The Xbox 360… It calls to me
I often get labeled as a fanboy for my seemingly blind devotion to one platform or another. And to a certain extent it’s true. I love my Macs, for example, and pretty much any piece of tech with an Apple logo on it will eventually find its way into my house. I’ve also been rather [...]
Overachieving: Is there such a thing?
Microsoft’s latest game console, the Xbox 360, has been out for more than two years now. Most of us here own this super system and have grown familiar with its ups and downs. But there is something MS has pulled off quite nicely and that is to implant obsession amongst its faithful followers. That obsession [...]
Just a customer…
Since January 2008 “child accounts” on XBL have been unable to download “M” or “Pending/Unrated” content because of a little rule the ESRB set up. This is not a law enforced in any U.S. state or country internationally. Microsoft has decided to follow this rule and update the marketplace to restrict child accounts from downloading [...]
Hardcore apocalypse? Miyamoto says chill out!
There are two schools of thought to the impending release of Nintendo’s Wii Fit in the Western world. The official company line is that more is better. More people involved in gaming as a hobby is good for all gamers. The hardcore crowd, though, sees the expansion spurred by the massively successful Wii as a [...]
