Quick review: X-Factor pack

I was showing a couple of Dutch friends around London recently and came across a cheap box set that my favourite music store Fopp were selling. It's an X-Factor branded Karaoke set (despite the Lucky Voice logos everywhere, only this is designed to be used with a laptop and internet connection. For a fiver, I thought it would be worth messing with, if only for a few cables and a microphone.

Going gold for Team GB

Proud to be British at the moment, given the amazing results with Team GB in some of the Olympic events this year and I have been enjoying them from the comfort of my own flat in the company of friends. Should I also mention that my flat looks over the Olympic Park? Amazing fun to be had in London at the moment!

Foregon Destruction, Forgotten Worlds - Unreal Tournament

Some fine atmospheric jungle drum and bass in mod tracker form, no less, from the fine folks who lovingly crafted the Unreal Tournament soundtrack. This particular track adorned the legendary FaceII CTF map, where battles were won and lost with snipers on both sides picking off the other players trying to capture. Add a redeemer, shield belt, environmental deaths and other goodies into the mix and you had a brilliant PC based FPS experience for the end of the 1990s.