Xbox 360 Military appreciation pack

Some of you may remember that I now have 2 Xbox 360's in my house. I created a new gamertag for the 2nd one (Halo 3 Ltd.) that I broke into while my regular went to the red ring clinic. Now that it is back I'm keeping the 2nd gamertag which the kids can use. I didn't want to have to re-buy all of my arcade games so I went on eBay to get one of those Arcade Unplugged discs. I bid on, and won one last week. Today it arrived and had a big, "Xbox 360 Military Appreciation Pack" sticker on the front. Regardless of your position on the war, you have to admit that is a pretty cool way to support out troops.

The weird world of Official Xbox Magazine Advertising

So I just got my new issue of OXBM in the mail. One thing I noticed was the bizarro advertising this time around. First there is a 1970's looking ad for a system to attract women. Then towards the end is a 32 page advertising section for mobile games. I understand that print magazines are suffering and need to get their $ where they can. But where does it end?

TimeShift lost in the shuffle

So many good games coming out right now. Orange Box, Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, Guitar Hero III, Ratchet and Clank, Drakes Fortune, Virtua Fighter 5, Assassins Creed, etc, etc, etc... Now is the time to release games so that they get snatched up for the holidays. Unfortunately for Time Shift now is not the best time, and FPS is not the best genre to release the game.

I'm having lots of fun with it but it is a shame that it will be overlooked in the sea of hot titles coming out now. This will be that game that everyone picks up and plays in February or March.

Fantastic level design in my opinion. So often you get corridors and crates in a FPS. Sure there is some of that but they threw in a great amount of innovation and unexpected routes in your linear journey. The time gimmick is cool as well. It is not a perfect game but it is quite a bit of fun. Do yourself a favor and pick it up once the holiday dust settles.