XBox 360 price cut

Good for everyone, and in time for E3 - Microsoft on Sunday cut the price of the Xbox 360 Pro model game console with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.

They also introduced a new Xbox 360 model with a 60 gigabyte hard drive, which will go on sale in stores in the U.S. and Canada for $349 in early August.

Buy it, folks, and buy ($10 cheaper now!) Gears of War!

Game Preview - Resident Evil 5

Saw Resident Evil 5 played live at E3 - whoohoo!  Finally on XBox!!! 

The game looks sweeter than before, although maybe a little less freaky. And they showed one of the tougher enemies - a chainsaw-wielding, burlap-sack on the head zombie!!

A solid buy rating, dear bankers.

Here's the extended trailer - set all flights to Africa!

Gave Preview - Gears of War 2 (contd.)

Just saw a live demo on E3.... OMFG OMFG OMFG!!!!!!!!

November 7th, I can't wait!

Meat-shields, oh my!

Faster pacing, goodness gracious!

Better and more detailed graphics... wha..? how...?

Newer weapons, smarter and new enemies, ooh yeah!  (Like the priests, with their new ink grenades, the tickers - explosive little buggers, drones with grappling hooks - you can shoot the hooks off walls so the drones plunge to their splattery deaths... and on and on!)

Newer, gorier kill-moves - flip me over and curb stomp me, why don't you??

The brumaks! Damn!

November 7th, I really can't wait!!!!!

In the meantime, here's an older video, revealed by Mr. Mousse, Cliffy B.  Around the 2 minute mark, you can see an example of using a meat-shield.  And of course, the Brumak is there, and the locust have chainsaws too.  Woohoo!

Game Preview - Gears of War 2 (Part 2)

Gears of War 2 is coming out in November, and I am starting to get as amped up as I was for the first version! Check out the viscerally pleasing video, and download wallpapers.

(Seems the locust have chainsaws too.. Nice!)

I was blown away by the visuals. Given the early stage, I'm sure they will get another face lift soon, but as far as I'm concerned they're ready to go. I saw a sneak peak, comparing the graphics between GoW and GoW 2, and the upgrade is impressive. With GoW, Epic Games had strived for a look they called "Destroyed Beauty", which while inducing chuckles, did actually work. GoW 2 amps that up by adding heavier atmospherics, 'dust' particles, and what seems like improved shading.

Oh, and Gears of War 2 is still an XBox exclusive, so I would recommend buying one!