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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Cliffy B Explains Gears of War 2's Multiplayer [VIDEO]

Today you finally get to see the chainsaw battling, meat flag holding smorgasbord of gore in action as we go behind the scenes at Epic games with an exclusive interview with lead designer Cliff Bleszinski to discuss the evolution of the Gears multiplayer experience.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Xbox 360: Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player

Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen—you already have everything you need. Using the free Windows Media Center plug-in, vmcNetflix, you can turn your Xbox 360 into a Netflix Watch Instantly box.

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Microsoft To Let Other Companies Build, Release 360 Consoles

We'll tell you what's up with Microsoft: new hardware options. It may sound totally insane, but word has it that Microsoft may begin allowing third-party manufacturers to create Xbox 360 hardware. And we're not talking about peripherals, people; we mean hardware that runs 360 game discs created by someone other than Microsoft.

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Anti-Feministing: Debunking The Argument Against GTA IV

Is Grand Theft Auto IV an expression of hate towards women? Are those who enjoy it misogynists?Feminist interest blog Feministing certainly thinks so. Before we address an argument to her statement, it’s necessary first to pick out a few serious flaws in her opinion of the game.

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Xbox Live Bans A Guy For Using His Surname In Gamertag

Xbox LIVE has banned gamer Richard Gaywood for using the gamertag "RichardGaywood." According to LIVE, "...the gamertag RichardGaywood is no longer allowed. Please change your gamertag before playing on Xbox LIVE." Here's the kicker: Richard Gaywood is apparently his legal name!

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Rumors: Xbox 360 Spring Updates"Motion Sensor"& Game install

Perhaps the most interesting additions are "Calibration options for motion sensor devices" for the Dashboard and "Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading" for Games. If true, the former would lend further credibility to frequent rumors that Microsoft is planning to introduce a motion controller for Xbox

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Sunday, March 2, 2008

Broken Xbox 360s Made My Baby Cry

My kid was just as upset as I was when my 2nd 360 got the RRoD.

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Red ring of death returns at GDC 08

Microsoft wants consumers to believe that its problems with the Xbox 360 console in terms of hardware failure are over.But wandering through the Game Developers Conference halls and it's clear that the problem persists.On Microsoft's own stand at the show one of the demo consoles has a rather familiar problem - the red ring of death.

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The man responsible for xbox 360 failing (red ring of death)

It's more or less the common assumption that Microsoft skimped a bit on product testing before unleashing the Xbox 360 on the world. We never realized that Microsoft had skimped this much. It seems Microsoft could have done a little more research before appointing their QA lead.

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