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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:30 PM

Smart Glass

The Xbox team recently announced an upcoming feature called “SmartGlass.” The idea is that your phone or tablet will be a second screen that works in conjunction with the Xbox on the big TV. If you’re watching TV, you can get information about the actors...
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Friday, December 16, 2011 12:30 AM

Gamerscore Over Time

When you play Xbox, every game contributes up to 1000 points to your “gamerscore.” I looked a graph of my score over time and got a pretty good chuckle out of it.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:30 AM

Xbox Cloud Saves

Most blog posts about the latest Xbox dashboard update talk about the new UI and the coming availability of Comcast OnDemand and other TV services. Those are all interesting, but to me, the biggest features deal with the new Cloud Storage. If you regularly...
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Friday, October 28, 2011 12:30 AM

Forza 4 Review

I used to play a lot of video games. Now I don’t play much at all. But when a new version of Forza came out, I couldn’t resist. I’ve played the first three versions of the game from start to finish and then some. For me, this is as good as it gets. Forza...
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Monday, April 04, 2011 12:30 AM

Game Giveaway

Are you a PC gamer? The last couple projects I’ve done have left me with coupons for free downloads of Lost Planet 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2 . I keep thinking I’ll play them, but it’s been months and that hasn’t happened. Time to give them away! To enter...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:30 AM

Super Mario Crossover

I never knew how satisfying it was to play as Bill from Contra and shoot goombas until I played Super Mario Crossover. It’s a very well done Flash game. If you remember NES gaming, you need to check this out. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011 12:30 AM

Sifteo Cubes

GregH originally called my attention to this and it looked like something worth sharing. It combines computer games with physical gameplay. The game consists of a set of three cubes (you can add more) that know when they are placed next to each other...
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Friday, February 25, 2011 12:30 AM

New Gamertag

Pretty soon Tyla and I will both have Windows Phones. Because of the way the Zune pass works, my gamertag/Zune pass tag will show up on her phone in a couple places. I didn’t want her to have to go around explaining why her phone said OllieTabooger...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:30 AM

Bejeweled HUD

I’ve been addicted to Bejeweled Blitz lately. Each game only lasts 60 seconds but you always want to play just one more. I got pretty good at the game, but I started thinking about how it could be automated. I actually wrote a program that played Bejeweled...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:30 AM

Billy Mitchell Spotted

Tyla and I had lunch at Ruby’s in Redmond Town Center on Sunday afternoon. Soon after we got our meal, two guys walked in. My first thought was that one guy seemed a little cocky. My second thought was: That’s Billy Mitchell from King of Kong ! Tyla recognized...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:30 AM

King of Kong

If you haven’t seen King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters yet, I recommend that you give it a shot. While a documentary about two guys competing for the high score on Donkey Kong seems nerdy, it’s quite well done. Steve Wiebe is the main character in the...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:30 AM

Poker in Washington State

Just as I moved to Washington in 2006, the state passed a law making online poker illegal . I wrote that linked blog post detailing it and explaining why it didn’t make sense. No matter how much I disagreed with it, I obeyed the law and cancelled...
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:30 AM

Halo Wars

Video games. Remember those things? Since last summer, I have hardly touched them, but a game has arrived that makes it worth picking up the controller again: Halo Wars. I had the opportunity to play early builds of this quite a while back. It was already...
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Friday, November 21, 2008 11:41 AM

Merry Christmas!

I didn't win anything at the Microsoft holiday preview meeting shown in my latest moblog picture, but they did hand out a free gift card. I've decided to throw it out to you loyal readers. The first one to type in this code will receive three free months...
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Friday, November 21, 2008 12:30 AM

New Xbox Experience

The new Xbox dashboard has finally be released to the public. It's a complete change from the old blade design, but overall I like it. I really don't care much about the avatars, but some people are pretty excited about that. The biggest change for me...
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