Quantum Theory- 5 Stars!

Quantum Theory is a third-person shooter game from the developers Team Tachyon.  The game was first scheduled to be released in March but has been extended.  This was once a PS3 exclusive game that is being released for the Xbox 360.  Some are comparing Quantum Theory to the Gears of War games that are currently exclusive to the Xbox 360 – but GOW fans are not convinced, yet.

The Game Story:

Many years have passed since the world war inflicted catastrophic damage on the human race, leaving only a few survivors. In their new community “Cocoon,” life has been threatened by a black material called Erosion, creating a post-apocalyptic environment. Surviving humans recruit a militia to conquer the Erosion and set out to take down the evil, “Living Tower”. Arriving at the scene is the stalwart warrior Syd, whose only intentions are to destroy the Tower. He meets the beautiful and mysterious Fillena as they both ascend to the top in their search for answers. The erosion of the Tower intensifies as the players climb up through the moving landform.

COD Modern Warfare Graphics are Impressive

This game is gorgeous; the graphics are a substantial leap over Call of Duty 4, with even the multiplayer visuals trumping the single player offering from last time around. The levels are filled with more detail and effects, while single player and multiplayer levels showcase a larger emphasis on height and terrain variation and the open environments themselves are beautiful.

Unfortunately as slick as the graphics are, the game does have some presentation issues, especially when it comes down to the single player story. A lot of people may be disappointed to learn that it’s short, and I mean really short. On regular difficulty I was able to beat it in just under five hours with an additional hardened play through taking just about six and a half.

As far as the campaign itself, I personally had a great time from start to finish, but the way that the game tells its tale does have quite a few problems. There are a ton of awesome actions scenes and classic moments. Sometimes it seems like Infinity Ward had a big list of ideas and then tried to make a story around them. You will see a lot of familiar faces, but the storyline will leave you a little lost. The Modern Warfare Titles List might help.

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Single player may be short, but spec-ops is an awesome mode. They’re basically twenty-three stand alone missions that can be played in single player or co-op, though I definitely recommend finding a friend. Infinity Ward has also announced that new spec-ops missions are going to be available via DLC, so there’s a lot of potential for expansion in this mode.

Multiplayer is hands down the biggest part of this game. The multiplayer is more balanced and fun to play than it was in CoD4. There are way more unlockables and you’re constantly being rewarded for playing the game. You’ll find more weapons, a huge list of attachments and perks, and each perk now includes a new promo that acts as a secondary function once you unlock it.

When you take the game in its entirety, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is one of the best first-person shooters out there. For those planning to check out everything Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has to offer – online competition, full co-op Spec Ops mode, as well as the campaign – you’re looking at a no-brainer purchase. However, for the strictly single player crowd, Modern Warfare 2 is surprisingly short, and doesn’t live up to the standard set by previous Call of Duty games. The campaign can be completed in as little as four and a half hours, and the missions make better scenarios and moment-to-moment adrenaline rushes than they do a cohesive, well-told story.

Modern Warfare Limited Edition Console: THE Gift for Christmas!

Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console...HOT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition

Entry for the I Am T-Pain contest from Smule – a parody of the Lonely Island’s “I’m On a Boat”.

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And…

I’m Tradin’ Stocks Parody

Our econ final to the tune of “I’m On A Boat” from SNL.
Keep in mind we wrote the lyrics in 10 minutes, filmed it in a couple hours and edited in a couple hours.

Lyrics:

Oh damn, get your mouses ready it’s about to go up.
Everybody in the place hit the damn trading deck,
But stay on your motherf*cking toes.
We runnin’ this… let’s go.

I’m tradin’ stocks, I’m tradin’ stocks.
Everybody look at me cuz I’m tradin’ all these stocks.
I’m tradin’ stocks, I’m tradin’ stocks.
Take a good hard look at my motherf*cking ‘folio.

I’m tradin’ stocks motherf*cker, take a look at me.
Straight bankin’ on these stocks in the NYE.
Bustin’ 5 Gs, money fillin’ up my pocks’
You can’t stop me motherf*cker cuz I’m tradin’ stocks.

Take a picture trick, I’m tradin’ stocks b*tch.
We drinkin’ Santana champ’ cuz it’s so crisp.
I got my suit on and my plastic ready.
I’m printin’ money, you at Kinko’s straight printin’ copies.

I’m ridin’ on the market, sellin’ bonds and sh*t.
It’s goin’ up and down gettin’ e’rybody all scurred.
But this ain’t investopedia, it’s as real as it gets.
I’m tradin’ stocks motherf*cker, don’t you ever forget.

I’m tradin’ stocks and
I’m makin’ bank and
I’ve got a green themed treasury… bond?
I’m the king of the world, makin’ money like Soros,
if you’re on the short then you’re sure not me-oh.

Get the f*ck up this stock is real.

F*ck dealin, I trade stocks motherf*cker.
F*ck drugs, I roll bills motherf*cker
I’m on the net with my boys, motherf*cker.
Computer fan makin’ noise motherf*cker.

Hey Ben if you could see me now,
Arms spread wide on top of the DOW.
Gonna ride these stocks to the roof somehow.
Like Nike………………….. Just do it.

Yeah.. Never thought I’d be makin’ dough,
cuz of econ I’m in the know.
Aposhian (our teacher’s name) look at me. [woah]
Never thought I’d see the day,
All this bling be comin’ my way.
Believe me when I say,
I bought a mermaid.

I’m tradin’ stocks, I’m tradin’ stocks.
Everybody look at me cuz I’m tradin’ all these stocks.
I’m tradin’ stocks, I’m tradin’ stocks.
Take a good hard look at my motherf*cking ‘folio.

[Random Shorty Noises]

Description

Review by Doug, Amazon user:

Game installed and ran fine on a 2GHz Core2Duo machine running vista home premium with 2GB ram and an 8600GT video card. Point-and-click adventure game with adjustable in-game help system. About 4 hours long, plot driven with good voice acting. Options menu slowed by clunky animated eye-candy.

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Video Games Dominating

Band Hero looks HOT for this year. You can stand in line for it later…

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Band Hero Song List

Parents might be a little in the dark when it comes to the various music/band games being released this week. The information I have from the home-front (18 and 11 year old gamers) is that Band Hero is the one to buy.

The price on Amazon today, not sure if it’s just a promotional deal, is $179.00 for the Band Hero Super Bundle. It looks like the normal bundle price will ring in at $199, but even so it would retail at over $400!!!! GREAT pricing on Amazon today!

Activision is taking a slightly new approach with the three brand new games, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero, and DJ Hero.

Band Hero is specifically targeting a family audience with the soundtrack catering to children and adults (this one looks the best to me, I love the song list!).

DJ Hero, however, looks to be a slight departure from the Guitar Hero series. Instead of the guitar controller, you will be using a turn table-styled controller pictured below. Amazon has the DJ Hero Super Bundle priced at only $114.99! Again, I think it’s an intro price, but WOW.

According to Activision’s press release, DJ Hero will “”transforms players into DJs who rule the club scene by creating original mixes of popular songs and music from the world’s most exciting artists and DJs.” Its soundtrack will consist of “diverse music genres including hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance.”

DJ Hero Turntable Controller

G4 Band Hero Review

By Russ Fischer – Posted Nov 03, 2009

Love music games but think Rock Band has too much rock and Guitar Hero that nasty guitar? Then Band Hero, so named because “Pop Hero” sounds a bit funny, might be for you. The art is shiny and friendly, the songs are (mostly) culled from the pop charts, and there’s even a karaoke mode for those times when plastic instruments just aren’t appropriate. But does Band Hero hit the mark for its target pop audience or fall flat?

More Hits than a Street Fighter Tournament

The playlist is designed to appeal to younger players and fans of easy pop tunes, featuring  some Hilary Duff, Santigold (formerly Santogold), Papa Roach, Hinder, Maroon 5 and Janet Jackson. A few songs featured in Band Hero should have hit music games long ago, such as Styx’s “Mr. Roboto” and Big Country’s “In a Big Country”. Most of the track list, however, is drawn from recent pop hits. Rock fans will be unimpressed, but it’s not like Activision is trying to put one over on them — there are no major gameplay advances beyond the Guitar Hero 5 template. This is essentially GH5 reskinned to be more family-friendly. If the song list isn’t to your taste, just move on.

Notably though, Band Hero‘s song selection is about 20% leaner than GH5’s. Sixty-five real songs are joined by six Neversoft compositions.  Out of these, 61 (sadly not “Mr. Roboto”) can be exported to GH5 for five bucks, while 69 of GH5‘s 85 tracks can be imported to Band Hero for six bucks. Some GH: Smash Hits and GH World Tour songs will be importable as well, and most (that’s what Activision says: most) of your DLC will work with this game. Confused yet? Blame the lawyers!

Guitar Hero: Bedazzled Edition

As in GH5, the catalog layout screens are easy to read, playlists are easily created, and players can drop in and out at will in the cool party play mode. Karaoke Mode, known as Sing-a-long mode, lets up to four people sing together in a pure karaoke interface. Nothing special, but it’s a nice little touch.

While all this is great, a few Guitar Hero complaints still linger.  In Rock Band, the ability to set the difficulty for each player in the startup menu of each song is a huge help when rotating players at a house party. In Band Hero, you pick song difficulty before picking your character and instrument, which makes for plenty of menu backtracking when playing with guests of various skill levels. Also, activating Star Power while drumming still requires hitting the yellow and orange cymbals simultaneously, a pain for less-experienced players struggling just to nail the notes on-screen.

Presentation is positively sparkly, favoring pink and neon. It benefits from GH5‘s advancements in animation, and the characters and venues all look better than in Neversoft’s previous attempts. A satirical spirit is still at work in the cutscenes, with Neversoft poking fun at “We Are the World”-style celebrity philanthropy and the willingness of fans to be part of the show no matter what. There are also a few dinosaur rock references buried in the game. The Montreux Smoke and Water festival, Career Mode’s second venue, is named after the same festival that led to Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”.

Band Hero Controller Upgraded

Sparkly Doesn’t Mean Easy

If you’re thinking that pop songs translate into easy instrument parts, think again. Sure there are some easy songs, just as in every rhythm game, but try Expert drumming along with “Whip It” or “Love is a Battlefield”.  Five-starring those tracks takes serious robo-skills. Compare the drum parts in “Bad Reputation” and “Rio” with the Rock Band versions and you’ll see that they’re just as demanding. Guitar and bass get some workouts too, but in general though expert players might not be challenged, but they won’t be bored either.

As in Guitar Hero 5, here the one instrument that seems to get a pass is the human voice. I saw people passing “Under Pressure” by Queen and Bowie on Expert who wouldn’t be able to pass the Hard version in Rock Band.  Poorly warbling through a track on Expert won’t cut it, but it takes a lot more suckage to fail. You might squeak by with two stars (which never really happens in Rock Band), all in the spirit of keeping the rock rockin’.

Unleash Your Inner Animal?

It’s worth noting that with Band Hero, Activision had a convenient excuse to slightly revamp its drum hardware. The new kit is smaller and lighter, has a crossbar to which the kick pedal connects (finally), and features round cymbals rather than the triangular ones from World Tour. Only Wii owners get the new skins at the outset while the new 360 and PS3 drums will drop shortly. Buy a 360 or PS3 bundle on launch day, and you’re getting Guitar Hero World Tour drum hardware inside.

Saturation Point

In a better world, Activision would just come up with an online store where you could download a song collection and choose from a few front ends and character sets. Instead they keep pumping out various alternate editions of the Hero franchise.  Within six weeks, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, DJ Hero and Band Hero have all hit. That’s madly confusing to the casual audience.

But for that same casual audience, Band Hero is a good package. It combines pop hits for younger players with classic tunes for their parents. It contains many of the mechanics that made Guitar Hero 5 a much-improved sequel. Although it has some of that game’s quirks, it adds some charm of its own. It’s almost impossible to please everyone all the time with a music game, but for the less hardcore just looking for hits, Band Hero nails all the notes.

Band Hero Song List

• 311 – “Beautiful Disaster”
• 30 Seconds To Mars – “The Kill”
• Airbourne – “Too Much Too Young”
• The Allman Brothers Band – “Ramblin’ Man”
• Anouk – “Good God”
• The Answer – “Never Too Late”
• At The Drive-In – “One Armed Scissor”
• Beastie Boys – “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
• Beatsteaks – “Hail to the Freaks”
• Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
• Black Label Society – “Stillborn”
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Weapon of Choice”
• blink-182 – “Dammit”
• Blondie – “One Way or Another”
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – “Hollywood Nights”
• Bon Jovi – “Livin’ On A Prayer”
• Bullet For My Valentine – “Scream Aim Fire”
• Coldplay – “Shiver”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Up Around The Bend”
• The Cult – “Love Removal Machine”
• Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel The Pain”
• The Doors – “Love Me Two Times”
• Dream Theater – “Pull Me Under”
• The Eagles – “Hotel California”
• The Enemy – “Aggro”
• Filter – “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
• Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way”
• Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
• The Guess Who – “American Woman”
• Hush Puppies – “You’re Gonna Say Yeah!”
• Interpol – “Obstacle 1″
• Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
• Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze (Live)”
• Jimi Hendrix – “The Wind Cries Mary”
• Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
• Joe Satriani – “Satch Boogie”
• Kent – “Vinternoll2″
• Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
• Lacuna Coil – “Our Truth”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
• Linkin Park – “What I’ve Done”
• The Living End – “Prisoner of Society”
• Los Lobos – “La Bamba”
• Lost Prophets – “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
• Mars Volta – “L’Via L’Viaquez”
• MC5′s Wayne Kramer – “Kick Out The Jams”
• Metallica – “Trapped Under Ice”
• Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
• Modest Mouse – “Float On”
• Motorhead – “Overkill”
• Muse – “Assassin”
• Negramaro – “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
• Nirvana – “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
• No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”
• NOFX – “Soul Doubt”
• Oasis – “Some Might Say”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Mr. Crowley”
• Paramore – “Misery Business”
• Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker”
• R.E.M. – “The One I Love”
• Radio Futura – “Escuela De Calor”
• Rise Against – “Re-Education Through Labor”
• Sex Pistols – “Pretty Vacant”
• Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”
• Steely Dan – “Do It Again”
• Steve Miller Band – “The Joker”
• Sting – “Demolition Man (Live)”
• The Stone Roses – “Love Spreads”
• Stuck In The Sound – “Toy Boy”
• Sublime – “Santeria”
• Survivor – “Eye of the Tiger”
• System of a Down – “B.Y.O.B.”
• Ted Nugent – “Stranglehold”
• Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
• Tokio Hotel – “Monsoon”
• Tool – “Parabola”
• Tool – “Schism”
• Tool – “Vicarious”
• Trust – “Antisocial”
• Van Halen – “Hot For Teacher”
• Willie Nelson – “On The Road Again”
• Wings – “Band on the Run”
• Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

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