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Criterion Games announced last week that there was going to be another big announcement on the Podcast on Friday, this filled me with dread cos I don't like surprises... the last announcement they made was for a car with no boost which has a really fast top speed.. surely this big heavy car can't be faster then an aerodynamic PCPD with boost???  The big announcement tho was for Motorbikes and night time which I am looking forward to trying out.

I am still at a Burnout Licence, but now with only 99 more wins.  I got the Hunter Citizen and the Hunter Civilian (burning route version) and the citizen is probably my favorite car so far, though i do like the crazy speed of the Walmart GTR.

 So after having the recent fun and games with Microsoft with regards to getting my 2 360’s fixed I ended up with 2 free months worth of xbox live.. although my subscription is up for renewal and I could have got two free months for ‘drunknnumpty’ I decided to reactived my second tag and see what I could do with the rank on Revenge.. think its currently around the 800 mark and was going to see if I could get it down below my regular tag’s rank of <300..

Im playing Paradise on my PS3 and currently have a Burnout License w/ (only!!) 103 more wins till elite, lol.  My fav car right now is Steel Wheels GT, and the Hunter Citizen just entered Paradise City, so when i play tonight im gunna devote most of my time to searching for it. 

I know I'm a little late on this, but who cares.

In the world of gaming, the Driving/Racing Genre seems to have always had a hard time trying to take the pole position in the video game market.  When a game called Burnout was released back in 2001, it seemed to follow the same route as most Driving/Racing games that came before it.  However, it was the slow motion replay's of each crash which realistically deformed the cars was what brought the game to the attention of the public.

I have played online games for a long time now.  Mostly, it has been MMO's, but in all online gaming, there has remained one constitant - people complaining about updates that are not even out yet.

I never understood it.

I have spent a lot of time on the Criterion Games official forums lately, so much so that I am an Elite poster and have a nice bold name compared to other mere posters.

However, I noticed today a  shift in the way the forums are moderated and at least one thread that I had posted in has been deleted.

After the announcements yesterday I steered clear of the Criterion Games forums, and did not play online or write anything more as I had not heard the podcast for myself until this morning and I was frankly, far too upset last night.

A moment of silence, please, for my 360, which RRoD'ed today.

I thought I was safe.  It was one of the first generation 360's that was the center of the 'RRoD scare'.  While my friend's consoles (all of which were newer than mine) RRoD'ed, mine kept working faithfully.  Until today, when I turned it on to play a little Need for Speed.  It started loading, then just... Stopped.

For those of you who took a day trip to the moon, Criterion Games have been showing a Live Video Podcast today with some HUGE announcements.

I am at work so have not been watching but the main points so far are: