Category Archives: Xbox 360

Nobody minds when you shoot Nazis

It’s true. Even though everyone is pretty much OK with Germany these days and has been for 60-odd years, Nazis are still considered pretty much fair game to gun down in videogames. This makes them one of the two Top … Continue reading

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That there, that was some pretty good Dark.

I don’t know as I’d call it Perfect, but it was pretty good. One of the absolute worst “money spent” to “games completed” ratios I’ve ever had was buying a Nintendo 64. It did have some quality games – I … Continue reading

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Graphical overloads come in pairs.

I’ll preface this with: I am a cranky old bastard who doesn’t like the idea of buying games as download versions, because having physical media around makes me feel all secure and comfortable and safe and stuff. On the other … Continue reading

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Proactively leveraging synergy.

…or, in today’s installment, I am an idiot sometimes. We had planned to have my gamerspouse and his wife over to our place today to look at vacation photos, since we racked up about 4GB of photos on our recent … Continue reading

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Another fine day of manly gaming as men.

Traveling to Los Angeles and Seattle over the last two weekends had prevented me from getting together with my gaming spouse, as he is now referred to by my wife, to finish Earth Defense Force, but I’m actually home this … Continue reading

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Giant bugs and hoppy bunnies

I came *this* close to having another game on the “played through” pile Saturday. I don’t often have people over – I have lots of friends who I’ve known for years and share interests with, but most of them live … Continue reading

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Defining “Success”

One of the great things about being a guy is there are whole industries devoted almost exclusively to pandering to you. Hence we get games like Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. Another great thing about being a guy is not … Continue reading

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Linda, Linda…

OK, more like Lara, Lara. All apologies to the Blue Hearts. Keeping up to date, today’s weight check : 194.4. My recruiter seems to have found a couple of decent leads to throw a resume at and hope it sticks, … Continue reading

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