Batman: Arkham City Released October 18, 2011
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Today’s the 18th of October, which means that Batman: Arkham City has been released, and yes, there is a Collector’s Edition. I just got back from the midnight launch and take a look at the goodies I got from it.
I have a preview clip of the game from the New York Comic Con I plan to post up tomorrow. I held off posting it because I was worried it would be taken down prior to the game’s release. Since the game’s out now, there shouldn’t be a problem posting it. Until then, enjoy the game’s official launch trailer.
Batman: Arkham City is out now for the Xbox 360 and PS3. PC is coming soon.
Max Payne 3 New York Comic Con Preview October 17, 2011
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I got to see a live demo of Max Payne 3 while at the New York Comic Con. This is what I saw.
New York Comic Con 2011 Ford Display October 14, 2011
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Ford was demoing some of their new cars for anyone at the con that wanted to drive them. There was no chance in Hell I was going to drive a car in NYC traffic, but they were nice looking cars.
It seems Ford has been trying to go for the geek demographic this year.
How to Tell You’re Near Comic Con October 13, 2011
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I walked from Grand Central Station to the Convention Center they were hosting the New York Comic Con at. On the way there I passed some well known landmarks including the Library, Madison Square Garden, and the Empire State Building.
When I saw this on the lamp posts, I knew I was getting close.
How to Wireless Sync Your iPhone October 12, 2011
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Installed iOS5 but can’t find any information how to wirelessly sync your device? I couldn’t either, so I made a how-to video to help everyone out.
Gears of War 3 Chapter 1 Commentary October 9, 2011
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I don’t normally do a recording of the final version of a game, but while co-oping the opening of Gears of War 3, I found myself subconsiously doing commentary on the game (and annoying my co-op partner quite a bit). It turns out I know a lot of background information about the history of Gears of War, so I decided to do a commentary for the very beginning of the game.
I don’t plan to do any further commentary on the game itself, but if you’re interested, I did enjoy the game quite a lot and recomend it to all Xbox 360 owners (or even people on the fence about owning an Xbox 360). I don’t plan to do any further commentary for any other games, but hey you never know.
If you would prefer to see me have higher quality gameplay videos, feel free to check out my support page and send me a capture device!
Gears of War 3 is out and exclusive to the Xbox 360.
Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs October 5, 2011
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It is my unfortunate duty to inform anyone who visits this site that Steve Jobs has died.
Gears of War 3 Epic Edition Unboxing and Review September 23, 2011
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You’ve been waiting two days for it, and here it is. The Gears of War 3 Epic Edition for the Xbox 360, all one hundred and fifty dollars US of it!
First off, Maniac cracks it open and does an unboxing of everything that’s in it, including the Limited Collector’s Edition, which is also included with the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition. I have followed the Gears of War series since it’s very beginning, and while doing the unboxing you might catch the tidbits of one of my best gaming stories.
People have asked me to do reviews for these Collector’s Editions for quite some time, and so I have started to do them. A quick reminder, I rate Collector’s Editions on a scale of Required, which means “you must go out and buy this right now.”, Fanboys Only, which is self explanatory, and Don’t Bother, which is also self explanatory. The factors that go into this decision include price, as well as the quality of what’s included with it in comparison to the price.
Remember to stay tuned after the credits for a hilarious postscript!
Gears of War 3 Epic Edition Size Comparison September 21, 2011
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The Gears of War 3 Epic Edition continues the trend of Microsoft publishing ENORMOUS Collector’s Editions (with an enormous price to match), that have been shared in games like Halo 3 and Halo Reach. I’ll do my review and unboxing of the game a little later, but I want you guys here to have some idea about just how big the box this game came in is, and how it compares to other Collector’s Editions I own.
I actually did the math to compare the volume of each of the largest Collector’s Edition boxes I own, and let me say that it is definitely up there, on par with the size of the Halo Reach Legendary Edition, and easily beating out the size of every other large Collector’s Edition I owned (regardless of shape).
Of course comparing the Halo Reach Legendary Edition box to the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition box was kind of pointless, as there is a clear winner to the largest Collector’s Edition box, and that’s of course for the Rock Band Collector’s Edition which included the game with guitar, drum set and microphone. I don’t have any of the Guitar Hero World Tour or Band Hero Collector’s Editions so I can’t compare those, but Rock Band 2’s CE box was somehow made smaller.
But, for a game that shipped with no extra peripherals, It’s STILL a pretty big box!
Gears of War 3 Release Day September 20, 2011
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For the three of you who may not know, today marks the release of the biggest Xbox 360 exclusive game of the year, the highly anticipated Gears of War 3. Don’t know what that is? Take a look at this!
Unfortunatly I was not able to participate in the midnight release festivities of the game, but I already had the Epic Edition of the game reserved and went in to pick it up as soon as I possibly could, which was this evening.
I had a slight concern that GameStop would have given away my copy of the Epic Edition since the game had been on sale since Midnight (when Grand Theft Auto 4 launched GameStop sent out a letter telling clerks not to even bother honoring Preorders). So, COG tags on, and wearing my Gears of War 3 hoodie jacket with a Crimson Omen on the back, I went out to collect my preorder of Gears of War 3, and I have some rare good words to say about GameStop’s staff from when I was there.
You can expect an unboxing of the game tomorrow!
Gears of War 3 is out now exclusive to the Xbox 360!
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