WIN Sleeper Agent's "Celabrasion"

How goes it "Things That Rock Blog" readers!

I know it's been awhile since my last post and I apologize! No excuses! I've just been lazy!

To make it up to all of you I'm going to give you a chance to WIN the new CD from Sleeper Agent called "Celabrasion" which features their single "Get It Daddy"!

Now, if you are a reader of my blog, a fan of ours on facebook or a Twitter Follower I'll be giving you a heads up of how you can WIN this album!

Hint: It will involve listening for "Get It Daddy" by Sleeper Agent on radio...

The FIRST Real Look At: THE AVENGERS MOVIE!!!

Uh... HOLY ****! I'm sooooo there!

It's a Ramones Kind Of Day...

After hearing stories from the heyday of rock n' roll from the Reprise Records rep... I wish I was about 15 years older... That's when rock n' roll truely rocked balls! Exhibit A: The Ramones LIVE from London 1977...

Enjoy!

Foo Fighters Garage Tour Documentary

Nintendo Unveils the WiiU

5 years ago the Nintendo Wii blasted on to the scene with it's innovative control system and appeal to the causal gamer. Even the the hardcore gamers for a bit couldn't resist the novelty of a motion controller that made it feel like you were actually swinging a bat or swiping a sword! But, like all novelties they fade. In the past 2 years the Wii console lost a lot of steam and for the most part has been dead in the water. With considerably less graphic's HP than other consoles it also lacked HD which if anyone has ever played a Wii on a 42" TV or bigger, it looks terrible.

With that understanding Nintendo went out to re-invent itself again. Much like they did with Wii 5 years ago. This week at E3 Nintendo unveiled its new console set for a 2012 release, the WiiU.

Based off the presentation Nintendo did at E3 the system seems to have beefed up it's graphic output as well have HD capabilities. But the main focus of the new system is it's tablet like controller. Think of a big standard controller (D-Pad, paddle buttons, A-B buttons, etc.) but with a touch screen in the middle. A couple points they made within the presentation is that if your TV that the system is hooked up to needs to be used for say watching a television program you can continue your game using the display on the tablet controller so your gaming doesn't get interrupted. Another feature that looked incredibly intriguing is the use of the tablet controller with other peripherals such as the Wii wand. One example was the for what seemed like a golf game in which you would use the Wii wand in the way you would in any golf game for the Wii however, the tablet controller could be set on the ground to display your ball placement. Very interesting indeed!

It might be too early to say but it looks like Nintendo is ready to take back what is there's which is the family friendly gaming demo but as well compete for the more than casual gamer with the WiiU. During Nintendo's presentation they also emphasized 3rd party software companies are all if not mostly on board for this new system! A huge plus for Nintendo in cutting into Microsoft & Sony's market share in the console industry!

Needless to say, I can't wait!

Video Game History Month

Well, shame on me... I didn't know it was Video Game History Month!!!! Check out these articles/videos from gamespot.com (CLICK HERE)!

Local Band/Artist David Frank, Ben Klenz & Joseph Intile Covering Incubus' "Promises, Promises"

David Frank (Media Rio), Ben Klenz (Media Rio) & Joseph Intile (Media Rio) covering Incubus' "Promises, Promises". These guys are from Eugene, OR and it's a cover contest! First round is based on views so give it some love (by watching it)!

Great Thor Parody!

So most of you have probably caught the Super Bowl VW Darth Vader commercial, it's below in case you haven't.  Take something awesome like Darth Vader, turn him into a little kid and hilariousness ensues.  Now Marvel has put together a great parody with Thor.  P.S. I call dibs on a the Asgard license plate!

And the origional...

Call Of The Dead (Call Of Duty: Black Ops)

Um... Yes, please.

PSN & Fraggin' Withdrawls...

6 days and counting since the Playstation Network was shut down for "Maintenance" due to a network intrusion... And, about a day ago Sony released a press release that Sony will be "re-building their network to avoid future intrusions...etc."...

All I can say to that is, "ARRrrRRgggGGGGG!". Aside from my obvious frustrations about not being able to rack up some kills on Killzone 3 online I find myself attempting to play campaign modes on a few of my games from my library. What in the world did I do before online gaming?! Mundane and predictable is the only way I can describe campaign modes hence my propensity for online competition!

I remain curious of how Sony will make all of this good to their users. I've been reading some very good points brought up on a few message boards, and in particular, "What about the people who pay for Playstation Plus?". Granted, let's say PSN is off for a total of 14 days (worst case scenario I hope) and Sony offers to pro-rate your subscription based on that outage time. It would out to be only 4% of the $50 annual cost of your Playstation Plus subscription (that's only $2). We'll, I'm sure comping people $2 off their next subscription or refunding it will really not a difference to squashing Playstation user's disgruntled feelings.

Which leads me to wonder what Sony will do? Is this as bad as Microsoft's RRoD issue? Personally, I don't think this issue is as serious as MS's hardware problem but a lot of people seem to feel otherwise... My hope is that Sony will DO SOMETHING. Perhaps, not to the extreme of offering Free 1 years subscriptions to Playstation Plus, but just something. New content or features maybe? Just something. I own both systems and I can vividly recall trying to solve my XBOX 360 issues with Microsoft's customer service and becoming incredibly frustrated (let's just say I'd rather Royal Wedding coverage than ever deal with that again!).

For now, like the other 75 million PSN users I will just wait and hope for the best. In the mean time I have plugged back in the self-fixed XBOX 360 and began revisiting a few games (Gears of War series) and holding out on re-newing that XBOX Live subscription...

~DL

New Beastie Boys video for "Make Some Noise"

Holy crap... Who ISN'T in this video?!

Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise - Free Music Videos - Top Songs

The Douche

An educational documentary short on... "The Douche".... From BBC America... Fan-freakin'-tastic.... and educational...

Fight For Your Right - Revisited...

Scariest Car Accident Caught On Video

As to why this individual was taking video of his leisurely drive who knows... However, he happens just to catch his "freaky" accident on camera! I've watched this video several times already and I still get startled when **** goes down! Check it out!

New Brink Trailer

For over a year we've been hearing about how Splash Damage's new shoot "Brink" was going to revolutionize the genre.  Released today is a new trailer showcasing a few of the class abilities you'll have at your disposal.  From what we've seen so far you're looking at a game that is more in tune with helping your team mates than running off rogue.  Mixing some art styling of Borderlands and Team Fortress 2, color us interested at this new prospect!