Remember when I had that heart-wrenching Xbox 360 console failure that was a serious general hardware failure? It was definitely an E 74 error, and when I researched it, I realized that it was not covered by Microsoft’s [MSFT] three-year warranty for the Red Right of Death errors, because they were limiting that coverage to [...]
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The Setup “Is it worth it to produce software for [name-a-mobile-device]?” “I’ve heard that I would get screwed by [name-a-mobile-manufacturer] if I develop for them and try to port to [name-another-mobile-manufacturer]… is it true?” Over the past several months, since the advent of the iPhone 3G and its competitors, I’ve received plenty of E-mail from [...]
When Web designers ask me about techniques to manage media assets for their various clients, the discussions almost always seem to drift eventually toward handling decorative or fancy fonts– or, even more commonly, just fonts that are not the “usual suspects” that most end users may have installed on their computers. While we’ve gone so [...]
As reported by Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) earlier, the Halo Wars release date has been changed to release dateS, and they’ve been revised for the different markets: Worldwide demo release: February 5, 2009 Pacific Rim (including Japan and Asia) full game release: February 26, 2009 Europe full game release: February 27, 2009 North America full [...]
There were a few items announced during today’s Microsoft [MSFT] keynote at CES 2009… like the upcoming Windows 7 and a new version of Windows Mobile and even a few updates for the Zune… but the thing that gamers have been wondering about is the upcoming Halo Wars game. The news today is that it will [...]
“Steve, do you know if Xbox Originals games give achievement points?” Alas, gentle readers, the answer is unequivocally no. Several of you have pinged me earlier this evening asking me about this, because Larry Hryb posted about this week’s Holiday Deal of the Week being the original Halo game. I’m actually surprised that the question [...]
If you’ve been keeping up with the funny online short sitcom series known as The Guild, you’re probably in with the rest of the crowd clamoring for more. At this point, a couple of episodes for the new second season have shown up on The Guild site. Felicia Day and producer Kim showed up at [...]
As reported by Larry (Major Nelson) earlier today, Xbox LIVE will be starting a new promotional program called “Holiday Deal of the Week”. Obviously on a weekly cycle, there will be an offering that is typically sold via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace that will be discounted or otherwise provided with a purchasing incentive. The announcement [...]
Not to be outdone by the likes of other online vendors, Microsoft [MSFT] has posted its own Black Friday sale, which extends from November 28 until November 30 evening. I’d missed the initial report from Larry about the sale, but I noticed it when logged into Xbox LIVE earlier today. On the whole, not a [...]
