Video Games
Now the 360’s Fridge is Full
(Has it really been five months since the last blog post? Holy crap. Time flies when you’re having fun.) One of the reasons I wanted to pick up an Xbox 360 was, believe it or … [continue reading]
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Conversation 007: Online Services, Games, Demos, and More
Hey, lookie here. It’s a podcast episode! That’s right, we finally got off our butts for the first time since February to record a show. We had a whole slew of ideas kicking around, but … [continue reading]
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D’oh! “Rock Band” DLC Incompatibility
Not wanting to seem entirely biased in one direction (though it’s mostly true), it looks like I have to cough up a little disappointment due to the fact that in-game content and DLC for The … [continue reading]
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Xbox 360 License Transfer Issues
Hey. In the new house. Let’s blog, again. So as you may have read on the site and heard on the podcast, I received a replacement Xbox 360 last September. I did not have a … [continue reading]
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More Activision Insanity
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I just wanted to post up another bit of absolute insanity regarding Activision and their asinine decisions with the Guitar Hero games and DLC. According to this … [continue reading]
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They Just Don’t Get It (Let Me Play My Music!)
IGN has put up an interview with Paul Gadbois, producer at Beedox, the company responsible for developing Guitar Hero Greatest Hits in conjunction with Activision. This “new” game is not really a “new” game; think … [continue reading]
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Prince of Persia: PC, DRM, DLC, ROFL
You may have heard on the podcast several times that Andrew and I… well, we like easy games. We’re busy people, and hard games take up too much time in our crazy adult lives! To … [continue reading]
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“Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero”: A Platform For Investment
Harmonix has done a great job of promoting Rock Band as a “platform”. DLC is backwards/forwards compatible (meaning it works in either the first or second game), and the same goes for the fake plastic … [continue reading]
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Subtle Harmonix Genius
Hey, all. I’m back! I have a lot to talk about on whatever (and whenever) the next podcast is about gaming on a honeymoon, but until then, it’s business as usual for me. (That basically … [continue reading]
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Top 10 Couch Songs In “Rock Band”
While this is a Top 10 list, it’s not part of a regular episode, so I won’t toss it over with the rest of the more formal Top 10 lists. This is instead intended to … [continue reading]