Xbox 360 Game Review - Rock Band

The Nintendo Wii raised the bar when it comes to interactivity. The physical aspect gives you a whole new dimension of immersion in games, a new order of reality. But the Wii has cornered the market in the childish, family fun style games. With Rock Band, the Xbox 360 is back in the game, and with a bang. Wannabe rock and rollers can really get a feel for what it's like to up on stage, in front of the adoring crowd.

You can, if you want to, pick an instrument and play solo, or have a jam session with others through Xbox live. But this thing really comes to life when you get your mates around to form a band. The complete set up comes with everything you need to rule the world. Lead guitar and bass guitar, a drum kit with four drum pads and a base bin pedal and, of course, a microphone to belt out those rock anthems.

The first thing is for each of you to choose your characters and give them personality with suitably over the top clothes and hairstyles. Next you'll need a name for the outfit, a big, bad one. Now you are ready to prepare for stardom. New tracks are becoming available all the time from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, to add to what is already available. Choose wisely and you could be onto a winner.

Rock Band will guide you on what notes to play. For the singer, it is just like karaoke, with the words scrolling across the screen. As you sing, you get feedback on the pitch of your voice on the screen. The more you all hit the right notes, the louder the music gets and the more the crowd get behind you. The stage lights go wild and the joint starts jumping. Hit a bum note and you bring the score down.

If you are in the zone, each band member has the chance to go into Bonus Mode. If you all do it together, you are in Overdrive and then things really go out of control. The music and the noise of the crowd will blow your mind. With your body tingling and your senses reeling, you run off stage and grab a beer, in true rock and roll style.

The great thing is that you can't lose. If you really hit the spot, you'll have the crowd at your feet, baying for more. But if you suck, they won't be able to throw beer cans and ask for their money back. Speaking from experience, you don't want to go that interactive. Or maybe you do. Something for the developers to think about! As it stands, the adrenaline rush you get is real enough.

This is the ultimate party game and the ultimate Xbox 360 game. If there is a rock and roll bone in your body, you just can't help getting hooked into it. Get out of your dull existence and take a trip to rock and roll heaven. If you have ever stood in somebody's garage, plucking tentatively at a guitar and dreaming of what might be, don't dream any longer. Just jump right in and experience it for real.

3 Reasons Why the Rock Band Game is Fun

I first heard about Rock Band when my sister-in-law told me about how much fun it was to play with her family. She has a 7 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. Rock Band is a video game that you can buy for the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 2. After having many issues with some of the current games out, this was one of the more family friendly games out there.

The first thing you will notice about Rock Band is that it is not violent. There are many first person shooters (FPS) that people buy for their kids but know little about. Some of these FPS games pit the hero in the game against people in war. For ever major war, there are a multitude of video games. World War I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the list goes on. The main issue is that children see these images of mortal wounds, shrapnel, and sometimes the drama of people dying in video game. Parents that are knowledgeable about these things should know not to buy video games that are labeled for a mature audience.

Another good thing about Rock Band is that the whole family can play. You can play by yourself with the guitar, drums, or event sing. The family gets into it when (for example), mom picks up the guitar, dad plays the drums, and the child sings the lyrics. There are many songs that you can choose from and the whole family gets into a rhythm. Having the child sing the lyrics on the screen can also be beneficial. The parents can have fun doing the things they always wanted to do, but never had time (e.g. play musical instruments).

Finally, this is a way for your child to be creative. Some kids like to dress up for their songs while their parents video tape them. They can be their favorite rock star and play the instruments on video. Put on a wig or use some hair spray. Some families upload the video to YouTube.com and set specific settings so only their family can see the video. Others take pictures and put them on Flickr.Com. They set access controls so only their family can view them. You really do not have to wait for Halloween to have fun. Enjoy yourself and be creative!

Sonic Smash Brothers Online Game

Sonic Smash Brothers

Sonic the Hedgehog fans agree that Sonic Smash Brothers BETA is one of the best flash games to hit the net. The blue blur hedgehog and his best buds battle it out against each other in this Super Smash Bros. style game.

Three Action Packed Modes

Sonic Smash Brothers has three modes that will keep you entertained for hours. In adventure mode, you are placed in the shoes of the sonic character you select. Your character must venture through the story type mode, clear various stages and beat final bosses. As you complete adventure mode with each character, you unlock other characters.

Single mode allows your chosen character to play single matches against other sonic characters. You begin with the three main characters Sonic, Knuckles and Tails. To battle other characters, you must unlock them in adventure mode first.

In the final mode, you must complete challenges you are faced with. Gain points by completing each challenge. Some challenges unlock secret characters that were not unlocked yet in adventure mode.

There is one more mode, but it's a secret mode that you must unlock.

Fun Unlockables

As you advance through the game, you unlock levels, characters and an All-Star mode. Some well known sonic characters can be unlocked in the game including Amy Rose Hedgehog, Miles Tails Prower, Knuckles Echidna, Rouge the Bat, Cream the Rabbit and many more. Some unlockable levels make you feel like you're playing an old school sonic video game with such names as Emerald Hill, Marble Zone and Casino Night.

Cheat Codes Available

Dan Wheeler, the creator of Sonic Smash Brothers, made life a little easier for those of you who cannot get past some of the levels and stages in the game. He made cheats that will help you unlock all characters and levels, play an all-star mode, gain infinite lives, unlock a mystery character(Tikal), unlock a secret level(Hidden Palace 2) and more.

Sonic Smash Bros BETA is a must play game if you are a sonic the hedgehog fan!

The Fascination of Desi Games

In is very popular for people in India to play games on holidays. These can range from playing traditional games such as ludo, carom, chess, snakes and ladders. The categories of games seem to be never ending and people can meet entertainment needs with the help of these games. Moreover, they can involve their members in playing such games and so a holiday becomes eventful.

The traditional games, nowadays, are being substituted by advanced gaming methods. The latest are online desi games that are played with much of zeal. Seeing the high demand, the entertainment industry of India has given an indigenous look to these games. The objective is to attract locals. The players find villages, streets and traffic that serve as a backdrop for the desi games. Moreover, icons such as Amitabh Bachhan, Laloo and Bipasha are used for adding extra attraction to the games.

Some of the desi games include Babul game, Meter down racing, Laloo Ki Laadli, Bipasha's Beach blaze, Salmaan Safe Mode and others. In Babul, Amitabh plays a lead role. The shots in Laloo Ki Laadli are dominated by Laloo. Bipasha is known to sizzle on skates in Bipasha's Beach and Salman, is depicted in the 'Salmaan Safe Mode' where he holds the steering of Mumbai roads that are not safe. It is really exciting to play these and control ones icons with just a few keystrokes.

These games serve the entertainment needs of all age groups. People can depend on the desi games to entertain their kids. In fact, parents can play the online games with their children. The user-friendly games serve the entertainment needs of people and is also a good means to pass leisure time. The multi player option of these games allows people to involve others while playing the games.

Users all over the world are known to access these online games. Moreover, they involve themselves in live chats so as to bully their opponents while playing these games. It adds to the excitement as often players get to bully each other for the games are planned in a way so as to bring these options.

The Future of Gaming

Let us accept it that we, being adults, too are die-hard fans of video games. This has happened because video games have not remained those cartoon graphics that was made with simple software that anyone could make it. Small cartoons with small and dull gadgets are now replaced with realistic heroes and he has now ultra modern guns that can shoot bullets, arrows, lasers and many times even bombs! Video games have reached many mileposts in their graphics, sound effects, genres, subjects and top of all, the presentation offering you that you are just 'inside' the game and not on your chair in your room!

If you still have those small coins through which, you used to play simplest 'Mario', 'Contra', 'Kung-Fu', 'BomberMan' etc. those coins are now useless as your kids have no use of it. They are equipped with hi-tech gadgets like PlayStation, Nintendo or Xbox. Games these kids have include real Cricket or Baseball, Wrestling, Horror and Thrillers, Action and many more. Think about future now! The video games are going to rock the world more than they do now.

The future is bright as the passion never ends. With the help of latest technology, video games are creating more milestones that attract people magnetically. You now have MMORPGs (Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games) that is covering more and more players online across the world giving a hint that video game is now not a game that is played in the closet with single or double player but it can now be an 'international event'.

Looking at the popularity, there are plenty of sponsors that are holding various competition and events where in players from all across the world come and play video games. The best player or team is rewarded with prizes. Latest channels also review video games and offer you the technique for the breakthrough. There are special programs on video games and they got highest TRP ratings!

Game manufacturers giants like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo etc are in continuous research using ultramodern technologies to make video games more realism with great sound effects and the gadgets being handier and sleek with no wires. The research includes the choice and taste of new generation, current hot events that can be used for video games (such as G Video Game Tester

Video game testers are in great demand because of skyrocketing growth in the gaming industry. People are getting hundreds of dollars per assignment just simply playing and sharing their views on the latest video games to rock in gaming zones. You have bright chances to get great jobs as a video game tester.

One should find a video game tester job, which is a tough job unless you do not have any connection with any video game industry. You should catch a person who is related with graphic designing in video games or one who knows someone in video game industry. You got to know that if you are not being updated with your knowledge in the video game industry, you stand nowhere. There are plenty of games being launched everyday and you should be in touch with it.

You should have knowledge about all the genres, not being capable to opine one particular genre. You love wrestling, but it should not happen that you get perplexed when you have arcade game in front of you to play and to review. People with 'limited edition' of knowledge have no vacancy in video game testing field.

Another thing one must keep in mind that one must be able to evaluate pros and cons both in the game. Be frank opining about the game and notice what kind of difficulties you had while playing the game. What all can be helpful overcoming all those difficulties and are those solutions easily traceable by a common person? When the video games are based on real events, check out the authenticity of the events that are being described in the game and mark those points that are praiseworthy.

You should be filled up with the knowledge of latest gadgets and even with those that are outdated. This will help you in comparing latest trend with old tradition making your opinion superior than others'. The manufacturers and players expect you to compare the previous version or edition of the game and to look forward for forthcoming editions too. This means, you should be capable enough to have memory for the past, presence of mind for the current demands and far-sight to suggest what all can be done to make the current edition better in future.

Many Yahoo Games Going Free

You know what they say about work and play, so even as Yahoo gets eyed by Steve Ballmer, interrogated by investors, and generally abused by Carl Icahn, here's a nice side project: it's trying to offer a lot of downloadable games for free.

Around 400 of the things are expected to become available by year's end. What players might view as a catch - and what Yahoo hopes they won't - is the fact that the games will be supported by advertising.

Yahoo Focuses On Free Games

"Top technology providers, Double Fusion and NeoEdge, will sell and integrate pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads into the Yahoo! Games catalog," according to a corporate statement.

For the sake of saving money and having fun, people will probably be able to get past this detail. The real problem (from Yahoo's perspective) might be getting them to click on the ads - are folks who play free games really that interested in spending cash? - but any income will count as welcome income.

Now, to return for a moment to more serious stuff, it seems the gaming news didn't do much for Yahoo's stock - it's currently down 2.18 percent for the day.

Perfect World Story Trailer / New Game Server Launched

New story trailer reveals more about popular MMORPG

Perfect World Entertainment is pleased to announce that its popular free-to-play MMORPG, Perfect World International has added a new game server. Following the success of its open beta program, the Perfect World International game population has continued to grow quickly and the addition of a new server will continue to support the growing demand of new players.

To coincide with the launch of their new server, Perfect World Entertainment has also released an all-new trailer which provides gamers with an in-depth look at the story behind Perfect World International.

Perfect World International is the English-based, international version of Perfect World II, one of the most successful 3D MMORPGs, with more than 50 million players worldwide. With its expansive feature set and unique artistic elegance, Perfect World International offers an immersive online world that players can enter free of charge, earning in-game currency to upgrade their character and further enhance their game play experience. The game features one of the most in-depth character creation interfaces seen in any game to date, numerous quests full of lore and depth, and an extensive selection of items and fashions. Unique MMORPG features such as Territory Wars will delight gamers and increase replay value as they explore and battle across the ever-expanding game world.