March 30, 2008 has come and gone and IRS The Movement has invaded "The Rockstar" in cleveland, ohio yet again. This time the crowd was even bigger as was the crowd reaction to the real music from the sensational group. The audience's eyes were affixed to the stage with no wants of looking away as the 25 minute set continued for Franchize, Mark Price and Nitemare. Even the other performing acts were in awe. As the group exited the stage, Nitemare ended the set with a chant of "Cleveland!" which the crowd responded to with a warm embrace. Audience members approaced the group with nothing but words of praise as autographs were requested, cds were bought, posters were handed out and business cards were collected. IRS The Movement "the mixtape" is available now, with a date for their retail release not yet set. For more information on IRS The Movement and other Nitemare Records acts, visit www.nitemarerecords.com, the IRS The Movement Myspace page at www.myspace.com/irs216, or the Nitemare Records myspace page at www.myspace.com/4nmr
The newest channel on our favorite gaming console has arrived in the format of the Check Mii Out channel. Debuting today this channel lets you pit your Mii against other Miis from across the world in a popularity contest. It appears to also have a contest feature where a theme (such as the currently offered "Mario without a hat") is offered and you are asked to create a Mii based on that theme and put it up against other's creations from across the globe. Only time will tell how popular this popularity contest will fair.
September 6, 2008 and THE TEAM's performance at Wilbert's has come and gone. Once again the show was a true success. With the aid of IRS The Movement, THE TEAM brought the downtown Cleveland audience something to enjoy while giving them something true to life in their music. From the introduction to the end of the set, the crowd embraced the performers with open arms, led them to the stage with tremendous applause, and bid them congratulations on a job well done. Now, as the movement continues, comes the mixtape releases of each IRS The Movement artist, with Franchize's "Guess Who?" and Mark Price's "Get Familiar, both releasing mid-september. For more information on Nitemare Records and its groups/artists please visit www.NitemareRecords.com or contact us via email at admin@nitemarerecords.com or toll free at 1-888-280-4316 (ext 300 for booking)
After letting game 1 slip away from them, and them getting slaughtered in a gruesome Game 2 in Boston, Lebron and the scrappy Cleveland Cavaliers returned to the trusty and always reliable Quicken Loans Arena and brought to the {possibly} loudest crowd in the NBA a definitive blowout win. Game 3 was never even close. After Boston scored a few points, the Cavs pounded back with a 14 - 0 run in the first quarter and never looked back. The lead never dropped below double digits from that point forward. All 5 starters scored in the first quarter, showcasing the team effort that was being pounded on Boston, adding to their losing record away from homecourt in the playoffs. Boston has yet to win a game on the rode in the playoffs. Game 4 will be Monday in Cleveland, Ohio where the always optimistic Cavs look forward to tying the series at 2 wins a piece.
For some odd reason the overall consensus has been that the Wii cannot offer in-game Downloadable content, and the belief is that this is the reason why downloadable songs were not offered in the current guitar/band games currently available on the Wii. Well Vicarious Visions and Activision's love for Nintendo consoles have pushed them to stump that myth royaly in the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour Video Game. Yes, GHWT will be the first game on Nintendo's little super box to offer in-game downloadable content. You will be able to utilize Wii points to go into a store within the game and download songs either to the system memory or to an SD card. And yes, you will be able to play the songs directly from the SD card.. on top of this, the game will support 8 player online play and all of the other features included in game on other systems. It appears that the fact that the Wii version of GH3 is quickly becoming the best selling version, and the fact that it is the only version still in the NPD top 10 has made Activision aware that this is the system they really need to push the game on... Stay tuned for more information as we bring it in...
With the creation of the Wii, there seems to have been a massive oversight by its creator, Nintendo. Though the system was created to cater to people who are not regular gamers, the Big N has created two services that have proven massively successful in bringing games to the masses. The Virtual Console and its newest beast, Wiiware. With the virtual console you can experience nostalgia by playing pure to the core copies of games from the NES, SNES, Genesis, and others. While on Wiiware you can download entirely new games built for the Wii's download service. While both these services are great, the oversight was in the amount of memory in the system. With a puny 512mb of memory built into the system and no external option currently available, users are having to erase other items to download new ones. Even though items that have already been paid for can be downloaded again and again for free, the process is purely pain. The Big N needs to step the game up, with all these great games coming to all of their services, We Need More Memory!! Nintendo , its time for an external hard drive.
Capcom hits the market with a new fact that proves not 1 but 2 points against the public perception. Being a third-party Mature-rated game, Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition would, to the perception of Nintendo systems, not be a game that would sell in large numbers. However, it has proven against just that notion, as it has been announced that the game has reached 1-million units sold. Way to go Capcom, hopefully this serves as proof to other developers that a good third party, mature game can still sell well on Nintendo's baby.
The release of the stellar Super Mario Galaxy is just around the corner. And along with it the commercials to show it off. The first US commercial is now available to view on Best-Friend Me ! Stop by the video section to view it now!
Recently Announced By Iwata himself, The Virtual Console Gifting Service will be making its debut in December. This makes sense seeing that gift and Christmas are such a true marriage of words. So only about a month of so to find out if this will add to our Wii experience or just be some BS add-on.
The NPD data for September shows that Microsoft's juggernaut in Halo 3 helped the Xbox-360 rise to the top of the charts in sales for the first time since the inception of the Wii, but only barely at 527.8 K. More surprising , however, is the fact that the month of September also saw Wii's sales rise to the top it has been at 501K units for the month and this, without a high profile release for the month. Concerns have risen that the Wii will take back its crown for the month of October and on as Halo 3's release has come and gone. Check out the numbers below: