The Games of 2007 Round Up.

With apologies for the slight delay, we present part two of our three week epic round up of 2007. In this show, we discuss every important game released this year, both good and bad, and finish with our top ten.

Next week, the people and events of 2007.

Happy New Year to all of our listeners.

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The Films of 2007 Round Up

In this, the first part of our three week epic, we take a look at every significant film of 2007 both the worst and best are given top tens decided by all of us and a good dozen or so that were worthy of note are also discussed.

Next week’s episode will do the same with the video games we’ve played this year and the week after that we’ll be doing a general summation of the year in movie and video gaming news.

As a bonus, the finale of this weeks show features our top ten rants on films. A prize for whoever can identify the targets of these venomous outbursts.

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Merry Christmas to all.

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The Golden Compass/Super Mario Galaxy/SingStar (PS3)

As the year 2007 – hereby known as the year the Digital Cowboys first started these awesome podcasts – draws to a close, a few final films and games emerged to grab our attention. To say we’d been waiting a long time for these is a gross understatement.

So for your delectation, we present possibly our final full length reviews of the year.

Firstly, Phillip Pullman’s much loved children’s classic, appreciated by mature folk everywhere, gets its cinematic adaptation. Alex and Tony, being huge fans of the book, have much to say on how faithful it is. Paul, being an outsider rarely thrilled by fantasy films, presents an ideal foil for the fanboys. The in-depth discussion starts here.

Next up is the only game worth getting on the Wii aside from Wii Sports. Super Mario Galaxy has burst onto the 3D platforming scene and added some much needed colour and dimension in much the same way that Super Mario World did with the stale 2D market way back in the early 90′s. Tony tells us why this might shift a few more Wii’s.

Finally, Paul goes into detail on SingStar and how it’s changed his life, especially the new PlayStation 3 version now equipped with the SingStore, which you can buy addtional songs from… so tempting. In fact, another Digital Cowboys exclusive happens right here as Paul makes a sale while reviewing.

Because of time constraints a few topics had to be excised, but the gist of them is as follows…

* We all like the new Xbox 360 dashboard update. Movies (including HD ones) are now up for renting online.

* Rockstar have won their battle against the BBFC at the Video Appeals Committee over Manhunt 2. This potentially means that it will finally get released in the UK (albeit the toned down ‘M’-rated version). We’re all very happy for them. While the debate is tired, the important thing to glean from this debacle is that the BBFC were being out of line, which is rare for them. More descussions on censorship coming in 2008.

Next week begins the first of two end-of-year podcasts where we do a full round-up of 2007. See you then.

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Guitar Hero Special: Part 2

In Part 2 of our in-depth Guitar Hero Special, we delve into Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and discuss every point – both good and bad – about the latest installment of the franchise and whether it lives up to the incredible hype and agonizingly long wait.

Also, we discuss whether a certain other forthcoming rock-music-based rhythm game has been on stealing our attention away from the Guitar Hero series. To the jammy Americans performing their hearts out in living rooms across the pond, we say this: damn you!

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Guitar Hero Special: Part 1

This week, it’s the long awaited special episode focusing on Guitar Hero, possibly this year’s most important series of games for the Cowboys.

So epic was the scale of this monster that it could not be contained on a single podcast and so for the first time ever, we bring you a double show released back to back on the same day.

Part 1 deals with Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II on PS2 and Xbox 360 respectively, as well as Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s on PS2.

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