The first week of April brings us a smorgasbord of community events with just as many variations of play. Whether you’re into fast cars, curve balls, plasma swords, or zombies fighting robots, there’s an event for you.
Tuesday, March 31st:
Family Game Night with Monsters Vs. Aliens The Video Game
Wednesday, April 1st:
GamerchiX Ladies Night with Halo Wars
Game […]

Two Game With Fame events and a chance to play with Godfree and Gamertag Radio this week!
Wednesday, March 25th at 6:00 EST hosts a chance to play Nascar ‘09 with country music star Jamey Johnson. If you want to race around the high octane oval with the artist behind “In Color” just add the Gamertag […]

I am a big fan of reality shows, anda big fan of videogames (DUH!). But I never though there would come a day where I would be watching a reality show and be able to say… hey, I know some of the people on there! Now, the ones I know are mostly […]

I just wanted to let you guys know, if you don’t already, that the Xbox LIVE Community Team has started posting information on their very own blog. The information ranges from details on current promotions, to deep (and not so deep) insights of games they have played, to upcoming events, and a nice re-cap of […]

Today marks the launch of a rather unique XBLA item:  Hasbro Family Game Night.
Taking a cue from the Nintendo Wii’s method of creating Channels to group items, HFGN on XBLA creates a virtual space in which you can play various Hasbro board games solo, on the couch with friends, or online.  As games are released […]

Get Game Smart with Trixie360!
Microsoft wants to know how you and your family game together while having fun and being responsible. Just make a little video showing how you and your teen play together and moderate your game time and enter the contest at www.getgamesmart.com to be eligible for wonderful prizes including $1,000 cash, an […]

This week seems like a fairly quiet week for Community events.  I encourage everyone to keep an eye on the Xbox.com Community Calendar to find the various games being played each day, as always.
Friday night will be host to a Community Playdate with the Video Game Jocks.  The crew from the blog and podcast will […]

Okay.. that might have been a little dramatic (and I know a certain someone already mentioned this game in the post below) but after staying up until almost 3:00 AM playing a game on XBLA (Xbox LIVE Arcade for the n00bs out there) that rewards you with “Ode to Joy” by Ludwig van Beethoven, I […]

I spent alot of time out today and I am dog tired tonight so I haven’t had a chance to play any of the new offerings, but for your benefit here is today’s brand new Xbox Live content:
Crystal Defenders - 800 Microsoft Points
Protect your party’s crystals from encroaching monster hordes in Crystal Defenders, a defensive […]

So I woke up rather early this morning.  My intent was to give the new XBLA offerings a play, write up some short impressions, and then go to Disneyland for the day.  Unfortunately I seem to have lost my controller cable somewhere and my paddle’s battery is near death.
The new plan then became to go […]