Category Archives: Xbox360

28/100 best games

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Cat

Randomly came across one of those ubiquitous ‘Top 100 Best Games‘ lists earlier and ended up surprised at the number of games I’ve actually played. Having primarily owned the Xbox and the 360 and not played too many classics I … Continue reading →

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Is gaming a chore?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Cat

I’ve gotten out of gaming in the past and I’ve in the past often had periods during which I didn’t game though they were mostly down to not having a 360. I got Skyrim on the PC [well, my laptop] … Continue reading →

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Gaming memories – Condemned

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Cat

Some of the recent nightmares I’ve had were sort of related to this moment in Condemned though the game most certainly isn’t the reason they have occured. I’m still not sure why I bought and played the game. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Condemned, Gaming Memories, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 2 Comments

Happiness is..

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Cat

..finding that the 360 hard drive with my games saves, particularly my Mass Effect 1 and 2 games saves, wasn’t stolen after all. Now I just need to read through my posts about Mass Effect 2 to remind myself what … Continue reading →

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Where have all the gaming posts gone?

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Cat

Amongst several others there’s a draft sitting in my, well, drafts, lamenting on how I jump from interest or hobby to another to come back to it at a later time thus effectively proving my nomadic nature. In that post … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Community and Games, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, GTA, Halo games, KotOR, Mass Effect, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Splinter Cell games, Star Wars, Xbox360 | 4 Comments

Customer support on Twitter, the @XboxSupport and @BTcare examples

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Cat

So it seems that there’s a problem with an XBLA game. A problem that occurs for one person out of the 663 people I’m following on Twitter, many of them gamers. The person takes it to @XboxSupport, the official Twitter … Continue reading →

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Live Tweeting

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Cat

So it’s E3 and the Microsoft press event. Everyone and their dog is excited about the new game announcements. So what does everyone do? They take it to Twitter. I think about 20 of the people I’m following are in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Twitter, Xbox360 | 1 Comment

The Tudors – The game [No, really..]

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Cat

. I have played many games based on a film or TV franchise including Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lost, Buffy and more. I would even consider some of them to be amongst my … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffy, Community and Games, EA, Facebook, Films and TV, Game Politics, Killerspiele, Lord of the Rings, Lost, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, TV Shows, Ubisoft, Xbox, Xbox360 | 3 Comments

Gamer Banter: A rushed love letter

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Cat

Gamer Banter is a monthly gaming discussion of multiple bloggers. More info is here and please contact Terry from Game Couch if you wish to take part. May’s topic is set by Cat at carocat.co.uk: Which game character do you … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Blog Banter, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Fable, GTA, Halo games, Hitman, Just Cause, KotOR, Mass Effect, Star Wars, Xbox, Xbox360 | 5 Comments

Game Over Month 2010 – final update

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Cat

It’s now far into May and the GOM month is long over, but I thought I’d update with how far I eventually got. To recap, the Married Gamers Game Over Month is every April and meant to give you a … Continue reading →

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Game Over Month 2010

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Cat

This month I’m taking part in the Married Gamers Game Over Month or GOM for short. Started in 2009, Game Over Month offers gamers that chance to catch up on games that fell through the cracks or got lost in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Fable, Game Over Month, GTA, Just Cause, Lost, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 1 Comment

Splinter Cell Conviction demo

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Cat

It’s no secret that I love the Splinter Cell series from the first one through to Chaos Theory and the natural progression through to Double Agent. SCDA is definitely my favourite one of the series, as it’s evolved just enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Community and Games, Splinter Cell games, Ubisoft, Xbox360 | 9 Comments

Dragon Age: Origins. Who would have thought a dog could save the world?

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Cat

I’ve finally completed Dragon Age Origins and overall it’s the first BioWare game I’ve mostly not enjoyed, despite wanting to like it all the way through. The last three hours were painful and, although final bossfights tend to let me … Continue reading →

Posted in BioWare, Community and Games, Dragon Age, Game Review, Lord of the Rings, Mass Effect, Xbox360 | 9 Comments

Mass Effect 2 – Oh yes, there was that whole saving the galaxy thing.

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Cat

I can’t believe it’s been a month since I last played Mass Effect 2 and yet it feels much longer. I don’t really have any valid excuses either, though there was the annoyance of losing two hours of gameplay when … Continue reading →

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“They’re really annoying ’cause they just keep moving.”

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Cat

A few days ago I watched one of my mostly non-gaming friends play several of my games. I call him a non gamer, as I don’t think Flight Simulator or Farmville are what I’d call games. He played UNO, BioShock … Continue reading →

Posted in BioShock, Community and Games, NinjaBee, Xbox Live, Xbox360 | 4 Comments

Just Cause 2 demo

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Cat

This has been a must buy ever since I played and loved the first one. The general feel to it and the over top stunts possible were great and whilst I’ve never actually done everything of it, it’s always been … Continue reading →

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Xbox Live Indie games

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Cat

The first time I looked at the Xbox Live Indie games section was only a couple of months ago. Before that I knew it existed and had heard of some games, yet never actually downloaded any. That changed when I … Continue reading →

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Mass Effect 2 – “Who observes the Observers?”

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Cat

Continuing from where I last left the game I decided to finally complete one of the Liara missions.

Posted in BioWare, Community and Games, Mass Effect, Xbox360 | 3 Comments