Halo 3 - TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards

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. 91 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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Halo Expanded

While flying to San Francisco today I will be reading The Flood book 2 of 3 in the initial Halo book series. Normally I read business related books discussing the latest on management, marketing, sales and leadership. On occassion however I like to read...

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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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Game of the Week - Guitar Hero III

The game I am playing the most this week is Guitar Hero III. The first day I had it I played through 23 out of the 42 songs on career mode. I would not recommend doing that again as my hand is still numb. I have to say that the Les Paul wireless guitar...

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Halo 3 Blamed?

It appears the release of Halo 3 is being blamed for poor box office numbers in October. We all know about the $170 million in a day, $300 million in a week, 2.7 million people on Xbox live (that is 1/3 of all live members) and the fact that it was the...

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Tellicast - Halo 3 Launch Event

Recently I talked about the Halo 3 Pre-Launch Event at the Microsoft campus in Las Colinas. Me, Scott Dockendorf , Karthik Hariharan and Adonis Bitar (disguised as Jason Alexander ) attended the event. It was a great time and our resident film maker Adonis...

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Game of the Week - Halo 3

If there was any doubt as to what the game of the week is for me this week it is Halo 3 . Last night Rob Howard , Deryl Dorsett, Elijah Hardin and I all joined forces to blast our way through 2/3 of the campaign mode. The best part of it was that we did...

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Microsoft Dallas - Halo 3 Pre-Launch Event

Last night I was one of the lucky few to attend the Microsoft Dallas Halo 3 Pre-launch event. This was an invite only gathering to preview and play Halo 3 before the launch and to just have a good time fragging people left and right. The event started...

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Target and Halo 3 Early???

While making a quick stop at a local Target to pick up an office copy of NHL2k8 something interesting caught my eye. I looked at the top shelf behind the plexiglas and to my surprise and bewilderment I saw what appeared to be actual copies of Halo 3 ...

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