An old guy plays Halo: Part 1...

Part 1 –  Halo: Reach

Last year I turned 41. My birthday present to myself: a brand new Xbox 360.

The games that had gotten me excited about Microsoft’s console were, in no particular order, Alan Wake, Mass Effect (the first one, which was a 360 exclusive), and any future iterations of the . . . → Read More: An old guy plays Halo: Part 1…

PS3 or XBox 360? Old gamer gets a console... Or two...

It started about a year ago.

I was getting a little frustrated with the gigantic stack of electronics in my media room. I had one box for streaming content from my computer, another box for playing BluRays, another one for cable, and since the TV and BluRay player were built about 15 minutes before . . . → Read More: PS3 or XBox 360? Old gamer gets a console… Or two…

XBox Live, Playstation Network, and the point of points...

I can’t exactly explain it, but somehow Microsoft’s approach to buying things on XBox Live feels weird to me.

For those of you who may not be familiar with the on-line commerce systems used by Sony with the Playstaton Network, and Microsoft with XBox live, here is a brief introduction:

Each company provides . . . → Read More: XBox Live, Playstation Network, and the point of points…

PSN outage: Playstation at war?

As I write this, Sony’s Playstation Network is in about the 18th hour or so of an unplanned, apparently worldwide outage that is requiring, according to a memo supposedly being distributed to Sony customer service folks, “Emergency Maintenance”. The outage, we are told, may last another couple of days. The timing of this outage . . . → Read More: PSN outage: Playstation at war?