Alright Gearheads, daddy's gone and big brother's in charge... soo....let's PARTAAAAAAYYYYYY!!! ;)

In light of all the Gears 2 news I thinks its only appropriate we play some Gears.  When, however is up to you....Of course we could start with some GTA and move to Gears later but with all the Gears love going around I dont't know if we'll want to play anything else. :)

So sign up if you can make it and put your game of choice...(cough~halo 3!...cough) ;)

On a side note I'm sending this from my phone because I'm on my way to see Iron Man!!!  

Update [2008-5-16 18:9:21 by SweetTea] Hey guys! Just so you know I'll be hopping on around 9 PST =)

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Creeping up on us is Microsoft's Gamers Day...It's here and Microsoft's press conference will be starting something soon...until then, this is what we know so far...

Stop what your doing and watch this VIDEO!
From the GamerScore blog, It highlights everything going on at the gamer's day and briefly shows Marcus beating the crap out of a locust UFC style!!!
Special thanks to MDK for the tip!

1UP's Gamers Day Live Blog! Constantly being updated with impressions from the event. (Including Gears!)

Games:

GEARS 2: You can beat the crap out of a downed foe UFC style! Also there will be Weapon Specific Executions! (Xbox360Fanboy)
Epic will be showing off more campaign stuff later...RIGHT NOW! =)

From 1UP's LiveBlog:

2:45pm SHANE: Cliffy B takes the stage to show off Gears of War 2! Man, how many subwoofers are in this room? Is this running at 60 frames per second? Holy shit, look at all that juice!

GARNETT: So, here's the scoop; that little section of singleplayer you've seen, Cliffy's playing the whole damn thing for us. Starts out on rig 314, that's one of these derrick things that burrow your team into the planet's core to fight the locust on their own turf. There's a catch (natch) that these things have to be positioned in specific places before they start drilling.
We're on the ride out to one such location now. Reminds me a lot of the train sequence at the end of the first game. Started off with just some bombardment and flying enemies but it's all gone to hell now with locust coming from every direction. They even hijacked one one of the other rigs and are trying to run us off the road. One thing that really stands out to me about the gunfire is this excellent tracer effect; it's particularly noticeable on the machine guns. The tracers blur and smear as they spray out of the gun. Helps a ton in being able to see the spread of your fire. Oh, and bloody hell, this ride has now seen us face pretty much every big bad

SHANE: OK, I just asked Cliffy whether or not this will run at 60 fps. No dice, but he promises that it will stay above 30 throughout. Also, Cliff had to be a bit of a dick by repeating my question as, "When is Gears 2 coming out for the PS3?" Funny, real funny.

MORE AT 1UP'S LIVEBLOG!!!

Ninja Gaiden 2: New TRAILER

Too Human: Release date set at August 19! New Co-op TRAILER; Now only 2 player Co-op

1UP TOURS RARE gives us loads of Viva 2 INFO

Viva Pinata 2 Trouble in Paradise: To be released in September; 2 Player Drop-in Drop-Out Co-op. Visit "Rare/Fable 2 news" below for more info.

Banjo: Nuts and Bolts Coming this November; TRAILER; To feature online co-op and multiplayer play (Xbox360Fanboy)

Fable 2:Peter Molyneux VIDEO INTERVIEW; Tons of info in the story below, Coming this Holiday
Fable 2 IN ACTION!

Ninja Gaiden 2: Released June 3

Penny Arcade: This arcade game will hit May 21SOURCE

Alone in the Dark: NEW TRAILER!

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Freaking Amazing NEW SCREENS

Left for Dead: IMPRESSIONS

Unless posted otherwise, all sources come from: KOTAKU

Stay Tuned! There should be tons of info hitting soon...if it's not posted yet, put it in as a comment and I'll add it!
Thanks, guys

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Creeping up on is, Microsoft's gamers day is here!
Pre-Official announcement stuff here:

Fable 2 looks like it might actually live up to Fable 1 and finally take emotion in gaming to the next level:

From Gaf-
“The build we saw was from the 7th of may. The game is content complete and about 5000 bugs from completion.

You can buy every single house in the game. Each house will unlock something new. Either a sidequest, item or a skill The game is 20-30 times larger then Fable 1.

The weather is completely dynamic, and will change as time progress. There will be different seasons.

He talked about how he was flirting with a girl, and her husband came by. And the husband became so pissed, he began kicking your dog. And Peter actually felt bad for flirting with the girl. He wants gamers to feel like he did.

Click “Read More” and scroll down to “Fable 2” for the rest of the info taken straight from NeoGafer Vinterbird. (Thank you!)

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RARE
Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise

• Improved interactivity between the pinata's and the environments.
  
• Pinata's will mimic each others action and follow the leader around the garden.
  
• They'll be adding toys for the pinatas to play with like musical instruments, spaced themed toys, and trains that the pinata's will ride around the garden.
  

Banjo Kazooie 3

• GI says their first vehicles was a 4 wheeled kart with a spring attached to the bottom that allowed them to jump things. They later found a helicopter blade that allowed their kart to fly. Later they added balloons to the vehicle and put the blade on the back and created a hovercraft.
  
• Rare showed them a vehicle that was a monster truck that was able to detach its chasis to become a mini bike. When the bike ramped off a cliff it revealed collapsible glider wings and started flying.
  
  

Click "Read More" for the rest...

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Hey guys!

In trying to enhance your experience on the site I'm going to start featuring cool websites you should check out when I come across them.  Sites that offer cool content both gaming and non-game related.

I'm basically pimping other cool sites on the net, sending you away from us; But that's ok, I know you'll be back...

Enjoy ;)

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The first is Pandora...
http://pandora.com/

This is a music related site where by typing in an artist or song, the site instantly creates a radio station with songs and artists that sound similar to the content you entered.  So by typing in "Led Zeppelin" you'll get more Zeppelin, some Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd etc.
You can also save these radio stations and create new ones that will be there whenever you return.  To not get cut off after a 15 minutes or so create a free account and get your online radio on.

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Next we have Hulu...
http://www.hulu.com/

This one is a little easier to explain as it offers countless TV Shows and some movies to watch online for free.  Everything from the Simpsons, Family Guy, House, Saturday Night Live, Battlestar Galactica, The Office and more.  Again all this video is free to watch and brand new episodes air on the site around 24 hours after the episode airs online.  This is where I'll be getting my "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fix...

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And lastly, GamesRadar...
http://www.gamesradar.com/

This hilarious video game site offers your average daily news stories along with hilarious articles and videos.  Somehow connected to OXM, PSM etc. this web site has come a really long way and offers some really great content that always has me laughing.

Some of my favorite articles:

Top 7 Cutesy Video Game Characters We Want to Beat the Crap Out of

100 Reasons to hate the PS3

More great ARTICLES
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One more thing~ I hear THIS is a really sweet place to visit for video game media......

ENJOY THESE WEBGEMS!

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It was anything but quiet last night at our weekly Friday Night Fragfest as the Gears 2 footage stole the show.  GTA4? No. Perhaps some Halo 3 No way. And don't even mention COD4...the GearHeads were all about Gears of War last night and our playtime showed it.  We had some great matches throughout the night although I can't honestly remember much of what happened as I am still processing how awesome the Gears 2 gameplay was.

There were some minor things that I didn't love about the gameplay video (Chainsaw dueling looks like cheap button mashing and the animation didn't look very good at all)but both of those could be fixed with actual play time and the further development of the game.

But seriously in the scheme of all the awesome things in the video I can't complain at all.  Locusts shields, snapping thier necks, new Chainsaw annimation, battles that aren't the size of a McDonalds playplace...

If Gears 2 lives up to that video I'm seriously wondering how GTA 4 could come close to topping it for Game of the Year.

But what did you think?

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VIDEO IS LIVE!!!

GEARS 2 VIA GAMEVIDEOS!!!

GEARS 2 Footage with GameVideos Analysis!

GEARS 2 FOOTAGE-NO INTRO

Gears 2 GameTrailers Analysis

Having trouble, try this:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167745

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Alright GearHeads, the day has finally come...Tonight we will see Gears 2 in all its glory for the first time. Below are the two outlets through which you will be able to see the footage and their times. Check out 1UP's countdown to get you even more in the mood....;)

1UP: GEARS 2 Air time: 10:30 PST
Countdown-
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167745&p=44

I'm not sure how it works on the other end of the gaming spectrum but Spike TV will be airing their show at 1:00 AM (Time zone?)
and then on GameTrailers:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33625.html

See you all tonight!

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Zune users out there check your Zune marketplace...stat!

"Rad shows that will be available to the Zune sect include South Park, Afro Samurai, The Hills, The Office, Heroes, 30 Rock, SpongeBob SquarePants, Battlestar Galactica, Metalocalypse, Rock of Love, Robot Chicken, and UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter and Fight Night. Each show will be priced at 160 Microsoft Points per episode (about $1.99) at launch."

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/685213/Zune_Scores_Your_Fave_Shows.html

Every episode of THE OFFICE is up, BABY! ;) This is truly impressive...

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GTA 4 has now been out for a week and taken the GearHeads by storm.  I haven't seen anyone playing Halo 3 or COD 4 since last Tuesday and even Gears has only gotten a few nights of lovin.  So with all of those hours of gameplay...what's new?

After playing GTA 4 for a full week, what do you think?

Does it live up to the hype? If so, prove it by sharing a story or two showing the sweet, sweet shenanigans GTA 4 has for us.

I'll start-
One: On top of my car flipping over a police car in a high speed chase, then landing and taking off down the high way; Two: Watching GearChris take out an old lady with a bonnet for spilling her groceries right in front of him; and Three: having my mom laugh historically at a crazy taxi driver... there is one more experience I'd like to share:

But I don't want to ruin it for you...;) Wherever you are in your GTA 4 world, stop what your doing and go jack a FireTruck. Then push the "LB" button on your controller for a hilarious surprise. Just hope nearby pedestrians have an umbrella....

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The day has arrived, GearHeads: GTA 4 is here!

After driving close to 4 hours today I was able to pick up my repaired 360 today!!!  I've been able to play for a couple hours of GTA 4 although my final test here at school has occupied most of my time.

But the time I have spent with the game I've been very impressed.  However, I've had some minor complaints and have been really thrown off by how the game controls...both vehicles and your character just feel unpolished and extremely hard to use.  Now I'm assuming this will change over time as I get use to the game but for now it's throwing me off.
Also, the intensity of the foul language and just raw 'raunchy-ness' of the game have been disappointing for me personally but I knew that going in.

But other than that, GTA 4 is brilliant. The dialog, the cell phone integration, the huge city to explore...I'm very, very impressed.  One thing immediately noticeable is the stories that you will take from the game each time you set the controller down.  One in particular includes me driving from the cops, diving out and breaking into a roll that had me taking out a civilian as if he was a bowling pin.  After getting up I saw the cops getting closer and jumped off an intersection into what I thought was water...instead I found about 100 feet of air and then the beach below killing me instantly. Sweeeet.

So what stories do you have after your first day in Liberty City?

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After showing yourinterest in going a few rounds outside of the gaming ring, I bring you "Off Topic".   Every now and then when gaming news is slow or a topic has come up we'll discuss it in a mature, responsible way. That is  mature and responsible-Right? Riiiight? ;)

So for our first (really, second) Off Topic discussion, I decided to pull back the reigns a bit and focus on something less controversial than Homosexual Marriage, but extremely important nonetheless.  

God.  Everyone believes in something (even if that something is that there is nothing).  Most people, I think it's safe to say, believe in God in some form.  Now whether you actually care about that God is another story.  So this "Off Topic" question is this:

Do you believe in God?

I'm hoping this will be a little more open and free-flowing than our last discussion which while good had us ruffling each other's feathers...=)

Discuss! Is there a God and if there is, do you believe in him?

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In the Army after every mission, everyone involved stands in a circle and does something called an AAR.  Basically, it is just discussion on what could have gone better and what everyone did well.  These are called "sustains and improves".

Taking that concept to GearHeads, after nearly 2 years of news, late night Fragfest's, huge discussions and all around hilarity on our site, what would like to see improved? Also, what do you think we've done well?  

This is coming after some pretty big advances to our site. Here are just a few things that have been added in the past month or so...

1)    Saturday Night Forgefest.  When a few months ago we had one week that consisted of a Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and then Saturday playing nothing but Halo 3 late into the night with Kenai, Grymm, Machete and others we decided to make it permanent. On top of our Friday Night FragFest, we will be continuing to do a Saturday night ForgeFest.  It has stalled recently due to 3 of the main participants losing their Xbox's (Grymm, Machete and I) but rest assured, it will return to its former glory in the coming months.

2)    I CLAIM SHENANEGINS!   With our 3rd podcast being posted in the next few days, `I Claim Shenanigans' is beginning to take off and actually become a thing of quality.  After some crazy technical glitches we have finally found software to make it work and actually sound really good.  Who knows what the future holds, but I have a personal goal of having Cliffy himself appear sometime this fall on our podcast...;)

3) Inter-Site Competition. The teams are set, times being worked on and with an awesome guy heading this up in Kenai, we will be competing in no time!

That's not to mention our recent discussions of things other than gaming (which will likely grow), overall growth to the site and our theme- "Shenanigans" being quoted all over planet Earth.

So with these things in mind, what else would you like to see? Perhaps a Thursday Night GTA-Fest? Or maybe you'd like to see a change in how we handle the site itself?
If you have the time, put some thought into what it is that keeps you coming back here every day as well as how you think we could make this site even better.

Thanks, guys!

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