"Will you be my teammate for life?" (and a cure for the lefty flip- thank god!)

So while my internet connection was being repaired for the umpteenth time (it's still acting up so I have no idea if I can consistently post again yet) a pretty big pile of gaming news piled up. So much, in fact, that I don't think I'll have much room for my own doomsday and/or sarcastic wisecracks.

An Xbox 360 gamer by the gamertag "Moviesign" proposed to his girlfriend "furtive penguin"- over a Halo 3 match! He got her to play a two on two match with him on a map he edited with Forge., and then pretended to lead her to the location of an energy sword. What she found was his proposal: "MARRY ME?" written in weapons on the ground. Alot of people commented on this saying it was lame and that they should "get a life." Well a guy can propose to a girl any way he wants, and seeing as they're both gamers this was totally appropriate. I think it was original of Moviesign and I'm sure furtive penguin loved it. Anyone who hates on them about this is just stupid. Congratz to Moviesign and furtive penguin. Click here for more on this.

Oh, just throwing this out to anyone that cares: Check out how much I'm enjoying my 360, as of recently!

Alot of people (not all) are complaining about how the whole lefty flip deal on Guitar Hero 3 is too much to ask, and shouldn't be required to get all the GH3 achievements. Alot of people have a hard time using ther other hand and asking someone to complete all the songs this way is a bit much. Luckily, if you don't want to you don't have to. And here's how. I think it's a good quick fix. Props to the guys at HijiNKS ENSUE that figured this out and thanks for sharing.

As weird as this sounds, I'm not getting Assassin's Creed. But I don't want to rain on everyone else's parade and will continue to pretend I love this game and think everyone should go buy it. So along those lines, I have double the Assassin's Creed love for the readers. New screenshots from Assassin's Creed are out and ripe for the drooling-upon, so check them out here.
And a review is already out at GamePro.com, and they are very optimistic about it. Check out what they have to say about this highly anticipated game right here.

We are currently living in the messy aftermath of the "console wars." And I must say the Wii schooled Microsoft and yes- they did learn something: appealing to the family is a good thing after all! Who would have known??? So to make up for lost customers, a new SKU- or "bundle" of the Xbox 360 console has been released. I'm sure everyone knows this already but I'm putting this out there for those that don't, or just want to hear it from me (yeah, that was a joke). The new bundle, called "Xbox 360 Arcade" will be replacing the "Core" bundle. It will include:

• An Xbox 360 Arcade console
• A wireless controller
• An HDMI port (no cable)
• A 256 MB memory unit
• A disk containing 5 full Xbox Live Arcade games including PAC-MAN Championship Edition, Uno, Luxor 2, Boom Boom Rocket and Feeding Frenzy

All five of those games are the real thing, not demos. And they are all included to appeal to casual gamers and families. I think this a solid step in a new direction for Microsoft. And I'm glad. I believe the Xbox 360 has alot of potential for attracting everyday people to the gaming world.

Well, that's all from me for now, thanks for reading. Take care and have fun gaming,

-ProjektWikked