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Forza 3 up for grabs on the Gadgets and Gaming bit this evening.......

I was invited to partake in a Beta for the new Xbox 360 update ahead of its full release in November and it arrived yesterday. In a tiny nutshell, the update allows you to tweet, facebook and have movie parties all over the place! The twitter and facebook are fine and functional, particularly using a keypad. Not as fast as using a client or the web on a PC / Mac, but for those moments where you can’t be arsed moving to a laptop or desktop its ideal! All the music games (Guitar Hero etc.) all now have dedicated stores which is great as it saves you time floundering around looking for tracks etc.etc. Not sure about the Irish getting Last.fm as there was no sign of it on my update. So all good so far, but nothing that has melted my mind until I took on the Zune Video Marketplace. And...

Time for the weekly gaming bit! Crackdown 2 is on the way, the first one was outstanding. Here’s the low down on the sequel from the developers via Edge online "We've got core members from every discipline who worked on [Crackdown 1], the majority of the design team, and, depending on whom you speak to, some of the best coders and most talented artists," said creative director Billy Thompson. "We still maintain a really strong working relationship with [original developer] Realtime; they're our neighbours in both personal and professional relationships, and we like that," piped in producer Jim Cope. "But leaping to our defence, in a sense, we firmly believe we're the right people to make Crackdown 2." Elsewhere in the interview the Ruffian pair...

Right, decided to add a bit more structure to the blog, so from now on, each Thursday (in theory anyway) will feature some video gaming news and the likes! Ghostbusters is out tomorrow on all formats. From what I read around the web, the Xbox 360 version is better. Reviews have been 7 and 8’s out of ten and by all accounts it looks better than it moves! Pain (from the Playstation Network) is being released next week on Blu-Ray, all the levels etc.etc.etc. Well worth a nose, great fun, even for wives to be be! Not sure how the COD fans will feel about forking out more money when it comes to this…Future Call of Duty games could come with an MMO-style subscription service, granting subscribers extra options and early access to map packs. That's according to a mysterious...

I know Im behind on this, but have'nt had much time on me hands! Plenty of stuff going on at E3 but Microsoft have really set the bar high with this one!...

McG talking Terminator SalvationWolverine - Video game footage - looks decent enough...

Everyone of us is guilty of having a little secret, hidden pleasure! Be it porn, chilli chocolate and no brainer, action movies. Or all three. None feature heavy on story lines, plots or acting, but give pleasure in huge big dollops! And this is exactly what Wheelman does! Vin Diesel in his wisdom and gamerness was the first Hollywood actor to set up a game studio, called Tigon studios. So himself and his crew joined forces with Midway and came up with Wheelman. In a nutshell, Vin Diesel is the Wheelman, and undercover cop or operative. Basically all the bad guys think he’s another regular old bad guy. Or something! Sure there's a plot and all, but it doesn't really matter. Not to me anyway! I was far more interested in stealing cars, bikes and trucks and hurling them around a...

One of the coolest things you'll see, but it does pose the question about how much time one has on their hands and how often they see boobs...

I was never a fan of strategy games. I gave Populous some love back in the day on the Amiga, but other than that Ive kept well away from the command and conquer style stuff. That is, up until now. I got a review copy of Tom Clancy's End War yesterday and to be honest, I wasn't expecting much. Sure, I saw the videos and while it looked good, it still didn't seem for me. Plus it had what seemed like a gimmick attached. Control the game with your voice and your Xbox headset.So, I fired up the 360 at around 2am this morning and 2 hours later I was damn well impressed. That voice gimmick, is far from a gimmick. Its downright brilliant. And it works very, very well and nothing beats saying "UNIT 1 ATTACK HOSTILE 1" and watching your Unit 1 go off and kick ass. You can control your entire army...

Got hold of GOW2 on Election night and have been trying to put some serious time into it, in between my sinus and lungs exploding. And I cant put the thing down. I don't know how this blog has been updated over the last few days, due to some serious Gearing. Gears of War 2 is the sequel to the original Gears of War, obviously enough and if you thought the original was mind blowing, this sequel will melt your mind into dog food. Its that good. The latest edition of the Unreal engine drives the whole Gears 2 universe, which is even bigger and more beautiful that first time round. That's the first thing that hit me. The sheer size of it. The levels are huge and some of the original, big ass bad guys that were an occasional appearance are a regular occurrence this time round. Brumaks wander...

To me, the following video is a prime example of whats wrong with the world. These absolute fuckin dopes and their stupid songs. If I was misfortunate enough to be in this establishment, I'd end up in jail. Its got nothing to do with Obama and his great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather being from a bog up the country. Everyone is Irish, and everyone knows that. I'm sure Jesus had some Irish blood in him as well! But, I detest this kinda shit. The sing song shite in pubs drives me bonkers. I have to leave. Maybe its to do with my inability to sing and its a jealousy thing and that's rooted deep, down in my mind. Maybe its a stereotype that's there. These dopes and their "oul songs" who keep going and going and going making up thick, shit verses as they...

Every now and again theres a few video games that make me want to take off my pants. To some out there, that may be a frightening thought, but don't worry about it. Go back to your mirror!Star Wars : The Force Unleashed is out this Friday, and while I know that the lack of quality Star Wars games is far and few between, this has really got the pants saber going "Bzzzzzzzzz" and "Scccchhhhhhhh". Sure it'll probably get repetitive, but bouncing stormtroopers of walls and through windows into the vast vacuum of space will keep me well happy into the witching hours.Speaking of witching hours, Im sitting here with the end of Platoon belting out on one of the movie channels. Anyway, some Star Wars goodness......