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Just Ask: Good Buy Kinect?

10/31/2012
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by Justin Gifford in: Editorials

Question: With the recent price drops, integration of lots of music and video apps, and the growing number of motion-based games available for the Xbox 360, is it worth it to purchase the 4GB Xbox 360 to use as a combination fitness/entertainment hub? – Brandi, Indianapolis, Indiana Responders: Brandon Coppernoll & Justin Gifford with Justin Lacey Justin G No. Brandon Gifford, quit being an ass. This is a tough question to answer. Microsoft is absolutely positioning itself to become an entertainment hub [...]

Shiniest Objects: Stupid Dog

A week of follow ups to major stories from last year, plus Zynga may be showing its true face. We were overly regretful last week, but luckily Justin Gifford was there to shake some sense into us with his first angry letter of 2012. Every day we are on the look out for the most interesting news items in the gaming industry. Some make it on the site as headlines, and the articles that just miss the cut end up [...]

Shiniest Objects: You Bought It

No time to slow down now, just as the third Battlefield heats up reviews move off the charts and I continue to make bad puns. We actually put out two videos in one week and put our new stamp on our community infused In Gaming We Trust series. Every day we are on the look out for the most interesting news items in the gaming industry. Some make it on the site as headlines, and the articles that just miss [...]

Shiniest Objects: Now is When

Big week for release date news surrounding a number of “when its done” titles which helped distract us from the mess that is now Netflix. Qwikster? Come on. There was plenty of new action on our site this week as we introduced a new contributor, announced our first live podcast (this Tuesday 9/27 at 8pm), and took on some heavy hitters with our editorials. Every day we are on the look out for the most interesting news items in the [...]

Shiniest Objects: Wii Told You So

All kinds of Nintendo rumors exploded this week and speculation raised up about the real Portal 2 release date that turned into an interesting Steam promotion. We got our game on a Net Heads after trying to dream up some remakes worth playing. Every day we are on the look out for the most interesting news items in the gaming industry. Some make it on the site as headlines, and the articles that just miss the cut end up in [...]

Mail This: Four Broken Microsoft Commandments

02/11/2011
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by Justin Gifford in: Editorials

Dear Microsoft Legal Department, I’m hoping that you maintain the same sense of humor that you had when the Windows 7 phone was first jailbroken and keep in mind that everything I’m about to say is hypothetical, constructive criticism from a near-rabid consumer of your goods. Also, this is satire, which is protected by the First Amendment, so please don’t make like Sony and sue me. (By the way, guys, what Sony’s doing could be described as farce; what I [...]

Shiniest Objects: Save Money to Make Money

Every day we are on the look out for the most interesting news items in the gaming industry. Some make it on the site as headlines, and the articles that just miss the cut end up in the Shiny Objects feed which can be viewed here (or on the sidebar of the site) and subscribed to here. Every Monday we recap the shiniest of the objects, and our original articles from the previous week. Horrible Objects Rated Review // Astroman Review: Indie Metroid-Lite Preview [...]