Category Archives: Xbox 360

Five by Five

There was a weird little period – basically, the first four months of 2008 – where whoever’s responsible for selecting which titles get put up on Xbox Live Arcade actually got some taste. Between January and April of that year, … Continue reading

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Eternal Trusty Sonata Bell

I finished Eternal Sonata tonight, and my final impressions were positive.  I can’t get over the effort that got put into making this game look pretty at every turn – there were times I’d run my characters through an area … Continue reading

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Yeah, I played another zombie game

OK, so back in February I swore that I was going to make a serious go at Dead Rising, for real this time, after I cheated a bit and leveled the main character up to level 20 by exploiting a… … Continue reading

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It took 2 to tango.

So, looking back in my posts, I played through the first Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas game back in January of 2008.  It’s taken me a while to get to the sequel, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas: 2. I spell … Continue reading

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Senko no Ronde Rumbled

Senko No Ronde is a bit of an oddity in the Xbox360 library; it’s unabashedly Japanese and yet somehow managed to make the jump across the pacific.  If only that could be said for some of the bullet hell shooters … Continue reading

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Unsettling realizations…

I just realized, my Xbox360 is over 3 years old last month. I’m actually out of warranty now! Guess I get to find out how good their refurb job was. 🙂

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A little clump of soul, a little clump of soulless corporate advergaming.

Well, I started D2 on the Dreamcast this evening, and am actually really enjoying it.  I haven’t seen much of the, you know, horror bits, but I’m finding that sniping bunnies is way more fun than I expected.  It’s a … Continue reading

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More Oneechanbara Goodness

I have now finished two, count them, two whole games on the Wii.  That brings my average up to just under 1 per year.  I should play through another one before next April. Anyway. After Klonoa, which was a nice … Continue reading

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More Game Shame

I spent part of last weekend finishing the recently-domestically-released Xbox 360 Oneechanbara game, which turned out to be exactly as advertised – you run around as a sword-wielding zombie hunter with a refreshingly relaxed attitude to her dress code, and … Continue reading

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I’ve, uh, covered wars?

So, I have one of those friends. You know, the ones that get new gadgets when they come out and then shows them off and makes you go all ooh and ahh over their shininess and then you somehow wind … Continue reading

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