Battle of the Bands (Wii) = A Weird Rhythm Game

While Rock Band is still my definitive rhythm game for now (even though the Def Leppard DLC for Guitar Hero III is okay stuff), there are probably will some stinkers that will try to take advantage of Harmonix's winning formula with Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

I never really paid attention to this awkward rhythm game, Battle of the Bands, for the Wii until I saw a commercial for it earlier this week. This is out now to buy for the Wii for a different twist on the rhythm games of today. Battle of the Bands is simply a cool concept of playing different versions of cult mainstream classics using different genres of music to spice things up. These YouTube videos are just examples of what this game brings to the table, but it is simply weird and random of a Spanish band rocking to Gorillaz's Feel Good Inc. and so on. I'm pretty sure the hardcore crowd won't appreciate this crap, but this is definitely designed for the casual audience (its only on the Wii). In the end, it is just THQ (who published this) trying to get a piece of that Guitar Hero pie and get some easy sales out of it, but I think it will flop hard. Then again, I might be underestimating the Wii casual audience and they will eat this up.

Madden's "Love" for Brett Favre pushed to a new level

Word from the streets, mainly Gamedaily who broke the news, that Madden NFL 09's coverboy will be the one and only Brett Favre. It seems like an odd choice considering he is retired now after one of his best seasons in a while, but it seems true and will be made official tomorrow. Of course, there are better candidates out there to be on the cover of this year's Madden, but maybe they are too worried about the Madden Curse striking again (ask last year's coverboy Vince Young even though his Titans made the playoffs). Then again, having two quarterbacks be on the cover for two straight years is interesting.

UPDATE - That looks like the cover alright and now official. EA is ready to reveal the details tomorrow and throughout the NFL Draft Weekend.

Clip of the Day (4/24/08) - The Kobe Aston Martin Jump, TNT Style!!

If you watched Inside the NBA after the Lakers winning Game 2 against the Nuggets, the TNT folks (Ernie, Kenny, and Charles) interviewed Kobe Bryant about the victory and his infamous Aston Martin Jump. Hilarity ensues when Kenny Smith tries it out for himself. This is why TNT delivers in pre-game and post-game shows for the NBA better than ESPN in some ways even though Sir Chuck can be crazy at times.