Xbox Live Gold Subscription Pricing Changes

Aug 31, 2010 | 5 Comments

Beginning November 1st, the cost of an Xbox Live Gold subscription will be increasing in the US, UK, Canada and Mexico. Not all packages are going to have their prices raised, but many of them will see a noticeable difference. Microsoft states that “we have continually added more content and entertainment experiences for our members, [...]

Broken Xbox 360

May 12, 2010 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Every weekday, I ride my Gazelle for 45 minutes. This helps me get my muscles moving and helps to keep me healthy. While I’m “working out” on the machine, I usually either watch a movie or play a game on my [...]

Do Xbox Live Marketplace Games have Problems?

Jun 4, 2008 | 7 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I came across an article the other day on Wired, titled “Microsoft: Don’t Cut Off the Long Tail”. In the article, Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten said that Microsoft will soon begin to delete some Xbox Live Arcade games from [...]

Wits and Wagers Trivia Game for the Xbox 360

May 13, 2008 | 66 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My neighbor just happens to be Jeff, who is the CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment game company in Seattle. They just recently launched a new game into the Xbox Live community called Wits and Wagers. This is a trivia-based game, based [...]

Undertow for Free on Xbox 360 Marketplace

Jan 25, 2008 | 56 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Are you an Xbox 360 fan? Do you enjoy playing at the Marketplace? Now you can play Undertow… completely for free. This title is only available to Xbox 360 owners with an Xbox LIVE Silver or Gold membership, through download from [...]

Get a Free Xbox Live Game

Jan 3, 2008 | 29 Comments

Just got this email a few minutes ago… Dear Xbox LIVE Members: During this past holiday season you helped us break a number of Xbox LIVE records. This included our largest sign-up of new members to Xbox LIVE in our 5 year history and just yesterday you broke the record for the single biggest day [...]

Playing Halo 2 for Windows Vista – Live!

Apr 24, 2007 | 6 Comments

A few hours ago (yes, in the middle of the night), I set up and played Halo 2 on Windows Vista. Yes, I received permission from one of the PR folks. Ask everybody in the live community – installation was quite troublesome. No matter, I’ll play Halo 2 again (live on camera) at some point [...]

Frogger is Coming!

Jul 11, 2006 | 4 Comments

I think I’m staying up late tonight. I want to be the first geek on my block to get achievements for Frogger. I wasn’t much of a Frogger fan in the arcade, but I think it’s good enough to spend a few more dollars on. I’m looking forward to Pac Man, too – although I [...]