October already, eh? How did you get on with those things you’d been planning to do over the month of September? 100% completion you say? Oh sure. Well, if you haven’t been keeping up with the Character Select Network sites, then (more) shame on you. However, we’re very proud to share with you some of our picks from last month. Check them out..

Colin Young writes about his new-found love for video game music in Video Game Soundtracks.

Recently, whilst working my way through Bastion, I found myself head bopping to the background music and not really paying that much attention to the game. Some of the music tracks through that game stand alone as great music, never mind helping to create any sort of tension or atmosphere.

Lauren Gavin sheepishly tells us about her gaming injuries (we’ve all had them; don’t deny it, now!) in No Pain, No Game.

My godson walked in front of my uncle while he was playing Wii bowling and was smacked in the head, my brother jumped and fell onto one of my mum’s lamps while playing Wii tennis and my cousin hit her friend while playing Kinect Adventures. We sometimes get so caught up in games it can lead to an injury. Accidents do happen. We can’t always blame games.

Keith Murray reviews Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team.

Considering there are only five areas to traverse, there’s a grand sense of scale going on in Kill Team. The Kroozer is packed with Orks that vary in size from swarms of minor grunts, to giant Alien-style monstrosities that strike fear into the unprepared. Character models show a rich level of detail when the camera zooms in, with visible emblems and demarcation on the Space Marine’s armour.

Jamie Davies reviews Mercury Hg.

There’s certainly a big enough challenge to the basic concepts behind the game to keep you occupied for a long time and, more importantly, it remains a massive amount of fun doing it. There are varying sub-challenges to each level including finishing with 100% of your Mercury blob intact, through to collecting all the spinning Atoms in a stage, or beating the par time for completion.

Max Drinan reviews Gears of War 3.

The mobility the game demands of you would have been an impossibility in the prior titles. Luckily, every annoyance that felt endemic of Gears has been quashed. The COG soldiers are significantly faster now, their animations have shed the awkwardness of the previous titles and the A button, which had always felt overworked, now never disobeys you.

Finally, Aston Taylor prepares us for the incoming deluge of games this month with October ’11: Epic Month For Gaming

Dragon Age 2: Mark Of The Assassin [PS3, Xbox, PC]: Now this isn’t a game but another expansion for the Dragon Age 2 saga. In this one, you embark on an adventure as Hawke is joined by a mysterious elf assassin, Tallis. Voiced by the famous ‘The Guild’ actress Felicia Day, this new party member comes complete with her own unique combat style and intriguing back story.

All of the above an more lives within the Character Select Network. What are you waiting for? Get your noses stuck in!