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Reset Generation's soundtrack, a pair of PSP demos and something a bit risky for the DS

Friday Freebie

Regular readers will probably have noticed that this week has had a theme, and that theme has been Reset Generation on the N-Gage.

We really have gone a bit cuckoo for it, so much so that it's no longer enough to play the game in every spare minute that we have (which, if you have Internet Explorer 6 or later, you can do in full on our site by heading here), we also have to listen to the soundtrack on repeat in the office while we slave away at our keyboards.

But hark, what's that you say? You didn't realize you could get the soundtrack separately from the game? You didn't know that it was scored by the fantastic LA outfit 8 Bit Weapon? You want to know where it can be found?

Ahh, children of the freebie, you have much to learn, but that's what we are here for. Just head over to this page on IGN to claim your free download of all 25 tracks. There are some real belters in there, many of them with cheeky titles. Nin10do Raver and Aphex Tweek are our personal favourites but be sure to let us know which tracks you lot like the most in the comments.

The PSP is getting two demos today and, shock horror, both are in English and both are rather good. The first is for the excellent echochrome micro, but to be honest if you have already played the demo we have in our Demos section, and thus know how good it is but are still too tight to part with £5 for the excellent PSP Store variant of the game, then a second demo is more than you deserve. (Too harsh?).

This next demo is something our American cousins have been enjoying for a while, but for Secret Agent Clank, it's better late than never as far as we are concerned here in Europe.

As for the DS, well, before we go any further we need to make clear a very thorough disclaimer. The fact that this is a homebrew title is naughty enough and you know our feelings on that issue (i.e. what you do with your DS is up to you but remember those who indulge in homebrew will burn in fiery torment for eternity in the afterlife).

But as far as this title goes, we have to go one step further and state for the record that: *takes huge breath* though we regard games as a sophisticated medium capable of disseminating complex ideologies and articulate political dissent, some people may find the following game's content in bad taste and the views and opinions expressed in the title do not necessarily represent those held by Pocket Gamer.

Excited?

The nefarious title in question is called Olympic Battlefields - can you see where this is going? Rather than being about a tense battle of physical will and endurance, Olympic Battlefields doesn't feature any traditional Olympic events. In the game, you can pick from one of four countries to represent their political agendas.

So, if you choose the Tibetans, you'll spend your time in the game dragging Chinese people out of your country before they get the army in to sort it out.

If you play as China, you have to control the revolting Tibetans by turning them into farmers before they instigate a suicide bomb attack.

No, we're not kidding.

And it doesn't stop there. You can choose to play as either the Israelis or Palestinians too, which features similarly controversial gameplay for each respective side.

So it's clearly not for everyone, but it is free. Consider yourself well and truly warned.

That's it for now freebie hunters, as always our Freebie Archive is always worth a look for newbies and old hands alike and don't forget to click 'Track It!' to be sure not to miss next week's serving.