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March 29th, 2007

Gears of War Global Tournament

Gears of War is a game I’ve drooled about while looking at the back of the case in my local Best Buy. The graphics and game play seem intense. For some reason, my brother-in-law let me know that he purchased the game, but has yet to schedule a time to come over and play it […]

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March 16th, 2007

New Xbox Game - Bullet Witch

She’s not quite Lara Croft, but pleasant to look at.

Is carrying some serious fire power 

Which is going to be needed for ugly guys like that! 

And BIG guys like that!
Get more information on the Bullet Witch website from Atari
 
 
Tags: bad-guys, Bullet-Witch, fire-power, games, Xbox-360

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February 28th, 2007

More Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Choices Available

For those of you like me that guy your Xbox 360 a little late, you can appreciate taking advantage of all those people that got them early and bought a ton of games. Enough games to turn many of the titles into Xbox 360 Platinum hits. Microsoft has just announced some new members to the […]

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February 22nd, 2007

Microsoft Releases Wireless Receiver for Xbox Devices on a PC

Wish you could take your Xbox 360 devices and use them for your PC games? Now you can as Microsoft readies the release of a wireless receiver unit that allows:

Will work with future Xbox 360 Wireless Accessories.
Provides up to a 30-foot range for complete wireless freedom.
Use up to four Wireless Controllers and four Wireless Headsets […]

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February 22nd, 2007

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game for the 360

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games are probably my sons favorite group of games on the original Xbox. Aside from his new love for basketball and football games, these used to be the games he would always ask to play with me together.
It’s that reason that frustrates me a little bit about the new version […]

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February 21st, 2007

Xbox 360 Driving Games

I recently downloaded the demo for Project Gotham Racing 3 from Xbox Live for the 360. I was very impressed and will probably end up getting it at some point in the future. I also recently received an e-mail letting me know about the new Forza Motorsport 2 game.
I’m curious though, from actual reader reviews […]

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February 8th, 2007

Microsoft’s Opportunity for Unique Video Service

With all these Xbox’s that are now available and a large majority of them connected to the Xbox Live service, why hasn’t Microsoft capitalized on an area that people would love to brag about with their game play?
Most of the games have the opportunities to save your favorite shots, plays, or game sequences for your […]

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February 8th, 2007

More Xbox 360 Fun

My son and I have been enjoying more of the features and entertainment that are available with the Xbox 360 Live system. He particularly likes the variety of free little retro-games that are available to play. We’ve ended up downloading and purchasing the full versions of Uno and Contra so far.
My problem with all the […]

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January 16th, 2007

Xbox 360 Runs Circles Around Console Competitors

After all the numbers are in it looks like Microsoft came home with the console sales prize for this past holiday season.
Official stats being published by The NPD group show that Microsoft sold 1.1 million of its boxes last month, followed by Nintendo with 604,000 Wiis, and PS3 bringing up the rear with 491,000 consoles […]

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January 14th, 2007

Engadget Gets More Details on IPTV on Xbox 360

Engadget has recently posted some details they have about Microsoft releasing a new version of the Xbox 360 with new hardware and features, including IPTV. Hopefully the following isn’t true:
It still seems a bit unreasonable for Microsoft, which has been bragging about its 10 million strong installed base, to leave those early adopters out in […]

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