Harmonix, MTV Games, and Electronic Arts announced Rock Band 2 today. Set for release in September on the Xbox 360 with the PS3 version "to follow", one of the most exciting features appears to be full compatibility with all the content you downloaded for Rock Band 1. The press release also cites "improved guitar and drum peripherals" while maintaining backwards compatibility with the old instruments.

Rock Band is certainly a big hit at ICHQ and at Icrontic events. Rock Band 2 is sure to be in our future somewhere.

Sony sent out a PixelJunk Monsters survey a couple of months back and me, being sappy, sent in my response.

Little did I know they'd pick it as one of their stories.

Sweet-n-sappy aside, PixelJunk Monsters is an awesome game. I recommend it for anybody who wants to try co-op gaming with a "non-gamer".

As we grow, we bid a fond farewell to the Rizon IRC network, with our most sincere gratitude... However, we've outgrown Rizon's 5-machine-per-IP-per-server limit, and every time we have events at ICHQ we get k-line bans... Therefore, our good friend Mondi has set us up with our own IRC server. Please update your clients to connect to irc.icrontic.com.

If you haven't ever visited us on #icrontic, you are missing out. So many fun things happen there, and if you feel like you're missing out on some inside jokes or some kind of hidden camaraderie, you probably are. It all happens in #icrontic.

Thanks Rizon! It was a fun run :)

That is all.

Request "Love Me Dead" on TRL. It helps our friends. Thanks!

A quick summary: teh Fatcat saved Ludo from bad beer by intercepting a Miller Genuine Draft and buying them Bell's Oberon instead.

We got a lot of swag and hung out with the guys for a while.

That's all for tonight. More tomorrow.

Translate the phrase "Livin' the Icrontic Life" into your native tongue, plz.

We'd like to have the phrase translated into the languages of the countries represented on our beloved Icrontic. We have a global community here, so let's hear the translations.

Keep in mind that a direct word-for-word translation is not exactly what we're looking for. We'd prefer the "smooth", cool version - thus the "livin'" (less formal rather than "LIVING THE ICRONTIC LIFESTYLE". Naw man, yer livin' tha life!

You feel me. Let's hear it.

Norwegian: Leve det Icrontiske livet Spanish: Viva la Vida Icrontica

moar plz!

Sitting in IRC on #icrontic the other night...

I saw Thrax mention that he was looking for a good wheat beer or a good pale ale (I don't remember now). I've kept telling him about this epic store called Wiater's that sells beer from ALL OVER THE WORLD that is only about 4 miles from ICHQ.

Finally last night I couldn't take it anymore. GODDAMNIT THRAX, JUST COME OVER, WE'RE GOING TO WIATER'S.

"FINE ALRIGHT FML" says Thrax, who gets in his car and heads our way.

Yup, he showed up and at 8:30 at night Keebler, Thrax, and I got into Keebs' car and jetted over to 8 Mile and Groesbeck to attend to duty.

Wiater's is EPIC. They have TONS of exotic beers. We walked out with cases of Sam Adams Hefeweizen, Sam Adams White Ale, Bell's Winter White, and Rising Moon Spring Ale. We also got some individual bottles - two Belgians (one a doppelbock and the other.. I forget. Some crazy monk shit. I'll post the names later) and Unibroue's Seigneuriale.

At any rate, Icrontic for the win. Good beer is always worth the trouble.