Life and Leisure. Tech and Toys.

So the new Gears of War 2 map pack came out yesterday and after playing a few matches I have to say I’m satisfied with the results. The Dark Corners map pack is priced at 1200 MS points and the All Fronts pack which includes Dark Corners and all of the past map packs is [...]

After playing the Madden 10 exclusive demo for a couple hours I have to say I’m more impressed by the game at this time than I was last year. Gang tackling seems a little better than last year, I still don’t see a huge difference. Half the time when a player is already getting tackled [...]

The word is out on the Madden 10 Demo. Those who have pre-ordered Madden 10 through Gamestop will be able to download the extended (5min quarters) Steelers Vs. Cardinals demo starting July 23rd. The Gamestop demo codes will supposedly begin distribution on July 15th for both Xbox 360 and PS3. Gamestop hasn’t indicated how they [...]

I just finished Grand Theft Auto IV – The Lost and Damned last night and I have to say I was pleased by what the expansion brought to the game. Rockstar has raised the bar on down-loadable content with this release. It include new missions, vehicles and weapons. Not to mention a brand new protagonist [...]

Word is out that Gears of War 2 will be receiving yet another set of down-loadable content. This time it comes in the form of the “Dark Corners” map pack which includes 7 new maps and an extra campaign mission. So far Epic has already released 3 map packs for Gears of War 2 and [...]

Just announced earlier today, Gears of War 2 will be receiving yet another downloadable map pack. The “Snowblind” map pack will include 3 new maps and a remake of Fuel Depot from the original Gears of War. This will already be the third map pack released for Gears of War 2. No price has been [...]

Last night I got a chance to try out Tom Clancy’s End War. This isn’t your average Real Time Strategy game. The gimmick in End War is that all your commands must be given through the microphone. The first thought that crosses my mind are those terrible voice recognition programs that companies use for customer [...]

What can I say, you think NBA 2K can’t get any better yet 2K Sports finds a way to raise the bar yet again. Of course a lot of aspects were still left out of the demo that just dropped this past week but by just playing a single 4 minute quarter I already know [...]

So we got another week of demos. It’s pretty nice since this is usually the slow time of the year for video games. The new demos this week are Ninja Gaiden II, and Quake Wars.

Ninja Gaiden II – A lot of people love the series but I am just not a fan of slasher games [...]

I got a chance to check out two demos last night. Battlefield: Bad Company and Civilization Revolution.

Battlefield: Bad Company – This highly anticipated game stunned me with it’s beautiful graphics and a single player mode that is usually overlooked in past renditions of the Battlefield series. The destructive environment and vehicles is refreshing since you [...]