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May 03, 2011
With PSN having problems, some customers think of switching.
When things of unwanted situations occur to a multitude of people, a number of them usually decide to make the switch to another alternative. Most of the time, people come back after the problem has been fixed, they calmed down, or wasn't satisfied with the other side. The Playstation Network problem has been the latest target of this kind of behavior.In a survey taken this past week,surveyors commissioned by the site CouponCodes4U asked 2,132 US Residents about their thoughts on the network
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April 14, 2011
Ten Games You can Play Without Breaking the Bank
The debate is, I dont want to pay a ton of money to get a game that is just ok and I dont want to have to buy 20 .99 cent games until I find one that is worthy of a challenge. Yahoo found ten great games that can be found for under $10.
- Half-Life: On steam for $9.99
- Chime: On Xbox Live Arcade for $5 and PlayStation Network for $10
- Baldurs Gate: On GoG.com for $9.99
- Bookworm: On the Apple app store, and other service plans
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March 23, 2011
Free Avatar Goods for Bandwidth!
So are you like me? You want to add a little style and pizzaz to your things but don't got the cash for it? Or in this case of your XBOX LIVE avataar, points? I mean while I do want a evil scientist lab coat for my fat little avatar, I don't really want to fork over ten bucks for it. Well looks like our prayers been answered. Now you can exchange your time and bandwidth for stuff for your avatar!
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December 22, 2010
Finding love with XBOX LIVE
Many parents dread the life of video games for their children, mostly because they fear it will lead to an anti-social life style. Fortunately there are companies like Gaming Passions, and Game Crush and there is even a facebook group, Xbox Live Dating , that are here to help take the burden off of meeting new people through video game social networking.
The
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December 15, 2010
Cheap as in Free!Free Games!
There's a nice gaming surprise for those of you that haven't checked the gaming marketplace in a while. Doritos recently released two completely free downloadable arcade games. Harm's Way and Doritos Crash Course. While you shouldn't expect full fledged arcade titles packed with a ton of extras, you can expect two pretty decent games (for being free). If you remember Dash of Destruction, just know that these two games pack a lot more content and will require more then a single sitting to unlock all the achievements.
Harm's Way is an unusual racing game with two modes of play. In the first mode you race around the track and
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December 14, 2010
Canada using video games to boost morale
A while back, the Canadian military had a garrison outside of Montreal opened a requisition for $25,000 (Canadian, that would be nearly $24,800US) worth of video games. People in the military scratched their heads in confusion wondering why they would ask for such an unusual proposal, but the info has now been made public. They're gifts for soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.
Canada's Ministry of Defence (that's how it's spelled) followed up with the Canadian Press, who reported the story about the earlier experience, to inform the public that they wanted to buy 500 video games
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December 13, 2010
Rewards for being on XBOX Live!
Microsoft has now introduced its free Xbox Live Rewards program for their loyal customers. Members who participate in the program will earn Microsoft Points (the same currency used by Xbox Live) when they use the service to renew memberships, activate Netflix, purchase certain merchandise and more.
According to Major Nelson of Microsoft ( real name Larry Hryb), allparticipantswill be able to earn points while just playing games online. While its available to everyone, Gold Members get the more opportunities in comparison. This is great, in this blogger's opinion, as sometimes I feel like there should be a way to earn those points at times, because I really
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December 07, 2010
Industry News - Console's memberships are 50% Paid
Most people that have a Xbox 360 are likely to be connected to the internet. What you probably don't know is that most of them aren't on the Gold subscription list for Xbox Live.
Yep, half of them are Silver according to a quote from Microsoft's Dennis Durkin at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference here in Arizona.
"Of our 25 million members, about half of them are subscribers to the business and pay us about $60 dollars a year for that. It's a very large business for us and our partners."
While he is emphasizing the GOLD membership's revenue being great, people are wondering exactly what is the internet-based breadwinner in this part of Microsoft.
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November 13, 2010
Games - Play Poker online via XBOX LIVE
Poker use to be a game, a few friends would play together on a late Wednesday night. Over time, poker has been accepted as a very competitive sport. We can watch players from around the world play Texas Hold em' on channels like ESPN. Players can start to play as soon as they learn how to sign up on Full Tilt of Poker Stars online.
There have been rumors of Microsoft creating a Full House Poker Beta trial. This will allow gamers to play poker online with millions of users. Microsoft has been quite about the beta version, and only a selected few are going to be allowed to play. With Poker becoming available for Xbox Live players, this could lead to something even bigger. As far as I know, players will only be gambling with fake money. Gambling with fake money puts the game in the same category as many poker games, BORING!
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November 04, 2010
Console News - XBOX LIVE reaches 1 billion hours per month
According to one of Microsoft's latest press releases, apparently Xbox Live game network users spend over one billion hours a MONTH using Xbox Live. This averages to more than 40 hours a month a member (all 25 million Live members, that is), basically, more than an hour a day for every single player.
With Microsoft's upcoming expansion from 26 countries to 35 in the month of November, that number can only substantially increase. With the addition of ESPN to Xbox Live catering to an entirely different demographic than the average game playing movie watcher, who knows how high the number will eventually