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	<title>THE BEST POSTS FROM CELEB BLOGGERS THIS YEAR! WEEK 3</title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Wasssssup peeps right we're in week 3 of checking out the "best bits" from our celeb bloggers over the year.  </p>

<p>Last week we checked out Aggro's weird post check it here if you missed it). This week its time to jump back to the month of August were we had <a href="http://www.aggrosantos.com/home"><strong>Aggro Santos</strong></a> as our celeb blogger, have another look at Aggro Santos' first post on his gaming habits. </p>

<p>This weeks its all about that cheeky chappy singer <a href="http://www.neyothegentleman.com/splash/"><strong>Ne-yo</strong>, </a>he was one of the celebs that passed through on our blog this year to expresss his love of gaming. Gotta say he really suprised with his depth of knowledge and passion for gaming, (trust me his posts were like essays!!) Interesting.... but wow did he go in!!</p>

<p>He's a little reminder of the first post his did back in October. </p>

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<p><strong>The Worst Game I've Ever Played:</strong></p>

<p>The worst game I've ever played... well honestly I don't know if it was a bad game or if it was just a bad experience with this particular game. Everybody knows who <a href="http://www.sonicgamessonic.com/"><strong>Sonic The Hedgehog </strong></a> is? Ok, well there was a young lady who wanted to get in on the gaming with me. You know I sit there and play video games and she'd be sitting there kinda feeling left out so I got a game that the two of us could play together - it's like a Sonic tennis type deal. It's like all the characters from Sonic The Hedgehog and they play tennis. I'm sitting with her and I'm trying to play this game with her and trying to explain to her how to play the game as we're trying to play the game - it's not a very difficult game but it's not a very fun game either. It was very monotonous and very boring and it just wound up being a completely disastrous evening... </p>

<p>"I'm pushing the button and it's not working, well you didn't explain it, you're cheating". It just became that whole thing. It was really really really really depressing and it made me want to throw the controller, not so much at her, but throw it. Yeh, that's the worst game I've ever played.</p>]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Venetica Review</title>
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<p><br />
Been playing this for a while. Standard procedure in saving the world in this one. <br />
You play the daughter of death in this action/ hack and slash/ RPG. Was I impressed? Hmm. listen back to find out</p>

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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>THE BEST POSTS FROM CELEB BLOGGERS THIS YEAR! WEEK 2</title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello matey peeps. So as the end of the year and our time on 1Xtra approaches we're looking at the best celeb blogger bits...</p>

<p>Last week we brought back Big Boi from Outkast for a revisit <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/2010/12/the_best_posts_from_celeb_blog.html#comments">(check it here if you missed it). </a>This week its time to jump back to the month of August were we had <a href="http://www.aggrosantos.com/home"><strong>Aggro Santos</strong></a> as our celeb blogger, have another look at Aggro Santos' first post on his gaming habits. </p>

<p>Mad props to Aggro for surviving the jungle... but we all agreed here at 1Xtra that he is probably the weirdest gamer we've ever met!!</p>

<p>Just look at what he thinks is the worst game he's ever played!! Dah!!<br />
Respect to all our celeb blog babies, right now check out the return of Mr Santos...</p>

<p><img alt="guest_bloggers_aggros_santo.jpg" src="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/guest_bloggers_aggros_santo.jpg" width="600" height="150" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p>

<p>This month's celeb blogger is <a href="http://www.aggrosantos.com/">Aggro Santos</a> check his special message to you guys...</p>

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<p><strong>THE WORST GAME YOU'VE EVER PLAYED:</strong></p>

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<p>It's <a href="http://callofduty.com/">'Call Of Duty' </a>I know I'm gonna get a lot of haters for that one, but I just never really got the point of it, it's just too technical with too many missions, trying to find out this and unlocking that, hitting down this person ... phew!!!</p>

<p>I just like simple games like racing, football, boxing. The point of these games are straight forward you know what you're doing, I don't like beating my brains over something again & again for days in a row, which is why I think <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/2009/11/">Call Of Duty </a>is officially the worst games I have ever played.</p>

<p><strong>THE LONGEST TIME I'VE EVER PLAYED A GAME:</strong><br />
<img alt="tomb_raider.jpg" src="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/tomb_raider.jpg" width="600" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p>

<p>I remember when I was younger I loved playing <a href="http://www.tombraider.com/server.php?change=LandingPage">Tomb Raider</a>. I played it constantly for a whole month until I clocked it. Another game I clocked was the 1st <a href="http://www.pokemon.com/us/">pokemon</a> on the <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/systems/game_boy_advance_sp_1435.html">Nintendo Gameboy</a>, I clocked the red one, the blue one I think there was a silver & gold one didn't clock it though, but those were the games I played the longest.</p>

<p><strong>MY MOST EMBARRASING DEFEAT: </strong></p>

<p><img alt="tekken.jpg" src="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/tekken.jpg" width="600" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p>

<p>This was when I played <a href="http://tekken.namco.com/">Tekken</a>, a young child who was probably maybe 12 or 13 beat me, and all I saw a 'PERFECT' on the screen ... lol .. I didn't get 1 hit in.. Oh well..</p>

<p><img alt="tekken_perfect.jpg" src="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/tekken_perfect.jpg" width="600" height="200" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p>

<p><strong>PERSON I'D MOST LIKE TO PLAY:</strong><br />
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Ok right, actually if I really thought about this, I would probably like to play ANYONE in the entire Urban scene at <a href="http://www.pesfan.com/">Pro Evo</a>. I always see people ( Not naming any names) on their blog, twitter or facebook page bragging about <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/2009/10/cameo_plays_funky_dee_on_pro_e.html#comments"><strong>'Pro Evolution Soccer'</strong></a> talking about their the Pro kings & blah blah blah ... I don't even want to talk I just want to bring the action on... Give me anyone on Pro - Pro 10... Lets go..Anyone... open invite ..</p>

<p><img alt="ProEvo5_big1.jpg" src="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/ProEvo5_big1.jpg" width="600" height="300" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p>

<p>So there you go this is what's happening in my gaming world this week, this is a wrap for my blogging with Rampage. </p>

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<p>So that was Aggros' gaming credentials, (See what I mean though...dude is strange!!) respect though for blessing the blog, if you wanna check out more from him <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/2010/08/the_world_of_gaming_according_12.html#comments">check out his second blog entry on the blog back in August. </a></p>]]></description>
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	<title>What do you want for Xmas? Well it aint Monopoly is it.....</title>
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<p>A newspaper recently published a survey of youngsters recently came up with the result that the 3 most wanted things for Xmas are no longer Monopoly or Connect 4 but an iPhone 4 an iTouch and an iPad.</p>

<p>Approximately 39% children questioned wanted Apple gadgets this year, with 17% of five to eight- year-olds, 50% of nine to 12-year-olds and 66% of 13 to 16-year-olds all putting Apple items at the top of their lists. </p>

<p>DAMN what happened to Ken and Barbie?? Xmas is getting very expensive. What are you presents are you looking to get for your family ? Would you consider any of these? Maybe an Xbox Kinect? 3D tv perhaps? </p>

<p>Leave a comment and let us know what your looking for as a present this festive season and does it cost the earth?</p>

<p>Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/845024-iphone-ipod-and-ipad-top-christmas-most-wanted-list-for-kids#ixzz16wqvtV7h</p>

<p>Check out the full list here:</p>

<p><strong>The top 10 toys for Christmas 2010 </strong></p>

<p>1) iPhone 4 (14%) <br />
2) iPod Touch (13%) <br />
3) iPad (12%) <br />
4) Kinect for Xbox (6%) <br />
5) Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters / Kung Zhu Hamsters (5%) <br />
6) Flip Video Camera (4%) <br />
7) Toy Story 3 Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear (4%) <br />
8) PlayStation Move (4%) <br />
9) Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 Video Game (3%)  <br />
10) Barbie Video Girl (3%) </p>

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	<title>Michael Jackson: The Experience. (Can I learn to dance like MJ?)</title>
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<p>The greatest artist of all time is back, but this time its in a game, yep we're talking the king of Pop: <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/blogs/rampage/2009/07/michael_jackson_was_big_gamer.html">Michael Jackson Heehee!!</a><br />
I went to the launch of this game in a plush West End club and bumped into quite a few female gamers in the house. </p>

<p>One of the Pussy Cat dolls, TV presenters, and recording artists had all turned up to see what the fuss was all about. <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/1xtra/photos/rampage/6492/1#gallery6492">Check the page for all the pics from the launch here. </a></p>

<p>Take a listen to what I got up at the launch: </p>

<p><!--#include virtual="/radio/ssitools/simple_emp/emp_v1.sssi?Network=1xtra&Brand=rampage&Media_ID=101125_mj_experience&type=audio&colour=black" --></p>]]><![CDATA[<p>His moves are legendary and now you can dance with him. Released on the Nintendo Wii, PSP and DS and soon to follow on the Playstation Move and Xbox Kinnect. Its definitely  the dance game with a difference, you can Moonwalk, Flick your wrist and bust a spin. SHHAMONE!!!.......</p>

<p>But the real question is, is really any good? Could I become the next MJ playing this game???</p>

<p>Check out my review below and find out.</p>

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	<title>NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT</title>
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<p>Here comes the latest release in a long standing racing franchise. Now many years ago <a href="http://criteriongames.com/NFS/">NFS</a> ruled the roost of racing games until things like <a href="http://eu.gran-turismo.com/gb/"><strong>Gran Tourismo </strong></a>and <a href="http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/default.htm"><strong>Forza</strong></a> came along.Then we started crashing in to stuff with <a href="http://www.ea.com/games/burnout-paradise-ultimate"><strong>Burn Out</strong> </a>and Pimping our rides in <a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/midnightclub2/"><strong>Midnite Club</strong></a> so can <a href="http://ordernow.needforspeed.com/"><strong>Need for Speed</strong></a> compete with all the new turbo charged kids on the block??? Check out my review right here......</p>

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	<title>Trebs Phone Apps Comparison.</title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>What's up peeps. So with the rise of the smartphone more and more people are getting into the downloading of apps which are popping up all over the place. Now theres four types of phone that you can do the app thing the iphone/idevice, Android phones, Blackberries and the brand new Windows 7 series of phones.<br />
After playing around with all four heres my verdict on which platform is the best.<br />
Now I'm not doing a top ten apps today more an overall look at which type of phone handles apps best.</p>

<p>All of the phones have a well developed app system and store that host hundreds of apps that do everything you can think of, with a large variety of free and paid for apps many of these apps appear on all four platforms and show how popular apps have become.</p>

<p><br />
<strong>1). Blackberry</strong><br />
The Blackberry phone is very popular and has a well established App system with loads of apps available for free but the Blackberry apps feel very much like an add on and the phones aint the best at multimedia and games meaning anyone on Blackberry will probably not have apps as the main reason they bought the phone</p>

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<strong>2.) Android</strong><br />
A fairly recent phone platform with phones like the Samsung Galaxys which have the power to do apps justice but the range although decent isn't staggering and I wonder how many developers are using this system. Also there seem to be a lot of compatability issues which mean some apps work fine on a particular phone and dont work on others. This is a big problem and help forums are full of people asking if this or that works on blah blah blah....Still work to be done methinks</p>

<p><br />
<strong>3). iDevice</strong><br />
Apple have been doing this for a long time and it shows, With the amount of apps approaching uncountable there is the biggest choice from Apple and this means if you want an app for a specific purpose you can probably find more than one here for free. No compatabilty issues every app works on every iDevice and a lot of peeps are familiar with the app store</p>

<p><br />
<strong>4). Windows 7</strong><br />
Windows 7 is the latest platform to be released by microsoft for mobiles and seems well stocked with all the usual suspects. It looks like the variety will grow rapidly due to Windows being so open and everyone being familiar with the Windows way of working nuff peeps will feel comfortable with this system and the hook up with Xbox and pc window means there is a lot of scope to grow on this platform.</p>

<p><br />
So my verdict on which platform is best for apps is this. All four formats offer a lot of the same apps and you can see apps are being devleped with all four in mind. This is good because it means whichever you choose you shouldn't lose out. </p>

<p>Seeing as we all like free stuff that's also an important factor and there's nuff free or lite apps available for everyone aswell. Window 7 being so new is looking good but doesn't have the range of apps others have but does have the potential to be great. </p>

<p>Blackberry have a decent app service but the majority of phones don't handle apps that well and that means marks off I'm afraid.</p>

<p>Android is well in there with the app development and the type of android phone available lends itself well to app usage but the fact all android apps don't work on all android phones is a real bummer  and until that is sorted a lot of marks off will be the result here too. </p>

<p>Apple being the longest running app seller have an advantage here and it shows thousands of apps for practically anything you can think of and they work on any iDevice means ease of use for all of us.</p>

<p>So at the moment Apple and the Idevice's have the lead closely followed by the sexy Android phones but Blackberry have work to do (We'll see if the BB Torch helps) and Windows 7 is so new that although they've made a good start  its hard to tell how good it will become. </p>

<p>The phones used were an <strong>iTouch</strong>, a <strong>Samsung Galaxy S</strong>, an <strong>HTC Mozart 7</strong> and a <strong>Blackberry Curve</strong>. Please bear in mind some apps will work diferently on some phones. Older operating systems or lack of touchscreen will effect how apps work too.</p>

<p>What are you guys feeling, leave a comment, let me know.<br />
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	<title>The Golden Joysticks 2011</title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>So the <strong>Golden Joysticks </strong>happened recently, The biggest gaming award ceremony of the year, the gaming Oscars, Whatever you wanna call em, they went down on friday and we were all up in there.</p>

<p>Now there was a lot on controversy over some of the decisions and surprise in some catergories. <strong>Plants vs Zombies</strong> was a double winner of download of the year and strategy game of the year!! Huh?! Do you know anyone playing it?<br />
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<p><a href="http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/default.htm"><strong>Forza</strong></a> won racing game of the year. Yaay!  Portable game of the year went to <a href="http://www.pokemon.com/us/"><strong>Pokemon heart gold/Soul silver</strong>. </a>We all agree Street fighter 4 was worthy of the fighting game title but Ultimate game of the year was not what you think.<br />
That honour went to <a href="http://masseffect.bioware.com/"><strong>Mass effect 2</strong> </a>(Gasp!) That was the reaction when it was announced but seeing as Joysticks is voted for by the public and around one and a half million votes were cast I'm guessing a lot of peeps out there are playing undercover!!</p>

<p>Check out the <strong>Joysticks</strong> website for all the winners and if you dont agree leave a message on a blog<a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/joystick/about_joysticks.php"></a>. Also check us on the 5:19's coverage of the Joysticks below. </p>

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	<title>Castlevania, Lords of Shadow</title>
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<p>I was well surprised to hear this franchise is 25 years old. It first appeared on the Snes back in the day but it's been updated for 2010. </p>

<p>An action adventure game in the mould of <a href="http://devilmaycry.com/"><strong>Devil May Cry</strong></a> or more recently <a href="http://www.godofwar.com/Index/"><strong>God of War.</strong></a> <br />
Of course your task is to save the world from evil and there are some big evil creatures to destroy. Thankfully enough has been added to this game to make it different from previous titles so puzzle solving and platform gaming are extra elements to master in <strong>Castlevania.</strong></p>

<p>Graphically impressive, Vocal talents from Captain Picard (<strong>Patrick Stewart)</strong> Amongst others give the game an all round feeling of bigness. Yes the story is a bit cheesy but who cares the games fun. 20 hours of gameplay isnt that much so heavy gamers might get bored quickly.</p>

<p>Two button mashing will get you quite far in this game but learning the buttons will help you to progress quicker. Theres quite alot of depth to this game that only becomes apparent when you get deeper into it. So persistance pays. If you liked <a href="http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/brotherhood/">Assassins Creed</a> or <strong>God of War</strong> this game may well appeal to you. So use your combat cross(looks like a big chain to me) to knock out opponents and scale buildings and then decide if you like Black or White magic and step out of the shadows in order to run tings in Castlevania!!! mwah ha ha hah!!!( Evil laugh)</p>

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	<title>The 2010 T3 Gadget Awards, so who won wot then?</title>
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<p>So we went to this years 2010 T3 awards on Monday to witness the best gadgets of the past year, now this is always quite a flicky affair, nice venue, boom food  (we're talking 2 styles of Steak one was even shredded!!), and an entertaining host/presenter. Last year  it was <strong>Johnny Vaughan</strong>. This year they drafted in comedian <strong>Jimmy Carr.</strong> Man he was on form joke after joke. Also bumped into our man Ortis from <a href="http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show">The Gadget show</a> but the most important thing loads of sexy gadgets, here's a quick round up of some flickiest bits of kit that won awards.</p>

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<p><strong>App of the year:</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/"><strong>Google maps navigation:</strong></a> Using the famous google mapping service this is sat nav for your phone or iDevice and best thing is its free!! No more Tom, Dick, Dick or Harry. A worthy winner me thinks.</p>]]><![CDATA[<div class="imgCaption" style="">
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<p><strong>New media service of the year:</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://www.spotify.com/uk/"><strong>Spotify :</strong></a> the itunes rival adds mobile support for most smartphones with 10 thousand new tracks added everyday Spotify could be on to a winner.</p>

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<p><strong>Gaming gadget of the year:</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://www.alienware.co.uk/"><strong>The Alienware M11X</strong>!! </a>Huh ?? I hear you say cos that's what we said when it was announced. A custom built gaming laptop with kick ass graphics, audio and processing but I thought everyone was on Xbox or PS3. Only for the deadly serious gamer (they must've voted for it).</p>

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<p><strong>Music gadget of the year:</strong></p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=320">Cambridge Audio DAC Magic</a>, </strong>not the winner any of us expected. Another huh moment but apparently it makes your computer or console sound amazing. Mine sounds alright anyway so this one aint for me, but hey knock yourself out!</p>

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<p><strong>Phone of the year:</strong></p>

<p>One of the biggies and not what we expected. The <a href="http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/"><strong>iPhone4</strong></a> was a strong contender but got beaten by the <a href="http://www.htc.com/www/product/desire/overview.html"><strong>HTC Desire</strong>. </a>Apparently the best android fone with a 1ghz processesor (the speed of a desktop computer not too long ago) touchscreen sexiness very similar to the iPhone. I almost got one myself.</p>

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<p><strong>Gadget of the year:</strong></p>

<p>The biggest and most important category of the awards. Don't think there was any competition to be honest. Everyone wants one even if they don't know what to do with it and in my opinion one of the sexiest gadgets around non other than the <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/"><strong>iPad </strong></a>3G, wifi, whizzbang, av it av it!  It won. Nuff said.</p>

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<p><strong>Home gadget of the year:</strong></p>

<p>Mike was loving this category because of the deep pan fry but the winner was the <a href="http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/vacuum-cleaner/robot/VCR8855L4B/XEU/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail"><strong>Navibot</strong></a> (what I hear you cry) its a robot vacuum cleaner!!! Brap!! We all need one of these in our lives, a built in camera maps the room and the robot avoids tables, chairs and even humans but does the hoovering without arguing. Love dat!!</p>

<p><a href="http://awards.t3.com/">For the full list of who won what, check it out here.</a></p>]]></description>
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Treble T
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	<title>I&apos;m a Def Jam Rapstar!! No really I am.....</title>
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<p>So of all the games on show at the <a href="http://expo.eurogamer.net/"><strong>Eurogamer Expo</strong> </a>the only one based exclusively on Hip Hop music is <a href="http://www.defjamrapstar.com/"><strong>Def Jam Rapstar</strong>.</a> Kinda like Hi tech Hip Hop karaoke, but there's much much more to it. Check <a href="http://www.eddiekadi.com/"><strong>Eddie Kadi</strong>,  <a href="http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/artists/loick_essien/"></a><strong>Loick Essien</strong>,</a>Treble T and <a href="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/switch/presenters/"><strong>Aiss </strong></a>as we spit our flows!!</p>

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	<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Loick Essien checks out Grand Turismo 5</title>
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<p>So we went down to the <a href="http://expo.eurogamer.net/">Eurogamer Expo </a>with our celebrity gamin club friends <strong>Loick Essien</strong> comedian <strong>Eddie Kadi</strong> and presenter Aiss (BBC Switch). I raced Loick on the massive anticipated racing game, <strong>Gran Turismo 5</strong> on a 3D TV... gave it the big talk and errrmm check out what happened right here.</p>

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<p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Four joysticks" src="https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/1xtra/media/images/djs/rampage/four_joysticks.jpg" width="148" height="43" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></span> <br clear="all" /></p>]]></description>
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Treble T
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	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>RADIO 1 AND 1XTRA&apos;S GAMING WEEK HAS BEGUN!!</title>
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<p>So it finally here!! Gaming week has arrived (yippee!!) and needless to say we're well involved!! We've revamped our racing online game from last year Fastest Time Wins and added some 1Xtra presenters in it. We're talking us of course (standard), Ace n' vis, Trevor and Gem and Westwood. It looks SICK make sure you go and play on it. There's a leaderboard to see who will be crowned FTW's champ. (Got my name written on it!)</p>

<p>You can race as Rampage adn beat Chris Moyles into a pulp please!! We've also got Ne-Yo as this month's celebrity guest blogger. Please all week you're gonna be hearing  contributions from celeb gamers like: <strong>Rio Ferdinard</strong>, <strong>Angela Griffin</strong>, and <strong>Mr Hudson</strong>. </p>

<p>As well as this each day the from 5:30 - 5:30 our live lounge is transformed into a gaming zone and we've got big celebs in each day who will be playing you guys online. Yep so you'll be able to smack up <strong>Tinie Tempah,</strong> mash <strong>Tinchy Stryder</strong>, boast to your friends you hammered Kelly Rowland, <strong>Aggro Santos</strong>, 2 cast members from <strong>Hollyoaks</strong> and <strong>Roll Deep.</strong> - Dats massive!!</p>

<p>Plus on our show all week we're be doing a First look at some of the biggest games like Gran Turismo 5, Pro Evo 11, and Gears of War 3. Also watch out some of the 1Xtra DJ's game challenges, we've already issued Gemma a challenge to improve her drawing on the DS, she'll be posting up her drawings on facebook each day so we can see if she improves. </p>

<p>PHEW!! I'm telling you its gonna be a heavy heavy week, if you're into games trust me. </p>

<p>GO NOWHERE ALL WEEK - WE'VE GOT YOU!!</p>]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Treble T 
Treble T
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	<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Formula 1 2010 Review</title>
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<p>As soon as I was given this game I was on it straight away! I soon realised I had to play it in pratice mode first before I could really get my Hamilton on...</p>]]><![CDATA[<p>Have a listen to what rating I haven given this game..</p>

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<p>Are you playing this game yet? What do you think of it?</p>]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Treble T 
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	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Halo : Reach</title>
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<p>So one of the biggest games of the year is out (Released 14th September 2010). </p>

<p>People have been queing overnight in sleeping bags (Madness) 34 million copies of the franchise sold already. The media launch in London had Rio Ferdinand,Pixie Lott,Jason Bradbury,Ben Cohen and nuff other people in attendance, a lucky and skillful winner led a celeb gamer team after beating 800 other Halo fans, we were there too!! </p>

<p>Mike's been playing at home all night on the sofa in his boxers.....Check out the action from the launch and Mikes review of the game right here:</p>

<p><strong>Gaming Launch: Rio Ferdinand, 17 Year Old Lewis & Mr Hudson</strong></p>

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<p><strong>BBC Radio 1Xtra's Technology Reporter (Geek) Dan Whitworth - Midnight Madness</strong></p>

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<p><strong>What Does Mike Think Of This Game:</strong></p>

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<p>Have you been playing this game? What Do You Think?</p>]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Treble T 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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