For Christmas this year, the kids received a whole bunch of new board games. As a family that plays a lot of board games, Christmas is always a chance for us to try out some new games. This year, the kids also got some of the old favorites redone. Amongst the new games they got […]
Gears of War
November 10, 2006 by 2 Comments
I recently picked up Gears of War for the Xbox 360 and all I can say is Wow. The graphics are downright stunning. The cut scenes, which use the game engine, our out of this World. The game is a beauty to behold. I have had the game for three days now and tonight, I […]
Risk: The Clone Wars and NutriSystem Update
October 2, 2006 by 1 Comment
We recently had picked up another boardgame that we gave our first spin to this weekend. The game was Risk: The Clone Wars. Its another in the modification series of the long living, popular Risk boardgame. I grew up as a kid many years ago playing Risk. I have very fond memories of many Summer […]
Doom Available on Xbox Live Arcade
September 27, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Today, another old school game was released on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360. The game released was Doom. Doom is often credited with beginning the 1st Person Shooter revolution. Today, 1st Person Shooters are one of the most popular genres of video gaming. The graphics for Doom on Xbox Live Arcade look pretty […]
NFL Gridiron Trivia Boardgame
September 23, 2006 by 2 Comments
For Sean’s birthday, we got him a bunch of boardgames. He loves to play them as does the whole family. One of the games that we had purchased, but it hadnt released yet, was NFL Gridiron Trivia (cost $30). The game finally released last week and arrived at our house. We sat down to play […]
America’s Army 2.7 Released
September 15, 2006 by 3 Comments
America’s Army has finally released the long awaited version 2.7. Unfortunately, the new version is not available in a patch and the whole game must be downloaded again. That means, a whopping download of 2.5GB. In today’s era of broadband, that is not too bad for most – maybe a few hours. Since I happen […]
Xbox 360 Texas Hold Em Poker
August 23, 2006 by 4 Comments
Hooah! Today is the release date for the Texas Hold Em poker game on Xbox Live for the Xbox 360. This date has been a long time in coming. The original release date was back in February. A lot has changed since then too. The game was going to be free and supported by in […]
Madden 2007 Release Day for Xbox 360
August 22, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Today is the release date for Madden 2007 for the Xbox 360 (and the other platforms). Football used to be my favorite game to play on consoles. Madden has kind of been the reason for the “used to” part. The old Xbox versions of the NFL2K series were, in my opinion, far to superior to […]
Texas Hold Em Poker for Xbox 360
August 16, 2006 by 3 Comments
Finally, the day is approaching! Next Wednesday, the 23rd of August, Texas Hold Em Poker for the Xbox 360 on the Xbox Live Arcade will launch! In addition, Microsoft has announced on xbox.com that for the first 48 hours it is available, the Texas Hold Em Poker game will be free. After that, the game […]
Xbox Live Arcade Games
August 12, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft recently completed it’s Summer Promotion of Arcade Wednesday. For five weeks this Summer they released a new Xbox Live Arcade game on Wednesdays. The promotion was a smash hit on Xbox Live Arcade. I happened to download four of the five and thought I would give my impressions of them. Frogger This was the […]
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