Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft

Halo Over-Reached

In: Articles by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner

3 Sep 2010

When is too much, too much? When does too much become nauseating? And when does nauseating become a turnoff? That’s what Microsoft is doing with their marketing of Halo Reach. When they announced that this was the most expensive marketing they have ever done for a game, two words came to mind. “Ya, think?”
I understand [...]

XBL’s New Price: Virtual Gold Takes a Hike

In: Articles by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain

30 Aug 2010

In the past few years, the price of real gold has trended higher, and today Microsoft announced that their virtual version, aka Xbox Live Gold membership, is joining that trend on November 1, with price increases for all memberships in the United States and bumps in other plans for Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. [...]

Game Room: Lame Room, or Why It Failed

In: Articles by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner

17 Aug 2010

When Microsoft announced it was bringing a new feature called Game Room to the Xbox 360, I was intrigued. It announced it was going to recreate games from the 80s arcades, the Atari 2600, and Mattel Intellivision, to name a few. The focus was going to be on making this game as close to the [...]

A Vasecto-mii? No Way

In: Articles by Dave "Holy Goalie" Gardner

26 Jul 2010

I like my Wii.
It may not be as big as the other consoles. It may not get as much play as the other consoles. Some people may get bored with it rather easily, but it’s mine and I’m keeping it.
Microsoft had it’s big announcement at E3 this year about the Kinect, formerly Project Natal. By [...]

Kinect: Endless Potential… or Epic Fail?

In: Articles by Chris "FighterAce100" Salazar

16 Jul 2010

Oh yeah, let’s get excited! Kinect is coming out for the Xbox 360 in the coming fall, but how excited should we really be?
Ever since I saw the previews of “Project Natal,” I knew for certain that I had to have that addition to my 360, but now, after seeing the release games, I’m not [...]

Episode 114: The E3 2010 Pre-Game Show

In: Podcasts by Edie Sellers

11 Jun 2010

We were up until 4 a.m. the night before we left for E3 to get this show up for you. We slaved over a hot stove for hours, and then we walked three miles in the rain to bring it to you.
Well, the first part of that is true.
And thus we have the latest episode [...]

 
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E3 2009 Microsoft Press Conference Special

In: Podcasts by commandertim

1 Jun 2009

Hey there. To kick off things proper during these holiest of holy days known as E3, Commander Tim and Cooper Hawkes sit down and give you their thoughts on all the things that happened today at the Microsoft press conference. No, it’s not all wine and roses. Listen in to find out what we loved, [...]

 
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Humpdate 09-03-08

In: Podcasts by Edie Sellers

4 Sep 2008

The GameHounds staff apologizes that the latest episode of Humpdate took an extra day to upload. The end of summer means new schedules, so they had to find the time between work and play.
This week, GamerEdie Sellers and Simon DI of Cyberpunks Gaming Podcast bask in the afterglow of PAX and round up all the [...]

 
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