It's not all work work work!

Well that's a bit of a lie but hey! By the way, anyone remember that ad? I bet they thought they were at the sharp end of youth culture when the PR guys came up with it.

Tossers!

Anyway, it's all go at the moment. just taken on a new staff writer on VN this week, bringing the writing team to a whopping five people. Fair enough you may not consider that whopping, but since I joined VN, when it was me and Paul who wrote the news with assistance from a couple of other guys when they could, I'm quite impressed by it.

We also had a bit of harrowing moment when, after xbox.com had come back online, we found that we had ben omitted from the Fansites page. If you knew how long we'd ben trying to get on there you'd understand ;) Yet after a couple of emails it seems that it was just a simple over sight, meaning we should be back on there by the time you read this.

As of Sunday just gone I now have two pre-orders for an Xbox 360 at two different retailers. Am I feeling particularly flush at the moment to warrant this madness? No! Far from it in fact, bloody house moving bills and fees! Let's just say I'd rather not wait for a possible second shipment to come through next year, assuming the current rumours of stock shortages at launch are true. But then I know about as much as alot of you reading this.

I've finally picked myself up a copy of Pro Evolution Soccer 5 for the Xbox, a review of which I hope to have up on VN soon. Having played FIFA 05 for the past 6 or so months I realise how shite I have now become at PES. See I was always a fan of Konamis game, yet I still don't know why I plumped for FIFA 05 back then, but now more than ever have I realised the difference between the two. PES offers a more tactical approach, whereas FIFA is, shall we say the more arcadey of the two with it's nice graphics and official player names. Horses for courses I guess.

Don't forget as well, every friday sees the release of our podcast for a look at all the goings on within the games industry. You can download it directly here or through itunes or the new yahoo podcast section. Oh and I'm also working on a very cool new thing for VN for next year. I really can't say much more right now (don't you hate when people do that!) but it involves something I mentioned here.

Can I also recommend you take a look at something one of our members is currently working on. It's for a vey good cause and worth your support if you can help. Click here to find out more.

Till next time, Happy Gaming!