Around the Network #12
Welcome to the MyMedia Around the Network feature! Some of you may remember this as the MyMedia Community Update, and it is essentially the same thing with an emphasis on type of content rather than each site.
This will be published each Monday afternoon/evening to keep you up to date with everything that has happened across MyMedia in the past 7 days. We'll also update you on what is planned for the week ahead.
Reviews
DiRT 2 Review
A taste
The Colin McRae series has been with the Codemasters camp since 1998 when the first title was released on PC and Playstation platforms. Since then Codemasters has branched out to create a number of great racing titles, most recently Race Driver: GRID and Colin McRae Dirt, both of which struck a perfect balance between realism and arcade. Dirt 2 is ready to launch from the starting gate, but does it have enough to win the race?
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Read More at MyPS3
My360
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up Review
A taste
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plus the king of (Nintendo) fighting games sounds like a fanboys dream come true. The Turtles have seen some failures recently as the comic turned cartoon series has attempted to find success in the realm of videogames. One classic that comes to mind is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters, which like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up was inspired by another popular fighter, Street Fighter 2, when it was released on the SNES. Jump forward to the present day and Ubisoft have decided to enlist the service of a fighting series veteran, in developer Game Arts, to try and take TMNT back to its former glory.
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Read More at MyWii
Cursed Mountain Review
A taste
The Wii doesn’t have many game titles that would fit into the “Buddhist Survival Horror Adventure” category, but the Austrian team of Deep Silver and Sproing Interactive Media adds to this list with Cursed Mountain which has been developed exclusively for the Wii.
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Read More at MyWii
Scribblenauts Review
A taste
Scribblenauts received unprecedented pre-release acclaim since Warner Bros. showed it off a while back. Its fan base literally grew over night after winning several “Best of…” awards at games conventions around the world and thankfully all of that gratification was justified. While Scribblenauts won’t really change the way we play games, its simplistic gameplay, fused together complex puzzles and a charming presentation, make it a game everyone should experience, no matter their age or gaming interests.
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Read More at MyDS
Articles
Team Fortress 2 RCON Basics
A Taste
We recently showed you how to book a free games server and one of the advantages or doing that is you have access to the game's RCON commands. By entering various RCON commands into the game's console you can adjust settings such as map rotation, voice chat options, time limits and much, much more. This guide will show you how to access the console of Team fortress 2 and will provide you with some commonly used RCON commands. Please note this guide is directed at a beginner.
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Read More atMyFrag
Beaterator - Initial Impressions
A taste
Rockstar’s latest offering on the PSP is both ambitious and overly complex, which ultimately helps distance itself from being a simple music game. With the developer teaming up with music producing genius Timbaland to create a large-scale version of the popular online game, Beaterator on PSP is without a doubt one of the most extensive music generators ever released on a mainstream console.
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Read More at MyPSP
Blogs
User Reviews of the Month
A taste
Check out the awesome reviews from renagadez, Rainbow7, GTADude, Ryno296 and pokemonguy!
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Read More here
Medals
The Stylus Medal
Info
Need I say more? I am sure you guys know what a stylus is, I assume? It is that poking thing that comes with your DS(i).
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The Stylus Medal
Description
Need I say more? I am sure you guys know what a stylus is, I assume? It is that poking thing that comes with your DS(i).
How to get it?
You have two options:
Option A: Give another meaningful use of your stylus apart from poking it at the DS screen.
OR
Option B: Name a favourite part of your game where the use of the stylus makes meaningful sense.
Location
Find out more at MyDS
Competitions
The worlds most spectacular boy is coming to theaters this October!!! To celebrate the release of Astro Boy in Australia on October 15, we're giving you the chance to win a spectacular Astro Boy prize pack!!!.
We have five amazing packs to give away, which each include:
1 x inseason double pass to see Astro Boy at any Hoyts Cinema
1 x official Astro Boy poster
1 x Astro Boy keyring
Each prize pack is worth $65 with the entire prize pool totalling $325!
To be in the running, all you have to do is visit the Astro Boy Hoyts page and answer the questions here
Events
MyFrag Games Night
MyFrag are serious about their games nights. Every weekend they sit down for some hardcore gaming action, and want you to join in! Currently we're playing Team Fortress 2, CSS and Left 4 Dead. Head on over to the link below to discuss the MyFrag Games Nights!
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MyFrag
Upcoming Next Week
Reviews
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days review on MyDS
Dead Space Extraction review on MyWii
Ashes Cricket 2009 review on MyPS3 & My360
Tales of Monkey Island Episode 3 review on MyWii and MyFrag
Surrogates review on MyMovie
Deal or No Deal review on MyDS
1 vs 100 review on MyDS
Articles
Uncharted 2 co-op hands-on preview on MyPS3
Games that you'll never admit to playing, and loving blog
Pointless but interesting fact of the week
As always there's no guarantee they are 100% accurate (after all we want interesting and pointless, not stuff we already know). Enjoy!
Donald Duck comics were originally banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
A cockroach can live 9 days without its head
Only about one person in 2 billion will live to be 116 or older.
Past Around the Network Articles
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