Category Archives: Matchbox360

#TwitLight: Who are you, @Zyber?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Cat

TwitLight is a Twitter Spotlight posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also have a look at all the previous TwitLights and you are more than welcome to take part, too! Welcome to another edition of TwitLight and today it’s all … Continue reading →

Posted in #TwitLight, Blog community project, Community and Games, Ignition, Matchbox360, Splinter Cell games, Twitter, XL LAN | 6 Comments

Halo 3

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Cat

So, the day of all days is finally among us, it’s is almost the 26th of September and Halo 3 is going to be released. Not that myself or anyone else is waiting for it… In a company update on … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Forums, Gears of War, Halo games, Matchbox360, Microsoft, Xbox Live, Xbox360, XL LAN | 3 Comments

About Matchbox360

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Cat

Just to answer everyone’s questions: Yes, i have left Matchbox360 staff. Yes, it was due to staff differences. No, I will not be returning. Yes, I might have another project lined up. There are obviously some people that I’d like … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Forums, Matchbox360, XL LAN | 13 Comments

360, cracking down and forums

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Cat

So…. It’s been an interesting few days. Received Crackdown through the post on Monday. It’s a semi futuristic GTA type game with ability upgrades and generally quite fun. The main selling point is that it contains the Halo 3 beta … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Crackdown, Forums, Gamerscore, Halo games, Housemates, Matchbox360, Xbox360, XL LAN | 2 Comments

Forums, good or bad?

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Cat

Picking up on a post BIG D made on his blog, I’ve lately been wondering about the meaning of forums and what comes with it. Some may also remember my previous posts about forums: “10 Things that annoy me about … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Forums, Matchbox360, MSN, XL LAN | 13 Comments

Spelling and typing

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Cat

I spend a lot of time on the PC/internet and I am typing a lot. Most of that is on msn, but there is a lot on forums, the blog and emails as well. I care a lot about how … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Forums, Matchbox360, MSN | 13 Comments

Internet forums Part 2.

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Cat

In an earlier post I made I stated several things that annoyed me about people on internet forums. Becky commented and gave me a link to this and I thought it was so brilliant that I’d share it again: How … Continue reading →

Posted in Forums, Matchbox360, Sites | 10 Comments

I AM BACK!

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Cat

Apologies to everyone, including myself really. I haven’t been on here in absolutely ages [although I do have a secret sideblog which I’m not going to share just yet, that’s if I’ll ever share it that is!] and I kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Community and Games, Films and TV, Life in general, Matchbox360, Star Wars, Xbox Live | 5 Comments

Anything new? Not really.

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Cat

Things have been a bit quiet in my blog lately. I’ve been busy helping my friend pass her English exams which is fairly difficult to do over msn. Several forums I frequent seem to have an increase in posters (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Community and Games, Forums, Life in general, Matchbox360, MSN, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Sites, Viva Pinata, Wordpress.com, Xbox Live | 15 Comments

Things that annoy me about people on internet forums

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Cat

People that don’t bother reading the thread they post in. People that repeat themselves or ask questions and expect them to be answered within minutes. People that cannot spell. People that can’t back up their own arguments. People that believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Forums, Matchbox360, Sites | 15 Comments

Out with the old…

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Cat

… in with the new! It’s the start of the year and there are changes everywhere. One of the things that changed today is the look of Matchbox360. Yes, you read correctly, Matchbox360 has changed yet again, but this time … Continue reading →

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2006 – My year in Review

Posted on December 31, 2006 by Cat

And what an interesting year it’s been. These are a few things that I have been up to or that have changed this year, in no particular order: In July Andrew, Ian, Suki and I moved house. Ian bought his … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Community and Games, Forums, Gamerscore, Halo games, House, Housemates, Life in general, Matchbox360, My cats, Oblivion - Elder Scrolls IV, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Sites, Xbox Live, XL LAN | 9 Comments

Gamercards

Posted on December 27, 2006 by Cat

Matchbox360 has a new member of staff, DarkGashX, who has his own site for Gamercards and will be contributing to the new design which will go live very soon. He has many different ones available, including this one which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Forums, Matchbox360, Sites, Xbox Live | 10 Comments

MSN conversations and who shouldn’t talk to me….

Posted on December 27, 2006 by Cat

This is something that has been annoying me for quite a while now, so bear with me if I get a bit carried away. I seem to have the whole world and it’s dog on my msn list which consists … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Forums, House, Life in general, Matchbox360, MSN, Sites, Xbox Live | 35 Comments

The warm glow of the 360!

Posted on December 16, 2006 by Cat

Steve (neyo) posted a few of his XL pictures up and it has this picture which I think looks pretty amazing. The warm glow of the 360. ;) Cat

Posted in Community and Games, Matchbox360, XL LAN | 8 Comments

Ignition issue 7 out now

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Cat

Issue 7 of Ignition is now out. Inside: Preview – Mass Effect. Reviews – Gears of War, Call of Duty 3, F.E.A.R, Viva Pinata. Features – XL, The Book of Games Volume 1. Plus a great competition! Go and download … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Community and Games, Forums, Gears of War, Ignition, Mass Effect, Matchbox360, Viva Pinata, Xbox Live, XL LAN | 4 Comments

XL video

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Cat

Ben Furfie from News0r.com did a nice video about XL. Well, we only had 16 360 pods, compared to the 18 mentioned in the video, but at least you get the pleasure of seeing quite a few staff members in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Forums, Gears of War, Halo games, Matchbox360, XL LAN | 2 Comments

After the storm

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Cat

So XL is now well and truly over and I’m still catching up with sleep. I wonder how much longer that will go on for. So, now it’s time to look into the future. I have a job interview next … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas '06, Community and Games, Films and TV, Gears of War, Life in general, Matchbox360, XL LAN | 2 Comments