I have precious little spare time in between playing "The Orange Box" right now so I'll keep it short and sweet...

 

 

Experience the new high-definition, next generation sights and sounds of Beautiful Katamari as the Prince takes on a new high-rolling adventure, with his famous cousins in tow, to save the Katamari universe once again after the King of All Cosmos has a very un-royal and unfortunate accident.

 

 

 

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lion (PSP) This PSP port of the classic PlayStation 1-era strategy RPG adds new classes and animated movies to help explain the insanely convoluted story in this otherwise amazing game.

 

 

Half-Life 2: Orange Box (PC, X360) -- After over a year of intense waiting, the Half-Life episodic saga finally continues. The amazing Orange Box collection brings both console and PC gamers the full, original Half-Life 2, Episodes 1 and 2, Portal, and the frantic online action of Team Fortress 2, all for the price of a single game.

 

  

Microsoft announced the bundles, packaging the Xbox 360 Premium and Elite SKUs with Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. The Premium and Elite will go for their regular prices of $349.99 and $449.99, respectively. Though no release date is given for the bundles, they have been promised to be in stores by the end of October.

The Conan demo is approximately 15-minutes and will release on October 23. 

 

 

In the Simpsons demo gamers must defend Springfield using Homer and Bart from the nefarious Kang and Kodos.  The Simpsons Game releases on October 30.

Ear Force X3 for Xbox 360!

Overview Pump up the volume with TBS-2065 Ear Force X3 Wireless Headphones for Xbox 360™ without disturbing friends, family or neighbors. Now you can freely move around as you play and hear every nuance of the game - from an opponent sneaking up behind you to your teammate’s voice right next to you. These headphones let you trash talk online while blocking out distractions. With its microphone monitoring system, you can hear your voice as well so you can avoid talking loud unnecessarily. Additionally, the automatic shut-off feature means you'll never have to worry about forgetting to shut off the headphones to conserve battery power. When you're done playing, just put the headphones down and they'll automatically shut off after a few minutes of silence. The X3 transmitter communicates with the headphones via a wireless infrared (IR) light beam to assure high-fidelity and reliable operation. Unlike radio frequency (RF) communication, audio transmission via IR is much less sensitive to interference from microwave ovens, cell phones, wireless networks, wireless phones and other RF devices found around the home. The TBS-2065 Ear Force X3 Wireless Headphones include almost everything you need for an amazing gaming experience.

Highlights Move around freely as you play and hear every nuance of the game Equipped with microphone monitoring Features automatic shut-off Allows you to communicate via Xbox Live Dynamic talkback expander automatically adjusts Xbox® Live chat levels during loud moments Offers separate volume controls for the game and chat audio levels Bass-boost improves gaming experience by enhancing deep-bass sound effects Includes Ear Force X3 Transmitter, Xbox Live talkback cable, Six Foot Splitter Cable, Suction Cup, Velcro Tabs, AAA Batteries and DC Power Adapter

A *NEW* 3 pack of exclusive tracks for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II are now available.  The tracks are: Trivium's "Detonation," Atreyu's "Ex's And Oh's," and Protest the Hero's "Bury the Hatchet.  The pack costs 500 Microsoft points ($6.25).

I'm not gonna waste time blabbing!  Download this demo now!  It's awesome....  I can't even describe it with justice.  The graphics, while dark at times, are incredible.  Especially the rain effect grab you and pull you in right from the start.  The control scheme is pulled off with ease for a squad based shooter and it reminded me alot of the controls in Star Wars: Republic Commando.  Each character is different and useful in there own way for specific situations during gameplay.  There are even some cool pulse pounding "context sensitive" moments where you will need to press certain buttons quick enough to pull off moves.  I can't wait for this game to come out and I can't wait to play the demo again!  Go Download it NOW!!!  Read more about Jericho Here.

 

After a somewhat short hiatus due to life and work taking away from gaming and relaxation, I'm back.  Just in time to give up sleep for the one and only Halo 3, yes indeed!  I'll be back to blog more in between chapters and multi-player sessions.

 My system just died today on what may have been the hottest day in so cal all summer.    Hopefully Microsoft will get it repaired quickly and I'll be back in action soon.  I'm a bit weary though.... I've been on hold for almost 35 minutes now with tech support.   Not really feeling much support.