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Frequent visitors here know that I spend a bit of time on Xbox Live. Since I almost exclusively play with folks I know, making game time happen can be a bit like herding cats. If I’m not actually using the Xbox, the only way I can tell if I am missing out on something is [...]

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Last night was the first time we had a complete Rock Band session, with three people playing at once. Ideally it would be 4, but we don’t have the extra guitar controller (yet.)
Conny and I have a great time playing it, but it’s clearly a case where mo’ people = mo’ fun.

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One thing done fairly well in Burnout Paradise is the use of the Xbox Live Vision camera in multiplayer. Whenever one player does a “takedown” on another, snapshots are exchanged. When a race is won, the victor has a snapshot taken for the other players to see for the after-race summary.
It’s a clever gimmick, [...]

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While I love the wireless Xbox 360 controller as much as the next guy, there is one major shortcoming. When my Xbox crashes, and it does crash, you have to get up off the couch, walk over, and reset it with the power button on the console. What’s the point of having these fancy wireless [...]

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My biggest problem with progressing further in Rock Band on the guitar comes down to one thing. This:

That’s right. It’s my pinky. My digitus minimus, my most ulnar finger, my digitus quintus. Or, as I like to call it, Stubbins McScrewup.
It’s just too damn puny. It simply can’t keep up with the other fingers, and [...]

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