Gears of War Special Tonight!!!

Tonight is the night! From around 23.30ish (GMT) we're stopping the show in its tracks and giving you an exclusive Gears of War special. Its basically gonna consist of an interview with Cliff Bleszinski, the lead designer of GOW and at the end of it all Im going to give away some copies of the game for the Xbox 360.

Ive had lots of questions wondering how to win GOW and its going to be really, really simple! The only rules are you MUST own an Xbox 360 and you have to be over 18. When I give you the cue later on, you will have to text, IM or phone in your gamertag and your real name. After the GOW special I will then announce the winners! Couldnt be simpler!

Im gonna have to get in some practise with Gears of War online! As many of you know by know Ill be getting my skull smashed between 3 and 5pm on Saturday afternoon! Just add vicbarry to your friends list!

The little oul special is nearly complete for Thursday night and make sure you wait till the very end, as you never know what might happen :) Another marathon session of GOW was put in last night when I crawled home after the show. 5am this morning I decided to turn off the 360 and Im only after making a minor dent into the game.

Lots of tear jerking stuff last night about Suicide. Its a taboo subject for alot of people with many callers last night asking for the topic to be ended. To be honest I was a little shocked with the amount of callers that had personal experience of Suicide! Lots of people out there and when 6% of the health budget goes on Suicide prevention it doesnt add up. Maybe Suicide is the wrong word, considering it has been decriminilised here and theoretically it is impossible. What sounds better, "Oh he done himself in" There is no nice way of saying it. Ill be following up on this later on!

Thats it for now, if your new to the blog have a nose through the archives. You'll never know what you might find!

The Gears have landed

I have to keep this shortish as I have very important work to attend to (ahem). Gears of War arrived at my desk last night and the show seemed to go on forever! Ive been waiting for this game for 2 years and it hasnt let me down! Got home and tore into it for 2 hours and a bit this morning. I wont bore you with stats or graphical engine data but all I can say is

Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Xbox Live Multiplayer - Fuckin Savage!

The game looks absolutely stunning. You can say the same about many super models. But looking good is only half the deal. The game plays superb, granted it takes a good 10 minutes to get used to the cover option, but once you get it down you'll be cutting locusts in 2 like a pro! Its one of the closet cinematic experiences in a video game that Ive come across. Ive been playing video games since I was 6. From Head over Heels to Commando and everything else in between! Gears of War ranks up at the very, very top. Cliffy B and the crew at Epic must be extremely proud as being one of the first companies to really deliver a true next generation video game!

Anyway Im off back to...work...ahem!

Gears Of War

Just got an hour and halfs worth of play...all I can say so far is.....

F$%K ME

More later on....hopefully!

Emergence Day is coming! Announcement here!!!

A very later than usual update today. Last night I briefly mentioned "Anybody know what Emergence day is?". Many people responded with a few words..GEARS...OF...WAR... I replied to those who knew telling them about what will be happening on Thursday night!

What will be happening is the following! I have just recorded an interview with Cliffy B (the lead designer on Gears of War) and will be packaging up a whole piece which will run just before midnight on Thursday night! The interview with Cliffy was extremely fun! Lets just say many of you will be expanding your vocab to include "Horstashio". All shall be revealed.

I will ALSO have some copies of the most anticipated game of the year, to giveaway.

In other news, I have a brand spanking new copy of Gears of War on my desk! Roll on midnight!

For all you WWE fans

Photos from the Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 launch in Dublin! William Regal and Fit Finlay!

No update today. Im busy scratching my hole....or something. But in the meantime, check out the Red Patrollers brand new bebo page.

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