It must be summer. Temperatures have soared recently with yet another global media pandemic. Last year: Bird flu. This year: Pig Flew. Not a day passes without some report or other about a shortage of anti-virals or a predicted worst case scenario death-toll. And all the while, Monty sits looking out the Living room window (Binoculars and camera at the ready just in case another avian/human interest story opportunity passes by) and all he can see or hear are the Ziziros (those constantly chirping insect things); chrrp, chrrrrrp, chrrp, chrrrrrp, Ad infinitum!

Monty never got into Lego. Spending hours putting lumps of plastic together just didn’t seem as much fun as getting Action Man and Cindy together behind the Doll’s house. 

For me, there is no question in my mind that the King of Footie over  the years has been Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series. Ever since taking to the field in International Superstar Soccer (the first of the series) I was hooked by its smooth passing game, shooting mechanics and build up play. The game offered you the chance to simply pick up and play or to really get tinkering around with your squad options and controls, I believe what I am trying to say is the game had depth. With each iteration Konami made incremental but impactful changes for the better.  

…that’s the ideal title for Valve’s new Left 4 Dead Survival Mode DLC which went live on Tuesday, 21^st of April for free. It adds a new survival mode and also unlocks the remaining maps, Dead Air and Death Toll, for Versus play. The size of the DLC is around 110MB.

The new DS, the 3rd generation, has just been released. Nintendo didn't officially announce what the DS stands for. Some claim it stands for Dual Screen while others Developers' System. I couldn't care less.