Among others, I too apparently have been picked by Xbox Rewards to get a footer bar thanking me for my years of Halo devotion... the email thanked me for being in the top 2% for Halo Gamerscore and the top 4% for number of Achievements unlocked. Hmm ( Read more... )

Indeed, pretty-darned-loud cartography is happening right now; the Halo: Reach Map Pack is available for download to your Xbox for 800MS (~$10). Alas, I'm literally just about to head out the door so I can't take a peek for myself, but the promo vids look very promising.

-- Steve'll probably give them a quick trial tonight.

With the roll-out of the new Xbox 360 Dashboard I thought I'd give Netflix a try... the service is fairly new here in Canada and is streaming-only here so far, but the free month trial seemed like a good idea to see if they've ironed out the kinks and if it does serve well then spending $8/month to stream movies and commercial-free TV shows through ( Read more... )

The following is based upon real-world events, but details have been deliberately obscured to preserve the anonymity of participants and bystanders. This isn't about individuals, but about patterns of behaviour. I'd appreciate it if folks would not make an effort to point fingers.

Recently I had a very dissatisfying play session of Halo: Reach ( Read more... )

On my way into work I listened to the Major Nelson podcast on things Xbox Live-ish from yesterday. In between their rhapsodic mentions of Halo: Reach they announced two new titles that will support the Kinect gestural controller: Steel Battalion and Panzer Dragoon -- Steve thinks that should knock some holes in the idea that Kinect is strictly for ( Read more... )

Microsoft announces that, for the first time in its 8-year history, the Xbox Live service will have a rate hike. In the US, the Gold-level of service goes up by... wait for it... $10 a year ( Read more... )

http://www.lunabean.com/news/20060810_battlestar_galactica_xbox_live.phpRead more... )

Well, here it is. I don't have an Xbox360 yet (and I still hate that name) and thus some of the functionality won't show up, but I've been itching to see if this thing works.

-- Steve's now about to push the big "update" button. Whee! Now Igor, now! Throw the switch!