Dio, one of the Gods of the metal world and the debated purveyor of the 'Devil Horns' hand gesture, has bad luck when it comes to the gaming subculture. First there was Holy Diver for the Famicom that sadly never made it to any North American shores: Obviously inspired by Ronnie James' mythos but with no credit given. A few rays of light shone through the dark clouds when Holy Diver the song was including in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s but soon dissipated since the game was priced at $50 and was a glorified expansion than anything else.
Things looked bad on the Dio front until Guitar Hero: Smash Hits was announced; it would get showcase best songs from the first 5 games and make them all band friendly. Imagine, the ability to sing to Holy Diver: to ride the tiger! But, we all know how this story ends. Ronnie James was once again denied by the Guitarrockbandheroverse as the song did not make the cut.
Now, Joystiq reports that Dio has been cut from the greatest metal game ever, Brütal Legend. It all goes back to Ronnie James' vendetta with Ozzy Osbourne over Black Sabbath and the Prince of Darkness' appearance in the same game. Tim Curry is set to be the voice replacement and while the man can sing, he's no Dio.
There is only one way to rectify this huge injustice; Guitar Hero: Dio.
Oh yes. The day will come (no it won't).
Monday, June 15, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Screw the Hardy Boys...
I just picked up Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek for the Wii at Rogers today. You can take a moment if you need to.
I can wait.
I do understand.
Now that you're done basking in my machoness, prepared to be stunned by my deal-getting-ness... er, yes. When the cashier rang in the game along with Battle of the Bands (Wii as well), the amount came up to $0.00 for Ms. Drew, that cheap floozy. Don't ask me how it happened; the woman at the cash said, "Just go with it." And I did. And I felt like a man as she called out the name of the game in the store in front of everyone (see 2 people) and underneath the blair of an episode of Family Guy.
It might not be Zack and Wiki but it's an adventure game and they're awesome. Don't even argue against it.
I can wait.
I do understand.
Now that you're done basking in my machoness, prepared to be stunned by my deal-getting-ness... er, yes. When the cashier rang in the game along with Battle of the Bands (Wii as well), the amount came up to $0.00 for Ms. Drew, that cheap floozy. Don't ask me how it happened; the woman at the cash said, "Just go with it." And I did. And I felt like a man as she called out the name of the game in the store in front of everyone (see 2 people) and underneath the blair of an episode of Family Guy.
It might not be Zack and Wiki but it's an adventure game and they're awesome. Don't even argue against it.
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