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game reviews

SHy Fx

ShadowS of the damnedin this tongue-in-cheek third person shooter, you play leather-clad Latino demon hunter garcia hotspur, guided through hell by his Johnson (a flaming demon skull who transforms into a gothic pistol called ‘Boner’), to rescue his beautiful but satanically possessed lady friend. You must fight your way through miasmic clouds of evil, wall-mounted goat heads (also evil), freshly risen zombies and limb-eating monsters, all atmospherically rendered by the geniuses behind Silent Hill and Resident, er, Evil. pHil dudman

aLice: madneSS RetuRnSReborn from a cult Pc game over a decade ago, the classic alice story becomes a dark and twisted tale of a young heroine stuck in a mental asylum for the last 11 years, her nightmares manifesting themselves as wonderland. She must journey through stunning environments, brandishing a kitchen knife, hobby horse and mad-hatter time bombs to defeat armoured playing cards, teapots and more, all the while spontaneously bursting into butterflies and piecing together memories of her long- dead family. has to be seen to be believed. pHil dudman

diRt3Rip open your energy drinks and scream “to the max!” as diRT 3 joins wRc driver Ken Block for a shot of adrenaline that combines the best of codemaster’s colin mcRae with cutting-edge engineering and five decades of classic motors. Ken’s gymkhana experience (where you’re judged for mad drifts and donuts) sets this apart as you thrash around Battersea Power Station in the ‘joyride’ compound and out- jump and -swerve your mates in ‘transporter’ (capture the flag) and ‘outbreak’ (zombie) modes for maximum multiplayer mentalness. duuuuude… pHil dudman

La noiRewelcome to la noire. Set in postwar Los angeles (recreated in sensational detail) you play cole Phelps, a war vet turned detective, as he tries to solve a series of dark, historically accurate and violent crimes, confronting corruption and piecing the underworld jigsaw together. a truly epic experience, this is the closest thing to playing a movie you could ever imagine, an immersive thriller where you must read the expressions of over 400 motion- Scanned human actors to tell the lies from the truth and confront your doubts with the evidence. amazing. pHil dudman

1 RootS manuva witness the Slaughter (Shy fx viP)“I’m opening a lot of my sets with this. It also introduces the Digital Soundboy thing”

2 BennY Page turn down the Lights“Feel-good reggae bounce”

3 ShY fx & t PoweR feelings“The first tune on Digital Soundboy. Loads of good memories attached to it”

4 dJ fReSh the gatekeeper “I love the fact that Fresh has gone back to this sound”

5 SYStem ft Youngmanhold it“A sexy track, I love the balance between soulful vocals and aggressive bass”

6 LogiSticS with iLLSKiLLz notes from the Block “The B-line has got me, it’s

techy but not – and it fits into the whole jungle vibe”

7 gYPtian hold You (Shy fx & Benny Page digital Soundboy mix)“I asked to do this as I wanted to play it in my sets. I like the cheeky lyrics too!”

8 dJ hazaRdProteus “Almost feels like a Dillinja track, the side of him I love!”

9 ShY fx feat Kano, donae’o & RoSeS gaBoR Raver (B traits remix) “nice carnival vibe and a good way to switch genres”

10 RedLight feat RoSeS gaBoRStupid“A cross between funky and almost d’n’b, this captures what the label’s about”

11 RedLight Source 16 with RedLight what You talking about (acapella)“Reminds me of early Zinc

– it has that garage feel”

12 Kutz Shapeshifter“Kutz is going to make some noise this year. The essence of Digital Soundboy”

13 BReaKage feat JeSS miLLS fighting fire“Big tune! And typical Breakage, he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks”

14 RedLight Progress (viP)“The flip of ‘Source 16’ – sounds great in a club”

15 Youngman i warned Ya“The way he makes it his own shows his MC style. The bassline reminds me of an old Bristol Full Cycle track!”

16 the SPeciaLS a message to You Rudy“I’m a big Specials fan. Again, it reflects my sets and shows what I’m about”

A bona fide drum ’n’ bass legend, you may remember Shy FX’s ‘Shake ur Body’ or last year’s mighty ‘Raver.’ His Digital Soundboy imprint epitomises the melting-pot mantra of uK bass music. In the past 12 months it’s balanced d’n’b and dubstep releases with house bombs – and that’s reflected on the mix you now own. “That’s the intention!” smiles Shy. “I’m a music lover, and one of the best things about London is being exposed to all different kinds. I’m influenced by everything, and that’s really why I set up the label.”

YouR tRacK-BY-tRacK guide toShY fx’S SummeR ShaKedown mix

unhooked adj. the new term for ‘dJ set’, according to deadmau5’s latest listings. as opposed to ‘live’? Phonies sl. mates who spend the whole night on their phones instead of dancing.“don’t hate the player, hate the gain” expr. to be used at gigs or dJ

sets where the music is good, but the volume levels are off.nice Pins exp. Sexist term for a queue of women waiting at a cash machine on a Saturday nightPlug roulette n. a fun backstage game in which clubbers take turns to unplug something important

looking while attempting not to be the person who plunges the entire club into silenceBlubber n. an overweight clubber. “i ain’t never playing an oceana again. that place is a fackin’ blubber pen” – excerpt from danny dyer’s Tour diary

dancefloor dict ionary

Shy fx: we love him

waS Pic SmuggLeR fRamed?Inmates were caught smuggling

drugs into their new jersey prison via child-like paintings. Smuggers

mixed Suboxone, an opiate substitute, with paste and painted it onto pictures addressed to ‘Daddy’. Three inmates have been charged, as have two ‘artists’ on the outside.

the gLamouR of dRugS

Two glamour models have been sentenced for drug offences.

Hannah Zebedee, 20, and jenny Laird, 22, were convicted as part of

a bigger drug gang for dealing cannabis, amphetamines and

cocaine. Laird received three years and four months, while Zebedee

was given a 10-month suspended sentence and 150 hours of

community service.

hoLt, who goeS theRe?A dealer has been let off a prison sentence despite being caught

with 90g of crystal meth, 90g of coke, 100 es, 85g of speed and

three bin bags stuffed with cannabis leaves. judge Stephen

Holt sentenced Colin MacDonald to 12-month suspended sentence

meaning he could walk free, prompting an ‘Off Their Heads’

headline in The Sun. If the Sentencing Council’s new

guidelines become established, this kind of relaxed attitude to sentencing ‘small-time dealers’ could become more common.

heading to Sing-SingAn attorney in Texas said he would

let singer willie nelson off a cannabis charge if he played the

court an acoustic set. Kit Bramblett told reporters: “I’m gonna let him

plead, pay a small fine and he’s gotta sing ‘Blue eyes Crying In The Rain’ with his guitar right there in the courtroom.” The judge later insisted Bramblett was joking.

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