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When I'm not working you can find me playing on my Xbox 360 or working on XBLAratings.com.
Gaming Valentine’s Day Cards
Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and I still have to go get something for my wife I was searching the web for ideas and came across these funny Left 4 Dead and StarCraft II Valentines. I’ve not decided if I can get away with one of these tomorrow or not, but some of you might [...]
Continue reading...Tom Clancy’s Endwar (Xbox 360) Review
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Tom Clancy’s EndWar is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game set about 10 years in the future. In EndWar you play as either the United States of America, the European Federation, or Russia in the battles that lead up to and include World War III. Unlike most RTS games in EndWar [...]
Continue reading...New Upcoming Release Info
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Last week Valve released news that some Left 4 Dead DLC is coming soon. Today they announced that the upcoming Survival Pack DLC will be free for the Xbox 360 and PC. Activision Blizzard also made some announcements today. Firs off they announced that Prototype will be this June. They followed this up with news that [...]
Continue reading...Free Xbox Live with GTA IV: The Lost and Damned
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Microsoft announced today that from February 17th – 22nd all Xbox Live Silver memebers will have Gold level access for playing Grand Theft Auto IV or The Lost and Damned multiplayer. Microsoft has opened up Xbox Live to Silver members before for a weekend, but never for just one specific game like this. We are excited [...]
Continue reading...Possible Gears of War 2 Rank Changes
Monday, February 9, 2009
Even though there has no official announcement about a third title update to Gears of War 2 it is all but expected after Rod Fergusson’s, Executive Producer of Gears of War 2, recent post about possible changes to how public matches are ranked in Gears of War 2. The current ranking system is based on [...]
Continue reading...Kindle 2 Rumors: Pictures, Date, & Price
Saturday, February 7, 2009
While I don’t personally read enough books to make it worth buying an e-book reader I can appreciate why people would want one. You can easily take a lot of books with you anywhere without all the weight, no need to go to the book store when you want something new to read, and a [...]
Continue reading...Left 4 Dead DLC Announced
Thursday, February 5, 2009
It has been known for a while that Left 4 Dead DLC was going to be coming at some point. Today Valve release some info on what we can expect. In addition to a couple new maps they are adding a new game mode called “Survival”. They have not released what Survivale mode will be [...]
Continue reading...Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox 360) Review
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Summary [6.5 out of 10] The Lord of the Rings Conquest is an action game created by Pandemic Studios. It is essentially Star Wars: Battlefront but set in the Lord of the Rings universe. You can play as either the side of good or evil. The good story line follows the plot of the movies, but [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Hero: World Tour Stand alone Instruments Priced
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
RedOctane announcd today that the stand alone drums and guitar for Guitar Hero: World Tour will be releasing this month. They have not specified an exact date yet but both are available on the RedOctain site for pre-order. The stand alone guitar will set you back $60 and the drums are $100. I’m actually a [...]
Continue reading...Gears of War PC Broken
Monday, February 2, 2009
Starting last Wednesday, January 28th, every legitimate install of Gears of War for the PC stopped working. When you try to start the game it gives and error that says “You cannot run the game with modified executable code…” and tells you that you should re-install. However, even after installing it again the game will [...]
Continue reading...First X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Being a long time fan of X-Men and Wolverine comics I was excited to read the Jaunary issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly’s interview with Dan Vondrak the Project Lead for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Vondrak admits what anyone who played the previous Wolverine games already knows, Wolverine is not nearly as cool in game as he [...]
Continue reading...Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360) Review
Friday, January 30, 2009
Summary [7 out of 10] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a third-person shooter. As the name suggests you play as a mercenary. At the start of the game one of your employers double-crosses you. The remainder of the game is spent working your way up the food chain until to can get your revenge. The [...]
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Friday, February 13, 2009
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