Games Feb 2011

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BuLLetstormever feel like you’re taking mass slaughter too seriously? want to swap gritty realism for electro-whips, guns the size of Jupiter and a pair of gore-splattered steel toecaps? want to see the whites of their eyes – but then suspend them in mid-air and kick them into a power generator? then try Bulletstorm. putting the fun back into shooters, the aim is to negotiate a stunning, mutant-filled utopia, killing everything as creatively as possible. with ott weapons, a marvel script, random shouts of “Dildo!” and lines like “You scared the dick off me!” this game knows how to pleasure. PHIL DUDMAN

naiL’DFancy a post-rave countryside escape on a zinger-powered quad bike this weekend? in Nail’d you’ll be jumping gorges, pulling wheelies over freight trains and catching big air, where just a little leg movement (or virtual flatulence) will steer you between crevasses like a petrol- powered eagle. oK, some elements are more cutting hedge than cutting edge, but Nail’d is both fun and furious. it’s also fast as fuck, requiring reflexes that would test a ninja, let alone a hangover. still, if you was a high-octane arcade speed-fest – like PGL meets Wipeout – bang this in your console. P DUDMAN

ConDuit 2Decent shooters on the wii are pretty rare, so big ups to sega for blasting that trend into alien limb-biscuits with the release of Conduit 2. agent mark Ford returns to kick the alien ‘Drudge’ invaders and treacherous ‘trust’ forces square in the noots, with enhanced enemy ai, new, expansive environments, game play that lets you flip tables for cover and deflect bullets off enemy armour, superb customisation and graphics that take the wii closer to the next-gen consoles than ever before. heck, with 4-12 multiplayer and full motion+ and headset compatibility, all you’re missing is the war paint. PHIL DUDMAN

Lost in shaDowthe wii has always been about innovating and doing things differently. this platformer is certainly that. You play as a your character’s shadow (your actual character’s soul has been captured in a tower, obviously) who has to work its way through a series of less-than-obvious shadow-based puzzles and fight off shadow-like enemies. it’s a very different kind of game from a very different kind of game company (if you ‘Like’ the game’s Facebook page and change your photo to a shadow they’ll donate $1 to a children’s charity). not as simple as it appears. NICK

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1 JaCK Beatsrevolution (Vip)“We wrote this track as a club tool for a b-side, but it got such a good response it ended up as an a-side.” 2 rtKCalypso (Zombie Disco squad vs miman remix)“Massive tune for us from last year, with a sick steel drums sample!” 3 menaCe hz and tones“solid new track from Kris Menace. The test tone sounds make a great build, and the bassline drop gets hands in the air.” 4 gonZaLeZ never stop (erol rework)“Love the drums on this. This is a really creative rework by erol alkan” 5 BosCo DeLreY my my racecar (seiji rerub)“We used to share a studio with seiji – he’s been doing

some mad music since he left bugz In The attic!” 6 soLiD grooVethrowing stones“a lesson in making twisted house, from the master: Dave Taylor, aka switch.” 7 BoYs noiZeYeah“alex’s productions are sure-fire dancefloor hits, and this is no exception. 8 mJ CoLe & wiLeY From the Drop (mJ’s Drop Dubb)“This collab with Wylie shows why MJ Cole’s new sound is killin’ it. a uK don.” 9 CrooKersarena (will Bailey mix)“Crookers are good friends of ours, and we always really love their productions.” 10 Donae’oi’m Fly (redlight remix)“former jungle producer Clipz is now making really

forward-thinking bass music under his new name, redlight.” 11 JaCK Beats uFo (K-hole Bass riddim)“The title track from our first eP. ‘ufO’ stands for unidentifed frequency Oscillation. We love it.” 12 herVÉ Dreams From the witches house“a track from the Cheap Thrills head honcho and modern house music pioneer. an exclusive.” 13 ramaDanmanwork them“This tune’s been huge for DJs across the board. a genre-bending madness of 808-based production and a future classic.” 14 Bengasmack Your Bitch up“a brand new exclusive tune from one of the uK’s finest current producers.”

rapidly rising electronic duo Jack beats are mighty proud of their first ever Mixmag mix, which was two months in the making. “We worked long and hard getting our tracklist on point for the CD,” they told us. “We wanted to represent everything we’re feeling right now, and we think we got it just right!” from MJ Cole and round Table Knights to Kris Menace, solid Groove and boys Noize, get ready for some bass in your face. Make no mistake, we think you’re going to like it.

Your traCK-BY-traCK guiDe toJaCK Beats’ Bass-Bin BomBs!

trolleyed adj. 1. to be intoxicated from a club when at an airport 2. to still be intoxicated from a club when at a 24-hour supermarketgenius bar n. 1. the help desk in apple stores. 2. an ironic name for a bar full of idiots, ie half the bars in ibiza’s west end

a casino sandwich n. a last resort track played by a DJ to keep you dancing in a rapidly thinning-out nightclub, named after the freebie sandwiches given out at wrong o’clock to keep punters in casinos. “he’d been playing mind-numbing deep house for three hours, then

as soon as i was in the cloakroom queue he dropped the Joris Voorn mix of ‘Beachball’. where did that casino sandwich come from?”Crosstown revels n. a bag of mixed chocolates bought for the sole purpose of maintaining energy levels during a clubbing journey.

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CeeLo enJoYs mDmaIn an interview for Q magazine, the Gnarls barclay frontman admitted he was a fan of madman. He told the music magazine, “the only drug i enjoy, really, is ecstasy. i like it pure. Is it called MDMa?

I like that.”

a weeK’s worth o’KaYa 40-year-old new York cop

has been arrested for attempting to set up a weekly shipment of

ketamine worth $40,000. whoa – $40k worth of K – in a week? Caught by a wire tap,

there’s no evidence he actually bought any drugs.

grannY FounD with miaowone hundred mephedrone pills,

crystal meth and LsD were found in the suitcase of a grandmother in

New Zealand. susan florence Horrobin was arrested by customs officials at the baggage carousel at

Wellington airport. Police also found three cellphones, scales and NZD $9,700 in cash in her handbag.

mepheDrone LeFt on Doorsteps

irish newspapers have reported meph dealers leaving wraps of

the drug on “young professionals’” doorsteps to “entice a new type of addict fanbase”. hmmm. the same

reports claim the once-legal high is now being sold in Dublin for three times its original price.

prisoner BuiLDs CoKe empire on DaY reLease

a day release prisoner in Lancashire used his time out of prison to set

up a £14m cocaine racket. mark neville told prison staff

he’d set up a second-hand furniture store as part of his ‘rehabilitation’ into society.

He was actually importing coke hidden inside the furniture.

Police stepped in following a three-month investigation. Neville

has now been sentenced to 26 years in prison.

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