6 months later, we examine the status of the local Xbox Live marketplace.

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  This weekend, the 5 minutes of personal, free time I managed to wangle away from family responsibility ended up being spent on what I thought was a fascinating read. As somebody who could only be considered a casual Pac-Man player, I had no idea that the enemy AI in the game was so complex, or at least, seemingly complex. …

Cosmopoliton, the women’s magazine that feature’s more scantily-clad women than most magazines has a habit of dispensing advice relating to carnal matters. In their latest bit of dating counsel, they recommend women who fancy a bit of pickle tickling get a Wii or visit an arcade. Why? Video games lead to more sex! Last Updated: October 19, 2010

The second game in the apparent Xbox Live Arcade and PSN Dreamcast revival has finally been given a release date. Following on the heels of the poorly ported and ill-received Sonic Adventure, classic frantic arcade and Dreamcast…taxi simulator Crazy Taxi will be released on the download services on November 24. The game will feature updated, 720p graphics and presented in …

We officially heard last night that a new Xbox 360 Arcade model is to be released next month that will retail for around R1 200 less than the 250Gb model simply because it has 246Gb less memory. To be honest this makes it a very appealing console for anyone who isn’t into online gaming or Xbox Live but would like …

So Microsoft has finally announced the official Kinect pricing which we posted about earlier as well as belatedly announcing that they will be releasing an Arcade version of their upcoming Xbox 360 S. As a quick sidenote, Microsoft themselves don’t recognise the Xbox 360 S moniker and refer to either the 250 GB Xbox 360 or 4GB Xbox 360. Last …

This is one of those moments when full disclosure is definitely required as I have not even played this title yet. However after listening to a couple of podcasts recently and browsing around the net it appears that Limbo may be the next super Arcade title coming to the Xbox 360. According to various reports the new arcade title Limbo …