I would never have enjoyed playing Don’t Die Dateless, Dummy! if I had played it alone. And yet on Saturday, I stopped by the Revision3 offices in San Francisco to help keep them going on their 24-hour Extra Life charity drive. We played the game. And I enjoyed myself quite a bit. The weirdly-written dating…
It was the art that got me. When the first e-mail about Might & Delight’s Pid showed up in my inbox months ago, I was ready to skim and delete it. But then I started up the video and saw what looked like children’s-book paintings coming to life. That’s when I decided I needed to…
Microsoft has released the list of games and apps that will support Smartglass when it launches on Friday.
I’ve been watching the Presidential debates on my Xbox 360. I’m not alone—Microsoft reports that more than 100,000 people watched last night’s debate on their gaming console. While I applaud Microsoft for making these vital discussions available on the Xbox, there’s one big downside to watching them this way: Those insipid, meandering interactive questions. At…
There are nerd weddings, then there are nerd weddings. This one is obviously the latter. We can only hope that the MC thought to play the sound when their lips locked Nerd Wedding [CollegeHumor]
Unlike some of its more drastic overhauls, today’s Xbox 360 dashboard update is a relatively subtle one. Alongside the introduction of Xbox Music and, finally, a console version of Internet Explorer, perhaps the most notable changes include the ability to “pin” your favourite programs to the home menu screen and the fact 12 new languages/accents…
I hate Microsoft Points. I always have. And not simply because they’re essentially a cheap scam to confuse you on how much you’re actually paying. It’s because this crappy “currency” doesn’t act like any normal currency in the real world. Let’s put this in perspective for a moment. In Japan, the going rate for 3500…
Part of a nice gallery of Instagram photos over on Attract Mode, this pic shows one of two possible uses for an old Xbox machine in 2012. The other being, of course, an Xbox Media Centre. But that’s way less fun. A PICTURE OF FLAT SHADED POLYGONS, ON A FUZZY ARCADE MONITOR, WITH AN IPHONE…
Lots of reviews have compared Dishonored to Valve’s classic Half-Life 2. Both titles enjoy richly-drawn gameworlds with play mechanics that let you get creative. And they’ve both got lead characters who don’t talk. So, you’d figure that Gordon Freeman served as a model for Dishonored‘s Corvo, right? Not exactly. “I hate what Valve does with…
What would a Halo movie look like? For years, that’s been a question that Hollywood and Microsoft have been trying to answer to no avail. The long and winding road of making a live-action Master Chief adaption is full of stumbles but, today, Microsoft’s 343 Industries begins the rollout of a new webseries set in…
General consensus is that Mitt Romney won the presidential debate last night. President Barack Obama came in second. Jim Lehrer’s moderating skills were a distant third. But Microsoft’s Xbox Elections 2012, a platform that promised to let viewers watch the debate on their 360s and witness as audiences react in real time, might have performed…
In some ways Juvi is just an average eighteen-year-old. He speaks in short, brusque sentences. He works as an artist at a tattoo parlor. He was born in the U.K., but he now shares a loft with his girlfriend in Spain. He spends a lot of time on the Internet, and he sometimes says mean…
U.S. readers: the presidential debate starts tonight at 9pm ET. Remember, you can watch on Xbox Live
Resident Evil 6 is currently being mauled by the critics. It’s getting scores so low, you’ll have to check whether the reviewer is using a five-point scale or a 10-point scale. How bad is this game? Not so bad that it doesn’t contain something awesome. The absolute best thing in RE6, from what those of…
I’ve lost video game troops before. I’ve sent virtual men bravely to their digital deaths. In StarCraft, in Company of Heroes; in Warcraft and Civilization, I’ve sent heroic men and women to the front lines, never to return. Sometimes I feel a pang at an unnecessary loss, but most video game troops are just numbers…
Thanks to the magic of iTunes, Halo fans can now get a substantial taste of Neil Davidge’s music for the upcoming Halo 4. The soundtrack has been listed for preorder on the British store, and you can listen to short samples of each of the 15 tracks. I’ve been looking forward to hearing the soundtrack…
Dishonored will be giving players lots of tools—possession, time freezing and bladed or blasting weapons—to seek their revenge with. The latest developer-focused trailer talks a little about how you’ll be able to mix and match those abilities to create unique death scenarios for the enemies you encounter. Looks like we’re going to get a lot…
Look I mean hey, I always wanted to watch my little guy get down to business and pull some wool. Thanks to the coming update to Minecraft for Xbox 360, gamers finally can. Via Mojang, here are some screenshots:
If you’re worried that Resident Evil 6 won’t feature enough content for you, fret not: Capcom has announced that they will be releasing three additional multiplayer modes for the game. All three modes will be timed exclusives for the Xbox 360 The fact that the three modes share names with three TV shows/movies is likely…
Master Chief is one of video gaming’s icons. Much like Mario and Sonic, the Halo series protagonist has become a video game company poster child. However, with the upcoming release of Halo 4, many Japanese gamers are not happy with how the helmeted gun-toting warrior is sounding. On August 24th, Soutaro Tojima, the audio director…
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