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40,000+ gamerscore

Yesterday marked the passing of the 4 0,000 gamerscore plateau. It took 151 days to go from 30,000K to 40,000K with an average gain of 66 points per day. So I thought I would take a moment and archive some fun facts from this latest points quest. 1) Consecutive...

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Xbox 360 Retail Game Library

One of my good friends recently posted his game library as part of his blog. So following that lead here is my collection of Xbox 360 Retail titles. I also have 40+ Arcade titles that may be listed later. 110 Retail Titles Owned (Game Reviews I have written...

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Game of the Week - Dark Sector

When I first read about Dark Sector in OXM a few months back I really liked the concept of the game. I had heard about the drawn out development cycles and the focus on the Glaive. (Think Krull). So when it recently launched I had to pick it up and I...

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Game of the Week - Army of Two

To preface this review I want to state for the record that I really enjoy co-op shooters. So this review has a positive slant from the word go because I am a fanboy of any game that allows you to blow stuff up with your buddies in real time. Electronic...

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Interview with Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb

During GDC 2008 I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb of the Xbox Live team. Larry is the Director of Xbox Live Programming and is the author of one of the most popular gaming blogs on the web. Between posts, blogcasts...

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Game Developer Conference 2008

I confirmed today that I will be attending the 2008 Game Developer Conference February 18-22 in San Francisco. I am very excited about attending as outside of the networking and expo portion the key areas that I am interested in are the business and management...

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30,000 and the Future

One of the best features that the Xbox team introduced was tying in-game achievements to a publically viewable profile. What this allowed was for you as a gamer to start building gaming "equity" over time that could then be shared and compared with your...

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Game of the Week - COD4

My pick for this week was Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. I was very impressed by the campaign mode of this title except for the lack of co-op play. That would have made the experience that much better. Being able to hold down a position while your friend...

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Wii Have Lift-off

Being the avid Xbox gamer and achievement points connoisseur that I am it may come as a surprise that we recently acquired a Wii . Granted it is for my son and I will not be giving up my Xbox anytime soon, but the direction Nintendo is going with the...

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