E3 Hands On: Battlefield 3

E3 is one of the most impressive events for gaming on the planet.  EA made sure that their booth was equally impressive.  As you enter the South Hall of the LA Convention Center, the first thing you saw was the EA booth.  Huge screens, very loud music (Crank your music to 11… now do it again, and you might get close) and enough shiny things to make anyone happy. I immediately went to the Battlefield 3 side of the booth.  The line for attendees was long and winding.  Some of the attendees complained about how they had spent 2 hours in the line, but they were not moving much.  This was a game people wanted to see. The game promises to allow you to wage an all-out war as you step into the boots of Henry Black, a U.S Marine.  You have to eliminate the deadly force known as the

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Xbox @ E3 Liveblog

Hey everyone! @Cherith & @kweenie will be watching the Xbox Press Event and chatting live here. You can join us by watching the event below and then joining us in the chat room. GA ladies @xalaga and @gamingangel are at the event in LA and we’ll have more on the site on everything E3 soon, so stay tuned. Xbox @ E3

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Opinion: Can Video Games Make A Positive Change?

We are living in the age of technology with 3D Televisions, the internet and, smart phones.  Gizmos, gadgets, electronics and social media are around every corner.  It’s kind of funny to imagine life without these things years ago.  One person can survive in the comfort of their home, never having to go out.  I’m not one to encourage hermitage, however I myself use almost all of these on a daily basis.  I’m still inclined to shop in a store versus shopping online, but that’s just me.  I have seen firsthand how gaming can bring positive changes in one’s life despite the years of negativity towards games. Through twitter, I have found GamingAngels.  The staff has embraced me as one of their own and in the months I have been working with them, have found a nice little family.  Although we are spread out across the nation, gaming, social media & the

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Review – Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage

Developer: Omera Force Publisher: Techmo Koei Platform for this review: Xbox 360 Rating: M (for Mature) Release Date: November 2, 2010 RENT Last year publisher Koei and developers Omega Force released Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage.  The game is a spin-off of the Warriors series based on the manga by the same name. The story of the game happens during a nuclear war where the world is left in violence and despair.  The strong took over and slaughtered the weak for supplies. Humanity never gave up hope and held on to the ideal that someone would come to the rescue in their time of misery. In the middle of that, a hero emerges by the name of Kenshiro. Kenshiros story: The successor of Hokuto Shinken and the youngest of the four Hokuto Brothers, Ken wanders the land in search of his love, Yuria, who had been kidnapped by

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Exploring Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon is held every year in Seattle.  Every year, the convention just gets larger and larger and the guest list better and better.  Last year, Emerald City had Leonard Nimoy, around the time that he had announced that he was retiring.  So how can you top Leonard Nimoy? Very simple, you invite William Shatner to show up.  The media guest list was rather impressive with 5 well-known fandoms represented: Star Trek – William Shatner, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes and Wil Wheaton Fringe – John Noble and Jesika Nicole Buffy the Vampire Slayer – James Marsters, Nicholas Brendon and Clare Kramer The Boondocks Saint/Walking Dead – Sean P. Flanery and Norman Reedus The Guild – Felicia Day and Amy Okuda Even Bruce Boxleitner (Alan Bradley/Tron) from Tron was there!  I knew I was in for a weekend full of magic when I decided to go.   It was held at

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Should I KINECT with it or not?

That’s the question I have right now.  Kinect is the new camera-slash-voice command-slash-controller-slash-thing-that-will-sit-on-top-your-TV-next-to-the-Wii-bar-slash-addition to the growing Xbox family.  The point of Kinect is to eliminate the use of controllers for some games and make it “easier” to navigate through the menus.  It promotes movement and  a short array of sport/activity games is available at release. MSRP is $149.99. Why do you see Kinect everywhere you look?  Well, Microsoft is dumping a ton of money into Kinect and Windows 7 mobile advertising; word on the street is north of 500 million on each.  If you think that after 11/3/10 you won’t hear much about Kinect, you are mistaken.  Kinect marketing will be in shows like “Glee” and “Dancing with the Stars.”  It doesn’t stop there, there are cross promotions with Kellogg’s and Burger King, as well as buyouts of the front page of YouTube.  No matter where you are, Kinect will

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Gadget Holiday Guide

iPad Price: $549-$879 First, let’s start with the big ticket item for this year’s guide: the Apple iPad. As many of you know, this wonderful piece of technology is great for any person that loves their technology.  This little “do-it-all” is great for travel with wifi or 3G connection, the business person that needs to stay informed with their apps, or even for a student to take notes or work on assignments on the move.  The great thing about the iPad is the fact that it can be used as an e-reader with the help of many applications and can also be used for playing games. The iPad comes in a number of gigabit sizes ranging from 16GB up to a 64GB. The price of the iPad is determined by gigabyte size as well as the connection function. The cheaper versions of the iPad only have wifi connectibility, while the

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Level Up Announces Gaming Tower and Storage Solutions

If you are anything like myself, you have your gaming equipment all over you house and I do mean all over the house. I have my Rock Band items in a storage room, my games inboxes, my systems and controllers all over the living room and I can’t find my DS since I moved in.  Now there is a way to keep a lot of your gaming gear in a well orgainized, space reducing tower.  Level up, a division of slam brands, has created a storage tower designed specifically for the three major gaming systems of the day, the Wii, Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. In total there are four towers; the Alloy for PlayStation©, Zig-Zag for XBOX 360®, Aperture for Wii™, and Trideca for Wii.  A few key features of the towers are: All products offer easy snap-together assembly Various ventilation designs to prevent your console from overheating

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Xbox 360′s wireless controller goes 2.0

A brand-new Xbox 360 controller featuring an adjustable D-pad is on the way in November. Major Nelson made the announcement this morning, accompanied by a YouTube video, reposted below. Not only does the whole thing feature a pretty slick color change and monochromatic buttons, but the super-shiny D-pad raises and lowers to make it either incredibly clicky or practically nonexistent. The new controller will be packaged with new Play and Charge kits starting November 9 in the U.S. for $64.99. (Sorry, Europe – you’re waiting ’til February.) Almost makes you forget about that Xbox LIVE price hike, doesn’t it? I won’t fault Major Nelson – the comments he’s getting today have to be ten times better than what he got yesterday.

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Xbox 360 Slim specs

So as most know, Microsoft announced the new Xbox 360 Slim at their E3 conference, and I’m sure many of you wanted the specs. Well someone at Kotaku thankfully took a blurry photo of all of the specs and I’ve transcribed them all for you below! Form Factor: Sleek, lean and gloss black finish with chrome accents. Place vertically or horizontally in any living room entertainment center. Touch Sensitive Buttons: Turn the Xbox 360 video game system on/off and eject a disc with the swipe of a finger Whisper Quiet: Whether you’re playing a DVD disc or form the hard drive, or navigating the dashboard, with the all-new and much quieter Xbox 360, the only noise you’ll hear is your own laughing, cheering and playing. Wi-Fi: Built in 802.11n Wi-Fi for fast, easy connection to your friends and entertainment on Xbox Live. Hard Drive: 250GB internal, swappable hard drive for

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