Speaking of the podcast – Ymiris, Antediluvia and I were just discussing it – we all still think its fun to do and plan on doing another show soon – hopefully you guys think it’s worth giving it a listen.  I personally have been pretty impressed with the number of listeners – especially when you look at the number of hits the actual site gets, so clearly we are getting some traffic from just itunes directly that aren’t joining the site – at least not yet!

In other site news – I am still looking for people who want to post news stories and/or reviews on the site – I just can’t keep the site up to date with news and reviewing games.  I used to keep up better but lately with the coding I have been doing at 360voice and gamerdna, hanging out with the family, a bit of my own blogging, and if there is any time left actually PLAYING games…. I just cannot do it alone.  If we weren’t doing the podcast I might have a bit more time to try and keep the news flowing – but why give away one feature to have another, hopefully we can have both.  Maybe if we can keep the news and game opinions flowing we can keep the lifeblood flowing.  There were quite a few of you in the past that wanted to do one or many of these things but we haven’t really gotten anything flowing yet – so the invitation still stands for those of you that really want to forge a place in the interwebs as a writer or “staff” member of a site, or those that just really want to help out and keep the site alive.

With the recent release of Aces of the Galaxy on the Xbox Live Arcade, Sierra Online has provided us with five (5) t-shirts to pass onto you readers.  How do you win?  Simple just leave a comment here and you will be included in the random drawing.  

ACES OF THE GALAXY BURSTS ONTO XBOX LIVE ARCADE AND PC
 
Stunning and Hectic Space Action Shooter Now Available
Los Angeles – June 4, 2008 – Sierra Online, a division of Vivendi Games, has released Aces of the Galaxy™, a high octane, retro-arcade 3D space shooter for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and for PC via download.  Aces of the Galaxy thrusts players into the midst of an epic kill or be killed space battle. Set in stunning, fast-moving environments the chaotic, take-on-all comers action redefines the old-school shooter.

“Players will love how fast and frantic the action gets and the fantastic visuals will really set the game apart from the pack,” said Nicole Perez, vice president of marketing, Sierra Online.  “The overall intensity of Aces of the Galaxy, including some wild multiplayer action offer players some of the best arcade-style gameplay on Xbox LIVE Arcade.”
 
In the Aces of the Galaxy game, players quickly navigate vast, colorful space environments while blasting through onslaughts of enemy ships, dodging asteroids and other terrestrial hazards, avoiding too many damaging hits to their space ship in a frenetic fight for survival. Players take control of the powerful gun turret on an AI-driven spaceship, utilizing the reticule and a fast trigger finger to vaporize wave after wave of enemies. The game features dramatic and strategic effects, including an intense bullet-time feature that slows down the oncoming hordes of enemy ships and dazzling warp zones that propel players through space at the speed of light.
 
Aces of the Galaxy features many different levels and multiple crossroads that enable players to choose among branching paths, providing a choice of experiences while progressing through the game. Players can take on a mass of enemies in a single-player game or team up with a buddy in the co-operative multiplayer mode both online and off.

 The Aces of the Galaxy game is rated E10+ and is available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 800 Microsoft points. For more information visit Acesofthegalaxy.com.  The game is also available for PC via download at Acesofthegalaxy.com

About Sierra Online
Sierra Online, a division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes quality short- and mid-session, casual online games for all viable gaming platforms.  Sierra Online’s titles include award-winning Xbox LIVE Arcade games Assault Heroes™ and Switchball™, in addition to 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures, available for Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows PC. The division is also developing a variety of other Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows-based PC online games targeting the mass-market audience.