Smackdown! vs RAW 2009 Tag Team

One of Brunei's most watched sports is Wrestling. Or more specifically, WWE. Which is why I think that THQ's Smackdown! VS Raw series have sold so well here. But one of the problems with the series is how it gives and takes features as the each product gets released - though keeping most of what works in. This can be seen through its season mode, or 24/7 mode in 2007.

One feature that was once put in the story mode was the ability to go in as a tag team. Fans of this feature will finally be able to jump for joy as WWE SvsR 2009 will include a story mode for tag teams. 2009 will also see DLC put into place, most probably in terms of updating the roster. And speaking of online play, players will also be able to play tag team matches now.

Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton, Mr Kennedy, Undertaker and John Cena have been revealed to join in 2009's roster. More will be announced soon as the final number has yet to be revealed.

Check out the following video for SvsR 2009's tag team promo.

WWE Spartan

One of the most amazing things I love about the WWE Smackdown (and now Smackdown VS RAW) series from the beginning of its life on the PS2 is their character customization feature (or CAW for Create-A-Wrestler). It's so deep that you could spend an hour just creating your character - which also means that you are free to be extremely creative.

With WWE Smackdown! VS RAW 2008, I've seen so many characters being created from original characters such as Kurt Angle (who is now in TNA) to The Grinch. Heck, once I even saw Billy the puppet from the Saw movies. But one of my favourites has got to be the following video. If you've seen 300, then shout with me... SPPAAAARRRTAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!

TIME picks HALO 3

Usually, I don't really care much about gaming top 10s from places outside the gaming journalism but, I guess, TIME Magazine can be somewhat okay. Somewhat.

In any case, I'm sure a lot of you would be happy to know that TIME Magazine dubbed Halo 3 as their No 1 video games of 2007, calling Halo 3 as the "perfect hardcore first-person combat simulator". I think that's a matter of perspective, I like COD4 better. But I can't argue that Halo 3 doesn't belong there. It's a great game.

Here's the rest of the list:

1. Halo 3
2. The Orange Box
3. Rock Band
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. BioShock
6. Call of Duty 4
7. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
8. Mass Effect
9. Ace Combat 6
10. God of War 2

Seems like even the PS2 shares the top 10. Seriously, how can TIME Magazine call it Video Game of 2007 when 2007 has yet to end? This is why I rely more on the gaming industry's own journalists to come out with the best top 10s because they wait until next year to try out all games. TIME needs to know that putting games into Top 10s of the year takes time. So I'm going back to my dose of 1up, GameSpy and IGN.

Let's Boogie!

I was writing my Heavenly Sword order for the PS3 the other night while my wife went browsing around the Wii game section. Awhile later she came with a game called Boogie. I've never heard of it, but then again, I wouldn't read a game of such title anywhere. Had a look at it and my wife wanted to get it, so I bought it for her.

See, Boogie is a game about singing and dancing. It isn't normally my kind of game but when I saw my wife playing it, as ridiculous as it looked picturing me moving my right hand, and only my right hand, to the beat, I kinda liked it a bit when I tried it. But like most Wii games, I quickly got bored of it. But y'know what I love about the game? The songs list.

The game opened with You're The One That I Want, a classic I love so much from a movie I love even more. Grease. That caught my attention. That was the one that made me go and try out Boogie. And looking at the songs list, although not all was interesting (Britney Spears is in it?), I enjoyed the songs.

Also, the game includes an in-game video editor so you can create a video out of the dance moves you made with your character. Oh yes, you can customise your characters - not that much - but good enough.

Now, anyone knows where I can get a USB mic?