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  • Xbox LIVE Maintenance Causes Marketplace Problems?
    As you can probably remember, Xbox LIVE was down for 24 hours on Tuesday, due to “Essential Maintenance”, which for some reason seemed to remove quite a few items from the marketplace. Most notable was the removal of the latest Burnout Paradise DLC: Big Surf Island, Criterion reported that “unforseen technical problems caused this content to be removed...
    by Chris Morris at June 18th, 2009 at 05:06 pm
  • Rock Band 2
    In an ideal world, of course, I’d have no need for Rock Band, as I’d be Slash, and Guns N’ Roses would still be together and writing number 1 after number 1, and I’d be a very rich (and famous) rockstar. Unfortunately though, as we can see from the current “economical crisis”, this is not an ideal world, and I am sadly not Slash, and...
    by Chris Morris at June 15th, 2009 at 06:06 pm
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    Gaming for the Adrenalin Junkie
    Experience the rush of reaching a final table at a major poker tournament, where the prize money reaches 6 figures and you need nerves of steel to keep your cool. Certainly not for the faint-hearted when your own money is at stake.  Poker games for all kinds of players from experienced pros to beginners starting out on a new adventure.
  • LEGO Indiana Jones: The Videogame
    As the old adage goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”, and it’s this teaching that Travellers Tales are following in their latest game, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. ‘Building’ on the success of the Lego Star Wars games, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures lets the player work their way through the first...
    by Chris Morris at June 14th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
  • WarTech: Senko no Ronde
    At its heart, WarTech: Senko no Ronde is a fighting game based on the arcade title of the same name. You control a mech (piloted by your chosen character) in a series of battles against other mechs from a top-down perspective. The gameplay itself has a very arcadey feel to it, as the majority of battles are quick one-on-one matches. Unless you want to be a true master...
    by Chris Morris at June 11th, 2009 at 07:06 pm