By Ian McCabe
If there are two things I love in this world (other than a good cup of tea and jammy dodgers), it would be video games and rock music. Throw the two together, put Tim Schafer in the rhythm section, Jack Black as your front man and a whole host of metal legends as your backing band and what do you get? The metal opus that is Brutal Legend, that’s what! But the question is… does it rock?
By Joseph Viney
Command & Conquer 4, if the developers are to be believed, is the last in the long and drawn out ‘Tiberian Saga’. Is the story of NOD vs. GDI waging war over the mysterious energising green substance speeding to a satisfactory conclusion? Or is it stuttering towards the end with the maniacal bald-headed Kane waving his arms around and using quasi-religious metaphors unnecessarily?
Filed under Games
By Duncan Voice
[Insert generic opening line about England losing on penalties, a broken metatarsal and the influence of WAGs here].
2010 Fifa World Cup is the latest inevitable cash cow of EA’s now excellent football series. Perhaps slightly unfair to label it a cash cow, it is difficult to recommend nonetheless, despite it being the best incarnation of the beautiful game. And when I say beautiful, that isn’t with Carlos Tevez in mind…
Filed under Games
By Joseph Viney
Left to right: Ben Clement - Guitar, Phil Hodgson - Drums, Dave Lord - Vocals/Bass, Andy Green - Keys
Emerging from the North East of England, Ambershift are keen to blaze a trail across the country. Taking their inspiration from acts such as The Police, The Smiths and New Order, Ambershift want to be the group that defines the soundtrack to your life. Soldiering on without any of the privileges enjoyed by other bands such as expensive PR and a fear-inducing management team, Ambershift are doing things the old-fashioned way; travelling in packed vans, lugging their own gear and building up a fan base one gig at a time.
Lead singer and bass-player Dave Lord has kindly taken some time out of his busy schedule to tell AMO more about the band.
Filed under Alternative Musings, Music
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