These videos have cropped up on Youtube. One of Vigo getting his makeup done (video forwarded to relevant place, who wants to see all the other boring Ghostbusters 2 behind the scenes footage, after all!)

AND, here is Vigo acting his scenes! Interesting to note that none of that footage filmed in that painting set was never even used…. When the painting comes to life, all you ever see is his head, and he seems to be wearing makeup to make him look more like he does in the painting in this video, which is different, too!

Time to put the stalking hat back on! I just found out Betty Boo is on Twitter!

In addition, she apologises for her part in Hear’Say. Which is nice.

It’s nice to have something new to put on Mentski.co.uk, now that all the gaming stuff is getting posted elsewhere!

It’s run by me and Daddy Brown of Daddy Brown’s Wonderland… phorenzik is on board too!

You might want to visit it!

http://www.rosetintedgamers.com

http://www.bombergames.net/sorr_project/

The long awaited, 8 years in the making remake of the GREATEST VIDEOGAME SERIES EVER (FACT) is finally here.

Go get it now, you bunch of little monkeys, and while you’re at it, throw Bomberlink some coin for his work and sever upkeep, the guy fucking deserves it…

UPDATE

Despite Bomberlink getting in touch with Sega prior to release of SoRR and okaying it with them, some turkey in Sega has now got in a hissy fit and told him to remove all download links.

Methinks when they okayed it they probably thought it would be just another shitty, half-made, poorly designed fangame.

Now it turns out that it’s anything but, scoring press coverage and critical acclaim from all the big gaming sites across the interwebs, Sega has got themselves a little digital penis envy.

• LITERALLY FORCED MYSELF to finish Fist Of The North Star: Ken’s Rage, with every character, on legend and dream mode. It was a hard slog of levelling and trudging through the same post-apocalyptic scenery AGAIN, and AGAIN, with different characters. Probably wasn’t worth it for a couple of different cutscenes. But now I have 1000/1000 on it. Yay?

• Still haven’t put that copy of Vanquish I bought in my DVD drive. I think that’s the next one to complete.

• Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is still only about 10% finished on my hard drive.

• Bought the 2 extra characters for Marvel Vs Capcom 3, and haven’t even played it since obtaining them.

• Bought Ghostbusters: Sanctum Of Slime on XBLA – Horribly bland twin-stick shooter, glazed in a Ghostbusters skin. Just reuses all the art assets from the game from 2 years ago, but manages to make them look about 10 times worse.

• Downloaded and played the new “Arrival” DLC for Mass Effect 2 – finished in less than 2 hours.

• Got an email notification for the next Back To The Future episode, can’t be arsed to download it, let alone install and play.

• The Whammy knob on my wireless P-Bass controller for Rock Band 3 bust, it was only 2 months old – have had to send it back to Madcatz. Not that I’ve really even played Rock Band much in those 2 months. Yeah, I bought a new guitar for the game and then barely played it, I bought two in fact – I got the players edition Telecaster at the same time. Why? Fuck knows.

Now excuse me while I cry into my pillow about “games not being like they used to be”.

I know I’ve jabbed at UK:Resistance every so often on Mentski.co.uk, but I really want to tip my hat to Gary for having the persistence to last so long.

But sadly, it appears he’s finally had enough. Due to “a general feeling of disconnection from a games industry that no longer accommodates, or reflects our needs”.

Never a truer word has been said.

See the final post, and accompanying video, here

Plus points for using the Sonic CD credits, and the theme to Streets Of Rage 2. I nearly cried. Yeah, a 35 year old man who should know far better nearly cried.

This of course, means that my only apparent reader, Phorenzik of Stupid Fucking XXXX fame, is out of a “job”. Sorry about that, man.

You can’t argue with it…

2: MENTSKI’S GAMING APATHY UPDATE.

Besides the fact I still have Fist of the North Star and BCRII half-played, and Vanquish still utterly unplayed, I still bought Marvel Vs Capcom 3 today like some WEAK WILLED FANBOY BITCH.

WHAT IN GOD’S NAME IS WRONG WITH ME? WHAT’S NEXT? WILL I END UP BUYING SEVERAL MS POINTS CARDS SO I CAN BUY THE DLC THAT’S NO DOUBT ACTUALLY ALL ON THE DISC?

WHAT?

WHAT?

I ceased to care a long time ago.

Yet again I’m on the verge of giving up videogaming as a hobby. The ratio of rubbish to excellentness is so high it’s becoming nigh-on impossible to find diamonds in the rough for me, and it doesn’t help being an utter cynic with a rapidly dwindling attention span.

So what have I “played” recently?

Dead Rising: Case West – Played through it a couple of times, would play it again, but no cunt on my XBL friends list has it, because not a single person I know has good taste in games.

Fist of the Northstar: Ken’s Rage – Which is fun for about an hour, mimicking the over-the -top violent stupidity of the Anime, until you realise to level up you’re going to have to play the same levels over and over again, and even if that wasn’t the case, all the levels look the fucking same.

Vanquish - Actually, I haven’t even put the disk in the drive, because I can’t be arsed. Played the demo though, and in my opinion, Platinum are one of the best development teams in Japan.

Rock Band 3 – Don’t stare at me like that. Yes. Rock Band. Firstly, it doesn’t have the negative stigma of Guitar Hero – For good reason, Harmonix put thought into it, unlike whichever trained monkeys Activision have hired that week, who’s process of game development is akin to throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks (here’s a hint: It’s all going to stick to the wall, it’s shit).

…And besides, all the casuals are bored of music games now. It’s a niche genre again, which automatically makes it better. It’s also a game I can play with real humans, because none of them will play Street Fighter with me, for some reason. I’m not sure if that’s because they are tired of the beatings, or just have bad taste in videogames. Ho Hum.

This week sees the release of Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, which may be interesting, as I really liked the first.

Then again GRIN fucked up the full-priced follow-up, and the company went down the shitter… So Capcom have hired some other team to make this one (who may or may not have ex-GRIN members on the payroll), which means it might not be anywhere near as good. On the bright side, they haven’t got Backbone to make it, and Simon Viklund has composed the soundtrack.

Also: The main character is now sporting a bright ginger porn-stache.

Here’s a picture of Betty Boo, Just so you know which website you’re visiting.

After the disappointment of Fable II, I promised myself I’d wait until Fable III was available for 20 quid before I bought it, yet here I am again, with a giant chunk o’ money removed from my wallet with game in drive, attempting to save Albion from tyrannical rule.

Just because I needed something new to play.

Why couldn’t EA release NBA Jam this week?

EDIT: Well, that was all a bit of a letdown.

Fable II was a well presented game let down by Lionhead’s promises and a main game that really didn’t last long enough. Fable III is worse in every way. Combat has been way over-simplified, as has the expression system, which is no longer done with a wheel, but having to stand directly in front of an NPC and pressing a button to interact. It’s clunky and unfun.

Then there’s the escort quests that all now require you to hold somebody’s fucking hand, because the NPCs in Fable II are too stupid to JUST FOLLOW YOU. Because of this they constantly get snagged on scenery, standing like lemons as you run off… I’d rather escort a survivor in the original Dead Rising.

…And the game felt like it lasted half as long as Fable II! The story certainly wasn’t as interesting, and the giant “battle” at the end was a huge fucking a letdown.

I knew I should have waited for the bargain bin. I guess Fable III will be traded in for a jamming session next week.