Category Archives: Xbox 360

Moving done, yay

Not that I imagine people out there are breathlessly awaiting my next post, but things should be getting back to normal around here now that we’re done moving. We’re learning that being in a house instead of an apartment comes … Continue reading

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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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