Me”
• Herbie Hancock - “Rockit” Beat Juggle
• Herbie Hancock - “Rockit” vs. N.E.R.D. - “Lapdance” (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
• InDeep - “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life” vs. Cameo - “Word Up!”
• Jackson 5 - “I Want You Back” vs. Gang Starr - “Just To Get A Rep” (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
• Jackson 5 - “I Want You Back” vs. Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Jackson 5 - “I Want You Back” vs. Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
• JAY-Z feat. Pharrell - “Change Clothes” vs. 2Pac - “All Eyez on Me”
• JAY-Z - “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” vs. Eminem - “My Name Is”
• JAY-Z - “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” vs. Jackson 5 - “I Want You Back”
• JAY-Z - “Excuse Me Miss” vs. Rick James - “Give It To Me”
• Jean Knight - “Mr. Big Stuff” vs. Masta Ace - “Born To Roll”
• Jurassic 5 - “Jayou” vs. Billy Squier - “The Big Beat”
• Jurassic 5 - “Jayou” vs. Herbie Hancock - “Rockit”
• Kid Cudi - “Day ‘N’ Nite” vs. Black Eyed Peas - “Boom Boom Pow”
• Kool Moe Dee - “How Ya Like Me Now” vs. Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman - “I Like To Move It”
• Little Richard - “Tutti Frutti” vs. Shlomo - “Beats” (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
• M.I.A. - “Paper Planes” vs. Eric B. & Rakim - “Eric B. Is President” (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
• M.I.A. - “Paper Planes” vs. Wale - “Lookin’ At Me”
• Marvin Gaye - “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” vs. David Bowie - “Let’s Dance”
• Marvin Gaye - “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” vs. Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.”
• Motörhead - “Ace Of Spades” vs. Noisia - “Groundhog” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• N.A.S.A. - “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip” vs. Isaac Hayes - “Theme From Shaft”
• Noisia - “Groundhog” Beat Juggle (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
• Paul van Dyk - “Nothing But You” vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - “I Can’t Stop (David Penn Remix)”
• Public Enemy - “Shut ‘Em Down” vs. Beck - “Where It’s At”
• Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde - “Bring The Noise 20XX” vs. Justice - “Genesis” (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
• Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde - “Bring The Noise 20XX” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Q-Tip - “Good Thang” vs. Billy Squier - “The Big Beat” (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
• Queen - “Another One Bites The Dust” vs. Beastie Boys - “Brass Monkey” (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
• Queen - “Another One Bites The Dust” vs. Daft Punk - “Da Funk”
• Rihanna - “Disturbia” vs. Kid Sister - “Control”
• Rihanna - “Disturbia” vs. The Killers - “Somebody Told Me” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Rihanna - “Disturbia” vs. The Trammps - “Disco Inferno”
• Shlomo - “Beats” vs. Billy Squier - “The Big Beat”
• Street Sweeper Social Club - “Fight! Smash! Win!” vs. Beastie Boys - “Intergalactic” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Tears For Fears - “Shout” vs. DJ Shadow - “Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)”
• Tears For Fears - “Shout” vs. Eric B. & Rakim - “Eric B. Is President” (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
• Tears For Fears - “Shout” vs. Eric Prydz - “Pjanoo”
• The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - “Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)” vs. LL Cool J - “Rock The Bells” (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
• The Scratch Perverts Beats and Pieces (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
• The Killers - “Somebody Told Me” vs. Eric Prydz - “Pjanoo”
• Vanilla Ice - “Ice Ice Baby” vs. MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”
• Vanilla Ice - “Ice Ice Baby” vs. Paula Abdul - “Straight Up”
• Wale - “Lookin’ At Me” vs. Black Eyed Peas ft. Tippa Irie - “Hey Mama”
• Weezer - “Beverly Hills” vs. Evidence, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, Rakaa & 88 Keys - “Fresh Rhymes And Videotape” (DJ-Guitar mix)
• Wild Cherry - “Play That Funky Music” vs. Gang Starr - “Just To Get A Rep” (DJ-Guitar mix)

 New announcement regarding the upcoming awfulness that is Lego Rock Band.  Iggy Pop has been confirmed as one of the first musicians to appear in the game.  In case you weren’t aware Lego Rock Band is the Harmonix alternative for parents that think Rock Band’s rock music is inappropriate for the younger gamers.  So Lego Rock Band is going to offer a more family friendly music experience, and if you know Iggy Pop, he definitely falls into the family friendly category.  So this move doesn’t confuse me at all.

Although I don’t really see the point of a Lego Rock Band.  I understand you want to protect your children from music you find offensive, but Rock Band’s track lists have always been fairly tame.  The announced songs for LRB really sound terrible, and not very entertaining for faux instrument play.

• Blur “Song 2”
• Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting”
• Europe “The Final Countdown”
• Good Charlotte “Boys And Girls”
• Pink “So What”

I’m not saying they’re not entertaining from a technical stand point, but if you’re a concerned parent, do you really want to have to listen to your kid playing The Final Countdown or Kung Fu Fighting 8 million times?  I’d consider that right up there with waterboarding for interrogation methods that should be avoided because of their classification as torture.  Why not just buy your kids The Beatles Rock Band?  The Beatles are extremely non-threatening by today’s standards, and they have a much richer catalog of music that you can both enjoy.

I’d much rather hear The Beatles over and over again, personally.  And I’m not even a fan of The Beatles. 

Courtney Love is a little weird sometimes, in her perceptions, and I find it really entertaining.  Take the most recent controversy in which Courtney launched a Twitter attack on Activision for putting Kurt Cobain as a playable character in Guitar Hero 5.  Courtney went on to say that she hadn’t authorized such a thing, and as the person with sole control over his estate she was going to sue Activision for using Kurt in such a way.  And at first I was thinking, wow Guitar Hero guys, did you just make a horrifically big mistake?  Because Courtney and the surviving members of Nirvana are very protective about how Kurt Cobain is used in the media.

Then today Activision fires back saying, Courtney Love signed all the necessary papers for them to include Kurt Cobain in the game.  So did she forget?  I mean what the hell?  She signs the papers and then apparently forgets in the months following, then when Kurt Cobain is announced as a playable character she flips out.  I find the whole ordeal fairly entertaining, considering Activision has stated that they have all the necessary documentation to prove that they have the right to make a digital Cobain. 

I don’t understand the big deal though.  Kurt is dead and he was a music icon rivaling literally anyone else in the history of rock.  Nirvana changed the entire face of things in music, and their influence is still heard in modern rock bands.  Kurt Cobain belongs to the public now, so just let his fans experience him in the ways that they no longer can.  

The box art for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 has been released, and I’m a little unimpressed.  I’ve never really been sold on PES over FIFA, mostly because of the fact that PES can’t afford to get the rights to the vast majority of football clubs the way that EA can with FIFA.  I’ll hand it to PES that the quality of the simulation is for the most part better, and more realistic.  But FIFA just has the bells and whistles that truly represent why this is the world’s most popular sport.  

Not to mention the cover art.  Look at PES.  You’ve got arguably the two best strikers in world football right now, in Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres, and they both look bored to tears, acting like they’re actually playing. 

Whereas take the FIFA 10 US artwork, which has been released for a while now, you have Frank Lampard front and central shouting, and looking passionate about the game.  Although Blanco and Sacha Kljestan look fairly bored just like Torres and Messi, still, I think the FIFA cover inspires more passion.  Even if you’re not a Chelsea fan, which I most definitely am not.  At any rate, I’m really droning on about nothing, so decide for yourselves.  I’ll be sticking with FIFA solely based on the more fully fleshed out Be A Pro mode, and that’s become the meat and potatoes of my videogame footballing.  

Guitar Hero 5’s final track list has been announced.  The game will include 85 brand new tracks for the series with bands ranging from Coldplay, to Children Of Bodom, spanning the entire rock spectrum of musical tastes.  Most of these sound pretty fun, and seem like no brainers for Guitar Hero to have included previously, but better late than never I guess.

Also announced was the ability to play as your Xbox avatar in the 360 version of Guitar Hero 5.  That’s pretty cool I guess.  I’m just happy something is coming in the pipeline to make avatars actually useful, instead of lame useless pieces of personalization that have an incredibly underwhelming amount of customization options.  

 At any rate, here are the songs to be included in Guitar Hero 5:

• 3 Doors Down - “Kryptonite”
• Arctic Monkeys - “Brianstorm”
• Blink-182 - “The Rock Show”
• Dire Straits - “Sultans Of Swing”
• Jimmy Eat World - “Bleed American”
• Johnny Cash - “Ring Of Fire”
• Megadeth - “Sweating Bullets”
• Mötley Crüe - “Looks That Kill”
• Muse - “Plug In Baby”
• Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
• Queen & David Bowie - “Under Pressure”
• Stevie Wonder - “Superstition”
• The Killers - “All The Pretty Faces”
• The Raconteurs - “Steady As She Goes”
• TV On The Radio - “Wolf Like Me”
• A Perfect Circle - “Judith”
• AFI - “Medicate”
• Attack! Attack! UK - “You And Me”
• Band Of Horses - “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands”
• Beastie Boys - “Gratitude”
• Beck - “Gamma Ray”
• Billy Idol - “Dancing With Myself”
• Billy Squier - “Lonely Is The Night”
• Blur - “Song 2”
• Bob Dylan - “All Along The Watchtower”
• Bon Jovi - “You Give Love A Bad Name”
• Brand New - “Sowing Season (Yeah)”
• The Bronx - “Six Days A Week”
• Bush - “Comedown”
• Children Of Bodom - “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
• Coldplay - “In My Place”
• Darker My Love - “Blue Day”
• Darkest Hour - “Demon(s)”
• David Bowie - “Fame”
• Deep Purple - “Woman From Tokyo (’99 Remix)”
• The Derek Trucks Band - “Younk Funk”
• The Duke Spirit - “Send A Little Love Token”
• Duran Duran - “Hungry Like The Wolf”
• Eagles Of Death Metal - “Wannabe In L.A.”
• Elliott Smith - “L.A.”
• Elton John - “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)”
• Face To Face - “Disconnected”
• Garbage - “Only Happy When It Rains”
• Gorillaz - “Feel Good Inc.”
• Gov’t Mule - “Streamline Woman”
• Grand Funk Railroad - “We’re An American Band”
• Iggy Pop - “Lust For Life (Live)”
• Iron Maiden - “2 Minutes To Midnight”
• Jeff Beck - “Scatterbrain (Live)”
• John Mellencamp - “Hurts So Good”
• Kaiser Chiefs - “Never Miss A Beat”
• King Crimson - “21st Century Schizoid Man”
• Kings Of Leon - “Sex On Fire”
• Kiss - “Shout It Out Loud”
• Love and Rockets - “Mirror People”
• My Morning Jacket - “One Big Holiday”
• Nirvana - “Lithium (Live)”
• No Doubt - “Ex-Girlfriend”
• Peter Frampton - “Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)”
• The Police - “So Lonely”
• Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde - “Bring the Noise 20XX”
• Queens Of The Stone Age - “Make It Wit Chu”
• Rammstein – “Du Hast”
• The Rolling Stones - “Sympathy For The Devil”
• Rose Hill Drive - “Sneak Out”
• Rush - “The Spirit Of Radio (Live)”
• Santana - “No One To Depend On (Live)”
• Scars On Broadway - “They Say”
• Screaming Trees - “Nearly Lost You”
• Smashing Pumpkins - “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
• Sonic Youth - “Incinerate”
• Spacehog - “In The Meantime”
• Sublime - “What I Got”
• Sunny Day Real Estate - “Seven”
• T. Rex - “20th Century Boy”
• The Sword - “Maiden, Mother & Crone”
• Thin Lizzy - “Jailbreak”
• Thrice - “Deadbolt”
• Tom Petty - “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - “American Girl”
• Vampire Weekend - “A-Punk”
• Weezer - “Why Bother?”
• The White Stripes - “Blue Orchid”
• Wild Cherry - “Play That Funky Music”
• Wolfmother - “Back Round”

In perhaps the most odd decision in videogame history, 505 has acquired the rights to create a videogame based upon the musical Grease for the Wii.  Teaming up with Paramount Digital, apparently 505 is going to create an authentic and true to the film adaptation of Grease, complete with motion control.  I have to say…I don’t really understand who this is supposed to appeal to exactly.  I understand that the Wii is the gimmicky family oriented console, but are there really enough people clamoring for a game based on Grease that it’s worth 505 and Paramount investing the time and money?

I guess they see something I don’t. 

 In other gimmicky peripheral news that isn’t quite so lame, apparently one of the big plans for the upcoming Tony Hawk: Ride board peripheral, is a Silver Surfer videogame.  Or at least that’s what a rumor reported by Kotaku.com says.  I have to say, I don’t exactly know how it would work, but I’m most definitely interested to see the end result. 

And finally, in World of Warcraft news, apparently Blizzard has applied for a trademark to the name Cataclysm.  Of course this has inspired rampant internet rumors implying that this is Blizzard planning the next expansion pack for World of Warcraft.  Also inspiring those internet rumors to say that this is the big announcement to be had from BlizzCon 2009 next month.  And I guess that would make things interesting, so I hope it’s info about the next WoW expansion. 

Legacy Interactive has announced a brand new Nintendo DS, Wii and PC title currently in production based on the television show House.  The game will feature five cases for you to solve using the same actual medical procedures, and crazy diagnostician techniques from the show.  And oh yes, breaking into patients homes to find out more about them will be an included feature.

As a fan of House all of this is sounding fairly entertaining, even considering how horrid most television series cash-ins tend to be.  But Legacy Interactive has a good history of medical/detective based games in the past, and House falls into those categories, so the game is in good hands.  Although there is still one glaring disappointment that will still make me weary of playing the game.

Hugh Laurie is a brilliant actor.  In case you didn’t know, he’s British, and that’s a flawless American accent that he uses on House, and in so doing he’s created a unique style of speaking and emoting for everyone’s favorite ornery doctor.  But Hugh Laurie is also a big star, and landing someone like him for a videogame would add a massive amount to the low budget for a game like this, meaning his services won’t be provided, and Dr. House will have to be voiced by a sound-a-like voice actor.  And that makes me nervous.

I’ve played Star Wars games in the past with Obi-Wan Kenobi sound-a-likes, and the unique way Ewan McGregor spoke in the prequels seemed lost on them, resulting in laughably bad dialogue deliveries.  I really hope that doesn’t happen with House…as that would make the game almost unplayable to me, but I’ll still give it a fair shot.

Bungie announced a brand new Halo game, of course only releasing a teaser photo and no details about the upcoming adventure, entitled Halo: Reach.  There was a teaser accompanying the announcement at E3 which apparently just showed a short clip of the fall of Reach from before the first Halo game.  So apparently this is going to be a new Halo game in which you  play through the fall of Reach, perhaps going back to a time when there was more than just one Spartan left.  Which means this Halo could bring in some badass new features and multiplayer options.

I’m just glad to see Bungie hard at work on the titles that will continue to follow Halo 3, just like the upcoming Halo: ODST.

And speaking of Halo, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, uttered damning words about the Wii’s upcoming FPS The Conduit, in that the Wii and Nintendo are banking on the title to attract the Halo audience to the Wii.  Now I’m pretty sure that almost every time in the past something has been said to be a Halo killer in any way shape or form, the game has fallen sorely short of any expectations.  I’m really not expecting anything different with this one, as The Conduit doesn’t look to be shaping up as anything particularly amazing for the Wii.

But I am definitely interested in getting a spectacular game for the console finally, so I can dust off my Wii, and maybe even play it for a while again. . .

Warner Bros is taking the reins of the Lord of the Rings movie/game tie-ins, and are going to start us off by basically remaking the games that have come before.  First up is Lord Of The Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, which is just a rehash of the same battles and events you’ve already played through from the films, only this time you’re only given the choice of playing as Aragorn.  The game is going to be released for DS, PSP, PS2, and Nintendo Wii, which also means we won’t get a cool glossy and beautiful ‘next-gen’ LOTR world to play through, meaning this really is going to be nothing but rehash of what you’ve already done before.

Lame, is all I have to say, completely and utterly lame.

I don’t really find myself interested in any ‘unique’ take on Aragorn’s quests, at least not with last-gen technology, or motion control gimmicks.  I want new LOTR experiences, with battles that push the scale and ability of the Xbox 360 and PS3, with graphics that make you feel a part of Middle-Earth.  I don’t want to play yet another LOTR PS2 game, or a gimmicky DS game…although some cool epic battles on the go would be awesome for PSP considering the 3D rendering ability of the handheld.

But still…new experiences, not rehashed cash-ins…please Warner, take that to heart.  

IGN.com had an awesome announcement, and the Wii is about to get a whole lot cooler come the first quarter of 2010, and that’s because the just announced Gladiator A.D. will be releasing at that time, and this is going to be the coolest Wii game ever made.  Gladiator A.D. represents exactly what I’ve been waiting for from the Wii, a badass weapon combat game that utilizes Wii MotionPlus technology to offer you a realistically controlled brutal fighting experience.  So basically, unless developer High Voltage Software really screws up this concept royally, Gladiator A.D. is already my new favorite Wii game.

The screenshots remind me of Shadow of Rome so far, and that’s not a bad thing at all, considering how badass Shadow of Rome was, coolest gladiatorial game to date.  Brutal, visceral, limb chopping crazy combat, and epic gladiatorial battle royals featuring some of the fiercest moments I’ve ever experienced in videogame combat.  I hope Gladiator A.D. continues in that vein, although if I can have a Wii bashing moment here for two seconds….I’m a little disappointed that Shadow of Rome apparently has better graphics than Gladiator A.D. is going to feature.  I’m a little disappointed as to the visual quality up to this point, but that’s nothing new considering the Wii’s barely better than PS2 graphical ability.

But I won’t let that deter me from some crazy motion control gladiatorial combat, because I’m all up for this more than I’ve ever been down to play Wii before!