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  • What travel games should I buy?

    With my upcoming travel, I was thinking about what portable games I should buy. I’ve got a Zune with the latest firmware on it..which will give me Hexic and Texas hold em but what else should I look at? I asked this question on Twitter this morning, but I thought I’d post and ask for your...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 09-25-2008

  • Game Controller holder

    On my show this week, I was talking about the game controller holder on the wall of my office. A number of you asked for more details and where you could purchase one. Head over to ArmoryTech.com for details and reviews . This is a nice little unit that is platform agnostic, and works well with all types...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 09-05-2007

  • PAX 2007

    If you are going to PAX today then find some time and stop buy the panel discussion I'll be moderating at 1:30 today (The New Face of Game Journalism.) The Gamerscoreblog folks have plenty of photos up of yesterday's action if you want to get a sense of the scene, which looks to be bigger then...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 08-25-2007

  • Isn't this supposed to be a slow time of the year ?

    Except for a few franchise titles , the June - August time frame is normally a quiet time for game releases as developers are busy preparing for the big Holiday rush. Some people around the office and I were discussing this, and now that the Halo 3 beta is over, we were looking at the release calendar...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 06-14-2007

  • How to score a million on Pac-Man

    Want to jump in on the official Pac-Man World Championship but don’t think you have the skills? Then you need the ‘Break A Million at Pac-Man’ book. In this PDF (created from the 1982 book) you’ll learn the patterns for the various levels and as well as how you can develop your own patterns (Chapter...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 05-06-2007

  • Rainbow Six Vegas for $39.99

    It looks like BestBuy.com has RSV on sale right now . This may not last until the end of the day, so hit it while its still available for $39.99. Thanks to Jeremy for the tip
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 01-04-2007

  • How the Wii controller works

    The New York Times takes a look at the Wii controller in it’s ‘How it Works’ series . It’s a nice look behind the technology, complete with easy to understand graphics. (login required)
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 12-21-2006

  • Give me a call today

    Today on the Sirius Satellite gaming show that I sit it on each week (Tuesdays on Maxim Channel 108) we’ll be taking live calls for the second half of the show. That means today from 2:30p-3:00p ET (11:30a-12n PT) you can call dial 888–99–MAXIM (U.S.only) to join the conversation. The...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 12-19-2006

  • More on gaming in 1080p

    I got an email last night from Bruce Dawson. Some of you may remember Bruce as the co-author of the console comparison that I posted after E3 2005. Bruce was thinking about 720p vs 1080p in ways that only a super-smart engineer can. Bruce provides a very interesting look at using 1080p in games at a...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 10-22-2006

  • Sony 'Gamer Day'

    Yesterday Sony held a ‘Gamers Day’ in San Francisco (my invite must have gotten lost in the mail) and rolled out a few more details about the PS3 and their on-line approach. You can read details at News.com , Kotaku , Joystiq .and Engadget . I am sure many of you have spend the past 12 hours...
    Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 10-20-2006
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