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A couple of months ago I posted a story about a young boy and his family who had been victim to a senseless robbery.  During that robbery of course, the young boy lost his Xbox 360 console.  That wouldn’t be a unique story except that he had only had his Xbox 360 for about 2 [...]

Are you a Hero?  U360′s resident Texan, TXPaladin, and his wife are gearing up for an amazing cause this November and offering a chance to win the Ultimate Hero Prize Pack to those of you who help.  His wife will be participating in the Breast Cancer 3-Day event which is a walk to increase awareness about breast [...]

He slices.  He dices.  He slashes.  He dashes.  Ninja Gaiden II is becoming one of those games that I actually don’t mind playing through on different difficulty settings.  I’m working my way through Mentor now and I’m already looking forward to finishing it so that I can play through Master Ninja.  Yes, it really is [...]

Vicarious Visions and Activision are set to bring another round of the ultimate team game in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion.  It’s not your ordinary sequel as the Marvel heroes will have never-before-seen powers!  Players will be able to “fuse” two heroes’ powers together to make some hybrid ability for ultimate destruction. (sort of like Voltron)  I wonder [...]

Want to be a part of Team Awesomeness™ to help build games for the Xbox 360 via XNA?  The XNA Dream – Build – Play Challenge for 2008 is underway and I thought it would be a great idea to truly build a community game born right within the community. There are already some very talented [...]

Who’s your Daddy?  His name is Glitch.  One small bot.  Two big nuts of steel.  Seventeen enormous weapons of destruction to take out a mechanical madman and save his planet.  Metal Arms flashes in the Flashback series for July.  Looking back at this game makes me realize why I enjoyed the movie Wall-E so much because the [...]

Okay boys and girls.  It’s time for some fun.  Get your witty caps on for a caption contest that’s worth its weight in “Gold”.  This time we’re doing things samurai style.  Afro Samurai style.  Take a look at the below screenshot from Namco Bandai’s Afro Samurai.  Create the baddest mutha%@$# caption for it and you [...]

Are you sitting on the next great idea for a game?  If you are and you think you can build it, then get ready for this year’s Dream-Build-Play Challenge for XNA.  Submit your games beginning September 1, 2008 for a chance at $40,000 and your moment to shine in front of millions on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.  [...]

I’ve come across the argument that Xbox LIVE should be free quite often.  I can’t remember these arguments when Xbox LIVE first launched.  It’s likely due to the fact that there was no competition when it launched or rather no real alternative to gaming online with your console.  However, now that Xbox LIVE is the dominant arena [...]