Author: Midnight

I am really enjoying the Halo Wars demo. The only console RTS I can compare it to is LOTR:BFME, which I also really liked. I think Halo Wars does everything that LOTR:BFME does, and does many things better. 1. Set in the Halo universe. Cut scenes are informative and canonical. 2. Base entities must be…

A glitch in the Xbox Marketplace allows you to download exclusive game content to your Xbox 360 console for free. Most of this content was previously only accessibly if you had a redeemable code that came with your pre-order from a store like Gamestop or if you purchased a limited edition version of the game.…

I needed an additional audio adapter to make my Xbox 360 VGA cable work with PC speakers, so I went to Monoprice because they generally have audio/video cables and adapters at dirt cheap prices with tiny shipping costs to boot. I wasn’t disappointed. I got the adapters I needed shipped to my door for $3.xx…

I recently purchased a D-Link Gamerlounge DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router. In this thread I will post my thoughts about it in a somewhat realtime manner as I begin using it. It will eventually be a full review, but I’m going to write it as a stream of consciousness rather than a complete review. Read…

Best Buy has an offer”while supplies last” that will get you 11 free DLC tracks for Guitar Hero III when you pre-order Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic. Presumably, the DLC tracks are from Death Magnetic. Some good news you might not have expected: The basic version of the album is only $9.99 with free shipping.…

Old Gregg was nice enough to detour from his date with Howard Moon at the Black Lake to play Rock Band with us this evening.

I was playing COD4 tonight and spawned in Ambush. As I ran forward I noticed an Arabic sign in front of me, but it didn’t look right. Upon closer inspection I realized that the characters were written from left to right like western characters. Arabic is written from right to left. I thought that peculiar…

Rock Band has received some great DLC recently. You can see all Rock Band DLC printed in order of release here. First is the Disturbed pack. Perfect Insanity and Indestructible are particularly good: Indestructible: Perfect Insanity: Click “read more” for videos of all my recommended recent DLC. Inside the Fire: Also of note is the…

LINK Through Xbox 360 Fanboy and the Bungie weekly update I recently found the above linked blog, Ascendant Justice. The author has painstakingly and thoughtfully compiled the story of the Forerunners from all the information gleaned from the Halo 3 terminals as well as tidbits from other Halo campaigns and lore. The story is not…

Anyone else getting this? I’ll be buying it on launch day (April 29th). GTA III revolutionized what I thought a game could be. I can’t wait to explore GTA IV. What say you?

On Saturday March 22nd the semi-official Rock Band band of THX, Insinuating Chaos, performed and finished 2nd in a Rock Band tournament hosted by GameStop at Madison Square Mall. It was terrifically entertaining and some of the most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on. Like most of my bandmates, I went to GameStop…

Joystiq just ran a story with some details on the new Aerosmith-devoted Guitar Hero sequel. I’m less interested in that than I am what’s mentioned at the end of the article: their song “Dream On” will be free DLC for Guitar Hero III from Feb 16-18. I plan to scoop it up this weekend. Sure,…

Before you get too excited, it’s just the single master track “Fuel,” which is great, but there’s no mention of more old school Metallica. A leaked photo of an advertisement for the March issue of OXM has revealed the Rock Band DLC for the month of March. On their forums, Harmonix has confirmed the schedule…

My favorite XBL multiplayer title is getting a much needed patch, and fourzerotwo has announced many of the details on his blog here. Highlights from my perspective: -Fixed “corrupt create-a-class data” so Disavowed can play online with us -More bandwidth required to host Ground War games -Showdown, Bloc, Ambush, and Pipeline have been added to…

LINK As part of Amazon’s “10 days 10 deals” promotion, today they are selling the Xbox 360 Arcade along with Beautiful Katamari and Viva Pinata for a total of $255 shipped. The final discounts do not show up until you check out. See the picture above. If you’re interested, visit the above link, follow the…

[from Xbox360fanboy.com] Looky here fanboys, we think we may have come across Rock Band’s rumored big announcement and it is definitely a first for video games. Talking with the Rocky Mountain News, MTV senior vice president of home entertainment Paul DeGooyer mentioned that they’re working with artists to exclusively debut new singles using Rock Band.…

Starting on Sunday December 2nd and running for a week Circuit City will be selling COD4:MW for Xbox 360 for $39.99. If you still don’t own this amazing game, then you don’t know what it’s like to call in airstrike after airstrike and helicopter after helicopter on helpless noobs, and you should buy it to…

This weekend Major Nelson posted the top 10 Xbox Live titles for the past week (measured in number of unique users). If you keep up with this list you know that the top two titles don’t change very often. Before the release of Halo 3, Gears of War was solidly in #1 each week. Since…

In honor of the M203 grenade launcher in Call of Duty 4 (often called the noob tube by frustrated gamers who can’t form an effective strategy to combat a player using it) here is a video of an actual M203 in action, in the hands of my wife. At The Basic School every company holds…

In a shamelessly selfish plug, I’d like to direct you to this week’s Xbox.com gamer spotlight where Trixie interviews me about such gaming related topics as Filipino food, cleaning public highways, and that wuss with the power of “heart” from Captain Planet.