Gears of War Social?
Facebook. MySpace. Twitter. Sure you’ve all probably heard of these particular social networking sites but are you a part of the Gears of War social? If you’re a Hollywood geek, then that answer is yes. The LA Times wrote a story about Gears of War being used as a social networking tool.  I thought this was both weird and interesting at the same time to see the appeal of video games across Xbox LIVE and the social aspect of it.
“It’s a great arena to meet people I wouldn’t have otherwise,” said Zach Schiff-Abrams, producer with Michael DeLuca Productions.Â
I know I’ve met quite a few good friends on various games so this isn’t a surprise to me. How about everyone else? Are you using your favorite game to network?
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August 27th, 2008 at 8:53 am
LMAO @ the pic!!
August 27th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Nice pic…. Never a huge fan of Gears though.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Its sad how so many people can be engulfed in such a buggy game.
August 27th, 2008 at 11:23 am
i think it’s more about LIVE than the game. but still, i hear ya.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
The captions on that pic are highlarious!! Good stuff…
August 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
my first online experience was with Gears or War 1. And i must say, it was also one of the best. The people there were mad crazy in the fun sort of way, and 6 minutes after i arrived we were singing the spider man song with all of the 8 players in the game, whilst shooting each others limbs off.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
dude that pic made me spit my coffee out!! LOL
August 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
My Gears experience actually started out horribly. Everyone was screaming obscenities, and there was absolutely no respect for the other gamers.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Lol! The captions on that pic made my day. It really did…
August 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
ROTFLMAO…i hate Facebook so that pic was GREAT! lol
August 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Lol I hate myspace apps. I don’t use facebook because I tried it once and I couldn’t use my own html.
August 27th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Funny as crap and there was only one thing missing from the article/picture…..a GAMERCHICK!
Nothing like furthering the nerd/geekdom of gaming like having four dudes staying into space in sugared-up wonderment, eh?
Note: for the record…I’d look the same way, so let’s make sure to include a gaming female or two in there to offset the nerd-factor!!!!
August 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
LOL i hate facebook and all that but i am going to get one probably when i go off to college so i can keep in touch with old friends and classmates
August 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I don’t use XBox Live to network intentionally, but it has become that way. And Facebook, etc. doesn’t appeal to me…