MaddenedMan

Then please accept this video as replacement/penitence.

I admittedly found it in an attempt to find the Battlefield 2 theme on iTunes. Clicked on the preview and thought "That doesn't sound quite right. Oh, it's an orchestral rendition!"

I've heard a lot about Advent Rising, particularly that the music was outstanding and the rest was ok. The premise seemed pretty cool though.

Vaguely recall Orson Scott Card getting a bit of bad press in the gaming community surrounding supposed homophobia around the release of Shadow Complex. Might be a tricky stigma to rid himself of, but people have overcome worse.

Or possibly publishers with access to multiple IPs.

What would be some of the character lineup?

I'll start with Ubisoft:

• Prince of Persia (Sands of Time Trilogy) - Free-form combat, able to climb around more easily
• Prince (Prince of Persia 2008) - Badass claw thing
• Ezio - Stealth killing
• Altair and Desmond - Unlocked by playing as Ezio for a while
• Rayman
• Rabbids - Three of them, controlled Ice Climbers style.
• From Dust villagers - With perhaps some help from the elements
• Agent 47 - Can steal the identities of others (a more serious Kirby perhaps?)
• Sam Fisher - Blends into background
• Jade (Beyond Good and Evil) - I don't know... Photo... things...
• Dude from XIII - Opportunity for cel shading
• And, just to mix things up, Shaun White.

The whole album is excellent (in my honest albeit correct opinion), and is available on the iTunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-greatest-video-game-music/id472994506

This has been a recommendation.

Got slightly freaked out by the Oregon Trail Quick Look playing in the background whilst looking for this picture, in which Ryan seemingly spontaneously said "Winter is coming..."

Started playing online last night (Xbox 360), and I kept getting matched up with the same player. Not really that much of a problem, it created a bit of continuity between my fights, but I think he may have been annoyed by my Mokujinning.

Are there any Australian Tekken 6 players? What times are best for being matched with locals with moderate/good connection speeds?

I got my DSi yesterday (Australia ftw). The pricing and titles are the same as the European releases. The two 200 point games are really simple, not even using the touch screen. They are fun little time-wasters though. I haven't tried WarioWare yet though, I haven't been in good enough light yet.

Has anyone sent them V energy drinks yet? (A New Zealand-based energy drink). If not, how much would it cost to send it? (I think Australia's the closest they are manufactured.)

Yahtzee lives in Australia, it would be hard for him to collaborate with Giant Bomb.