Geek vs Life

Buckethead is scary good. Anyone who can imitate him is probably scary good. The following is either scary, or good. I’m still undecided. Any takers?

Ubisoft announced that they are making a Wii/DS exclusive sequel to the awesomely twisted Rayman Raving Rabbids. It’s set to be out Fall of this year.

This title includeds 60 new games, customizable Rayman and Rabbids, and a new map style that will allow players to travel all over the world.

We here at the GvL Lair are very excited about this, mostly because we’ve played way too much of the first one. Full release information below.

Ubisoft Announces Rayman Raving Rabbids^TM 2 Exclusively For Nintendo^® Systems

Those Crazy Bunnies Are Back and Ready to Invade Planet Earth!

London, United Kingdom – 24 MAY 2007 – Yesterday, Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced Rayman Raving Rabbids™ 2 exclusively for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Those mischievous bunnies are back in a hilarious sequel, a party comedy game that is guaranteed to be even crazier and funnier than the first with even more insane games to play. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 will push the envelope of the Wii gameplay experience by continuing to make innovative use of the Wii Remote™. It will deliver fun, intuitive games that feature the wacky humor that Rayman and the Rabbids are known for. In development at Ubisoft’s Paris studio, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 is scheduled for a fall 2007 release.

“The first Rayman Raving Rabbids was a huge critical and commercial success worldwide,” said John Parkes, director of marketing for Ubisoft. “Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 is poised to continue that success, as gamers can’t seem to get enough of those crazy bunnies; they’re just so popular!”

About Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

After invading the world of Rayman, the insane Rabbids have a new objective: THE INVASION OF PLANET EARTH! Setting their home base at a shopping mall, the Rabbids try to study human behavior and mimic everything humans do in funny, illogical ways. As part of their training, the Rabbids must carry out several missions around the globe to prepare themselves for world domination. Rayman will attempt to infiltrate the Rabbids, disguised as one of them, in a mission to foil their crazy plans and save Earth. Game features include:

• New wacky games – 60 brand-new games that spoof popular culture and are even wackier than those featured in the first Rayman Raving Rabbids.

• Unique use of the Wii Remote – Discover new, innovative ways to play, with eight types of gameplay, including shaking, precision, dexterity and balance.

• Travel around the world – Take Rayman on a world tour to defend Earth from the Rabbids invasion. Travel to five different regions such as the USA, Europe and Asia, where players will challenge the Rabbids in the local environments.

• Customize Rayman and the Rabbids – Use more than 110 items (skins, hats, accessories and clothes) to dress Rayman and create your own Rabbids. Unleash your creativity with over 540K customization combinations.

• Multiplayer experience – Play co-op or battle up to three friends in all the games unlocked in the single-player campaign.

Here is a list of the games being released till the end of May.

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Grow back that mullet and strap on that bandanna because the 80’s are coming back!

Activision has been slowly releasing the names of the new tracks which will be included in the expansion of Guitar hero 2 which will be sold this Summer entitled Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80’s.

Obviously enough, the main theme of the expansion will be music that made people bop their heads in the 80’s. The list I must admit is making me giddy. Have a look:

Twisted Sister in the House!

“Round and Round” by Ratt
“I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow
“Metal Health” by Quiet Riot
“Holy Diver” by Ronnie James Dio
“Heat of the Moment” by Asia
“I Wanna Rock” by Twisted Sister
“I Ran” by Flock of Seagulls
“18 and Life” by Skid Row
“Bathroom Wall” by Faster Pussycat
“Lonely is the Night” by Billy Squier
“Nothing But a Good Time,” by Poison
“Play With Me” by Extreme
“Shakin’ ” by Eddie Money
“Synchronicity II” by The Police.

With the list still unfinished and more titles to be revealed in the next upcoming weeks I have my fingers crossed for some Def Leopard and Honeymoon Suite. That and my business-in-the-front/party-in-the-back is growing in nicely.

For those who thought that Dead Rising, F.E.A.R. or Oblivion weren’t good enough reasons to buy the Xbox 360, rejoice!

The mack daddy of all Xbox 360 games is on the horizon. Far on the horizon but coming.

Halo 3 will make it’s North American debut on September 25 and will be released 24 hours later in Europe. So the time to start saving your money is now.