Wii Music Demonstrated By Man On Rotating Platform

Don't know how we missed this one from E3:

EDGE MAGAZINE COLLECTOR MADNESS

Okay, it's not often this kind of thing happens, so make the most of it plebs.

We need your help.

We're aware that most, or at least some of you might have some knowledge on the world of videogames, and in particular, in the collecting of videogame ephemera. Some things have obvious value, those copies of radiant silvergun, samba de amigo, and rez all make for a lovely pension plan. But then some things have a more abstract value, how much is that mario 100 piece puzzle really worth? is this street fighter soundtrack free from the cover of the nintendo official magazine ten years ago worth the paper it's packaged in?

Anyway, these things can't really be solved, but we think this can. It's a very dear publication to our hearts, old EDGE, we love it, we loathe it, we stop buying it in protest, and then we start buying it again when they do a metroid cover, it's a rollercoaster ride, but we'll always come back for more.

But how much will this all be worth to us? When my children grow up and get their hands on my loot, will they flog my collection of antiquities for a tidy sum, or will the bin men receive a particularity heavy parcel one week? And so we will turn to you, we want to create a fairly reliable compilation of values, possibly as a sister site, we don't know how involved we'll get with this. Starting with EDGE magazine, it's quite an abstract concept, the valuation of a magazine, what with it being available in massive quantities, but only for one month.



How about these, these four horsemen, predicting the fate of the current-gen, very temporary, but are they worth a ton, have a word.



These timeless babies, people always love old games, they're quaint, make you seem cooler than you really are, and reading old reviews of old games is as geek-chic as you can get I would imagine. Do these anthologies make the till drawers of independent games shops quiver with excitement.



Now this is the absolute motherload, all ten variants of the Edge 128 tenth birthday issue, all sealed in their little bags. We've never seen the likes of this on eBay, surely this kind of thing is worth a short holiday to Malibu, a massive new telly, or that facelift I've been saving for.

So please, in the interest of the general public, please comment on this, tell us your views, whether you've bought or sold any of these beauties in the past, how much would you pay to own things like this. (you can't own these, they're mine) We'll probably do dreamcast next, so get your thinking hats on.

Decent Spider-Man 3 Trailer Now Out... But Where Is The PSP Version?

Earlier we posted the dodgy version of this lovely new teaser for Spider-Man 3.

Well now its time to check it out in glorious Hi Def

Strange thing is though (at time of writing) they've done an iPod version, but no PSP version. Sony Sony Sony...

Anyhoo what can we definitely see now? Wahey! We can see Sandman looking a lot clearer and huuuge. We can see the Green Goblin belting it round, and we can see the symbiote a lot clearer too. So are we going to have three bad guys in one film? Are we gonna have a cliff hanger?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

WRATTY'S SUPER SHOCKING THEORY...


Hello there. From the trailer we don't see any trace of Venom do we? Now we don't know yet how they're explaining the symbiote, but its there. So... are we going to have the third about him fighting the darkness? Fighting the suit while fighting Sandman and the Green Goblin?

Will we see those rumors addressed that Spider-Man 3 will in fact pave the way for the 4th one in the same way Pirates will do in a week's time? Or that Star Wars or Back To The Future did all those years ago?

Will Eddie Brock (Topher Grace) become one with that symbiote? Will it happen near the end of Spider-Man 3?

First Autobot Picture From Transformers Movie! Bumblebee!

Thanks to AintItCool.com we've got a super huge picture of a Bumblebee model...

We've had to remove it now sorry. But the teaser trailer is up!

Spider-Man 3 Teaser Trailer Hits The Web Early, But Is Really Shitty Quality

GO GET IT NOW!

USE THIS TO PLAY IT!

Oops someone had a camcorder in the cinema!

So what do we get to see?

Spidey in the black suit

Sandman

Still no official confirmation on Venom or Harry as the next Green Goblin / Hobgoblin.

But it's enough to wet every Spidey-Fan. Apparently the decent version hits the web tonight.

UPDATUM: The decent version has been released now!

Street Fighter On July 30th For 400 Points? Versus Ghost Recon CONTENT for 1200 points?

It's been "leaked" apparently today that Street Fighter has finally been dated and priced for the XBox 360 Marketplace, in Australia at least...


But come on... whats worth what these days? 1200 points for downloadable content for recon or 400 points for the worlds greatest 2D fighter, in high def and online?

Our verdict? We'd have actually have imagined the prices to be the other way round! We'd happily pay 1200 points for Street Fighter. Well not now that we know it's supposed to be 400 points anyway.

Mind you Wratty is better at Recon than he is at Street Fighter.

SUPERMAN RETURNS COMES TO XBOX LIVE!!!

OK, so we've now reached the pinnacle of brilliance on XBox Live - but with two major problems.

They've whacked up loads of Superman Returns videos onto the marketplace - even several Bryan Singer Weblogs. There's two of the theatrical trailers and several TV spots.

PROBLEM 1:
The teaser trailer isn't on there. While the theatrical trailers are great, the teaser trailer is the greatest thing in the world. The music, the slow unveiling. THE LOVE. We're thinking they're going to put it up because they've put up Trailer #2 and Trailer #3. We need completion.

PROBLEM 2:
It's only available in the states!!! This is ok though you can get round this by creating a .net passport and stating your country is the states. Then create another account on your 360 and link it to this new passport. Bingo you've got all the content the Americano's have got.


MINI PROBLEM THAT STILL PISSES WRATTY OFF:
THE FILM'S OUT NEXT WEEK (ON WRATTY'S BIRTHDAY) IN THE STATES AND WE'VE GOTTA WAIT TWO BLOODY WEEKS.

Alleged Grand Theft Auto 4 Picture Hits The Web

Yes here we go...


Whether or not it is real remains to be seen, but it does look very similar in style to the previous series. We like the use of a mace! Also the models look quite similar to the Table Tennis game, which is apparently the engine of choice for the next GTA in the series. It does look a little more cartoony that the previous titles however, maybe they've decided to tone the realism down a bit so they don't get any more painful court cases?

Is it real? HA! You decide!

Breasts Featured On The Nintendo DS Browser Casing? UPDATED

Okay maybe we've just got one of those sorts of imaginations but what do you lot think of this?


Ok so we admit we are completely wrong, we're just smutty. At first glance we thought they were just a bad drawing of an elder ladies breasts, now we can see that they are in fact binoculars.

OR ARE THEY? Conspiracy?

UPDATUM!

We've now noticed that if the "binoculars" are in fact turned upside down you see some form of corset style top.

A little like that top Madonna wore in that concert she did with cones. Yes indeedy. Send in your ideas to Wratty.

Channel 4's Online Comedy Quiz Is Buggered

Question...

"Jonathan Creek" starred which two stand-ups?


Answer (according to Channel 4's online quiz)...

Alan Davis & Roseanne Barr

Yes apparently this wonderful British drama did indeed star the largest American ever told.

And We Thought MacBook's Were Hot

The Register has posted this account from a Japanese conference of a Dell laptop actually exploding into flames, producing several explosions in five minutes.


Deadly stuff. As The Register says, imagine if that happened on a plane? We're sure Bin Laden's quickly buying up as many Dell laptops as he can afford.

Suggested Presents For Wratty's Birthday

One week from today is Wratty's birthday and we've been inundated with requests for a list of stuff he wants... so instead of buying something separately why don't you all pool together and pick something from his top 5?

They aren't impossible gifts, they just require you to try harder.

5) Send Wratty up into space.



Yes there's plenty of jokes you could follow that up with.
Virgin Galactic are taking note of people's interest and eventually the mighty cost of $200,000. They'll take this money and give you a flight around the earth, or somewhere else in space.

4) Throw a celebrity party. Wratty's MySpace is completely full of celebrities in hope that he'll be able to befriend them all, and go shopping with them as their best friend. If you throw him a party full of (A LIST ONLY no shitty Jade Goodies) celebrities then he'll remember you when he gets all that free crap from shows like the MTV Music Video Awards. Go!

help me get free stuff every day for life

3) Get Wratty every DVD in existance. Simple.

2) Give him super powers.

This needs no explanation, Wratty wants to be superman. Make him happy.

1) Get Wratty Eliza Dushku.


THE ULTIMATE PRESENT. Eliza Dushku rose to fame playing Arnie's daughter in True Lies, later achieving super-stardom as Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Also starring in her own incredible series Tru Calling and many more films like Jay and Silent Bob Strike back, The New Guy and the golden classic BRING IT ON. To make the present ultra special Wratty has suggested supplying a Ranche Carne High Toros Cheerleader outfit with Eliza.

Girls That Play World Of Warcraft Are Gonna Wanna Read This...

Ok ladies... read this interview Superman had on the phone with Harry Knowles of AintItCool.com...

Harry: I’ve heard rumors that you’re a World of Warcraft freak…

Brandon (genuinely surprised laughter, followed by a seemingly blushing) Yeah… …that’s true.

OKAY We're going to take a quick break right there. Ladies, yes Brandon Routh, also known as Superman is apparently a big WoW player! Imagine that hey? OK next up is the disappointing part for you all... he's taken.

Harry – Just yesterday there was an announcement that Spielberg was going to be making that movie.

Brandon – (Breathlessly exasperated and excitedly) ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?

Harry – (giggling) I’m totally serious.

Brandon – (to his girlfriend – away from phone – and with an enthusiasm I haven’t heard from him) SPIELBERG IS DOING WARCRAFT!

(Girlfriend) – WHAAAAAAA?!?!?!?! Oh my god! (I begin laughing)

Brandon: (like when he’s talking to Luthor – totally serious) Producing? Or Directing? My girlfriend is…

Harry – Allegedly directing.

Brandon – (to girlfriend) Allegedly Directing. (to me) Well… That… is… Interesting… (following was… giggly) We’ll be talking to, ummm, Legendary… about that.

Harry – Absolutely! Well as soon as I read the news, knowing that you were a Warcraft guy, I just had to bring it up cuz you’re the title character of Legendary’s biggest film to date and that’s their movie.

Brandon – Yeah, I know. They told me they went down and met with BLIZZARD’s guys, that’s pretty… that’s interesting.

Harry – Get your agent on it immediately.

Brandon – YEAH! My manager is right here, he’s perked up.

HARRY HERE: The WORLD OF WARCRAFT rumor was first spotted on JoBlo.com that cited VARIETY as their source. Since then, this has been proven wrong. Moriarty spoke with a source at LEGENDARY who debunked the rumor.

So ok it was just a rumor about Speilberg, but with more and more people trying to hire the better film makers for their beloved franchises, we wouldn't rule it out. See the rest of the interview here.

But hey ladies don't be worried that Brandon has a girlfriend. Wratty does an OK Lex Luthor and he dabbles in warcraft every now and again. Hey he may even show you his cast signed Superman Returns poster... you just gotta treat him well.

GAME Says Goodbye To It's Final Demographic

Final Demographic? What is this? Long words? Here?

We're just trying to avoid saying the word "chav" as it's a dirty word. It's worse than saying something like "Eric Stoltz" or when that guy at work (who pretends he's not gay) goes round calling USB dongles "Butt Plugs".


As you probably know by now, GAME have thrown in the towel on their 10 day scheme in selected stores only. Since we left working at the store we've noticed a huge decline in the company. Focus switching to selling own brand items, less focus on customer service, more focus on selling stuff. Which is fair enough, they want to survive. It just seems that they don't care about who they're selling to anymore.
Unfortunately ripping out GameCube's from most of their stores was the final straw for us. If we were still working there we would have left instantly. They could simply have stopped the PSP bays from taking up most of the floor space.

So what to do now? Well we don't know really - you could just rent stuff and copy it, or go and shop at Gamestation instead. They're like GAME and Electronics Boutique were at the time before EB bought GAME out.


The glory days.

Sega Make Us Complete

They've recruited voice talent for the western version of Yakuza! And not just any voice talent!!!


Eliza Dushku! This is THE GREATEST DAY IN SEGA HISTORY. Forget all that other stuff they did with that Hedgehog, and their glorious consoles. This is their shining moment, their rise to victory and their former glory. To top it all off her character is called Yumi! Pronounced "Yummy" - yes the noise you make when you see food.

Not only have they employed the worlds greatest woman (*cough* make her Wonder Woman Mr Whedon *cough*) but they've also hired Luke Skywalker and Lex Luthor to talk through the game aswell!!!

DISCLAIMER: Michael Madsen is not interesting enough to talk about, and Rachel Leigh Cook has a fake head.

Goodbye Top Of The Pops

Okay so we haven't watched it in about 10 years, but it's still sad to see a British institution get cancelled.

Yes that's right, after a run of 42 years the BBC has announced they are shutting down the poptastic music show Top Of The Pops. However they have decided to keep TOTP2, the Steve Wright wonderzone full of vintage sounds from the past shows. Bit ironic really.

So lets take a quick look back at the best moments from the last 42 years of the show...

200x - Top of the Pops hires Fearne Cotton


We're wishing we hadn't started this now. Fearne Cotton isn't that great and could be the reason for the shows demise. In reality we won't miss it at all, and if they ever want to bring anything back that got cancelled they should consider Knightmare or GamesMaster. FACT.

There's nothing interesting to say now, go and have a look at Wikipedia for a trip down memory lane - especially the send-ups bit. I hope they do a special before it ends talking about how many people got pissed off that they had to mime.

Would Microsoft Bother With A New Controller?

It seem's the Immersion technologies have been showing off a brand new type of force feedback, one that varies more depending on what you do.

For example in a first person shooter:

- You'd actually become more familiar with what weapon you've changed to, you'd feel it
- Firing something like a rocket launcher would give more push than something like a pistol

The thing is wouldn't this more "extreme" force feedback require more power? If so would Microsoft be willing to say their new pads have about 2 hours of battery life? Would they bring the cables back? We don't know.

Also Peter Moore's been very verbal about the 360 controller design after seeing what the Wii can do. He's hinted that a simpler controller could be round the corner for the XBox too.

Either way we may see some new form of controller soon, but if we lose buttons are we going to be able to play our games? Will they pull a Sony and just copy Nintendo - imagine a Wii-mote without it's motion sensing capabilities and just a load of XBox buttons all over it.

England Squad To Take On 2 Countries At Once

Some place called Trinidad and some place called Tobago? It's like wrestling, but more interesting.

This "three-way" is a world first according to what our brains tell us, it's going to have a pitch with three goals and a extra bouncy ball. Don't believe that they're two places? CHECK HERE

Thanks MSN for the heads up!


Aren't we hilarious? I can tell you're all laughing so much right now.

Good luck lads!

What A Surprise! Wratty's Got Superman Stuff To Talk About

We've now got under a month to go until it premiere's and we're dying to get our Imax tickets reserved for day 1 in London! Those bloody Americans get it TWO WHOLE WEEKS before us on Wratty's birthday - the 28th of June.

BASTARDS

BASTARDS

BASTARDS

However, the lords of the internet have calmed Wratty in the only way known possible. By making a lovely little flash Superman site that's got that lovely Planet Krypton theme in the background. All is forgiven for now. That site's also got a trailer we haven't seen before either which is pretty nifty. Lots of goosebumps!


AintItCool has also found some clips from the upcoming movie - posted here. They're great!!

It's actually physically impossible for us to be disappointed by this movie now, it could be 5 minutes long, directed by Paul Anderson and Superman could be Tom Arnold. All they'd have to do for those 5 minutes is play the Superman Theme. We're too excited now to care!

Transformers Teaser Post And Site!

Ooooooh

Does Warcraft Rock?

For all you lovely World Of Warcraft fans out there who have had to put up with wearing a dress for way too long now.

child plays psp

Wondering Why We Haven't Written Anything About Our 360 In A While?

BECAUSE IT'S BUGGERED AGAIN.

Second time now. We actually hadn't even bothered to send it back again until this week. That's right, it's just been sitting there for a month now nearly. All we've done is played Table Tennis on it a couple of times in the short 5 minute bouts it allows us before it dies.

Yesterday it went back home, and hopefully we'll get yet another shiny new one. We don't really mind this actually because we haven't been playing it loads, we are getting some form of "compensation" and there's nothing new to have a crack at on it anyway. That is until now.

what could our compensation be?

Unavoidably most sites are full of information about the new dashboard upgrade with lots of lovely new features which we can't wait to try. We don't really care about the background downloading because we barely use it anyway. What we do like is the boot to dash feature and we'd love to see what this "FULL USB KEYBOARD" support actually is. Other than that we want to try out these new Perfect Dark maps and hopefully get our mits on the new Recon content at the end of the month.

So while we don't miss it that much, we do miss it a lot.

Half Life 2: Episode One - Brill!

We're reading a lot about distraught Half Life fans picking up Episode 1 and being overcome with disappointment over the length of the title. Also they state that the game is simply too much a repetition of the original title, with no new interesting puzzles and only one new enemy.

Well, there is only one new enemy - a really good one. There are a few new puzzles and they DO get you thinking, and as for the length of the game... well it's only Episode One. An episode.

We can only think that Aftermath was originally all of the episodes tied up into one, that Valve have decided to split up and deliver in easy to digest chunks. That's no problem with us, we loved playing the first episode from start to finish. We got to fight our way out of City 17 and play with the new lighting system! The game drops you in right where you left off, don't worry we're not going to spoil anything. You find out how Alex gets off the top of the building and she finds you, you get up and get fighting with her. She's with you the entire time, which is handy early on as you only have the gravity gun to begin with so you can let her defend you while you throw bricks at people.

The only gripe we really have is the price. In the shops it's £20 and over Steam its $20 - you do the math. However we don't mind this too much because Episode One is completely standalone, you don't need Half-Life 2 and it comes with the multiplayer version of the game too. So for newcomers this is a pretty good pack, however anyone buying Episode One will probably be getting it because they've played through the main title so would they need all this stuff? Also, we know there are at least three episodes - that's sixty quid! So aren't we going to feel stupid when the Christmas Half Life 2 gift pack comes out for something like £40?

Guess it depends how anal you are, if like us you have the box fetish then you could always get it from play.com for £15.99 when it's back in stock. Otherwise, save the waiting and get it from Steam.

We're definitely looking forward to Episode Two.

The GAME OVER, YEAH Official X-Men Last Stand Review

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That Frasier Crane cameo was quite good

Will We Ever Buy Anything Over Steam?

NOT if it comes out the same day in it's own box!

You see we here at Game Over, Yeah like putting things on our shelves. Our rooms are a homage to what we believe in, what we religiously do most days and show off all of our geeky cool stuff.

One of those things are boxes of games we own. Ratty's XBox collection is a fine example of this, as is kevin's beautiful Dreamcast lot, and his ever growing GameCube shrine. One thing we have little of mind you is PC games. We don't play that many, but Half Life 2 is one of the exceptions to the rule as it is a truly wonderous thing.

Today marks the launch of Episode 1 of Half Life 2, and judging by the trailer it looks completely incredible. We considered purchasing over steam, to find that we could probably have played it last night, but had little time to do so. We decided instead to pop into town later and pick up our copies.

We won't ever use the box or disc again, and this is why we do love steam. Being safe in the knowledge that our games are locked up with a username and password is satisfying. All we need do when we do our bi monthly format is just download the game again. The latest version. This is where steam excels. We do love steam, just not enough to buy something over it. Maybe this is why we never liked the idea of the aptly named Phantom console.

The thing is now we know they're probably going to release a lovely box set containing all of the episodes when they come out. SO WHAT DO WE DO DAMMIT?

And what is with these pictures we find on google promoting these upcoming episodes? It's like some Gary Glitter haven...

Why?

How dare they...


Notice how the film makers once again put the message out that it's always going to be black vs white. Martin Luther will be rotating his grave.

Sony Test People's Pockets Early...

So you want a PS3? Well then you've either got a lot of saving to do, or you have more money than you deserve. For the latter look at what you can get in the meantime...


For the money launderer who has it all why not buy a PSP stand? Yes! What about chilling out with a glass of wine while its sitting there? Use the Sony Wine Opener and pour the contents into the Sony Wine Glass. There's plenty of other stuff to mock too, but we're far too tired and this is just depressing us now.

Gah.

Transformers Movie Car Piccies...

I'd put em all up here, but AintItCool has done that for us.

However I will pop my fave one up!

Ah yeah

Ahahahaahahah!

Not long now!


Teeheeeheee