In case you had an Xbox 360 and a gold account, MSFT is "giving away" free game downloads on the 1st and 16th of every month for the rest of the year (for 15 days or so each).
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Dead Rising 2 Kind of Sucks, Let Me Count the Ways
So, I recently (ok, August 15th) downloaded Dead Rising 2. I knew it was a zombie slaying game with light crafting elements. However there were a couple of things I didn't know (never playing a Dead Rising game before).
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Xbox One: Or i Would Walk 500 Miles for a Console (and trade-in a bunch of games)
I kind of pre-ordered the Xbox One the day after E3. I just paid it off in late July (along with Ryse). It helped that I had $420 trade-in credit from GameStop. When the Xbox 360 was up for pre-order, I traded in all my Xbox games (and my console) - this time I did not (just most of my games and none of my consoles). Hopefully, unlike the Xbox 360, I will actually be able to get this at launch.
So, why did I say that "I would walk 500 miles for a console"? Well, when I was deciding whether or not to buy a console, I decided that it needed to be less than $300 out of pocket expense. One of my alleged sisters offered to give me a few bucks for every "peak" I would "climb" on a thing at americaonthemove.org (Flat 14ers). It was basically a thing where you entered daily steps taken with a pedometer and it would compare that to the estimated steps it would take to actually climb the "peaks" (or something like that, but it probably isn't exactly accurate).
Well, much to my surprise, I finished the trail. It took me a little over 2 months and was actually 531 miles (that is a lot of walking).
Now i just have to figure out how i am going to get the console. Is it safe to walk with a console 1.6 miles back from Gamestop?
So, why did I say that "I would walk 500 miles for a console"? Well, when I was deciding whether or not to buy a console, I decided that it needed to be less than $300 out of pocket expense. One of my alleged sisters offered to give me a few bucks for every "peak" I would "climb" on a thing at americaonthemove.org (Flat 14ers). It was basically a thing where you entered daily steps taken with a pedometer and it would compare that to the estimated steps it would take to actually climb the "peaks" (or something like that, but it probably isn't exactly accurate).
Well, much to my surprise, I finished the trail. It took me a little over 2 months and was actually 531 miles (that is a lot of walking).
Now i just have to figure out how i am going to get the console. Is it safe to walk with a console 1.6 miles back from Gamestop?
Xbox One: Part One: Launch
The launch titles have been announced at Gamescom and are as follows (sadly no date yet, my guess is November 15th):
Dropping the Pretense: Site "Content"
So, I have been thinking about this for a while... what exactly do I want to post (when/if I actually do post anything going forward)?
It dawned on me that where I spend the vast majority of my time is on Microsoft platforms (Xbox 360, Surface RT and soon Xbox One). So I guess my sporadic posting will cover only that.
It dawns on me that I have no real interest anymore in what is going on in the worlds of Sony, Nintendo, PC, iOS and Android (I still view it as a cell phone OS).
Of course this could change a little bit if I were to win the lottery (I would pick up a PS3 12 GB and a bunch of games). The PS4 and Wii U really don't interest me.
It dawned on me that where I spend the vast majority of my time is on Microsoft platforms (Xbox 360, Surface RT and soon Xbox One). So I guess my sporadic posting will cover only that.
It dawns on me that I have no real interest anymore in what is going on in the worlds of Sony, Nintendo, PC, iOS and Android (I still view it as a cell phone OS).
Of course this could change a little bit if I were to win the lottery (I would pick up a PS3 12 GB and a bunch of games). The PS4 and Wii U really don't interest me.
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