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“Hell, it’s about time.”

Halo Reach Beta has been released today, and with it we also get a nice presentation video. Aisha Tyler’s trash talk covers up her Halo ignorance well enough but it’s hard to ignore that fact that Bungie/Microsoft have the budget to create a professional presentation for their Beta release. I can’t wait to see what [...]

Last year was the first year Madden shared the cover with multiple athletes. Troy Polamalu and Larry Fitzgerald reprised their Super Bowl roles on the Madden 10 cover. Unfortunately Troy Polamalu was injured in week one against the Tennessee Titans. He made a spectacular one handed interception and a tackle for a loss on Chris [...]

This Gears of War 3 ad popped up on Xbox Dashboards around the world this morning announcing the arrival of the epic conclusion.
This has been recognized as a likely mistake because Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski who was supposed to appear on the Jimmy Fallon show was bumped from April 8th to April 12th. It’s possible someone [...]

Pokemon Black and White will be released for the Nintendo DS system, no word if it’ll have 3DS capabilities. More info on the latest generation of Pokemon will be released on April 15th. I haven’t even played through Pokemon Diamond yet and Nintendo puts out yet another iteration of Pokemon after it’s re-release of Pokemon [...]

This past weekend I spent a lot of time outside of the house again. On Saturday I went to Los Angeles and ate all day. We literally hit four eating spots between 12pm and 6pm. I had a chance to take some photos too, which I’ve been meaning to do. On Sunday I spent all [...]

Nintendo Starts Rumors about 3DS

Leave it to Nintendo to start rumors about their own products. The Nintendo 3DS would be the 5th generation in the ever growing DS lineup (DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL). 3D is all the rage in recent months and Nintendo is clawing to stay ahead of the iPhone/iPod Touch. The [...]

The first Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 map pack is ready to launch next Tuesday March 30th exclusively for Xbox 360. PS3 owners will need to wait a little bit longer.
The “Stimulus-Package” map pack will include 5 multiplayer maps and is hinted at costing $15 (1200 MS Points). While 3 of the maps will [...]

I’m now past the halfway point of lent and it should be smooth sailing from here on out. However, the anticipation of getting back into gaming is also building and I know exactly which games I want to touch base with once this is all over.
This week I’ve realized without video games I tend to [...]

I got through the third week of lent, but it wasn’t easy. Temptations were thrown in my direction in the form of roommates playing the Starcraft 2 Beta and my pre-ordered copy of Final Fantasy XIII landing on my doorstep. Amazon’s release day delivery actually works! Sadly, I can’t even take advantage of it.
On the [...]