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Jamiroquai is set to release a new album (and I didn't even know) !!!!

Dynamite is the sixth studio album by Jamiroquai, and was produced by Mike Spencer.
This looks to be the track listing (at least for the UK version)
Feels Just Like It Should
Dynamite
Seven Days
Electric Mistress
Starchild
Love Blind
Talulah
Give Hate A Chance
World That He Wants
Black Devil Car
Hot Tequila Brown
Beatbox
Time Won't Wait

It's set to be in Australian stores on 20th June!

You can stream the first single Feels Just Like It Should from the Jamiroquai site or Watch the film clip here.

Is this as retro as it gets?

I never owned a console as a kid... but in grade 3 I was very jealous of my best friend's Atari 2600, there was nothing like a few hours playing Pitfall (and with ground breaking graphics like this no wonder it was such a hit).

Now there is something soon to be released that will bring it all back (well everything but pitfall as it would seem).
Atari are releasing an Atari Flashback pack in an effort to revive the retro!
Here's the basic rundown...

Relive the 1980s video game revolution! Go back in time with a retro-style game console that includes 20 classic Atari games and two Atari 7800™-inspired joysticks!

Just plug into your TV, and play away! One or two players can enjoy the famous games that set the standard for greatness.

No extra game systems needed, no additional software, no worries. Just the perfect gift for the 80s generationÂ… and their kids!

The console will include these games from the 2600: -Adventure™, Air-Sea Battle, Battlezone®, Breakout®, Canyon Bomber™, Crystal Castles®, Gravitar®, Haunted House, Millipede®, Sky Diver™, Solaris™, Sprintmaster, Warlords® and Yars’ Revenge®

And will have these from the 7800 - Asteroids®, Centipede®, Desert Falcon™, Charley Chuck’s Food Fight™, Planet Smashers

Although there isn't the inclusion of Pitfall there's still pleanty of retro gaming action and priced at around $80 it might be a serious contender for the floundering GameCube.

Thought Episode III needed some explaining?

If you thought some aspects in the lead up to Episode III: Revenge of the Sith were missing well you may find your answers here.
Clone Wars: Micro Series
Lucas has commissioned an animated series to fill in the details of the clone wars. As Episode II ends with the beginning of the Clone Wars and Episode III shows only the conclusion of the war, Lucas felt that there was a lot of action that was missing from the wars themselves. The animation stil is more along the lines that you would expect from animated sections from Kill Bill. The voice acting on the whole is quite good and they've gone to great lenghts to match the voices with those of the actors in the feature length series.

It's definately worth viewing prior to seeing Episode III or even to fill in some of the blanks after you've seen it. The first 20 episodes have been release on DVD with the last 5 episodes available from the Starwars Site

Feel Good New Music.

No it's not the latest "Easy Listening" compolation from some AM radio station. It's the new song from the Gorillaz which I've had stuck in my head since I stumbled across the filmclip on Monday.

I've only managed a quick listen to the Demon Days album so far (and 3 runs of the Feel Good Inc. track), but the album seems to be every bit as involving as their last album, with the Feel Good Inc. track set to have even greater success than 19-2000 track off their first album.
If you like the first album it's definately something you need to have in your CD Collection.

Easter Eggs not all they're cracked (pardon the pun) up to be

Incredibles, The - Collector's Edition

I got sent a link about some Easter Eggs from DVDTown.com and I must admit that I was pretty excited. The Incredibles is one of my favourite DVDs and to find out there was more on the disc that I hadn't seen was definitely a good thing.

However after taking the time to work through all the Easter Eggs it was a pretty disappointing experience. The Mr. Incredible dancing sequence was pretty good... But it was just too short. Although it was kind of fun to find all the little omnidroids the resulting clips weren't really inspiring.

Mr. Incredible dancing
On Disc 1: From the Main Menu go to the 'Commentaries' section and there simply wait for a little while. Eventually a silhouette of Mr. Incredible will show up which you can select using the directional keys on your remote control. Press 'Enter' then and you will see some clips of Mr. Incredible doing some delightfully ordinary dancing in his living room.

Clips Montage:
On Disc 2: Allow the main menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have "Intro" already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Up button to highlight and press enter. Do it quick as you will only have a few seconds. You'll get a two and a half minute
montage of button pushes, door slams, and explosions as homage to the many
heroes at Pixar.

Extra Deleted Scene:
On Disc 2: Allow the "Deleted Scenes" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of
an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get an extra deleted scene of Dash playing a prank on his teacher.

A Tribute:
On Disc 2: Allow the "Behind the Scenes" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get a short tribute to Disney animators Ollie Johnston and the late Frank Thomas.

Alternate Version of Film:
On Disc 2: Allow the "Set Up" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get a sock puppet version of the film.

Behind the Scenes 1
On Disc 2: Allow the "Index" menu page 1 to go through its full cycle of non-animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get a clip of the inspiration behind the chocolate cake bit from the film.

Behind the Scenes 2
On Disc 2: Allow the "Index" menu page 2 to go through its full cycle of non-animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get a clip of some rough housing at Pixar

Bonus Clip:
On Disc 2: Allow the "Publicity" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get a short clip of Dash and his dad that was used for an SBC broadband commercial.

Henchman Outtakes:
On Disc 2: Allow the "More Making of the Incredibles" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. You'll get two short clips of the henchman's reaction to punching Dash them hitting the cliff wall.

Behind the Scenes:
On Disc 2: Allow the "Behind the Scenes" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. Watch the tribute, and then allow the DVD go back to the "Behind the Scenes" menu and repeat the process. You'll then be treated to a montage of Markisms.

Bonus Clip 1
On Disc 1: Allow the "Commentaries" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of Mr. Incredible will appear in the lower right corner. Press your Right button quickly. You'll get a short clip of Bob dancing around the living room in his blue costume.

Bonus Clip 2
On Disc 2: Allow the "Publicity" menu to go through its full cycle of animation. Have the back arrow button already highlighted. Near the end of the cycle, an icon of an Omnidroid will appear in the upper right corner. Press your Down button quickly. After watching the clip with Dash, let the animation cycle again and repeat the process. Now you'll get a clip of Mr. Incredible and Frozone fighting for the remote.

I hope you enjoy them just don't get your hopes up!

Hard Drives to get Solid

Samsung has developed a power-saving storage device using flash-based memory, providing up to 16 GB of data space.

The NAND-based Solid-State Disk (SDD) flash-based drive uses only five percent of the power current hard drives use, extending battery life in notebook and tablet PCs by up to ten percent.

About the same size as the usual hard disk drive, the flash drives can read data at 57 MBps, writing at 32 MBps. Though it is more than twice as fast as current hard drives, it is quieter and produces less heat.

Expected for immediate use in MP3 players, 3G mobile handsets, and digital cameras by August, the less temperature and humidity sensitive drives will be more suited for various environments.

I've Seen it!

Starwars: Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith that is.... My Mum won tickets to a Preview Screening and didn't want to go :) Thanks Mum!

I'm not going to spoil it for anyone.... But I really enjoyed it! Much better than Episode 2 (that I watched yesterday!)

The best bit for me though was... walking past all the people lined up for the midnight screening :)

So much E3 News!

Where to begin!

Well Nintendo has announced another generation of their GBA Series the Game Boy Micro.

According to PALGN

The GameBoy Micro plays every GBA game that is currently out, it's 2/3rds the weight of an iPod Mini, and just a "hair" bigger. And Reggie has claimed that the Game Boy Micro has the brightest screen out of the entire GBA range. Like the Xbox 360 it will feature changeable faceplates!

Some Big Title Released where named

Nintendo DS:
PAC-PIX (Namco) - 20 May
Need for Speed™ Underground 2 (EA) - 27 May
Ridge Racer DS (Nintendo) - 3 June
Mario Kart DS (tentative title)(Nintendo) - November
Touch! Kirby (tentative title)(Nintendo) - November
King Kong (Ubisoft) - Q4 2005
Bubble Bobble (Marvelous/ Rising Star) - 2005
Nintendo Gamecube:
Donkey Konga 2 (Nintendo) - 3 June
Batman Begins (EA) - 15 June 2005
Killer 7 (Capcom) - Summer
Prince of Persia 3 (working title)(Ubisoft) - Q3/Q4 2005
Dancing Stage MARIO MIX (tentative title) (Nintendo) - October
X-Men Legends 2 (Activision) - October
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects(EA) - October
The Legend of Zelda (tentative title) (Nintendo) - November
Pokémon X-D: Gale of Darkness (tentative title) (Nintendo) - November
Fire Emblem (tentative title) (Nintendo) - November

DDR Mario Mix Info + 8 screensBreak it down with Mario.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Trailer - Just in case you missed it...
Mario & Luigi 2 Revealed - The first official announcement and screenshots of the upcoming RPG title for the DS.
Revolution Details Revealed - This one's a puzzle alright! Details direct from the conference.
Mario Party 7 Announced - Latest Mario Party title to support up to Eight players. First images revealed.

And.... Zelda get's a new logo!