Another person I should declare war on.

In 2002, I created the cultural phenomenon of Noel Still Loves You.

5 years on, I find cunts ripping off my shit and profiting on it.

I never made a penny. Although, admittedly, I never planned to, either, as part of me was scared of the chance of legal hassle. I used to get loads of requests for T-Shirts, but then when I finally opened the shop, No one ever bought anything, anyway.

Now I'm getting messages saying "I just got a Che Noel shirt as a present, but it wasn't one of yours!"

From now on, I'm never having an idea ever again. I'm seriously fed up of people getting rich on them, and me staying a penniless, drunken hobo.

Belated Xbox 360 Winter Dashboard Update Review

See this face? This Is "AceyBongos" - Microsoft's new corporate shill and face of their new "Inside Xbox" function, on the dashboard's front page.

And I already want to punch him repeatedly in his smug, hamster-like, achingly lifestyle face.

You see... If I want to know what's coming out and when, and all the news, I have this wonderful thing called "The Internet". It uses exactly the same technology as the 360 does to display its "News", but I don't have to look at Aceybongos telling me how "great" everything by Microsoft is, and I can choose to get my info from somewhere a little more nonpartisan, with a nice sprinkle of cynicism thrown in.

He's also got a link to his site on UK:R, which means Zorg's reputation is falling even lower by the day.

This is not the only annoying thing about the new update, either. There seems to be a few things here or there that are just far more "niggly" than they used to be.

The separate Game Demo section of the dash has now been integrated with XBLA and the new Xbox Classics downloads, and redubbed "Games Library" - Not a bad thing but poorly implemented. After entering the library you now are faced with a huge unfiltered list of everything playable you have ever downloaded onto your hard drive, which you then have to manually filter using what could be almost narrowly described as a "Cross Media Bar Rip-Off".

On the bright side, it now has DivX, support, so we can all stream pirate videos we've downloaded off the Internet.

I'm gunning for you, Cutlack!

We interrupt your regular irregularly updated blog to bring this special bulletin!

Mentski.co.uk is officially AT WAR!

The first volley was fired at 10:40 AM, when UK:R/Idiot Toys head honcho, Gary "Commander Zorg" Cutlack, in an act of blatant Kotakuesque blog thievery, posted THIS.

We are currently preparing a retaliatory attack, probably involving giant printers, or batteries.

And just to make sure I have some followers, heres a picture of Betty Boo, because you can't not use pictures like this when they come along:

Back from the dead.

Fasthosts got hacked. Fasthosts reset my password.

Hence I've had a whole lot of shit I've wanted to get off my chest the last few weeks, and not been able to update the site, So here's a few tidbits to start with.

Woolworths:
Can I "interest" you in not asking me if I'm "interested" on whatever shit you are shilling on the counter because you bought far too much stock of it? If I wanted to buy it, I would have picked it off the giant display you put RIGHT AT THE FRONT DOOR, and walked to the counter with it myself.

Kane and Lynch:
I would have used this following "humourous" image at the top of the post...


And used this as my review...


Eidos, you can have that one on me.

Street Fighter 4, The New Xbox 360 dash update, and how everything is going to shit: Coming soon!