Tag Archive for 'xbox-360'

Trashed again: I had to send my Xbox 360 to rehab

October 31st, 2009 by ep

I’m a total Xbot. I will be a fanboy of the Xbox 360 until the day Xbox New rises to power. Then, despite all of what I’m about to discuss, I will purchase Xbox New and 3 games on launch day. But, that out of the way, let me tell you a little story about [...]

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The Lego "Whatever" conundrum [Xbox 360]

April 29th, 2009 by ep

xep44@sloppypotatoes.com Video games that don’t take a lot of skill or brainpower to enjoy deserve a place in every collection, and in every console. A couple of my favorites are the Lego Star Wars games. I played Lego Star Wars, LSW II and LSW: The Complete Collection and I had some mindless fun with every [...]

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Gears of War 2 video

May 11th, 2008 by ep

Awesmoe, completely awesmoe If you’ve played the first game, you probably already clicked the video to see what the second game has in store. If you haven’t played the first game, here’s a quick, spoiler-free recap of some of the things you missed. Machine gun with a chainsaw on it for slicing and dicing, cool [...]

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GRID demo live on Live

May 8th, 2008 by ep

DiRT has been discussed briefly on Sloppy Potatoes a number of times. It’s one of my favorite racing titles ever. Easily. The graphics, the vehicle physics and the offroad setting just made the game a perfectly fun racer. GRID is the next game from Codemasters and while the racing will be on streets this time, [...]

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Call of Duty 3 Review (Xbox 360)

April 26th, 2008 by ep

‘Overall (Call of Duty 3) was great fun, but I think there were more glitches here than there were in the other two episodes.’ Call of Duty 3 is not just “another World War II game.” There are lots of World War II games out there, but if companies like Treyarch and Activision keep putting [...]

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Xbox 360 review: NHL 07

April 20th, 2008 by ep

While the NHL isn’t everyone’s favorite sport, an occasional hockey game can be fun. NHL 07 was fun for a while. For several games I was bragging about how cool it looks and how smooth the gameplay felt. But as the games started to rack up, several enjoyable moments started to be replaced with ugh [...]

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