Para and I both work in a "service" industry and one of the companies we provide service to on a daily basis is Rockstar Games. Everybody knows how secretive Rockstar is about who is doing voiceover work on Grand Theft Auto games in developement and  I'm not here to name names but I will tell you that they have been BUSY. The Rockstar machine has gone into overdrive and the closer we get to the October release date the more excited GTA fans get, myself included.

     Sony's loss of exclusivity deals on several high profile games is great news for the X-Box faithful. Developers don't seem to have much confidence in Sony's ability to move consoles and software. GTA 4, Assasin's Creed, Unreal III and Blacksite: Area 51 are just a few of the games that Sony once had exclusive deals on but now have to share release dates with the 360. Gabe Newell of Valve Software said that Sony should just do  a do-over. Just apologize to gamers for selling them the PS3 and apologize to develeopers for forcing them to work on it and start over. Rumor is that his license plate is IH8-PS3. Ouch. He's also not too thrilled with Vista, and neither is Para.

     By now most of you have probably read Para's post on the X-Box Elite. I know I don't have to tell anyone how excited I am about it. Granted, the Elite is not for everyone. If all you use your 360 for is gaming and you don't mind the giant ipod look then the Elite may not be for you. However if you're like me and you use your hard drive for storing everything from Beavis and Butthead episodes and Red vs. Blue to game trailers and demos then the Elite is a must. Not to mention that it's black like an X-Box should be.

     Now to complete the full circle of X-Box news. Up until recently all rumors about GTA 4 have had the game taking place in London but if you go to www.rockstargames.com and watch the GTA 4 trailer they posted you will know the truth. My son and I watched it five times last night, the whole time high-fiving each other like couple of drunken frat-boys. I don't want to spoil it for anyone so all I'm saying is I think I may have died and gone to Gamer Heaven.

     INOX     NYC