User Generated Content Coming To Rock Band

PLAY on July 17 I would say I’m a Rock Band fan. I bought both Rock Band and Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band is a game I’m eagerly awaiting and I’ve bought some DLC. So I was pretty happy to hear the news today that in the simplest form, any band that has masters of their songs can get them into Rock Band, either by giving them to freelancers... 

Evening Meal of Zombies

PLAY on June 23 Keeping in theme with Summer of the Dead, here’s the first of many music videos that involve zombies in some way. Today’s choice is Zombie Nation’s Kernkraft 400. A lot of people (myself included) get confused on whether the group is called Kernkraft 400 or Zombie Nation as the only lyrics in Kernkraft 400 are Zombie and Zombie Nation.... 

Morning Cup o’ Metal

PLAY on June 18 Perhaps on the same level as Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down does it’s best to show the absolute horrors of warfare in this modern age. What better to go along with that than some somber metal provided by Killswitch Engage. The track “The Arms of Sorrow” is off of the album As Daylight Dies and is really worth a listen.  

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day

PLAY on March 10 Good afternoon you buncha whores! Time to get off yer duffs and get the blood flowing. Get up, shake the workday off and get ready to head home and have that delicious adult beverage when you get there. They call it happy hour for a reason! Anyways, the artist I’m sharing with you today is the Aquabats from sunny California. The song is “Super... 

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

PLAY on March 9 Wake the hell up people!!! The workday is almost over, Daylight Saving Time sucks but at least you’re awake now! This is one of my favorite songs of all time by The Specials. The track “Pressure Drop” can be found on their greatest hits or on the Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack. Now get up and start skankin’!  

Weeaboo Wednesday: Detroit Metal City

WATCH on February 25 I love metal, so when I heard that there was a series called Detroit Metal City (an obvious play on KISS‘s Detroit Rock City) that was about a crazy metal band, I had to see it. I’ve always been a fan of Japanese metal, and a comedy OVA series about the subject sounded right up my alley. Let me tell you, Detroit Metal City does not disappoint.  

Spotify, The Next Step From Last.fm

PLAY on February 19 For the last week now I’ve been trying a little program called Spotify and I have to say I’m quite impressed. First off, I’ve always been a fan of Last.fm. It was a great way to listen to music free and legally and personally I loved the recommendation system, which actually did a pretty good job at finding music that would suit your... 

Putting The Plastic vs. Real Instrument Argument to Rest

PLAY on February 18 Ever since Guitar Hero first came out it seems anyone who plays a real guitar has something to say about the game. Their opinions can vary wildly from saying that they like that it is inspiring more people to pick up a guitar to Chad Kroeger telling us to put down the game and learn a real instrument. Then Rock Band came out and people saw the drums... 

It Came from Obscurity Double Feature: Genre Jumping Cover Bands

PLAY on February 17 Welcome back faithful reader(s) to another installment of It Came from Obscurity. This week, we’re going to look into two cover bands that set themselves apart from the sea of cover bands that already exist. Without further ado, lets get right into them. Kidz Bop Since their humble beginnings in 2001 with renditions of such hits as Blue (Da... 

It Came from Obscurity: Paullelujah

PLAY on February 10 Let me make myself clear, I hate rap music. I feel that the majority of rap is uninspired lyrics (often about how rich they are) and bad rhyming (since when did club rhyme with club?) set to someone else’s music. Don’t believe me? Listen to practically any rap song. So what makes MC Paul Barman so much better in my eyes?  

Max’s vinyl trip: The Wall – Pink Floyd

PLAY on January 21 I was first introduced to Pink Floyd by my grandma. I asked what her favorite groups were, and she simply replied: Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and Dire Straights. The first time I heard this answer I thought it was old people’s music. I wasn’t a fan of rock music, since I’m more of a indie fellow that finds himself listening to Arctic... 

Friday Flash 16/01/08

PLAY on January 16 After a short hiatus Friday Flash is back with a selection of games both new and old that I’ve been using to fuel my laziness and suppress my boredom this week.  

For Your Listening Pleasure: Innerpartysystem – Innerpartysystem

PLAY on January 13 While on my way to meet the girlfriend’s parents a few days ago, I spotted a Zavvi store. Knowing they had fucked up royally and needed to get rid of stock, I thought I would help out and with 30% off all CDs, how could I refuse? While there, I found this album and picked it up for a cool £7. This won’t be a typical album review because... 

My Playlists, let me show you them

PLAY on November 17 Video game soundtracks are part and parcel to a video game itself. With the right score and music a scene might move you to tears or make you laugh at humor and jokes you normally would not. It can also drive you bat shit insane when you listen to the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Suffering from a very... 

Megaman for a Megaworkout

PLAY on November 7 I got to the gym today and started a circuit around all the different machines and weights, when what should come on my mp3 player but the Concrete Man stage music from Megaman 9. Let me tell you I have not felt this compelled to push myself in a LONG time, but somehow this track got it out of me. I set the entire OST to loop and carried on with my... 

Demo Daze: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Uncategorized on November 5 Remember looking back on games you played when you were a kid and you think back to how awesome they are? There are a select few that even when you go play them again when you are older and wiser they are still just as awesome, well for me the Banjo-Kazooie series is one of these select few. I remember the first time I played Banjo-Kazooie on my... 

MWN Impressions: Vigilante 8 Arcade

PLAY on November 5 Today saw the release of Vigilante 8 Arcade onto the Xbox Live Marketplace. I was a huge fan of the previous two installments on the original Playstation so you can imagine my face when I saw this. Vigilante 8 Arcade is essentially a remake of the first two Vigilante 8 games in a neat package with the advantage of 8 player Xbox-Live play. I’ve... 

RLR #5 – Metal

Uncategorized on October 27 My fellow whores, I present to you the best show that we have ever had on the Red-Light Roundtable. The idea for a metal episode guaranteed that we would have a great podcast, and now here it is for your enjoyment. It was me and BigPopaGamer as usual, but we had one of our UK contributors (BunnyRabbit2) sitting in the third seat and he gave us a good... 

Teaser – RLR #5

READ on October 20 We’re back and ready to kick some podcasting ass. The topic that we all decided would be the most appropriate for an ass-kicking show would have to be the only musical genre that is capable of melting your face and making your ears bleed, METAL!!! Most of us here are MediaWhoreNetwork are all afficionados of the metal genre, and others can’t... 

From Basement to Your Local Grocer – How Commercials Ruin Good Music

PLAY on August 6 It’s often thought that you should know you’re old once your favorite songs are being butchered as commercial jingles. When someone hears Bob Seger’s “Like a Rock”, they are more likely to think of a Chevy truck than a man thinking about the good times of his youth. Go ahead. I dare you to click on the above video and...