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Archive for the ‘Xbox Live’ Category

August 14th, 2008

Is Customer Service Dead for Xbox Live?

It’s been quite awhile since my issues with the red-ring-of-death (RROD) and working with Microsoft to get everything replaced. Then I had the problems with my Xbox Live service not working anymore.
With those problems there were a number of occasions where I had some telephone conversations and email exchanges with people either employed at […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

August 6th, 2008

XBOX LIVE Summer of Arcade

Microsoft XBOX Live announces the “Summer of Arcade” where you can play your heart out and try to win 100,000 Microsoft points to continue getting your Xbox Live game on.
Summer is in full swing, and Xbox LIVE® Arcade is celebrating with the hottest lineup of games ever, starting on Wednesday, July 30 with the […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

July 29th, 2008

Reconnecting with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007

My wife and kids are out of town this week and I’ve been working my butt off on a variety of projects for work, side-job projects, blogging and some house work. I decided to take a few minutes earlier this evening and played some Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007. I’m guessing I’d yet to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

July 14th, 2008

Xbox 360 and Netflix Means You May Never Leave Your House

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t use my Xbox 360 to the fullest extent possible with all the LIVE and media features. The challenge is that I barely take the time to even play games on my system. Why am I so busy?
The news today that LIVE subscribers will have access to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

July 7th, 2008

A Bit of a Halo Flashback

I had a bit of a Xbox flashback on Sunday night as I ended up meeting with a college friend and since both of us had our wives out of town we decided to take advantage of the moment and play a bit of Halo. Notice I didn’t say Halo 3. We were playing the […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 22nd, 2008

Xbox 360 Reaches 10 Million Units First, And Other Milestones

With all the news of just how popular the Nintendo Wii is and all the problems that have been experienced by Xbox 360 users like myself, you might wonder if the race to be the top console was going to be as close as the race of the Davids on American Idol.
You can now rest […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 6th, 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV - Did you buy it?

I’ve finally heard back from Microsoft and they let me know that they’ve been able to fix the “known issue” I was experiencing that was keeping me from connecting to the Xbox LIVE service with my Xbox 360.
The only thing I’ve really done online at this point is to play a few games of […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

April 25th, 2008

Xbox 360 - Xbox LIVE Connection Issues Follow-Up

I finally got a chance to call Microsoft (1-800-4MY-XBOX) about my issues with connecting to XBOX LIVE.
After a number of minutes on the phone with one customer service rep (Thanks Frank!) I was escalated up to another tech that informed me that this was a known issue and I should be hearing back from […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

April 16th, 2008

Xbox Live Connection Issues

With my recent AT&T U-verse install, I decided to install the wireless router in my living room right next to the TV. Part of the reason for this was so I could run a wired ethernet connection to my Xbox 360 again and get back online and use the Xbox Live membership I’ve paid […]

By Jason Bean -- 14 comments

January 8th, 2008

Is Xbox 360 "Wireless Ready"

I was just on the Xbox.com website looking for details about the Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit and I saw the advertisement above.
Did you know the Xbox 360 is wireless ready? It all depends on what you consider wireless ready. When you see the word “wireless” nowadays do you think of wi-fi Internet access? […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments