This is apparently how we look in the head of listener Matthew Byott.
He stated in his letter to us that…

"having never seen you guys, i have this mental image in my head:

 

Paul – a bit of a delboy

tony- a short muscular bloke with a large head

alex – has a bowl cut, and wears thick lensed glasses.

 

im sure that this is nothing what you guys really look like."

Unfortunately, he’s absolutely right.

Rock Band 2/Mirror’s Edge.

This week it’s our reviews of first-person free-runner Mirror’s Edge. Alex also briefly reviews the Mysterious Cities of Gold and Persepolis.

Some particularly helpful listener mail gets read out and discussed.

Then we finish up with our first impressions of Rock Band 2 and go over the reasons why it’s not only superior to Guitar Hero World Tour in many significant ways but in our opinion the best game of the year (if you count in the first game and see it as a platform).

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Part 2 of 2.

In the second part of our epic episode 80 bonanza we chew through the gamut of information on Guitar Hero World Tour on the Xbox 360. With Rock Band 2 out today, can the giant of Activision’s longer-running franchise easily crush their competitors? Is the hardware up to scratch and just how much more difficult is that vocal career? Find out now.

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Part 1 of 2.

This mammoth episode is stretched over two shows.

Part 1 sees the cowboys reviewing Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the new Kevin Smith film.

The biggest Playstation 3 release of the year is then given a thorough going over. Little Big Planet is explored at last.

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Gears of War 2/Quantum of Solace/Disney’s Sing-It.

To celebrate the world’s freedom from the Bush administration we’re doing a Gears 2 special interspersed with some timely Bill Hicks material. the late comedian who passed away in 1994 would doubtless be as happy to see the back of Bush Junior as his crusty father.

Tony also surmises Dead Space, and Alex reviews the new Bond game; Quantum of Solace, often dubbed the best of its type since the legendary GoldenEye.

But for the truly hardcore, Paul dishes the dirt on ‘Disney; Sing It’ a karaoke game featuring the likes of Miley Cyrus and her ilk.

The bulk of the episode, however is devoted to singing the praises of Gears 2 and discussing it’s every greasy, bloodsoaked pounding moment.

Next week; Guitar Hero: World Tour.

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Bond Special.

With Quantum of Solace breaking all kinds of box office records we felt it only right to do a proper Bond-focused episode. So every official 007 movie is discussed and we do a full review of both Casino Royale and QoS.

Up for discussion are Alex and Tony’s closing thoughts on Fable 2, and the Mirror’s Edge demo. We also debate the possibility of finding oneself burned out on music-rhythm-action games very shortly as both Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2 are about to be released in Europe, bringing with them over 150 new songs to learn. This isn’t even counting Singstar, Disney Sing-It and Lips. Could the new favourite game genre be exhausted already?

Rabid Bond fans may want to strap themselves in. We pull no punches with the flaws of this British institution. It makes the better films seem all the more of an achievement.

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