I loved Dance Central and can’t wait to shake my groove thang to DC2′s entire list of songs. Better yet, Sick and I are going to be able to dance together this time, rather than battling each other…. Now, I’ve had a taste of this game already at PAX (you can see that here), but it was like getting a whiff of a delectable entree going to the table next to the door and you haven’t even been seated yet…

Without further Ado, I give you the Epic Track list for Dance Central 2:

Level 1

• Sandstorm – Darude
• Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea Din Tea) – O-Zone
• Reach – Atlantic Connection And Armanni Reign
• Real Love – Mary J. Blige

Level 2

• Venus – Bananarama
• Bulletproof – La Roux
• Turn Me On – Kevin Lyttle
• Last Night – P. Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole
• The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
• Impacto (Remix) – Daddy Yankee feat. Fergie
• This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
• The Breaks – Kurtis Blow

Level 3

• Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
• Body to Body – Electric Valentine
• Fire Burning – Sean Kingston
• You’re A Jerk – New Boyz
• Oops (Oh My) – Tweet feat. Missy Elliot
• Right Thurr – Chingy
• Rude Boy – Rihanna
• Nothin’ On You – B.O.B feat. Bruno Mars
• Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
• I Like It – Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull

Level 4

• Massive Attack – Nikki Minaj feat. Sean Garrett
• My Prerogative – Bobby Brown
• Grenade – Bruno Mars
• I Wish For You – Exile
• Meddle – Little Boots
• Goodies – Ciara

Level 5

• Born This Way – Lady Gaga
• Whip My Hair – Willow Smith
• Conceited (There’s Something About Remy) – Remy Ma
• What Is Love? – Haddaway
• Like A G6 – Far East Movement
• Yeah! – Usher feat. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris
• Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
• DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love – Usher feat. Pitbull

Level 6

• Run (Natural Disaster) – Gnarls Barkley
• Baby Got Back (Mix Mix) – Sir Mix-A-Lot
• Technologic – Daft Punk
• Somebody To Love – Justin Bieber

Level 7

• Satellite – Lena
• Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliot
• Toxic – As made famous by Britney Spears
• Sexy Chick – David Guetta feat. Akon

Now, I was quite pumped for the first set list, but this one BLOWS that crap AWAY!
I hope you guys got your dance shoes on, cuz someone’s about to get SERVED!

“Xbox LIVE members can start warming up with a downloadable demo of “Dance Central 2,” available now for free on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Try out simultaneous multiplayer, Dance Battle featuring the Free 4 All minigame, voice commands, a revamped Break It Down mode and more with “Club Can’t Handle Me” by Flo Rida ft. David Guetta and “Bulletproof” by La Roux.“-True Achievements

Sources:

• Here Be Geeks
• TrueAchievements

Viacom, parent company owning MTV, BET, and Paramount Pictures, payed $175 Million for Harmonix Music Systems back in 2006. As of December 23, they sold HMS for $50… YES, Fifty Dollars! There is a catch though…

Purchaser must take on all liabilities. A private holding company, Harmonix-SBE Holdings, L.L.C. (An Affiliate of Columbus Nova, a multi-strategy Investment Firm) acquires all responsibilities/liabilities including “music rights fees … responsibility for lots of unsold games and equipment sitting on warehouse shelves.” The total price is undisclosed, but Viacom tends to gain more from the sale due to Tax incentives and said liability relief.

The Los Angeles Times notes that the inexpensive deal had major tax ramifications, as Viacom “received a 2010 tax benefit of about $50 million based on losses in its investment”

Harmonix is going back to independence, John Drake mentions here- “We’re excited to be returning to our roots as an independent and privately owned studio.” This could mean many things. We will just have to keep an eye out for more info.

Sources-

• Viacom
• GameSpot
• Rock Band Forums
• LA Times
• XConomy
• GamaSutra

The last 3 years PsychoVandal and I have been spending Thanksgiving at our friend Crystal (Matron of Honor) and Mike’s (Groomsman) house. This year was no different and as always dinner was delicious. We were excited about bringing the Kinect and Dance Central to the party with us. Although everyone was shy to give it a shot by the end of the night they were hooked. Crystal’s living room is bigger than ours so we were finally able to play some Dance Battles.

Our friend Dani was so excited about the game that we came back the next day for some more dancing fun. We used Crystal’s flipcam to get some footage of Dani dancing to “Satisfaction” on Hard.

When I brought the flipcam home to transfer the files to my computer I came across two videos from our Bachelor/Bachlorette Party. The first video was of us having dinner at Kobe Japanese Steakhouse and the second vid was of us on stage getting spanked by a stripper. Ah…good times. Nostalgia aside, we were pretty depressed at how much weight we’ve gained since the wedding. That being said I came up with the Dance Central Monthly Weight Loss Challenge.

There aren’t any real rules though each of us are committing to play Dance Central for at least :30 minutes a day. Sounds simple enough right? We don’t expect our dietary habits to change much but even the mildest of changes (ie drinking more water, smaller more frequent meals, less fast food) will be in our best interest.

I designed a chart for our family to track their progress and am making it available for download in case anyone else would like to do their own challenge. The first column is for entering the names of participants. There are 5 available name slots for each week. The second column is for recording your start weight for that week. The third column is for tracking your playing duration (if you can go more than :30 minutes, do it! But be sure to take frequent breaks. We don’t want anyone hurting themselves). The fourth Column is for calories burned and then alternates between duration and calories for the rest of the week.

If you decide to start your own challenge at home, please let us know. We’d love to hear about it and will happily share your progress on the blog. Feel free to email us at LastResort@AMatchMadeInHalo.com.

Ok… so I’m embarrassed to admit I received this email back in February. Sorry it’s taken me so long to post it. Anyway, enough about my failtacular memory. Clicking the link will bring you to a page with an audio player and lyrics. Enjoy!

Good Morning,

My friend and I recently wrote a tune called “Cupidz Bow” about what we thought was an imaginary story about a couple falling in love after meeting in Halo. While researching the song, we discovered your web site and thought that you might enjoy the song It is available to listen to at http://godzpoodlz.bandcamp.com/track/cupidz-bow

Best wishes!

-Rhod Durre & Russ Rogers (aka Godz Poodlz)