Xbox Live
Oh Noes, Mass Effect 3 Muliplayer Announcement
I know gamers go nuts for multiplayer, but I’m not one of those. I’m a solo girl, making major exceptions for Rainbow Six: Vegas, bitches! As much as I trust BioWare in the RPG department, the announcement of multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 has slightly dampened my enthusiasm for the game. Games that have great single player campaigns [...]
The Pitfalls Of Being A ‘Girl Gamer’
I hate the term ‘girl gamer’. In my eyes there should be no drama surrounding a girl who enjoys killing dudes, yet specifically defining a woman who plays video games as a ‘girl gamer’ does just that. When I attended Video Games Live in the summer of 2008, I watched as the host asked an excitable crowd of 2000+ geeks [...]
I’m Not A Multiplayer Gamer
I shell out £40 a year for my Xbox Live Gold subscription, yet I admittedly don’t use it to its full potential. Most of my time on Xbox Live is spent in party chat, or tackling Spec Ops and other co-op based missions with friends. Racism, cursing, tea-bagging, and sexual slurs are not appealing to me. At all. When people find out I’m [...]
Aside: A Plea To Microsoft
Dear Microsoft, Xbox Live is now 7 years old, which begs the question, why are you still capping the friends list at 100? It’s stupid. My friends list has been full for several months, and I can’t make room for new friends without removing other friends. It’s stupid. There are a couple of issues that irritate me here. Firstly, [...]
Let’s Make Xbox Live A Better Place
It’s too easy to point your finger at Microsoft and criticize, but we do it anyway ‘cos it’s fun. Over the course of writing this blog, I’ve aired some opinions in regards to how I feel Xbox Live could improve. Xbox Live has come a long way since its inception, but there are still some issues I feel Microsoft should [...]
Aside: More Mass Effect G’s
I didn’t see this coming, but one of my favourite games, Mass Effect, has just had 150 G’s added to the total, bringing it up to 1200. Considering how long Mass Effect has been out, it feels the news of impending DLC is completely out of the blue. I did figure it was odd having the total ME Achievements sitting at 1050 G’s, [...]
The Wonderful World of Avatar Props
Some kind of Dashboard update was rolled out yesterday. I don’t know, I wasn’t paying too much attention. I have noticed, however, we can now purchase clothes and props for our Avatars. Personally, I’ve never paid much attention to my Avatar (as cute as she is with her red locks and leopard print trousers), but there has [...]
Pop A Cap On It, ‘Yo
I don’t own Halo 3, but if I did I’d have 1750 GamerPoints to chase. I thought Fallout 3′s 1450 worth of Achievements were bad, but no, Halo takes the biscuit. Remember when retail games capped at 1000? Arcade games at 200? It seems this was only to be the case in the 360′s infancy, back when gamers paid little notice [...]
I Wish Xbox Live Had An Age Filter
I’ve been a member of Xbox Live for over two years, and within that time I’ve ventured ever-so-apprehensively into the murky waters of multiplayer on numerous occasions, namely with Rainbow Six: Vegas. I’ve been fortunate enough to have not had too many bad experiences. The occasional name calling (an Irish guy who referred [...]
Operation: Anchorage Is Just Like Tom Cruise
Short. When I Tweeted that I was playing the new Fallout 3 downloadable content, Operation: Anchorage, quite a few people replied me asking if it was any good. If you were one of those people who asked and are pissed I never replied, well that was simply because I had just started playing, and was wishing to reserve my opinion until I had [...]