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#1  Edited By elektrixx
Claude said:
"

That's a good night of sitcoms.

Bigh Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Two and Half Men

House is on Mondays now, so I miss the first two and then there was Monday Night Football.

Yeah, nevermind.

"
Big Bang Theory is terrible.
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On location at a bar in a back shed 20 kilometres from town, I skip breakfast and brace myself through 35 degree celsius heat for my worldwide podcast debut!

Join me and host DarthHomer in two different states in Australia for a new awesome episode of the Level 3 Podcast.

Amongst my burping throughout this week's show we chat about what we've been playing, Guitar Hero, Red Ant's closure, a Mass Effect re-release, PS3 exclusivity, Final Fantasy XIII's release date, The 1UP Network and more!

Get your podcast fill right here:
http://www.archive.org/download/Level3Podcast-Episode33/Podcast33.mp3



And I think the Guitar Hero mic worked out quite well.

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Guitar Hero: World Tour. Rock Band. Drum kit supremacy is a varying opinion among Australian consumers, with their decisions being swayed by price, availability and hardware choices such as an extra drum, cymbals, drum size, and more minor discretions.

I've made my opinion and experience of the World Tour kit known within forum posts, private messages and blog comments, but I cannot keep lying any longer.


I've been keeping secrets from you all.


I'd been praising the Guitar Hero: World Tour drum kit since it's release, when this whole time my own kit has been riddled with problems; most of which I have never disclosed, until now. For the first time, I will give my negative experience with the drums of Guitar Hero: World Tour and now, I give you eight reasons to hate:


#1 TOC - TOC - TOC - TOC - TOC

Straight out of the box my orange cymbal was not sensitive enough. The problem would not be fixed until my MIDI cable arrived in the mail. In the mean time I had to hit orange extremely hard, which ended up giving me muscle pains from playing for too long, as well as making gameplay unpleasant to listen to.


#2 Problem Getting It Up

I don't lift the cymbal height at all. If I move them any higher than the lowest it makes too much of a rattling noise when you hit it. Again, another issue from a brand new kit.


#3 Unwired For Sound

On one drunken pre New Years Eve party some mistakes were made which led to the wire for orange being ripped apart.

I couldn't send my kit off at the time because I needed it for New Year's Eve, which was in-between two other important parties. My only option was to solder new wire on it myself.

It works fine now; looks ugly though!


#4 Velcro Independence

After an extended gaming session I proceeded to pack up my drum kit. When I lifted the pedal off the floor, the Velcro didn't co-operate! The Velcro had ripped right off the bottom of the pedal, and after just sticking it back on a couple of times I wound up using super glue to fix the problem.


#5 The Kangaroo Pedal

I didn't have the problem at my house with a moving bass pedal because the rug that I sit my kit on sticks with the Velcro very well, but at my friend's house the pedal was in a new location after every track. Eventually we set up a rug just so that we could play drums properly at his house.


#6 Crashed Cymbal

Eventually my Yellow cymbal began having issues and MIDI cable tuning couldn't fix the oversensitivity of the cymbal. It registered a hit when the orange was struck, and requires a sensitivity tune that was so low it was unreliable for gameplay.

I had to get it replaced.


#7 Pain In The bAss

If you hit the bass pedal too hard (and maybe even if you don't) the plastic cover that the pedal touches splits and lifts up. It makes a clicking noise from the plastic, and eventually you have no choice but to peel it off.

Peeling the plastic off can also bring a sensitivity issue from the glue. It would register a second hit when you lifted the pedal up.


#8 Self-Uncovering

And finally, the plastic outside which houses the buttons and battery compartment is loose on one side. It may be contributing to further rattling.



The thing about most of these faults was that Rock Band could still be played despite these issues. Before I fixed the orange wire I could still play Rock Band, and when I sent the yellow cymbal away for replacement I put the orange in it's place and could continue playing. Most sensitivity problems that plagued Guitar Hero were non-issues in Rock Band.

But you know what, even after all this, I would STILL get the World Tour kit if I were to purchase it now. I cannot deny that I prefer the bigger pads, cymbal pads, bass pedal that's free to placed where I want, quieter pads and the fact that it's not from a 2007 game. What I remind myself regarding the Rock Band drum kit is that the drum noise, drum size, lack of sensitivity detection and being less one drum for an untrue Guitar Hero experience cannot be repaired of replaced.



Take full advantage of your warranty, before it's too late.

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#4  Edited By elektrixx

What? KOTAKU?

I'm the one that uploaded the pics Vinny!

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Sharp > Blur.

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#6  Edited By elektrixx

When was the last time you ate Maggi 2 Minute Noodles? Did you like them? Well if you've had one of these new packets over the past few months you've probably started hating them. Observe:

Left = BAD | Right = GOOD!
Left = BAD | Right = GOOD!










To the right you see the previous packaging for 2 Minute Noodles. That packaging had changed a few times over the years, but the classic great taste remained; One that hasn't really changed for as long as I can remember.


What you see on the left is a WMD.

The flavouring tastes and smells bad, the new vegetable packet smells really bad and even after cooking the noodles properly they're still hard. The new packet claims it's "extra Delicious" and a "Better Choice" but I think they increase the risk of tongue cancer.

These new noodle packs are radiated, just like your food in Fallout 3.


A friend of mine regularly buys low fat milk. I once accidently referred to it as "low life" milk, with hilarious results. Since then it's been what I call all similar low fat products, including these new noodles. Eating smaller portions or avoiding snacks is a much better alternative than submitting yourself to these low fat cyanide meals.


I urge anyone out there who likes Maggi 2 Minute Noodles to go out and find the old style packet. If you can find those 5-packs get them immediately! When you run out of those, switch to those Xtra Saucy whatever they're called brand noodles, because they are the wave of the future.



Everyone probably already took the good ones on Boxing Day.

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#7  Edited By elektrixx
lvl10Wizard said:
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elektrixxx said:

"lvl10Wizard said:
"I find inverted controls more mechanically correct. i.e move head back to look up. It makes total sense to me."
Yeah? Well if their mechanically correct, by which you imagine the control stick is the back of one's head, then why don't inverted controls apply to horizontal motions?"

Because you're retarded.

"
Seems like a throwaway answer because you cannot answer the question without admitting that inverted controls for FPS are wrong.
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I'd like to import, but it's kind of expensive at the moment.

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#9  Edited By elektrixx

Normally my non-gaming topics go at the end, but how about I stick the garbage in the front?

Yeah, well I'm gonna do it anyway.


Hot For Teacher(s)

My job (which just concluded for the holidays) involved installing computers at public schools around the Central Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.

I've noticed a trend which has spiked since this time last year. That trend is beautiful Kindergarden teachers!

Where are these hotties coming from? Why did these teachers wait until now to emerge?

There was one particular school in which every female employee was attractive. Even the older office lady was quite the looker!

Maybe this should be used as a promotion for going to school. I still go!...

I have now realised that I have done practically nothing but go to school all my life. How depressing. Will I ever get a real job?


R* Trax

I recently purchased Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Most aspects of the game are good so far, but one thing that is a complete downer for me is the soundtrack. It makes the game feel like a Need For Speed game, which is certainly not what I'm looking for in a racing game.

At least N.E.R.D isn't in a soundtrack FOR ONCE.

I've dropped in my personal playlist that I use in Burnout Paradise and now use it in this game, so I guess everything works out. Metallica makes me drive better.


The Game That Never Comes

Guitar Hero: Metallica is my most anticipated title for 2009, and with some of the setlist being revealed I can say that I'm very pleased so far.

Quite honestly, I'd buy the game if "Wherever I may Roam" were the only track in the game. It certainly is in there, among many more significant tracks.

I urge everyone out there to put down their Street Fighters, Sonics and other junk and play something proper. Damn proper.


Rock Scam

In THIS interview Axl Rose talks about the possibility of Chinese Democracy making it to Rock Band as downloadable content. Of course with Shackler's Revenge already on Rock Band 2 this is just another tick on my conspiracy.

I might be on to their plan, and it's a pretty good one.

Some of their downloadable albums are missing a track, which just so happens to be in Rock Band 2. If you still only have the first Rock Band, you're getting screwed on the album DLC!

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and Megadeth all have DLC albums from which one track is on RB2, and if Chinese Democracy releases for Rock Band, you can add Guns N' Roses to the list.

Of course this isn't a big deal at all and hardly a scam, but merely an observation. This is just an issue for me personally because Rock Band 2 hasn't released in Australia.

The real scam here is the tentative AU$50 price tag on the AC/DC Track Pack!

Maybe we can use this method to guess upcoming content?...



Billy Idol compilation confirmed!

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#10  Edited By elektrixx
lvl10Wizard said:
"I find inverted controls more mechanically correct. i.e move head back to look up. It makes total sense to me."
Yeah? Well if their mechanically correct, by which you imagine the control stick is the back of one's head, then why don't inverted controls apply to horizontal motions?