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Warhammer 40,000:Space MarineXbox/PS3 £49.99, PC £39.99

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Dead IslandPS3/Xbox £49.99, PC £39.99

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THESE ladies are lookingfor more than a cheekynibble on the earlobe.If blood-thirsty bikini babesare your idea of a great Fridaynight in, look no further.Waking up after a heavy ses-sion on the lash, you play asone of a group of foursurvivors of a zombie apoca-lypse. With the undead look-ing to have a taste of yourflesh, hand-to-hand combat isyour primary means of seeingoff the hordes and you’ll haveto use axes and shanks tosurvive the outbreak, whilelevelling up toearn new abili-ties.If melee isn’tyour thing, youcan choose char-acters based ontheir unique skillsets, includingproficiency inguns and knives.Just like GrandTheft Auto, DeadIsland allows youto pick andchoose missionsor head off aloneon a massacre.Exploring the

island is a real gem, espe-cially when you walk in on aroom converted into a sexyamateur film studio. Oo-er.You’ll want to get a groupof mates together to make themost of Dead Island, as playingwith friends ramps up the fun.When you’re not hacking offundead human parts, most ofyour time is spent ferryinggoods between survivor groups— and that’s the biggest prob-lem Dead Island faces.The repetitive nature of thefetch quests will turn some

off, while laterareas of theisland — townand jungle —aren’t a patch onthe opening resort.It’s Borderlandsand Left 4 Deadrolled into onebut isn’t as goodas either of them.The awesomeconcept and greatatmosphere makeit one of the bet-ter ideas for azombie game, butDead Island maybe a chore. LW

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NEWMUSIC

!ELECTRIC FROG @ SWG3, Glasgow,tomorrow and Sunday: The biggest and

boldest line-up Glasgow’s seen this year, as UShouse and techno innovators rub shoulders withsome of the coolest bands on the planet.Tomorrow, on the outdoor stage, Slam and

Len Faki warm up for Detroit techno icons DerrickMay and Jeff Mills, while indoors Andrew Pirieand Bob Jeffries pave the way for New York’sLevon Vincent and Joe Claussell before FrankieKnuckles, right – whose residency at Chicago’sWarehouse club in the early 80s gave ‘house’music its name – takes to the decks.

On Sunday, The Fall and WildBeasts set the scene for the mightyMogwai outdoors, while MountKimbie, Jimmy Edgar, The Fieldand The Orb pursue a moreelectronic path inside.Get the full rundown and bag

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$AFRICA HITECH @ TheArches, Glasgow, tonight: Live

show from one of the hottest duos around, AfricaHitech – aka Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek.Mark’s CV is impeccable – he’s produced two

decades’ worth of amazing techno, house, ambi-ent music under guises including Global Commu-nication, Reload, Jedi Knights and Harmonic 313– and Steve has collaborated with hip hop iconsincluding Mos Def and J Dilla for his Spacekproject, so when they join forces it’s serious stuff.Their 93 Million Miles album joins the dots

between grime, dancehall, hip hop and dubstepand the live set is sure to shake the foundations.

%EDIT @ Green Room/Below Stairs,Edinburgh, tomorrow: It’s an east v west

clash of disco and house grooves, withGlasgow’s Geoff Montford and Al Kent goinghead to head with John Tokyoblu, Future B andBarry Fell in the capital.

&ON THE HOUSE @ O’Couture, Glasgow,tonight: Dutch house man-of-the-moment

Nicky Romero hits Scotland fresh from rocking

David Guetta’s F*** Me I’m Famous party inIbiza. Derek McNee, Tony Moran, Neil Hood andthe House Bandits warm up.

(TELEFUNKEN @ Cabaret Voltaire,Edinburgh, tonight: Scottish scene veteran

DJ Q joins residents Alan Gray and Nick Wilsonfor a party devoted to the finest undergroundhouse sounds.Q Email listings to tom.churchill@the-sun.co.uk

WARHAMMER, for the unac-quainted, is the geeky fadwherein you collect models ofmake-believe space warriorsand, er, paint them.The collectors would then

take their “armies” to a GamesWorkshop store and battle itout . . . by throwing a dice.Somehow, Warhammer has

spawned all kinds of break-outs, including a successful

video game series.Described as intense action

RPG, it is the bringing to life ofGames Workshop.But, slight mockery aside,

this is actually a decent game.As with its predecessor, Kill

Team, there are lots of posi-tives. Gameplay is very good,the plot enjoyable and theaction is, as promised, intense.You control one of the War-

hammer forces – the onlyremaining good guys in the dis-tant future — to save humanityfrom violent extinction. And therest is history in the making.A guilty secret of geeky fun.

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CHURCHILL

THE STAGGER RATSWHO: Daniel Paylor (vocals/guitar), CallumEaster (vocals organ), Craig Mcmullen(guitar), Kai Wallace (drums), Jack Sandi-son (bass/vocals)WHERE: EdinburghFOR FANS OF: The Libertines, ArcticMonkeys, The WaterboysJIM SAYS: My first introduction to TheStagger Rats was when their single, SeeThrough Spiders, featured in the DannyDyer movie Pimp. Mark Kermode describedthe film as “leery, laddy, dreary nonsense”.My thoughts on the single were little better.Oh how I’d like to backtrack now, though I

still maintain it is one of the band’s weakertracks.It’s certainly been some ride for the boys

so far, from being set up in rundown Glas-gow digs before a management deal wentsour to finding themselves recording theirdebut album, Scorpio Leisure, with legend-ary Britpop producer Owen Morris.Responsible for key releases from heavy-

hitters Oasis and The Verve, as well as TheView, Owen told me The Stagger Rats arethe best band he’s worked with!Attitude, coupled with some great songs

and the contrasting vocal styles of Danieland Callum make The Stagger Rats seriouscontenders. Watch them go!MORE: facebook.com/thestaggerratsQ Jim’ll be playing The Stagger Rats onIn:Demand Uncut — Sunday 7-10pm onClyde 1, Forth One, Northsound 1, RadioBorders, Tay FM, West FM & West SoundFM. See jimgellatly.com

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game, guide and T-shirt.Usual rules apply.

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