Sing for Simon in New X Factor Game
Now you can be berated in your own living room by someone you don't even know.
Do you hurl abuse at the contestants on talent-search show X Factor? Or tell your friends how you'd do better? Or belt out classics in the shower out of sheer frustration? Perhaps what you need is X Factor Sing.
Proof that music as art is dead? You decideAccording to publisher Black Bean, the game "gives players a chance to put their talents to the test before two of the show's infamous judges, Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh, for a fun and exciting experience which can be enjoyed solo or with family and friends".
The disc contains 20 popular songs that you sing along to using the included USB microphone, after which Cowell and Walsh will berate you - or cast "witty and amusing" comments, as the publisher puts it.
Whether or not the venom has been kept intact remains to be seen, but you'll find out when X Factor Sing hits PlayStation 2 on 21 October.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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