Noel Gallagher has been making some rather odd comments concerning video games lately. A while back, he pretty much blamed violent video games for random stabbings in England. This is what he had to say about Guitar Hero:

“If it puts little plastic guitars into kids’ hands and fires their imaginations, I think that’s a good thing. It’s harmless fun, innit,” he said.

“I’d rather that genre of videogames than somebody getting their fucking head chopped off with a samurai sword while getting fucked by a goblin up the arse with a laser. Do you know what I mean?”

I’m not quite sure if Gallagher says these things because he believes them or because he thinks they are witty. He might be wrong on both accounts, but his statements are always amusing. I’m sure Gallagher will publicly blame video games when the first troll gets abused by a goblin “up the arse with a laser” in real life. Dig Out Your Soul comes out next month and is the 7th Oasis album. Let’s hope it’s at least on the level of Don’t Believe The Truth. I’ll just never like Oasis the way I did their first few albums, but they still put out good music.

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: arse, Don, England, fun, genre, goblin, Guitar, head, Hero, Hero Noel Gallagher, innit, Laser, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, plastic, samurai, somebody, Sword, thing, video

We just received ten screenshots from Namco Bandai’s cheerleading sim, coming to European Wiis next year. Considering the fact that the game will only be released for the Wii, I think they should have titled it ‘Wii Cheer’, but I guess Namco knows what they are doing. I thought one cheerleading game was enough, but apparently there’s some sort of desire for the genre out there…

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Bandai, Cheer, cheerleading, desire, European, fact, game, genre, Namco, Nintendo Wii, Screens, sim, sort, Wiis, year

Our readers have been asking for Roogoo screens, so here they are!  Four screens were just recently released for the puzzle game.  Roogoo was released for the Xbox LIVE Arcade back on June 4 and isn’t a terrible buy for the genre.  If you aren’t interested in playing it on Xbox, a PC version of the game was released on June 12.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Arcade, gallery, game, genre, June, Live, puzzle, Roogoo, Screens, version, Xbox

Snoop is finding ways to make sure every human knows who he is one way or another. The guy did a country song with twangs and all. For a California brother, it ain’t half-bad. Country’s been imitating for so long, it’s not like the genre has a clear sound anymore, which opens the way for people like Snoop Dog and Jessica Simpson to break in. Snoop is well on his way to country stardom. His wife is getting in on the action too, with her drunk driving arrest this past weekend. Go ahead Snoop. I ain’t mad at ya. Especially when you team up with Willie Nelson. Much better than Nelly’s team up with Tim McGraw. Listen to Snoop Dog and Willie Nelson right here: http://perezhilton.com/2008-06-18-this-is-not-a-joke-40.
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written by Jennifer Leftwich \\ tags: action, ain, Brother, California, Country, Dog, Dogg, genre, guy, Jessica Simpson, Nelly, Snoop, Snoop Dogg country, Song, sound, stardom, Team, Tim McGraw, way, wife, Willie Nelson

With all the retarded toys that have been invented, it’s hard to find ones that would actually make great video game characters.  I’ve spent weeks searching the web for such a toy and finally scored when I discovered something on YouTube called the “Slingshot Monkey” which retails for $4.95.  

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: character, Features, game, genre, lead, Monkey, platformer, Slingshot, something, Sonic, Toy, video, web, while, YouTube, zany

When I first heard that Space Invaders Extreme was coming to the PSP, I wasn’t excited at all.  Does the PSP really need more 2d shmup titles?  For the most part, the PSP homebrew community has me covered in the genre.  After playing the demo, I realized that this was actually a damn good game and probably one most PSP owners should pick up.  Unless you’re in an Asian arcade somewhere, it’s unlikely you’ll even play a recent Taito game, so it’s kind of cool to see them releasing titles again.  Space Invaders Extreme has the same style gameplay you have loved from all the other SI releases from the past, but this time the graphics have been boosted and the weapons and power-ups are a little more interesting. This certainly will not be the greatest PSP game out there, but it’s worth a look.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Arcade, community, Demo, Extreme, game, genre, homebrew, Invaders, part, Screens, shmup, Sony PSP, space, Taito, wasn