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(continued from previous page) ...be kind enough to give you a promotional code to retrieve them; either way, there should have been a different method taken regarding this side of the store.

My SingStar Online is the equivalent of a music-based MySpace. Through this new addition, you’ll be given the chance to setup a profile with your name, country, favorite artists, and your highest scores. As expected, you’ll also be able to add video and audio playback from your Media Gallery and even snapshots to your user page. Much like all other social networking sites, you’ll be given the chance to comment on other’s work and even send them friend requests from the in-game XMB option included (great idea). Much like the SingStore, MSO is easy to navigate and the developers have done a great job in supporting their online services with solid menu presentation.

Humorously, if you’ve ever wanted to watch a Storm Trooper get his groove on to some Toxic by Britney Spears, then this is undoubtedly the place to do it. Hundreds of people have already begun uploading videos of their greatest and weakest efforts for you to indulge yourself in, where you’ll be rendered either in awe or hysterics depending on the quality (and indeed, absurdity) of the performances, respectively.

Ultimately, the one aspect that baffled me about SingStar was the reasoning behind the decision not to include online multiplayer functionality. Sony has always boasted that SingStar was the ultimate multiplayer game, and with other music-based titles such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero offering up an online multiplayer experience, it seems odd that SingStar does not. Perhaps London Studios will take that into account when they release one of the many spinoff titles in the future.

Regardless of its downfalls, SingStar offers a completely revamped track list featuring a plethora of artists both old and new, which gives a variety of choices to both gamers young and old. Though the generational gap between those songs is vast, it won’t prevent the youth of today from enjoying the classics of yesteryear and vice versa.