Bizarre Creations’ upcoming combat racer, Blur, has an Xbox 360 beta starting on March 8th–and we have 50 codes to give away. Here’s what you have to do: nothing. Just be one of the first 50 folks to reply below with an email address where we can send your code, and we’ll hook you up. (of course, if you wanted to show your gratitude with an iTunes review or something like that–we won’t stop you, either) See you on the streets!
You’ve undoubtedly pored over, argued over, and fapped over the 2009 game awards bestowed by all the major gaming news outlets by now. But are you caught up on the selections of the people who really matter (namely, those who actually have to buy their own goddamn games and don’t get paid to play them)? If not, have I got a swell proposition for you…
Cast Medium is in the middle of a multi-part series, wherein they ask some popular podcast hosts to share their personal favorite ‘casts. It’s a pretty nifty little series of interviews, and a nice way to discover some new shows that you may not have stumbled across before.
To celebrate the looming civil war that will no doubt be the ultimate result of the 2008 election, we’re giving away 10 beta keys for the Tom Clancy’s EndWar VIP beta. Be among the first ten warmongers to comment here, and it’s yours. Just post your Xbox 360 gamertag, and we’ll send the code to you over Xbox Live. Good luck–and paint “Sooch wuz here” on one of your nukes, would ya?
When I came home with my shiny new Xbox 360 waaaaaay back in 2005, one of my favorite features of the console was the dashboard. The blades were an amazing leap from the clumsy interface of the original Xbox, offering all sorts of expanded control, options, and content that I didn’t even imagine in the previous generation’s hardware.
But nothing lasts forever, and after a few years of noble service, the Xbox 360 dashboard is really starting to show its age and, worse, its limitations. You can find hints of these shortcomings in Microsoft’s recent actions. The back-to-back May announcements of no Spring update and the delisting of selected Xbox Live Arcade titles suggested larger issues. Even the comments made by Microsoft executives on the topic were telling—like when Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten said of the decision not to offer a Spring dashboard update that they were instead:
“building the proper infrastructure and scale for the service.”
Or when Aaron Greenberg commented on the delisting of Xbox Live Arcade games:
“I think that we are not, I would say…happy with the ability to find and discover content as easily as we’d like for consumers to be able to do that.”
So, Microsoft acknowledges the problem. Is there a solution? I think so. Lots of them, actually. We’ve spent some time on our recent podcasts talking about the need for a dashboard 2.0. I decided to take it a step further, look at what exists currently, and suggest some ways to improve things—yes, for Microsoft—but primarily for Xbox 360 users.
Update: We recorded the show a day early this week, and it wouldn’t be fair to select a winner a day before the stated deadline. So, you now have until our next episode—May 30th—to submit your entries (or refine the ones you’ve already submitted).
As mentioned in our latest episode, we’re giving away a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV for your platform of choice. All you have to do is share your best Tales from the G-string story with us. (For those who tune out when Sooch gets graphic, that means an anecdote of debauchery that takes place in a strip club, brothel, or other business of ill-repute.) You can submit them as a written story, an audio recording, a YouTube video—hell—we’ll accept an interpretive dance. Just keep in mind they’ll be judged by the man himself, so be creative and do your best to raise his eyebrows. Submit your entries to feedback@thefanboys.com by Friday, May 16th.
Good luck, perverts!
Looking to dip your toe into the shark-infested waters of 360 hardware? Already have a 360, but you want to roll, Sooch-style, with a console for every room of the house? Well, here’s your chance to win one in what has to be the easiest contest on the ‘net. (more…)
One of our favorite gaming podcasts (just check the links on the right side of our page) is celebrating their one year anniversary. Yeah, we started before them—but they’ve only recorded twice as many shows as we have. Seriously, an independent podcast recording 52 weeks without missing an episode? These cats are the iron men of internet nerd radio. So, congratulations to CJ, Greg, Phil, and Dave. And thanks for the entertainment.
You can check out their 52nd episode here (though I’d recommend you just hit the iTunes store and subscribe)
I snapped this at work with my iPhone:
If you were Sooch’s boss, you might contend that bringing in a Halo 3 Edition Xbox 360, hooking it up, and playing it during work would be the most disturbing thing about this image. But you’d be wrong.
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