6th Dec
2007

UPDATE: Rez HD is out today (30th Jan), and its a fiver. FIVE WHOLE POUNDS. Just five hundred new pence for this glorious piece of audio-visual gloriosity. 1UP gave it 10/10, so what the hell are you waiting for?

Ah, Rez, can I compare thee to a summer's day? Probably, provided there were some mind-altering substances on offer. And colours, and shapes. And colourful shapes.

And, of course, a brilliant soundtrack in Rez: Gamer's Guide to.... This album has been back in circulation for me: the brilliant 'Rez Edit' version of Adam Freeland's Fear (you mean Mindkiller? Hip-hop overdub? No thanks!), Creation The State of Art by ケンイシイ (Ken Ishii), Coldcut's Boss Attacks and Buggie Running Beeps 01 by Kenichi Sugiyama being particular highlights. Just don't play it loud in the car, driving home late at night, in the rain. On mind-altering drugs. It could be quite mesmerising.

Anyway, looks like Steve managed to get his mitts on Rez HD a bit earlier than usual, thanks to "PartnerNet - the closed Xbox Live Arcade network which is like peering into the future - game developers across the globe chuck stuff on there for other devs to download and play to death". I guess there are perks still working in the games industry: strike me particularly envious. Rez HD... mmm... I feel a disturbance in my trousers. Or is that just the Rez Trance Vibrator?

Old news, but I also noticed another of my faves, Ikaruga, could also be available on Xbox Live Arcade. I still play Ikaruga on the GameCube, probably cos it's ludicrously hard.

If you own the big grey n' green, keep your Microsoft lovin' ass on the lookout for these two diamonds.