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I've been playing through Professor Layton recently and there's something about him that scares the crap out of me. I'm not quite sure what it is, so I've visualized what I imagine to be the events directly prior to the start of the game:

Confrontation is a way of dealing with violent groups, but will rarely be rewarded," said Goddard. "We encourage the players to use tactics, diversion, and discretion. You've found a police shotgun, which is out of bullets - rightfully so, since Chicago has long been a proponent of a ban on guns. How about some intimidation? After all, who knows the gun is empty but you? Just point it at looters and they'll remain at a distance as you progress toward your objective. However, you can only aim it at one person, so you have to watch for being flanked.

Check out what's being bundled with UK and Australian editions of House of the Dead: Overkill.

impossible. madness.

This is just a little Monday morning treat in case you missed it. I guess they defrosted Wesley and let him attend Sundance. MTV caught up with the daywalker and this is what he had to say:

Hannah Montana may be able to get through life with a plastic guitar but you'd better believe any daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus knows how to at least form an E-Chord. I just spotted this story from earlier in the week, but Disney has new product called Star Guitarist that uses real guitars in a Guiter Hero-style environment. It's pretty easy to dismiss a rhythm game by Disney, especially when it's only available on PCs and Macs, but at least they are committing to using real guitars in a commercial product. It even looks like they've paired up with Washburn to include an actual guitar, ableit at 3/4 (Disney fan) size, which maybe justifies the $200 price tag.

We're not talking about new DLC or a collection of previously available DLC, we're talking about a full retail game. We expect this title to follow the suit of previous GTAs and use a subtitle such as GTA: San Andreas, etc. Tokyo might be a possible setting for the game, but details are non-existent at this time.

Ok, so we all went to a Rock Band 2 event last night to check out the new Roy Orbison pack. Imagine our surprise when we also found an open bar. Well, when in Rome, right? Needless to say, good times were had by all. Despite their proliferation, Rock Band 2 and its rhythm based brethren still manage to entertain. But what if you were to flip the script on the whole genre and have the software try to match your diva-like vocal talents? What if you then made the worst commercial in the world for said software? I'm still on the fence about this being tongue in cheek, or some kind of parody. I just can't...just can't believe that this could be real. And who the hell wants a glow in the dark towel?