Are you a sad Xbox Live silver user, forced to watch from the sidelines while your Gold-subscription paying friends get their game on? Do you feel dejected by smug PSN users who laud their multiplayer service’s gratis nature over you? Well, Microsoft has awarded you a small reprieve – as Xbox Live Gold will be free for a short period, …

Ten years ago today in north America SEGA released what would become their last foray into the console hardware arena. It was the first of the 6th generation of consoles to make it in to people’s homes – Before the Nintendo Gamecube, the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft’s Xbox. It was, 10 years ago, a beast of a machine, sharing the …

I’ve said it before, and for good measure I’ll say it again: As it stands right now, Xbox Live is undeniably the better online gaming service. If there’s one single thing that Microsoft’s done right with regards to the platform, it’s making the entire system unified and intrinsic. Not forcing developers to to create their own online networks makes it …

Wow, what a long day at work. Now I get to go home, open up a beer, power up the old console and abruptly get slaughtered by Timmy the 16 year old in a fit of his pubescent rage. Nice! That’s exactly what I was looking forward to while my boss shouted at me and shoved more work down my …

Men’s Lifestyle website Asylum.com has put together a seriously great article that basically teaches mere mortals the ins and outs of online gaming jargon. Not only do they give the explanations for some of the phrases words that most of us have become so familiar with, but they have also added a few words and phrases that they would like …

This intriguing image and rather different take on Zombie Apocalypse made it’s way onto Digg.com early this morning with the title “Left 4 Dead”. After doing some research I found out that the image actually has nothing to do with Left 4 Dead at all. It did however dawn on me that this image is a perfect example of what …