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winter StarSUnleash your inner eddie ‘the eagle’ edwards this Christmas with this motion controlled winter sports compendium. with single or multi- player modes across a variety of unusual snow and ice action including paraskiing, curling, bob- sled, skiing, biathlon, snowboard cross, ski flying,and short-track, plus snowmobile levels for the petrol-heads. the graphics look cool and the career mode combines character development and upgradeable kit with arcade-style training sessions for a bit of fun between the main events. now all we need is some snow days to skip work and play it!Phil dudman

SoUL CaLibUr Vtraditionally, all Soul Calibur titles have guest fighters, and this time you can take control of assassins Creed’s ezio auditore in this action- packed fighter set 15 years on from the last version. maintaining the ideal blend of accessibility and combo control depth for hard- core tournament fans, you control the twisted array of characters in destructible, shrinking and imaginatively rendered environments where weapons and positioning are pivotal. You can even create your own characters with a ton of tools, weapons and looks – and see them get totally owned online! Pd

wwe 12the big one returns with the wrestling world’s favourite stars, John Cena, randy orton and (with a lack of shit mummy sequels to film) the rock. multiple game- play features offer you the chance to play hero, villain or somewhere in between with fully customisable characters and the ability to create your own arena with bespoke décor and advertising. Chair fights, cages, ladder matches and rumbles ensue with up to four offline players and the new Predator technology adding new fluidity to movement and combos. the fact that Cena’s special move is the ‘five knuckle shuffle’ is a bonus. Pd

SkULL girLSone of the most original fighters we’ve ever seen, Skull Girls (downloadable on PSn or xbox Live) is a real riot, created by lovers of the genre specifically to iron out infinite combo loopholes and make the fight fair again. well, almost. when you’re controlling up to three tag-teaming female characters (hand drawn by the artist who worked on Scott Pilgrim) who have henchmen, hats made of fists, or can drop fridges, elephants or pianos on your opponents’ heads, it might seem otherwise. nevertheless, brilliantly tongue in cheek with ace pop culture references to boot, this is a real must have. Pd

Coke-a-cabana n. a hired bed or quiet ViP area at a beach club or pool party where it’s not so much ‘music and passion’ that’s always in fashion, as class a narcotics being sniffed by floppy haired, yacht-owning cuntsVodka lemonaid & lie n. a spiked drinka bladder like tenaglia expr. to have

the ability to not pee for 12 hours – handy for marathon DJ sets from the likes of new York DJ legend Danny tenaglia. “george best would sink 12 pints in one sitting in his heyday. He had a liver like a raisin, but a bladder like tenaglia.” excerpt from Bestie: The George Best Biography

the choke room n. a club cloakroom that’s being used as an ersatz smoking areaSnidey-J n. a CD deck that looks like a Pioneer but is in fact a cheaper model. “i turned up and the set-up was a pair of Snidey-Js. it would’ve been easier playing off my old nokia”

dancefloor dict ionary

these days, getting there early is the new staying up late, argues Seb wheeler

Party startern i’m guilty of breaking one of the only taboos in club culture: turning up at a venue before midnight. it’s that eternally uncool act of arriving during the warm-up Dj’s set, when the place has the atmosphere of a morgue rather than a temple of orgasmic aural delight and sheer hedonism. While everyone else is necking pre-club pints down the pub or making last minute outfit adjustments in the mirror, yours truly is having it large while the bar staff point and laugh at the loon who’s rolled in unfashionably early.

the way i see it, what could be better than having the whole club to yourself at the start of the night? you can choose a prime spot in front of the soundsystem, have space to move around and dance before the place hits cattle-shed capacity and enjoy easy access to the bar without having to queue for an eternity behind the girl who’s put in a round for herself and 14 other mates. it’s pure bliss, and you don’t have to deal with any

dickheads, either. i’ll admit that the vibe might be a little soulless, but all the thrills and spills of a good night will start bouncing around beneath the strobes later on. give it time, relax, soak up the tunes and bask in the blissful knowledge that your nine-to-five job is nothing but a distant memory.

look at it through the crazed eyes of the humble, nerve-wracked promoter. i’ve organised line-ups big enough to go down in dance music history, each Dj hand-picked to bring the crowd to a euphoric frenzy, but still no-one’s bothered to turn up before 11.59pm. it’s enough to drive an ordinary human mad, let alone one who’s invested piles of cash that they don’t really have into a club night that lasts a mere eight hours or less.

So bear this in mind next weekend, make an effort to rock up on time and show some love. We all know that the true dancefloor warriors are first in and last out.

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