Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Preview for the Playstation 2 (PS2) and the XBox

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is still a month away, but we got our hands on the demo and thought we would share. We were always taught that it was better to share than to play unreleased games and keep it to ourselves.

First off, lets have a little history lesson. Mortal Kombat was a fighting game that was a good alternative to Street Fighter. What made it stand out was its combo system, its different graphics, and oh yeah, the gore. MK made a couple treks into the 3D fighting arena with varying degrees of success. But they also made a couple of mediocre action titles, namely Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces. Well enough of the history lesson, you want to know if Shaolin Monks is any good. Well in a word, yes.

It took Midway a couple of tries, but they got the 3D fighting genre down with Mortal Kombat: Deception. And well I guess it took a couple of tries to get the action genre right, but now they have. Shaolin Monks has all the gore and speed you would expect from a MK game. But now its in the form of an action game.

The version we played started off just after Shang Tsungs defeat. Raiden tells Kung Lao and Lui Kang that even though the defeated the evil sorcerer they now need to escape his island before it sinks or falls apart or something like that. Well basically you fight your way out stating at Goros lair. You have your quick punch, your hard punch, a throw and your jump to start off with. You can also play single or co-op.

The levels were split up into small areas with a couple various beasts attacking you at once. The good news is you can quickly attack in all directions so its not a big deal if you get surrounded. After a little bit you get your characters signature moves which you preform by holding the R button and pressing an attack button. Then you get your fatalities. To use your fatalities you need to fill up the fatality meter by preforming combos. Then once youre full you press the appropriate button and input the fatal sequence to end your enemy's worthless life.

The graphics are very good. The textures are realistic, and the world has a lived-in feel. My major gripe about the game is that there is a load time in-between each individual area. But its the trade off to keep the graphics on par with Mortal Kombat: Deceptions.

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is coming along nicely, and is already pretty fun. Hopefully the final version has enough game, and extras, to keep us playing, and remember, watch out for the flaming monks.

Maryland Yoga Cl

Guitar Hero Xbox 360 Downloads

Tired of the software you have available for your Xbox 360? Are you interested to try new software? Get hooked with Xbox 360 and you won't have to leave the comfort of your room just to buy those latest videos and games! All you need to have is your broadband or high speed connection and your authorized or your own credit card for the purchase.

Xbox 360 has online multi-functions plus an expandable HD multi gig memory. With the said features, all you need is to connect through online and purchase downloads of mini-games, movies, and even TV shows! There are even downloads of demo versions of new or popular "must-have" games that you can try out first before buying the full version!

You may be curious if the Xbox 360 games can be copied. Definitely. However, you also need to do some home work. The first thing you will need is the right equipments

1. an Ethernet cable, a converting software ISO-file
2. a CD-ROM or a dvd writer
3. disc
4. software needed for your burning.

In order for you to successfully burn these games on your Xbox 360, you need to perform an installation process using a mod chip. Alternatively, you can also install or download firmware. This firmware is needed for you to bypass the system's verification process thus allowing you to burn the games.

How to copy games to your PC

There are 10 new songs that come with the initial package of the guitar hero download. Most of these are rock songs from band like My Chemical Romance and Toadies. Downloading guitar hero songs to your PC is very easy. You will just need an Ethernet cable, mod chip for xBOx to be able to play the downloaded games and a couple of software-- one for converting the games to .ISO file and another for burning the games to the DVDs or CD-ROMs.

The first thing that you should do is to connect your xBox to the computer with the use of the Ethernet cable. Once you get hooked with the source, you can now transfer the files and at the same time create backup on your hard drive.

Once you have already downloaded the files, you can now convert it to .ISO files. You need to do this because the computer cannot recognize and open files that are not in .ISO format. You will require any software that can convert files to .ISO. If you do not have one, you can download free programs in the Internet for this.

After converting the files, it is now time to copy and transfer it to the disks. You can use Nero's Burning Rom or Alcohol 120 software when transferring files to DVDs or CDs. This set of software is most compatible with the xBox series. This software is also available through the Internet and you can download it anytime, if you haven't got this one yet.

Before continuing with the next set of games, you should try check it first with the xBox to make sure that it could read the disc properly. The usual problem encountered is that disc is not compatible with the player so try to look for the best CD or dvd to burn with. If you are successful with the burning, you can go on with the other games and start enjoying the new guitar hero downloads.

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