Before I get into the meat of the review, let me say a bit about the slant of this game review. It isn’t just an overview of the game as I see it, but as I see it as a father, an old guy, and someone who is relatively morally sensitive. I’ll explain as I […]
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Microsoft has launched a new program that makes their achievement points mean more than just bragging rights. You can now actually get stuff for the points you accumulate over time.
From what I gathered from the site (www.xbox.com/rewards,) there will be multiple challenges sponsored by advertisers. Each challenge is something you have to sign up for […]
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For those unfamiliar with the concept of achievement points; these are extra in-game rewards that you can unlock by performing a specific task or series of tasks while playing. Each task is work a specific number of points which contribute to a player’s gamerscore.
Since the launch of the 360, many players have been growing their […]
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I thought it was impressive when Crackdown’s developers dropped the patch update before the game shipped. You’ll never guess what else they snuck in before the official launch date. Apparently, these guys don’t play around.
I thought it was odd that the game was telling me that I had downloadable content available when I launched […]
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The game was released yesterday, and I picked it up on the way home from work. This isn’t a full-fledged review, but a sort of ‘first impressions’ of the game.
Yes, I got the game for the Halo 3 beta. Yes, I traded in Gears of War for it, and would do it again for the […]
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Capcom has announced that they are going to soon launch a pair of new multiplayer maps for the Xbox 360 game Lost Planet. The game is relatively new, and these maps are going to be relatively inexpensive as map packs go. It was announced the price would be 400 MS points ($5) and would be […]
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Bungie announced more information about the Halo 3 beta today. It seems that if you haven’t been contacted by now, it is too late to get involved…unless you buy Crackdown.
The one bit of information that they added was that the Crackdown beta testing wasn’t ready yet, and it would be sometimes this […]
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This November, if there are still people not playing Halo 3 (if it comes out when expected) there is going to be a new player in the market for the Geek dollar. That’s right, Lucas Arts announced that they are currently developing Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
There is a […]
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You can pick up a used copy of LotR: BfME II for the Xbox 360 at your local GameStop for only $24.99. Is the game worth that price, or should you still pass on it?
Let me begin by saying: I am a Tolkien fanboy. I’ve read the books more times than I care to admit […]
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When you run your copy of Crackdown in your 360 for the first time, you will be prompted to download a patch. That’s right, even before the game is released (due Feb 20th) there is already a patch developed, QA’d and released to the market. Reports say that the fix is to limit ‘choppiness’ in […]
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