A World Champion that is Straight Edge

Tonight's RAW is pretty awesome with CM Punk winning the World Heavyweight Title against Edge by cashing his Money in the Bank briefcase he won at Wrestlemania 24. Even though Batista did all the work destroying Edge, Punk took the opportunity to be World Champ in RAW which before didn't have a World Title before the night started (Triple H is still WWE Champ in Smackdown now). Hopefully WWE does the right thing of letting Punk have the title for a while, but who knows with Cena, JBL, Batista, Rey Mysterio, HBK, Jericho, and Randy Orton in the show. The funny thing that is former Ring of Honor (an awesome underground wrestling promotion) stars are now World Champions with Punk on WWE RAW and Samoa Joe in TNA, which is awesome (except I haven't watching TNA Impact lately with ABDC Season 2 on). Smackdown is going to be interesting now with Triple H still WWE Champ and Edge no longer World Champ as hopefully a feud starts with those two.

Quantum of Solace = The movie of Fall 08 so far

James Bond 007 : Quantum of Solace - Trailer
by flogoo

Here's the first trailer for the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, which will be in theatres November 7th. Since Casino Royale was pretty good, I'm looking forward to this one delivering the goods again. In addition, there is a game based on this movie published by Activision and developed by Treyarch (Call of Duty: World at War peeps) and IGN has a preview on that, but expect other sites to follow suit. Here'a pic of the game below.

Get Ready to Rock even Harder earlier than u think....

What a great way to start the day with Rock Band 2 now being official (we knew its coming, but when is the question). IGN has the details about this highly anticipated sequel in this interview and the answers may surprise you. The key information is that this game is coming out in September, which is way earlier than I thought it would be and it is also a 360 timed exclusive. This means PS3 version is still happening, but it will come out later this year (November-ish likely). Good thing I have the 360 version and the "platform" of DLC Harmonix has claimed they want Rock Band to be will continue. Rock Band 1 DLC will be compatible with Rock Band 2 and they will still release DLC on a weekly basis for both games. The new Stratocaster is revealed too and hopefully it won't break as fast as I broke mine (The same instruments from RB1 will work in RB2 - Hopefully my GH3 Les Paul still works in RB2 too). Harmonix is currently tight-lipped with songs in the game, but expect them for a more big reveal at E3 in mid-July. If their new instruments will be better, I don't know if I will buy the new bundle (if the GH3 Les Paul doesn't work, then I have to I guess). Also, if the new bundle is cheaper by 10 or 20 bucks, then I'll buy maybe. This leaves a decision of which game to buy a bundle full of instruments this year (RB2 or GH World Tour). I know RedOctane will have better instruments, but nearly everything Harmonix has done right with Rock Band so far is making me go on their side (Yeah, Activision and Neversoft have been whoring out the GH brand like me falling to buy GH Aerosmith). Expect more info about Rock Band 2 next month at E3, but around that time, The Who is the next album release for RB1 DLC with a collection of songs in honor of their VH1 special in July (Yes!!!).

3 Hours is All I Need... Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Impressions so far

So I bought Guitar Hero: Aerosmith today and Expert is already done in 3 hours (hence the title). I only 3 starred 1 song while 5 starring the majority of the songs (there are 31 in the Career excluding the bonus songs). Even on Expert, it is perhaps the easiest GH game difficulty wise (Even "Train Kept A Rollin" was not a problem I thought it would be). Of course playing a GH or RB game for 3 hours straight does kick in the fatigue with my hands, but I might as well finish it fast and I did. Some songs seem fun and longer than I thought like the Aerosmith lineup. Even the non-Aerosmith songs seem okay (STP, Ted Nugent, etc). At least the achievements are easier (career achievements stack) this time around as if Neversoft learned their lesson about those crazy GH3 achievements. A little lame is buying everything from the shop requiring a playthrough of all difficulties getting every character, song, guitar, etc.). Keep in mind I haven't messed around with anything else other than career mode (Online and co-op mostly) so expect a review of this later this week here.

Off-topic - I guess no Summer Weekend List today.

More Gears 2 MP Footage

This is new footage of the multiplayer in Gears 2 that is in the 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 (I should buy that game...). The Epic go more in detail about the new modes (Meatflag, Wingman (2 on 2 I think), and Guardian), new maps, weapons, and executions in this sequel. As mentioned earlier in the post regarding the 1up interview, I'm excited for the new changes for Gears 2 MP fixing what plagued Gears 1's MP so I can't wait till November. Hopefully I can get better with the long-range weapons like the Longshot, Torque Bow, and Hammer of Dawn because I didn't use them that much when I played Gears 1 MP. Then again, using grenades as wall mines is going to be pretty nuts as well as the portable cover. I'm ready to go for another all-day stretch of the campaign like I did with Gears 1 (Normal) to get it over with quickly, then play MP on November.

Another game becomes a reality... (Diablo III Official!!)

I woke up and the inevitable was anounnced after weeks of speculation of teased images on Blizzard's website. So Diablo III is finally announced at their Paris event and the PC folks are getting crazy. As if WOW (World of Warcraft) and Starcraft II are enough, Diablo III completes the trifecta of Blizzard games and it is about damn time (like that SC2 dude said). Of course, not being a PC player myself, I never got into the Diablo games, but I respected its greatness as another of the great PC franchises Blizzard has put out. With Starcraft II supposedly coming this December or early next year, expect Diablo III to have a late 2009 or even a 2010 release.

The game industry has gone bonkers with Mega Man 9, a Castlevania fighting game, and this announced in the past week which is pretty crazy.

Jabbawockeez are Everywhere!!!

Jabbawockeez have been everywhere ever since their Season 1 win on ABDC. They have been performing shows left and right ranging from some Asian award show, a Laker game, and even Regis & Kelly. Here's their recent shows that I can remember.



They appear in the end of Ne-Yo's "Closer" performance during the BET Awards. Yes, this song is sick, but even though the Jabba cameo is short, short and sweet is good enough. Jabba also performed at 105.9 FM's Powerhouse 2008 recently too.



Here's the new Danny Yankee video for "Pose" which features the masked men doing their thing. This song is not that bad I guess.

Seriously, I need to buy a Jabba mask and shirt soon.