Hardly the most riveting of news, but these fantastic Alien Hominid toys are heading my way from America. They're made by the game's developers, The Behemoth, and they're available from their online shop here.

They've also got a new game coming out this August - Castle Crashers is a four player beat-em-up with the same anarchic art style as Alien Hominid. It'll be available to download from XBLA from the 27th, and I can't wait.

In the meantime, you can visit the Castle Crashers webpage, and here's a bit of in-game violence:

Crikey, has it really been over eight weeks since my last post? Regrettably, it's true - but I have an excuse. I've been abroad, called away unexpectedly to Myanmar where I had to rescue a group of christian missionaries from a prison camp... Oh, hang on - that was the plot of Rambo, which I saw last week.

So what have I really been doing? Writing a lot, elsewhere of course; my usual video game musings for Den of Geek, as well as various reviews and a very long article on independent game developers for Micro Mart magazine.

In other news, I've managed to sneak a fabulous Xbox 360 into the house, along with copies of Halo 3, GTAIV and Forza II, which are all marvelous. Oh, and a copy of Viva Pinata as well, which my better half thinks is great (I like the paper critters, but can't see the appeal - looks like a lot of hard work to me). You can read more on the subject here, if you're interested.

Now, I must away - a group of freedom fighters need some help over in Afghanistan...