After playing on both PS2 and Xbox, I noticed that there’s a difference, I don’t know if it can be called lag. On the PS2 you strum the notes slightly earlier, before it passes the line and on the Xbox you strum it exactly as it hits the line. Because of this, I ended up missing more notes. By the end of the evening, I could play pretty decently on the Xbox.

I’ve since got myself a copy of GH:M and when I started playing it on my PS2 I sucked – this due to getting the hang of hitting the notes on the Xbox. Anyway, it was just the first song that I tried and failed, I quickly got the hang of it again. I went into the settings to adjust the delay, but it was on 0 for both audio and video. I think this difference is just a Playstation Xbox thing. I haven’t played GH on the Wii yet so not sure what is considered ‘normal’.

Now, to set my sights on bigger things: World Tour.

The Xbox and PS3 versions will get released first, with the PS2 and Wii versions to follow a few months later. Which means I have a few months left to get a PS3 because I dont think I can wait for the PS2 or Wii versions!

When I bought Legends of Rock, I was slightly disappointed that I couldnt download additional content (PS2) and was considering swapping it for a Wii version. I’m glad I didnt follow through on that decision because if I’m getting a PS3, I wont have compatibility issues.

Back to these metal giants, who rightly deserve their own expansion, have revealed what the track list is gonna look like on Metallica.com.

Metallica Tracks:

• All Nightmare Long
• Battery
• Creeping Death
• Disposable Heroes
• Dyers Eve
• Enter Sandman
• Fade To Black
• Fight Fire With Fire
• For Whom The Bell Tolls
• Frantic
• Fuel
• Hit The Lights
• King Nothing
• Master of Puppets
• Mercyful Fate (Medley)
• No Leaf Clover
• Nothing Else Matters
• One
• Orion
• Sad But True
• Seek And Destroy
• The Memory Remains
• The Shortest Straw
• The Thing That Should Not Be
• The Unforgiven
• Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
• Wherever I May Roam
• Whiplash

Other Artists:

• Alice In Chains – No Excuses
• Bob Seger – Turn The Page
• Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross
• Diamond Head – Am I Evil?
• Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors
• Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
• Kyuss – Demon Cleaner
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesdays Gone
• Machine Head – Beautiful Mourning
• Mastodon – Blood And Thunder
• Mercyful Fate – Evil
• Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready
• Motorhead – Ace of Spades
• Queen – Stone Cold Crazy
• Samhain – Mother of Mercy
• Slayer – War Ensemble
• Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
• Suicidal Tendencies – War Inside My Head
• System of a Down – Toxicity
• The Sword – Black River
• Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town

More info on Metallica.com

Oh btw, my best song on Legends of Rock is One, I got 83% and a 53 note-streak. I officially rock!

Capello’s in Sandton City was buzzing… with geeks. So naturally it was dominated by males but I think there was decent turn out of women.

The guest speaker for the evening was Katherine Roderick from Microsoft (her twitter bio location reads: In front of my Mac), who spoke about Silverlight (to rival Adobe Flash), Surface and S2B in her Q&A with Mike Stopforth. She then took questions from the audience.

I remember reading about Surface about two years ago, wondering when it’s going to hit our shores. Sadly, she confirmed that we won’t be seeing in any time soon or in the near future.

After the formalities were over we had already eaten our starters (the sushi was very good) and almost done with our mains, when everyone began mingling and networking. I went along with @SingleSyllable and got to see some friends again, @ilvapie @saaleha @zk @ismail and met some new faces @ncallegari, @melodymaker @eved (we met briefly) and some others who I’m not sure are on twitter.

Then the fun started – Guitar Hero: World Tour tournaments. Some of those guys were really good. It’s pretty obvious that’s what geeks love doing – playing GH on expert level in their free time. Our band, “hashtag” failed our song on 47% (in my defense, I play really well in my living room). Hashtag members comprised of @ncallegari, @saaleha, @SingleSyllable and @thecharmed1. All bands were given one warm up round and second time around was the real deal. Although – some bands were given a third chance. It was all good fun.

As @SingleSyllable says, “I love GH too, but enjoy my social life – what little of it there is – just a tiny bit more ”

long live hashtag...not!

I’m not sure which band won the Sandton City vouchers and Xbox games because we left at 10:30pm.

It was an evening of full of fun and I look forward to attending the next Jozi geek dinner.