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Den of Geek lists 75 comics being made into films which are set to come out over the next four years.

There's the obvious, The Avengers (plus Luke Cage, a new Spidey, Captain America Iron Man 2, Nick Fury, Thor), the X-Men origins, Sin City 2 and 3, a whole bunch of DC Justice League stuff(Wonderwoman, Green Lantern, Flash and so on). But there's some other weird ones (and some which are based on manga).

Of interest to at least me is Runaways, which Den of Geek has slated for 2011 and describes thusly
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This Marvel comics original finds teenagers fleeing to make up the sins of their parents, who they have discovered to be covert super-villains. A finished script is expected by early 2009 and Runaways is said to spearhead Marvel's post-Avengers strategy.

According to MTV, Brian K Vaughn is working on the script, which will follow a similar (but not exactly) arc to Vaughan’s initial storyline for the comics. Said Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige in a MTV interview
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"I love the idea of kids banding together, discovering this thing, which I think all kids secretly wonder at one time or another whether their parents are good or evil. Well, these guys find out, unfortunately, that their parents happen to be supervillains. I loved, when I was a kid, movies like 'Goonies' and 'Explorers' — and a non-genre example of that is 'Stand by Me' — the idea that when I came home from school, I could go on an adventure anywhere.

Runaways should be in the least interesting, if not a classic... assuming it's done as well as recent Marvel outings.

Following this is a Doctor Strange movie, with Christian Bale as the good doctor. From one cape to another?

In a previous blog posting, I listed the tracks appearing in Lips. But apparantly this is for the US version. The Australian/NZ version is a little different.

First here are the tracks in the US version, but not in the AU/NZ version
a-ha - "Take on Me"
Aly and AJ - "Potential Breakup Song"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"
John Denver - "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) - "Superstar"
Lil Mama - "Lip Gloss"
R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
Rascal Flatts - "Stand"
Taylor Swift - "I'm Only Me When I'm With You"
The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
The Raveonettes - "Love in a Trashcan"
Trace Adkins - "Ladies Love Country Boys"

No REM, no Duran Duran, no a-ha? Bizzare. No Aly and AJ, meh...

Here are the songs replacing the above
Ace of Base - "The Sign"
Cold Chisel - "Khe Sanh"
John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
Kylie Minogue - "Love at First Sight"
Men at Work - "Be Good Johnny"
Missy Higgins - "Scar"
Morcheeba - "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day"
Olivia Newton-John - "Magic"
Seal - "Amazing"
Shannon Noll - "Shine"
Silverchair - "Straight Lines"
Gah.... I mean, Missy Higgins yes (though believe this is already on a Singstar) and er... Ace of Base... but Shannon Noll... why Shannon Noll... feh...

Even though the game is not set to come out until Oct 26th in the US (and next month in Aus), GH:WT already has some new DLC available (apart from Death Magnetic).

Individual tracks are 160 points each and are:
"Rock and Roll Band" by Boston
"Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield (which urbabe apparently hates)
"Hot Blooded" by Foreigner

Bundled together they come in a Classic Rock Track Pack, which will cost you 440 (a saving of 40 points).

There are two free track packs
Neversoft Track Pack containing "Anything" by An Endless Sporadic and "Electrorock" by Sworn
Guitar Duel Track Pack containing the Zakk Wylde and Ted Nugent Guitar Duel tracks from the game

So yeah, not a lot to write home about (or blog really) and not sure if they are compatible with GH3. But there you go. More details at Major Nelsons blog.

Oh wait, now here's something. According to VideoGamer.com's Launch week Guitar Hero World Tour DLC revealed of earlier this month:
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Joining the Classic Rock Track Pack at launch will be "No Rain" by alternative rock group Blind Melon.

and further
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Also confirmed for launch week, but as a two-week Xbox 360 exclusive starting October 30, is the R.E.M. Track Pack. This will feature three songs from the band's Accelerate album: "Horse to Water," "Man-Sized Wreath" and "Supernatural Superserious."

Hopefully GH:WT will keep pace with Rock Band's DLC.

I was vaugely interested in Lips when it was announced at E3, but skeptical that it would just be a Singstar clone...

But the microphones were interesting and I was contemplating buying mostly to use the mics for Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour. But it appears that they can't be used (maybe) in those games.

1-Up have a listing of the songs available in Lips (as well as a few of the game modes available).

Take a look at the list below and if you can tell me who this is aimed. I really can't work it out, it's kind of all over the place. It almost seems like a tracklist picked by committee...
* a-ha - "Take on Me"
* Alicia Keys - "No One"
* Aly & AJ - "Potential Break Up Song"
* Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"
* Ben E. King - "Stand by Me"
* Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"
* Blondie - "Call Me"
* Chris Brown - "With You"
* Coldplay - "Yellow"
* Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
* Destiny's Child - "Survivor"
* Dido - "White Flag"
* Duffy - "Mercy"
* Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"
* John Denver - "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
* Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
* Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
* Lil' Mama - "Lip Gloss"
* Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) - "Superstar"
* Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"
* Nirvana - "In Bloom"
* Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"
* Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust"
* R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
* Radiohead - "Fake Plastic Trees"
* The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
* Rascal Flatts - "Stand"
* Rihanna - "Umbrella"
* Roxette - "Listen to Your Heart"
* Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
* Sheryl Crow - "Soak Up the Sun"
* Taylor Swift - "I'm Only Me When I'm With You"
* The Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
* The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
* The Jackson 5 - "ABC"
* The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
* The Raveonettes - "Love in a Trashcan"
* Trace Adkins - "Ladies Love Country Boys"
* Weezer - "Island in the Sun"
* Young MC - "Bust a Move"

Eurogamer also has an interesting hands on, but in conclusion agrees that
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For all that though, this is still going to be treated as Microsoft's SingStar, because it doesn't really matter how many extras you pile on when the core attraction is the same: singing along to real-world songs and getting rated based on your performance.

As always, we shall see what eventuates.

Microsoft has listed a whole bucketload of movies which are included in Scene It: Box Office Smash. I'm not sure if this list means that there's a large amount of questions about the movies listed or at least one, but it's still an impressive list.

I was going to pull out a list of notable titles from the list, but then decided I couldn't be bothered, go have a look yourself. But yes, my 80's John Huges films are there... plus a lot of Python.

Wait, what? The Heartbreak Kid is on the list? Surely not the 1993 Australian romantic comedy starring the talents of Claudia Karvan and Alex Dimitriades, which launched the series The Heartbreak High? No? Oh... oh well...

Wonder if our movie viewing will be based on this list... nah.. probably not.

According to the Herald Sun, last Sunday on 3AW the news was not read because the news reader was goofing off on Facebook.
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Last Sunday at 4pm the news theme was broadcast but was followed by a series of advertisements.

According to an insider, a producer raced to the newsroom to see what was happening and found the reader on the computer.

By the time the news reader had announced her presence to broadcast the news, most of the six-minute time slot had lapsed, the insider said.

The newsreader claimed she was having problems with the computer... but apparently this wasn't the case.
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"Further investigations by the IT team found she was on Facebook at the time," the insider said.

As such 3AW has advised that the only use for Facebook should be 'research'. 3AW might not be aware that 16% of workers would walk if thier social networking sites are blocked at work...

In my continuing series on girl bands and video games... and no, I'm not entirely sure why... news is out that PDP (Performance Designed Products) have released Aly and AJ guitars for Guitar Hero and Rock Band for the Wii and PS2.

According to E! the girls designed the guitars themselves. AJ 17 and Aly (19) who have some sort of connection to Disney (can't be bothered reading their wikipedia entry) have created the guitars for tweens, who presumably are their target audience after all and would go some way to explaining why they are only available for Wii and PS2.

Checking with my resident female, urbabe, I was informed that a pink guitar would not be enough to get her to play guitar on Rock Band. Good thing too, these things aren't cheap. Apparently US$69.99...

There's more info at VGB, including thier interview with E!

According to PALGN, the Pussycat Dolls performing for Xbox Sound at the Sydney Opera House.

Xbox Sound is a free concert series running from October 2008 to April 2009 at various locations around Australia with 'some brilliant artists'... well according to David McLean, Regional Director of Microsoft's Entertainment Devices Division...
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We’ve lined up some brilliant artists to perform at the events. With the worlds of music and gaming becoming increasingly connected, Xbox is in an ideal position to work in partnership with Universal Music and Tourism Australia to secure some of our country’s most amazing landmarks as unforgettable backdrops for these events

The Dolls will play Lips, the new Xbox 360 singing game which is amazingly like Singstar...

You can win tickets and stuff at xbox.com.au... assuming that the update is complete... but do you really want to? I mean how much crossover is there really between 360 users and the Dolls? OK... I get it, that's the point, but... urgh... Y'know what? Replace Pussycat Dolls with Tool and Lips with GH:WT... then we'd be on to something...

Yes, yes I know I should post about the Rock Band release and pricing confirmation, but meh... I've decided to post about how Wario destroys YouTube.

I'm not entirely convinced the game will be worthwhile, but this is so different it's worth talking about. And I'm tired (and still a little sick) now, so maybe that's why it's funny...

Or maybe it's really actually funny... You decide!

Kotaku reports on two tips that may indicate that Rock Band may not appear on Australian shores...
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Tip #1 tells us that Rock Band has been listed as 'Discontinued' on at least one Australian game retailer computer system.

Tip #2 (thanks Hugh) points us to the fact Rock Band 2 received a PG rating from the Classification Board on August 21.

EA had no comment and still hasn't said anything about this 'major announcement'...

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