Posts Tagged ‘Xbox 360’

Aside: Social Gaming - Is The PS3 Disconnected?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Los Havros and I recently had an in-depth chat about the social aspects both the 360 and PlayStation 3 possess; a conversation spurred by my recent purchase of a PlayStation 3, and a few negative Tweets directed at the social features it seems to lack. Hopefully we’ve pulled off a nicely done debate, steering clear of any fanboyism (and fangirlism).

I’m sure Los Havros would like you to chime in with further discussion just as much as I do. It’s an interesting area of debate, and it’s great hearing from both sides of the argument. Even more so from gamers who have experience with both consoles. Discuss!

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PlayStation Will Always Have A Special Place In My Heart

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Christmas ‘91, my Sister and I acquired a Sega Mega Drive II from Santa. It was a toss-up between that and a SNES, but Nintendo didn’t have Sonic, so of course the cute hedgehog triumphed over the fat plumber, as it would do with any 4 year old girl. Thus began my love affair with gaming; getting up an hour earlier than needed so I could steal some time on California Games before school, being determined to see Donald Duck through to the end in World of Illusion (great game, no?). (more…)

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Missing The Memo About The Demise Of The Xbox

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I’ve always been under the impression that the Xbox brand is of a pretty solid stature in the gaming world, particularly down to the continuous success the 360 is achieving. Even though I wasn’t much of a gamer prior to this generation, I know the GameCube-PlayStation2-Xbox era saw the PlayStation 2 firmly stand as the King of console gaming, with both the GameCube and Xbox under performing sales-wise in comparison.

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