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Does Your Madden 09 Freeze Too?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Madden 09
Like many many others, my copy of Madden 2009 for Playstation 3 has been freezing. Typically when I am in my second game, sometime mid-game. I have been reading a lot about this problem online and have determined that it is a problem for many gamers on both PS3 and Xbox 360. Once guy actually spoke about older versions of the game causing the same problem on his original XBox. Well EA has not release a patch to fix this problem as of yet, but we are eagerly awaiting that day because its extremely frustrating when you have played a long tough game and fought back to take the lead and the game freezes.

Needless to say I was pretty upset when it first happened because I have heard rumors of the PS3 locking up and I wasn’t about to have that happen to mine. Thankfully its just the game and not the console. Other than that problem, I highly recommend Madden 09 to everyone.

List your complaints below and lets see what we can get EA to do about this problem.

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Guitar Hero and Ozzy

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Guitar Hero has become huge in the console genres. First Aerosmith graced the cover a entire game and now Ozzy is going to be apart of the next version, Guitar Hero: World Tour. Ozzy is one of the largest influences on hard rock and heavy metal and having him lend his talents to Guitar Hero is a huge step in the series. What’s next? Check out the video from Gametrailers.com!!!


In other news, Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich joked in a recent interview about the possibility of a Guitar Hero: Metallica. What would that be like?

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Guitar Hero:World Tour Vs. Rock Band 2

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Ok so Im not here to compare games. Personally I think they are both going to rock. The one thing I really do hope for is some way to use the same instruments for both games, bc shelling out that much cash on top of what I already have (5 guitars, 1 drum kit) is outrageous. What I want to do is compare the track lists of each game. Which game has the better track listing?

Guitar Hero - World Tour

  1. ‘Dope Nose’ - Weezer
  2. ‘The Middle’ - Jimmy Eat World
  3. ‘Today’ - Smashing Pumpkins
  4. ‘Roland’ - Interpol
  5. ‘Santeria’ - Sublime
  6. ‘Mr Brightside’ - The Killers
  7. ‘Take It On The Run’ - REO Speedwagon
  8. ‘Hold The Line’ - Toto
  9. ‘Rebel Yell’ - Billy Idol
  10. ‘Heartbreaker’ - Pat Benatar
  11. ‘All Around Me’ - Flyleaf
  12. ‘Misery Business’ - Paramore
  13. ‘Stinkfist’ - Tool
  14. ‘Lateralus’ - Tool
  15. ‘Schism’ - Tool
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Call of Duty: World at War

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

The Call of Duty series is back after an award winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, with Call of Duty: World at War. Not much has been released in details yet, but it appears to be set in either the Korean War Japan or Vietnam. Is this a good move for the CoD series. After the much praised Modern Warfare, most people expected a follow-up in the same era. I am curious to see how this will play out in the minds of gamers around the world. It is to be released on the XBox 360, PS3, and PC on an as yet unreleased date.

Check out the trailer below and tell me what you think.


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Guitar Hero With Drums

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Its now official. The next version of Guitar Hero will have drums and more. There are actual raised pads to resemble cymbals. I mean whats next, double bass? I can’t say anything more about this new addition that this video doesn’t. So Check it out.


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GTA IV Freezes

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

There have been numerous discussions around issues with the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto 4 freezing at different points. Take-Two Interactive nor Rockstar Entertainment have not released official statements regarding the issue, however Sony has.

Yes, we are aware of what the message boards and a few of the industry blogs are saying about a ‘freezing’ issue with GTA IV on a limited number of PS3s.

Although we have seen an extremely low volume of contacts to our customer service department regarding such an issue, we want to ensure that every consumer has a great experience on our console and with GTA IV. All parties involved are working to isolate the problem for those few units and identify a solution.

There hasn’t been any official fixes released from any of the aforementioned companies but I located this list of recommendations on au.gamespot.com.
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