Mike Jackson

A great many things are waste of money, yet they're available for money to change hands.

I purchased the Castle Crashers premium theme because 1) I love the game, 2) I want to give more money to the developers, and 3) I was able to see a preview somewhere and loved how it looked. There's no branding - just bitchin' artwork.

I had some issues with Head of State too. My biggest problem was that when the slavers told me I could meet them to kill the ex-slaves, I couldn't find them outside the camp. They're a bit away from the camp, far enough away that they don't show up on your compass when you fast-travel. I wound up wiping out the slaves, wandering for a while, coming back, and finally finding them when I tried to hoof it to a nearby location.

According to rockthisway.de, here's an exhaustive list of bands that have opened for Aerosmith. I'm sure it gives some clues to the other bands we'll see (of course, it also reads like a who's who of rock from the '70s to '90s):

3 Colours Red
38 Special
AC/DC
Afghan Whigs
Andrew W.K.
Anvil
Armored Saint
Autograph
B'z
Balaam and the Angel
Black Crowes
Black N'Blue
Black Oak Arkansas
Blackfoot
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Seger
Brother Cane
Brother Kane
Brownsville Station
Bryan Adams
BuckCherry
Candlebox
Cheap Trick
Collective Soul
Colour Me Red
Cry Of Love
David Johansen
Days of the New
Deep Purple
Dio
Dirty Angels
Dokken
Dokken
Elephant's Memory
Exile
Extreme
Focus
Foghat
4 Non Blondes
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
Fuel
Gilby Clarke
Golden Earring
Guano Apes
Guns N' Roses
Helix
Honeymoon suite
Jackyl
Jeff Beck
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joe Perry Project
Johnny Lang
Keel
Kenny Wayne Sheppard
Kid Rock
King's X
Kix
Krokus
Kula Shaker
La Cuca
Lenny Kravitz
Lipstick
Little Angels
Los Caballeros de la quema
Mahogany Rush
Marry Me Jane
Matthew Good Band
Megadeth
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Ministry
Monster Magnet
Mother's Finest
Mr Big
Must
Nazareth
Orion the Hunter
Pat Travers
Phoenix
Poison
Poison Dollies
Pride and Glory
Ray Corvair Trio
REO Speedwagon
Rick Derringer
Robert Plant
Rose Tattoo
Run DMC
Rush
Scorpions
Seven Mary Three
Shed Seven
Skid Row
Skunk Anansie
Slade
Spacehog
Spirit
St. Paradise
Starz
Status Quo
Stereophonics
Steve Vai
Stone Temple Pilots
Styx
Talk Show
Teaze
Ted Nugent
The Cult
The Divinyls
the Doobie Brothers
The Guy Williams Band
The Quireboys
The Streets
The Upper Crust
Therapy?
Thunder
Too Many Cooks
Trooper
Van Halen
Wet Willie
White Lion
Y&T
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zakk Wylde
Zebra

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It's already been announced in the trades that Burton's next project would be a biopic of Robert Ripley, starring Jim Carrey. Sweeney Todd has long be a fan's dream project for Burton, and I have a feeling that this is nothing more.