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The Xbox 360 –a Gamer’s Dream Machine.

July 08, 2009 By: Ali Category: Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 a Gamer’s Dream Machine

xbox-360-bumblebee-transformersThe Xbox360 is a video game console that is visionary. It competes with the Sony Play Station 3 and Nintendo Revolution. A gamers’ dream machine, the Xbox 360 game console is sold in two versions a premium edition that has a hard drive, a wireless controller, headset, Ethernet cable, a HD AV cable, and an Xbox live silver subscription and a core system.

Powerful and futuristic the Xbox360 console includes HD gaming, perfect sound, and sensational graphics. The system offers high-end gaming with several exciting possibilities. It revolutionizes video game consoles and is, in actuality, a computer dedicated to gaming. It is not just a gaming machine it is a media center that allows you to play games, network with other gamers around 360 of them, rip, stream, and download high definition movies, music, digital pictures, games, music, and play DVDs and CDs. It is what makes dreams into realities.

The Xbox360 has around 18 titles in the US including games like Call of Duty 2, Dead or Alive 4, Every Party, FIFA 06, NBA live, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, and Project Gotham Racing 3. Technically, it has advanced graphics and a 115 GFLOPS theoretical peak performance. All games support a six channel Dolby Digital Sound with no voice echo.

Apart from video and DVD playing the Xbox 360 console live market place allows the user to connect to Xbox live even if offline. Users can view messages and game invites sent by other Xbox live members. The live market place allows download of avatars, trailers, as well as game demos.

With the Xbox360 console a person can view a complete record of games played, play games downloaded from marketplace, play game demos, watch movie as well as game trailers, listen to music customized for the user, view pictures as well as videos stored on a camera or any other portable device, and activate the media center extender.

xbox_360_game_consoleThe Xbox 360 game console has backward compatibility and so, users can play games originally developed for the earlier versions of the box. Wireless connectivity and wireless controllers offer great freedom and connectivity at large distances. And, you can download and play arcade style games using the Xbox Live Arcade. Game demos and trailers are offered free but full versions of games have to be purchased using Xbox Live Marketplace using Microsoft points which can be bought through Live or via game cards sold retail.

Technically a few small glitches have been reported. There is what is known as the Xbox360 screen or death which is an error screen. This stops the console and the user is requested to contact technical support. Another problem is that of the Xbox 360 game console freezing due to overheating. To solve this, users are requested to ensure proper airflow and a cooler environment. If the Xbox is moved from its vertical to its horizontal position while reading a disc, the movement causes the pickup assembly to brush against the disc resulting in radial scratches. Often the Xbox displays red lights instead of a green ring of light to indicate errors.

The X box360 transforms gaming experience into something futuristic and exciting.

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Call Of Duty 4 DS

July 06, 2009 By: Ali Category: Must Play, Nintendo DS

COD 4 Delivers an Arsenal of Modern Weaponry to DS

cod4_nintendo_dsPUBLISHER         : Activision
DEVELOPER       : n-Space
GENRE(S)           : First-Person Shooter
PLAYERS             : 4
ESRB RATING    : T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE : November 5, 2007

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Nintendo DS delivers an arsenal of modern weaponry, arming gamers with precision controls and touch screen capabilities for battle across the world’s most dangerous hotspots. In an unfolding story that parallels the epic, high-octane PC and next generation console Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the Nintendo DS title enlists players as U.S. and coalition forces against a rogue enemy, where the action rages from land to the skies in all-out combat that threatens the world. Nintendo DS Touch Screen and Stylus – Intuitive stylus-based movement controls allows unique ways to construct explosive devices, disarm traps, and perform hand-to-hand combat. Diversity of Gameplay – Delivering a variety of combat, the title takes players from the soldier to the satellite with multiple scenarios. Gamers will experience mobilization as they fast-rope from tactical helicopters, engage hostile forces from an aerial gunship, and experience the ferocity of building to building fighting. Instant Action – Featuring the signature Call of Duty epic combat and intensity, the Nintendo DS title delivers an Instant Action mode allowing players to quickly access previously completed missions. Multiplayer Support – Leveraging wireless local area network (WLAN) for ad-hoc connectivity, up to four players quickly ease into the visceral action of modern warfare combat. [Activision]

The DS version of the game allows the player to assume the roles of several anonymous soldiers, who are either affiliated with the British S.A.S. or U.S. Marines. Unlike the console and PC version of Call of Duty 4, players do not directly impact the outcome of the war. Instead of going after the main antagonists of the overall plot (the Four Horsemen: Russian Ultranationalist Imran Zakhaev and his allies), the playable characters in the DS version participate in minor missions, such as escaping from an American military base in the Middle East as it is attacked by enemy forces, or raiding two cargo ships in the stormy black and dark Baltic Sea which may be carrying nuclear materials. The DS version focuses less on the main attempts to end the conflict and more on the supporting role of the various other soldiers who played a part in the war. The player can also be a gunner on a AC 130-Spectre Gunship as are in the regular console/computer version of Call of Duty 4.

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cod_4_nintendo_dsNintendoWorldReport:
The game’s biggest strength is in how well it establishes the tone and feeling of the console CoD4 games. The fast pace, mission structure, and gameplay are all distinctly Call of Duty, and everything performs beautifully. 90/100

Gaming Nexus:
It’s a very good game in its own right, though. And the single-cartridge multiplayer could be the bargain of the year! 90/100

1UP:
Being able to hop on Wi-Fi for a quick frag here or there, even if it was only with three other people, could have spawned an active online community. While that omission may limit its long-term appeal for some, Call of Duty 4 on DS remains an impressive accomplishment and a game worthy of the name. 80/100

IGN:
An impressive, immersive, entertaining pocket experience that truly feels like a miniaturized version of its console counterparts. 78/100

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Where To Buy Nintendo Wii

July 04, 2009 By: Ali Category: Buyers Guide, Nintendo Wii

Buy Nintendo Wii

nintendo_wii_place_to_buyThere are so many places to buy nintendo wii but, the thing is…do they have it in stock? People are still trying to purchase a Nintendo Wii gaming system, only to find that most stores do not have them in stock! Why is that?

Well, as most already know, the Nintendo Wii gaming system has a huge demand right now. The problem is that there are just not that many to go around right now. I guess Nintendo in all it’s wisdom, could have not foreseen the demand it would entail. Or did they? Maybe they figured that the demand would be even greater if they would limit the production that way they can better control the prices

Is it worth it? Well, I for one can tell you that the Wii gaming system is worth all the hype. My brother-in-law bought one and it has all the great qualities of a winner. Someone has finally developed something that the whole family can enjoy and get some damn exercise while we’re at it! It really is just a great gaming system.

When we first started looking for one, we could hardly find one anywhere! We searched all the normal brick and mortar stores only to come up empty handed. Most places would give a rain check for it. What made it even worse, we were trying to find one in November right before Christmas! Good luck with that. Anyway, even today the question is still seen all over the internet. Where to buy Nintendo Wii?

You can find them all over the internet. Just do some research. There are cheap nintendo wii systems for sale everywhere. But, most of this as we have found are used ones. There are people who are using their system and then figuring out that they can make some money online selling them used for a higher price than they paid! So we went looking around online and asking the same question everyone else was and is asking. Where to buy Nintendo Wii?

Due to the economy, it’s not as hard to find one in a store now. Not like it was the last two years when most stores were literally sold out all the time. But now, if you are in the market for this ever popular gaming system you can still probably find them cheaper online right now. Finding them in stock right now in stores is not a problem but, can you get them cheaper there?

So if you’re still trying to find out where to buy Nintendo Wii at cheap prices, just do some research online. You will find one if you dig deep and at better prices than a year ago.

There are many stores that have them in stock right now but, you can find better deals online if you know where to look.

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