Tag Archives: games

What can I do with my old Xbox?

Posted on 3 October, 2008 by Si

I just bought a 20G hard drive for my Xbox 360 for a couple of reasons: The space on the 256MB memory card is not enough to download Braid, A hard drive would enable me to play old Xbox games. … Continue reading →

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More than just a games console

Posted on 14 September, 2008 by Si

The Xbox 360 is a pretty neato games machine. Hovever, lately I’ve discovered that it simply excels as a media center. Why? It plays MPEG-4 videos of course! It required a minor software update which was straightforward once I got … Continue reading →

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Ex-rental dissapointment

Posted on 28 August, 2008 by Si

I bought an ex-rental copy of Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube for $10. It loads the menu but when I try to play a game I get disc read errors. Poo. A working Gamecube game for $10… I knew it … Continue reading →

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Bajo says

Posted on 30 July, 2008 by Si

Behold, the insightful musings of Bajo, in his latest blog post. If anything, E3 made me realise how very very small Australia is compared to the rest of the world.  I guess this is why we have to pay a … Continue reading →

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Five minute Brawl review

Posted on 9 July, 2008 by Si

So I bought that Brawl game everyone’s talking about. I used the Gamecube controller. I tried the Wiimote/chuck setup but with these intense games (MK is another one) my left hand very quickly starts to ache from holding the Nunchuck … Continue reading →

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