Nintendo , Guitar Hero and Epilepsy.

E3 2008 is over and the dust has settled. A few announcements her and there, some lame ass press conferences and no booth babes (again). Speaking of press conferences, I'm sure all you Nintendo fan boys were watching the Nintendo Press conference and scratching your heads in disgust. Big news: a noise maker, snowboarding and a Wii-mote add-on that should have been there since launch. I'm sure you all took off your promotional Twilight Princess T-shirts and put away your Metroid Slurp-ee cups in anger after the show. Well, Nintendo feels your pain, with only a "we're working on it" answer from Nintendo regarding Zelda and Mario - Satoru Iwata assures you that they have not forgotten about you hardcore fans. He basically said that these big, hardcore titles take long to make and since there is nothing really concrete created for either it would be smarter to just show nothing. I don't know about you but I would have loved to see 20 minutes of artwork from the new Zelda or Mario game then Miyamoto prancing on stage playing Wii-Music.

Guitar Hero or should I say the new hotness in videogames right now, this game is partially responsible for making the beat and rythm genre one of the most popular today. Now I know the far superior Rock Band hasn't left some of your disc trays since launch and all your Guitar Hero games are lovely costars or make shift mirrors now. There is still a huge Guitar Hero fan base though, the kids that post youtube videos of Dragonforce or hacked songs on the PS2 - listen up. Guitar Hero: Metal Edition is out and ready for you to hack into your PS2's everywhere! The game features over 60 tracks with some of the best metal around: In Flames, The Duskfall, Soilwork, Amon Amarth and Strapping Young Lad just to name my favorites. For the full list and details on the game check out: http://metalinjection.net/guitar-hero.

It seems that ever other PSN title out there likes to stimulate the psychedelic part of our brain. Everyday Shooter, Pixel Junk Eden, Flow, Flower, all of these titles are of the super relaxing and highly visually stimulating type. It seems that the developers of the anticipated Wipeout HD wanted to cater towards the Mushroom eating PS3 owning crowd. How so? Well, the game was on it's way to being released but they caught a snag along the way. Wipeout HD failed some test that could potentially increase the risk of Epilepsy in a certain percentage of people that played the game. So they have to tone it down a bit in the crazy-ness department. I know that the game will feature custom sound tracks and the environment will pulse to your desired music, I really can't wait for this game to come out now.