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Tag Archive | "Xbox 360"
How to Fix the Xbox 360 “MTU Too Low” Problem with the Qwest Actiontec Q1000 DSL Modem
NOTE: If you are coming to this article after Googling the subject in frustration, here’s the quick-fix for you: Upgrade the modem’s firmware to QAQ01-31.00L.33 or later and you should be fine. Qwest has been rolling their new high-speed fiber-optic DSL service out throughout Denver and Arizona for the last year or so (it’s not fiber-to-the-house, [...]
Continue reading...Shadow Complex (Xbox 360) Review
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Summary [9.5 out of 10] Set in the world of Empire by Orson Scott Card, Shadow Complex is a 2D side-scrolling adventure game in the vein of Metroid. You play Jason, a fish out of water who finds himself embroiled in high tech action and espionage when a hiking trip turns into a rescue mission which [...]
Continue reading...Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360) Review
Friday, September 11, 2009
Summary [10 out of 10] When Joker turns a prison transfer into Arkham Asylum into a full fledged take over of the island it is up to Batman to round up the inmates and stop whatever Joker has planned in the first game to ever fully and accurately capture the Batman experience. Finally, Batman’s entire skill [...]
Continue reading...Xbox 360 Broken, but Original Nintendo Still Working
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Marc Chung just sent this one in, got a kick out of it:
Continue reading...Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Xbox 360) Review
Monday, July 27, 2009
Summary [8.5/10 (for fans) 6.5/10 (for anyone else)] Set in 1991 the Ghostbusters game effectively serves as a de facto third movie This is a cannon installment in the series which will apparently be relevant to the actual third movie. Written by Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis, the game finds the Ghostbusters thriving and happy working [...]
Continue reading...Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Xbox 360) Review
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Summary [7 out of 10] Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the latest Spider-Man game to hit gaming consoles. Like previous Spider-Man games it is an Action/Beat-em-Up game where you play as Spider-Man in New York City. Web of Shadows focuses on how Spider-Man chooses between his classic red and blue suit and his black Symbiote suit. [...]
Continue reading...Lost Planet 2 Announcement Trailer
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Lost Planet 2 was announced yesterday on Xbox Live Marketplace. I don’t want to spoil all the details for eveyone so I’ll just let you watch the video for yourself.
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...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...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 [...]
Continue reading...Mirror’s Edge (Xbox 360) Review
Monday, January 19, 2009
Summary [7.5 out of 10] Mirror’s Edge is listed on EA’s site as a First Person Action-Adventure game, but really it is a First Person Platformer. Set in the future you play as a “runner” named Faith. Runners live just outside the law by delivering packages for their employers without the normal over site and regulations [...]
Continue reading...BlowOut Coming to Xbox Originals
Friday, January 16, 2009
Next Monday, January 19th, you will be able to download Blowout on the Xbox 360 for $15 (1200 Microsoft Points). Really though, who is going to want it? When Microsoft announced the idea of Xbox Originals I thought it would be a great way to play some of the cool Xbox games that I never [...]
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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