NCAA Football 08 Video Game Review
...NCAA 08 did not get many new features this season, but it is still a great game for the XBOX 360 and Playstation. If you are familiar with this football game series and are looking for something new then you will probably be disappointed. NCAA 08 is an excellent game, but if you own NCAA 07 there is not very much in the way of change for the new version. The Game play is the same and the graphics are very tight, just like last year's version. So, the best thing to do is talk about the new features of NCAA 08 that were not included in last year's version.
At first look dynasty mode looks and feels the same, but there are a few minor tweaks. The biggest change to dynasty mode is off the field in recruiting. Recruiting new players in NCAA 08 has a much more hands on feel to it this season. First, you will select thirty five players to focus on, rank the players in order of impor...more
How To Know If You're Banned From Xbox live
...rst thing that you need to determine is if you are truly are banned from live, the easiest way to find this out is by the error code that you receive. So run a network connection test. When the connection fails, then check the Z value in the error code. 8015 - 190D means you have been banned. Note this means your console was banned - not your account or your storage device. This means that you hav...more
Halo Series the Culmination of First Person Shooter video Games
...ienced before.
Prior to Halo, the most well-known FPS was the second major FPS to hit the market: Doom. Doom gained notoriety beyond the gaming world for its violent content and rampant popularity. It was the first FPS to allow multiplayer gaming over a modem or network, an updated version of which is one of Halo's main selling points. Doom became popular enough that a major Hollywood movie was made, starring The Rock and Karl Urban. Following in Doom's footsteps, Halo is also slated to be made into a motion picture, though - as of writing this article - that project is still in development.
Each installment of the Halo series has...more
Is There Really An Xbox 360 Shortage?
...r packages. Then last week, Futureshop.ca (online) announces that they will be selling 20 Xbox 360s online everyday starting at midnight. Of course locations such as Wal-Mart will have units available on November 22nd, but there is debate as to how many they will have. From one retailer to the next, there seems to be a huge discrepancy of information.
Why would a company create the illusion there is a scarcity? Microsoft knows that the media loves a good shortage. Watching people line up at the pumps when gas goes down in price is a perfect example of the power the media have when the word shortage is thrown around. Oil companys have seen record breaking profits this year. Microsoft will of course make a killing in the short run, but by creating the impression that the Xbox 360 is the hot item this holiday season, they the w...more
