I don't actually dislike Barnzey at all, he's a great guy and a freak at COD4 but he managed to send me a flash game that is more addictive than SWANK (Simpsons fans will know what I'm talking about). So because he has managed to grind my productivity to a halt (not really if my bosses are reading hehe) I will share the link to this awesome little game. I already got tranceVib and SWOOOOGON hooked yesterday hehe.

http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/

Play it if you dare  

I managed to set up the TankStick on my desktop last night. It's certainly not its permanent home as it is going in the MAME Cave and resting that thing on one's lap can become very tiresome indeed!!

Once we were all connected I did a quick search to find out if there was a newer version of MAME32 available.

MAME32 is dead..... but there is now MAMEUI which supports x64 which is great for my desktop as it runs Vista Ultimate x64! Once I'd upgraded that, added the config file for the TankStick into MAMEUI and plugged it all in it was time to test. My test games were

• NBA Jam
• NBA Hangtime
• Run and Gun (90's basketball fan here as you can see!!)
• Mortal Kombat II
• Golden Tee 2000
• 2020 Super Baseball

I only played each of them for a few minutes but all I can say is the TankStick is just amazing, by far the best arcade stick I have ever used. The real test will be when the MAME Cave is complete and two of us are giving it a good workout but so far it's a 10/10.

You can purchase the TankStick and it's smaller relatives plus a huge array of arcade accessories and machines from Arcade Gaming Australia. GO NOW... well after you read the rest of this post!!!

We had our second XBLA tounaments for the month last night and even with a few people going MIA on us, we still managed to get a decent tournament completed and more importantly a winner. In the triple threat grand final, DarkArmada managed to fend off Sonny AU and I ECG S3RP3NT I to be victorious 96-76-66! Well done mate!

The next tournament is for Undertow and next week I will have the basic structure and rules posted on the "Tournament Info" page.

It's the weekend in a few hours and I am planning on setting up the MAME Cave.... except i don't have a table for it yet!! I'll find something over the weekend I'm sure. Also I need to play some Lost Odyssey and some more Gears of War on Windows. I'd be up for a few games of Catan too so if you are online and keen, send me an invite! What gaming goodness are you enjoying this fine weekend?

Two quick things to wrap it up...

• Central Coast 3 Newcastle 2 in the A-League Grand Final
• Can the guys who won Gears for Windows send me their addresses via the Contact tab so I can get them sent out to you.