This post marks the end of 6 years of me covering the Games with Gold program.
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May 2022 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Time for the May 2022 Games With Gold lineup!
April 2022 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Time to look at the upcoming April Games with Gold lineup!
February 2022 Xbox Live Games With Gold
A new month means new games to look at in the Games With Gold program.
December 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Better late than never, it’s time to take a look at the December 2021 Xbox Live Games with Gold lineup!
April 2021 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Damnit, I did it again — I got busy and put off covering this months Games With Gold lineup until the middle of the freaking month! I’ve got to stop doing that but, again, better late than never I guess, right? Let’s get into it. Starting off on the Modern lineup we have Vikings: Wolves …
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I Grow Tired Of This Bullshit From Full Grown Adults
While I was at work today the phone rang, as it regularly does. After all, I work in a video game sales and repair store — people are always calling wondering what we have, how much a service costs, or just wanting some advice on something. It’s a fun job, for the most part, and …
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15 Years Of Xbox 360
On November 22nd, 2005, the Xbox 360 launched to quite the celebration, both in the gaming scene and in the Mojave desert via an event known as “Zero Hour.” If you had told me then that 15 years later I’d be writing this article about the event, I’d have probably thought you were crazy. I …
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I Tried To Preorder An Xbox Series S – That Went Down Like A Lead Balloon
Can’t blame me for trying, right? This morning I got up and waited for the stroke of 10 A.M. central time for Xbox Series S/X preorders to begin, hoping there was a chance I might be able to secure one. I failed in that task. Trust me, I wasn’t seriously expecting to actually snag one, …
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The Xbox Series S Reveal Trailer
After waking up early this morning to learn of the announcement of the Xbox Series S’s existence it should come as no surprise that Microsoft put out a video today promoting the upcoming hardware. It’s quite a nice looking piece, to say the least – I’ve rather enjoyed the style that Microsoft has been promoting …
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Xbox Series S Rumors Confirmed – An Interesting Play On Microsoft’s Part
While I haven’t been paying as close attention as one would think to the upcoming release of new Xbox and PlayStation hardware (blame work and the toxic nature of the online community for that one) I had been active enough to notice people discussing a product mentioned on Xbox gift cards and the like described …
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February 2020 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Time for the annoyance that is the shortest month of the year, February. Well, at least this this time around it’s a leap year, which means 29 days as opposed to 28, which means one extra day to make sure you get the later games in this months Games With Gold offerings. This time around, …
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The Xbox Series X – An Odd Name For A Beautiful Machine
Yesterday, as a part of “The Game Awards 2019,” Microsoft revealed their next console in quite the theatrical video. Quite the work of art, the video showcased a monolithic, tower like machine drastically different from previous designs in the Xbox family, The Controller is, incidentally, quite familiar and mostly traditional — save for the “Sega …
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December 2019 Xbox Live Games With Gold
We’re coming up on December and the end of 2019 and with the new month just days away we have a new set of Games with Gold. Always fun to see what’s to come… well, so long as the games are ones you want. Right, let’s get to it! On the Xbox One we have …
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The Xbox 360 Is Still Getting Software Updates
They may be sparse, and they may be minor, but the Xbox 360 is indeed still getting the occasional update! The most recent of these was just a few days ago, on November 12th, with prior updates happening on August 21st, 2019 and lastly the “first update in two years” happening on May 22nd of …
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