It's a bit ironic, in the end: a game that was made to simplify guitar playing and mimic the experience of being a rockstar has now gotten so popular and generated such an expert fanbase that the developers are now offering you the ability to play real guitars and actually learn to be a rockstar. What was once a casual party game is now for the experts and the harcore. In a few years, we could be going to concerts to hear performances by people who learned to play guitar through a video game. I hope they play "Through the Fire and Flames." rules.

How stellar was Hideo Kojima and Shigenobu Matsuyama's trailer for ? It made people excited to . Before Metal Gear Solid 4 redeemed him, Raiden was the maligned protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2. Compared to series protagonist Solid Snake, Raiden was chopped liver. Now he gets to make his enemies chopped liver. That's quite a change.

The game looks to focus less on the stealth aspects of the series and instead more closely resemble a Ninja Gaiden-esque sword-based action formula. But the ability to use bullet-time to pick the angles of your slices completely differentiates the game. You can hack off limbs of your enemies, carefully place your cuts, and even slice certain elements of the environment, including watermelons! Raiden is suddenly awesome.