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Microsoft Lift Policy On Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Publicity In Profiles 196102010-03-05+22%3A49%3A41JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on March 5, 2010 under Xbox 360
Homophobes have been put on notice today as Microsoft changes it's policy regarding sexual orientation on it's XBL service. Previously letting anybody know you were part of the LGBT community would've gotten you the boot. Even the poor fellow who's name was Gaylord couldn't put his surname as his gamertag. The policy now states: "You may use the following terms to express your relationship ... more.
Mass Effect 2 Review (360/PS3) 14041Mass+Effect+2+Review+%28360%2FPS3%292010-02-05+19%3A32%3A15JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on February 5, 2010 under PS3, Xbox 360
One would think that if you played the first Mass Effect, you'd know exactly what to expect in the second one. However you'd be wrong. The second game in the trilogy builds upon what was an excellent game to begin with. That's the strength of Mass Effect 2. Before I delve into the world that is Mass Effect, I would firstly like to point of the problems I have faced trying to review this tit... more.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance DLC Is No Longer Available 120702010-01-24+14%3A58%3A06JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on January 24, 2010 under Xbox 360
An odd thing happened to me this week. I sat down to play Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, granted I enjoyed it. I figured I would check to see if there was some DLC for it, but the game was missing from the XBL marketplace. Not too odd since it's a newer game, but I noticed the DLC for the first Ultimate Alliance were also missing. After doing some Internet research, I found that both games... more.
Natal to Arrive ‘Holiday Season 2010′ 91302010-01-07+11%3A00%3A06JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on January 7, 2010 under Xbox 360
As part of its 2010 Consumer Electronics Show keynote, Microsoft has announced a tentative release window for its motion sensor technology Project Natal. The studio confirmed that the peripheral will arrive sometime during this year's holiday season - so expect a release around the Christmas holiday. "Scheduled to be available in holiday season 2010, Project Natal is only the most recent exampl... more.
GameStop – Forgotten Money is Found Money 80302009-12-22+22%3A40%3A34JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on December 22, 2009 under Other
If you reserve games often, chances are you may have put a deposit down and forgotten to pick up your game - but what happens to that money? You can always pick up your money after the game was released; the trick is remembering you put your money down. If you've forgotten to pick up a game from GameStop, you're in luck. The retailer is calling customers to remind them they have money waiti... more.
Get your XBL Avatar In The Holiday Spirit 74602009-12-11+16%3A03%3A45JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on December 11, 2009 under Xbox 360
Remember when the XBL Avatars made their appearance last year and Microsoft released non-licensed clothing, for free? Well you may want to keep that story for the grand-kids. Yesterday Microsoft released a new collection of holiday avatar clothing and as you may have guessed, their Holiday themed - though MS have flatly rejecting the holiday spirit of giving, have added price tags next to them. ... more.
US Air Force Purchase BIG Batch of PS3 Consoles 57902009-11-24+23%3A30%3A58JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on November 24, 2009 under PS3
The US Airforce is purchasing 2,200 Sony PS3's. They are not being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan to boost troop morale, but to create a true high-end 'super-computer'. The PlayStations will be stationed in Rome, NY where they will be attached to the 336 consoles already there. The cluster of consoles will be working on better high-resolution radar images, video footage, and "neuromorphic comp... more.
US Army Claims Video Games Are The Best Recruiting Tool 52202009-11-18+21%3A37%3A03JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on November 18, 2009 under PC
In testimony to the US Congress, the US Army has called video games the most effective recruiting tool around. In particular it's game America's Army. This is in line with an MIT study in 2008 that discovered “30 percent of all Americans age 16 to 24 had a more positive impression of the Army because of the game and, even more amazingly, the game had more impact on recruits than all other for... more.
Microsoft Ban 3% Of The Xbox Live Community 46202009-11-13+19%3A17%3A42JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on November 13, 2009 under Xbox 360
It seems Microsoft have brought down the ban-hammer quite hard this time around, with about 600,000 consoles recieving a lock from the online service. In perspective, there are about 20 million users - so that's about 3% of the Xbox Live community culled. How did they get banned? They modified their 360's to play pirated games. Though console will still play games offline, they will just no l... more.
Xbox Live Sets Record – 2 Million Players Online Simulatantiously 46802009-11-13+19%3A02%3A33JimC CommentsPosted by JimC on under Xbox 360
It might be a knock-on effect from the 5 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 that were shipped - but Thursday, 2 Million players signed into Xbox Live at once. Aside from being a record, that's a lot of traffic for one network to take. This record was confirmed by Major Nelson at around Noon-US Pacific Time, then was latter confirmed by operations manager Eric Neustadter a hour later. I'm s... more.