I just read a review of Conan for the PS3 on pc.ign.com.  Seems they really liked the graphics and the bloody gore... as well, like the old Savage Sword of Conan there are a lot of scantily clad ladies...  For an action game they said they mix it up enough so that it is not just a button masher.

I also saw pictures of Fifa Soccor 08.  That looks so cool!

Well if you don't want all blood and gore, check out the following new fall games:

1) Guitar Hero III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWtDu9YDLHI

The list (so far):

Tier 1:
Foghat - Slow Ride
Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Social Distortion - Story of My Life

Encore: Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite
Co-op Encore: Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Tier 2:
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Alice Cooper - School’s Out
Cream - Sunshine of Your Life
Heart - Barracuda

Boss: Tom Morello - Guitar Battle
Encore: Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
Co-op Encore: The Strokes - Reptilia

Tier 3:
The Killers - When You Were Young
AFI - Miss Murder
The Who - The Seeker
Priestess - Lay Down

Encore: Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Co-op Encore: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss

Tier 4:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas

Encore: Pearl Jam - Evenflow
Co-op Encore: Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

Tier 5:
The Dead Kennedy’s - Holiday in Cambodia
Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance
ZZ Top - La Grange

Boss: Slash - Guitar Battle
Encore: Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Co-op Encore: Bloc Party - Hellicopter

Tier 6:
Santana - Black Magic Woman
Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
White Zombie - Black Sunshine
Tenacious D - The Metal

Encore: Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride and Joy
Co-op Encore: Matchbook Romance - Monsters

Tier 7:
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Disturbed - Stricken
Queens of the Stone Age - 3’s and 7’s
Muse - Knights of Cydonia

Encore: Living Colour - Cult of Personality

Tier 8:
Slayer - Raining Blood
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Metallica - One

Boss: Lou - Guitar Battle
Encore: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Bonus Tracks:

An Endless Sporadic - Impulse
Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
Bret Michaels Band - Go That Far
Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommit Alex
Dragonforce - Through the Fire and the Flames
Fall of Troy - FCP Remix
Gallows - In the Belly of a Shark
The Hellacopters - I’m in the Band
Heroes del Silencio - Avalancha
In Flames - Take This Life
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
LA Slum Lords - Down N Dirty
Lacuna Coil - Closer
Lions - Metal Heavy Lady
NAAST - Mauvis Garcon
Prototype - The Way It Ends
Revolverhead - Generation Rock
Rise Against - Prayer of the Refugee
Scouts of St. Sebastian - In Love
Senses Fail - Can’t Be Saved
The Sleeping - Don’t Hold Back
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Superbus - Radio Song


2) Rock Band -play with friends (two guitars, one bass guitar, drums and singer options)

Diddly had an awesome example of this game in action. Diddly, can you add the link?

Here is the track list that has been released by Harmonix so far:
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" – Jet
"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Blitzkrieg Bop" – Ramones
"Brainpower" – Freezepop
"Celebrity Skin" – Hole
"Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins
"Creep" – Radiohead
"Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" – Blue Öyster Cult
"Enter Sandman" – Metallica
"Epic" – Faith No More
"Gimme Shelter" – Rolling Stones
"Go with the Flow" – Queens of the Stone Age
"The Hand That Feeds" – Nine Inch Nails
"Here It Goes Again" – OK Go
"Highway Star" – Deep Purple
"I Think I'm Paranoid" – Garbage
"In Bloom" – Nirvana
"Learn to Fly" – Foo Fighters
"Main Offender" – The Hives
"Maps" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
"Orange Crush" – R.E.M.
"Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
"Reptilia" – The Strokes
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"Say It Ain't So" – Weezer
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash
"Suffragette City" – David Bowie
"Tom Sawyer" – Rush
"Vasoline" – Stone Temple Pilots
"Wanted Dead or Alive" – Bon Jovi
"Wave of Mutilation" – Pixies
"Won't Get Fooled Again" – The Who
   Also the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game will support downloadable content, and Harmonix is stating that there will be full albums available for some artists, as well as songs on a per track basis.
   As of right now, these songs have been announced as being available for download shortly after the games release:
Album: Who's Next - The Who
Album: Nevermind - Nirvana
Track: One -  Metallica
Tracks: 18 songs by the Grateful Dead, including:
        -Casey Jones
        -Sugar Magnolia
        -Touch of Grey
        -Truckin
        -Uncle John's Band

Rock Band videos can be gotten at ps3.ign.com.  I can't directly link them since they appear in a popup window.

Conan has not been getting very good reviews.    That's a shame, it held such promise.

Apparently there's lots of boobies in the game.  That's good!  But Conan wields magic!  That's bad.  But there's lots of gore (like the picture below)!  That's good!  But there's lame puzzles too.   That's bad.  But graphics are just like the comics!  That's good!  But the boss battles are sad echoes of God of War battles.  That's bad.

Actually, the IGN reviewer (who says he otherwise quite enjoyed the game), felt that the final battle was so bad it made him rethink recommending the game.  You die numerous times and it'll still take an hour to defeat the last boss.  Coming from a guy who plays video games FOR A LIVING, that says something.

That's too bad.  Though from a graphics point of view Heavenly Sword is far superior and I would expect the same kind of attention to future games and Conan just did not live up to that.  However, I still enjoyed the demo.  Too bad the rest of it does match up.

Here is the full song list for Rock Band.  I find it hilarious Timmy & Lords of the Underworld is one of the bonus tracks!

Bonus Tracks
Acro-brats "Day Late Dollar Short"
Anarchy Club "Blood Doll"
Bang Camaro "Pleasure (Pleasure)"
Crooked X " Nightmare"
Death of the Cool "Can't Let Go"
Flyleaf "I'm So Sick"
Freezepop "Brainpower"
Honest Bob "I Get By"
The Konks "29 Fingers"
The Mother Hips "Time We Had"
Timmy & The Lords of the Underworld "Timmy & The Lords of the Underworld"
Tribe "Outside"
VAGIANT "Seven"

Licensed Tracks
1960s
Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"

1970s
Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin'"*
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"
Mountain "Mississippi Queen" (cover)
The Police "Next to You"
David Bowie "Suffragette City"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid" (cover)
Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Deep Purple "Highway Star"
KISS "Detroit Rock City"
Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
The Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides" (cover)
Sweet "Ballroom Blitz" (cover)

1980s
Rush "Tom Sawyer"*
Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
Faith No More "Epic"
Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"
R.E.M. "Orange Crush"
Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills" (cover)

1990s
Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
Metallica "Enter Sandman"
Nirvana "In Bloom"
Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
Weezer "Say It Ain't So"
Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
Radiohead "Creep"
Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
Hole "Celebrity Skin"
Garbage "I Think I'm Paranoid"
Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"

2000s
The Hives "Main Offender"
Queens of the Stone Age "Go With the Flow"
The Strokes "Reptilia"
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
Coheed & Cambria "Welcome Home"
Fallout Boy "Dead on Arrival"
The Killers "When You Were Young"
New Pornographers "Electric Version"

Garage Band certainly has an impressive playlist....more good tunes than Guitar Hero 3...when is it due out?

Assassin's Creed is excellent fun in ancestor mode...lots of places/things to do and explore..love the flying and horseback riding aspects. Modern day times stuff is slightly dull but luckily only 5% of the game.

I heard a rumour that Hawkeye was cowering under the stairs in Call of Duty 4   hee hee

and  in smackdown news... just wanted everyone to know that Mad Dog took the Women's Wrestling Title ... hee hee maybe Mr. Bean or Monster can steal it from him??

So any brave soul going to finish the Boss battle on Heavenly Sword???

Rock Band already has their first set of additional song downloads ready:
• 3’s and7’s – Queens of the Stone Age ($1.99)
• Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age ($1.99)
• Sick Sick Sick - Queens of the Stone Age ($1.99)
• Queens of the Stone Age Track Pack 01 ($5.49)
• And Justice for All – Metallica ($1.99)
• Blackened – Metallica ($1.99)
• Ride the Lightning – Metallica ($1.99)
• Metallica Track Pack 01 ($5.49)
• Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police ($1.99)
• Roxanne - The Police ($1.99)
• Synchronicity II - The Police ($1.99)
• The Police Track Pack 01 ($5.49)
• Cherry Bomb – The Runaways ($1.99)
• Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival ($1.99)
• Joker and the Thief – Wolfmother ($1.99)
• Juke Box Hero – Foreigner ($1.99)
• My Sharona – The Knack ($1.99)
• Bang a gong - T. Rex ($1.99)

Little Big Planet new pirate trailer is on this pages (left side)

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/856/856680/vids_1.html

That seems like such an interesting platform game.  I didn't think platform games would make the jump from nintendo or atari, but I sit here corrected.

So boys!!! You helped me get to the final battle of Heavenly Sword, but you have left me hanging there for months!!! No one wants to see the final unlocked stuff and videos?? Are you guys admitting to being defeated by the game?? No one has the dexterity, speed or stamina to beat the final boss??

Hahaha.. maybe Diddle-master will be up to it on Friday when Danmick and I come over... I sent an invite by email to Hawkeye too, hopefully he can make it as well...

I just watched some of the other trailers for LittleBigWorld.. man, that games looks like it will be soooo uch (useless) fun!!!

How's warhawk?  I need to try killing more people on CoD4.

Well then, you just need to pick a night and come over, punk!  CoD4 is still fun, but I think Warhawk is better multiplayer mayhem.  It's like comparing Medal of Honor to Battlefield.

I just read that Sony will be bring out "the big games" this summer.  While many of them are not to my liking, here are the games and the North American release dates:

- Resistance 2 (Fall 200
   - sequel to the shooter game Resistance

- Little Big Planet (October 200
   - well duh, we all know this one!

- Buzz! Quiz TV (Fall 200
  - over 5,000 music, movie & TV, sports, general knowledge & lifestyle questions
  - plus online quiz sharing

Motorstorm: PAcific Rift (Fall 200
   - "the most brutal racing game around is back"

Killzone 2 (February 2009)
   - "the most highly anticpated PS3 shooter"
   - supposedly has an intense storyline that promises to blow gamers away

Socom: US Navy Seals Confrontation (Sept 16, 200
   - I'm sure you all know this game series too

If you want to know more the Metro newspaper claims there is a "full list" of new game releases for PS3, PSP and the PlayStation Network on their website: metronews.ca.