DISQUS

I too started my gaming with the Vic-20 and C-64. Oh yes, those wonderful years of "press play on tape" eh. I liked Karateka but actually preferred Way of the Exploding Fist or International Karate. I was a big fan of anything written by Jeff Minter, Andrew Braybrook, or Tony Crowther and religously bought Zzap 64.

I became somewhat apathetic towards gaming sometime after that and I got my gaming-fu back when I played Super Mario Kart on my mate's SNES. I was back. Since then I've owned a N64, PS1, PS2, and a Gamecube. My PS2 is used rather heavily. My Gamecube got a recent workout with Resident Evil 4 (best game ever?) but sits idle most of the time.

I've been somewhat underwhelmed with the reviews of the "next-gen" games for the 360 so I'm waiting to see what the Wii and PS3 have to offer before deciding on my next console of choice.

The last time I saw the Sisters play live was, blimey, back in 1993 when they opened for Depeche Mode at Crystal Palace. They were bloody good as I recall. Plenty of dry ice or course but not overkill. Andrew's vocals were spot on and you could actually hear what he was singing.

The acustics in a venue can certainly make or break a concert and having gone to a few gigs where I've paid good money only to witness a big pile-o-shite you have my sympathy. I'm looking at you Frontline Assembly at the Camden Underworld and you Nitzer Ebb in some other London venue that I can't remember now.