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Something for the Weekend: The new 2-way TV experience designed for Kinect (Xbox 360)

Exciting develops are at large in the gaming world. Last year’s ‘Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster‘ was a huge hit in this household, this year’s ‘Kinect Sesame Street TV’ isn’t a game, as such, but it’s still utterly special. Described as an innovative ‘new 2-way TV’ experience designed for Kinect (Xbox 360), ‘Kinect Sesame […]

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Something for the Weekend: All about Kapow!

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This year’s KAPOW! Comic Convention takes place on the weekend of May 19 and 20 at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London. I’m considering an exciting project at the moment, one that would involve me jumping into the comic book world and that’s a perfect excuse to nip down to London next Saturday. Kapow! looks […]

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A challenge and the chance to see your story in print

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I am proposing a writing challenge. Are you a writer? Would you like to be a writer? Do you write flash fiction? Do you fancy seeing your work published? To celebrate the launch of Xbox Live TV, and its integration with YouTube, I am putting together a collection of flash fiction stories all inspired by […]

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Littlest’s Gaming Christmas

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Here’s my view on what’s best for those younger gamers this Christmas: Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster (Xbox 360): I was lucky enough to chat with the developers about this game when I was at Gamescom last summer. They where quick to point out that they wanted a game that expressed the ‘cool’ of […]

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Something for the Weekend. Batman: Arkham City (Xbox) - I am The Batman

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Batman: Arkham City is one of those games that takes over your life… I need to get something straight before we start. I am huge Batman fan. Though I love camp Batman, my heart lies with Dark Knight. So I approached this game with some trepidation. I knew it was pretty close to the Dark […]

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Top Ten Best Christmas Films

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It all started so innocently. G was looking at LoveFilm on the new Xbox dashboard. The family were sitting down to watch a film, a tin of Quality Street at the ready, and G was scrolling through LoveFilm’s collection of Christmas films. ‘Look,’ he said. ‘Jack Frost, best Christmas film ever.’ And that was it. […]

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Something for the Weekend: uDraw GameTablet

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It’s not often that I get overly excited about (non-singing) gaming, but this tablet is a bit special. But before I get too carried away here’s a video thingy that shows just why the uDraw is so fabulous… Udraw is not a game as such, but more of a controller, it’s a GameTablet. uDraw Studio: […]

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Xbox Live Update, Drag Queens and Evil Macaroons

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On Sunday G and I had a rather unusual afternoon in London. We’d been invited down by Xbox to hear all about their big update, which started hitting Xbox 360 consoles around the world yesterday. Having been to many Xbox events now, I can honestly say that my experience on Sunday afternoon was completely ‘out […]

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Xbox Live Ambassador

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Many of you know that I’m a gamer, but you won’t know that I’m an Xbox Live Ambassador.That’s because it’s only just happened. I got to go to an utterly bizarre Xbox event on Sunday. But before I can tell you about THAT (and boy do I want to!), I am inviting any gamers who […]

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Something for the Weekend: Why Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Xbox Is A Bit Like X Factor

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You know that sometimes you come across an Xbox game that you know has flaws, that you know you really should hate - but it pulls you in and before you know it you just can’t stop playing? Well that’s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. In fact, it’s a bit like Xfactor. You know what’s coming. […]

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