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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 Days Played Streak - 23 2) Retail Titles...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 05-18-2008
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 and PS3 Retail titles. I also have 40+ Arcade titles that may be listed later. I have recently acquired a PS3 as well and those titles are also outlined below. 129 Xbox...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 05-09-2008
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 was not disappointed. Dark Sector takes some of the...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 04-01-2008
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 Arts did a great job with Army of Two as it is just...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 03-18-2008
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 and twitter Major keeps everyone up to date on the...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 02-21-2008
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 something.... fun. Being the avid gamer that I...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 01-21-2008
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 topics of "Make the Community Part of Halo...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 01-14-2008
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 friends and others in the gaming community. This...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 12-19-2007
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 advances... but that is another story... COD4...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 11-13-2007
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 is a definite upgrade to the initial Xplorer version...

Posted to TheBlackFin - Thoughts from Tom Edwards (Weblog) by tom on 10-31-2007

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