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GAME’s in-store corporate radio today announced that NaturalMotion’s new game engine “Euphoria” would be “using the computing power of the PS3 and the XBox 360 to stimulate the central nervous system” and that Rockstar would be using it in their upcoming GTA titles. Apparently the new games would offer a deeper level of interaction than ever before through this neurological stimulation although, as pointed out by the razor sharp DJ, in a GTA game that would probably hurt.

It’s these sorts of well researched and informed news articles that enrich the whole shopping experience.

I’ve had my Nintendo DS since August last year and in that time it’s seen its fair share of cartridges (do we still call them that or are they called something trendier nowadays). I have thus far not posted anything about any of them, not even in passing and so I thought it might be time to change that in a set of quick fire reviews of the most notable things I’ve played to date.

With no further ado and in no particular order:

Animal Crossing
Create a little person with a daft name. Put him or her in a little town with an equally daft name. Design some clothes, dress the little person in them and a finish the ensemble with a luchador’s mask. Hope that this fashion statement catches on and the rest of the townsfolk pick up on you unique trends. Collect assorted wildlife, dig holes and furnish your house with stuff you find in bins. (more…)

Fat Conan managed to win an Okami t-shirt by entering a competition on One Life Left (podcast on itunes or listen live Mondays 8pm on Resonance 104). He is, needless to say, very happy as it’s the first thing he’s won without having to club anyone or charge down any hordes. He was also elated to hear someone read aloud something he’d written without it being a demand for the handover of their women/possessions/country. He has informed me that he very much looks forward to stretching his new shirt over his bulbous frame and hopes it doesn’t clash with his animal skins.

Thanks OLL, that’ll keep him sated till autumn.