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Using my Xbox Live data service?
Thursday, April 03, 2008If you've written an app, private or public, using my data feed of Xbox live info I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know. This isn't a required 'sign-up', but I want to start to keep track so that I could possibly create a page listing all the sites using it, and it may also be useful to be able to contact folks if I need to make a change or take the service down for an hour or so. Just comment on this post, or drop me a line at duncanma@microsoft.com. [read more...]Filed under | 32 comments »Share this -
New Xbox Friends Gadget released and a Silverlight Gamercard Generator
Thursday, April 03, 2008Adam Kinney, Silverlight dude and my colleague at work, has released an updated version of his Xbox Friends Watch gadget and a new standalone gamercard gadget for your website that uses Silverlight 2.0. [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Xbox.com Personalities answer a bunch of holiday questions
Thursday, December 13, 2007Trixie had all of us Xbox.com column writing folks answer a bunch of holiday themed questions recently, and I noticed tonight that the answers are all up on the site! Check out some interesting Q&A with Trixie, Major Nelson and others (including me, Xbox Dad). Xbox.com Personalities at the Holidays We asked the Xbox.com personalities to share some information on their holiday favorites. What did we learn? Egg nog, "A Christmas Story," and Dean Martin pwn. Plus Major Nelson is a Grinch. [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
More Xbox Dad articles, Viva Piñata Party Animals and Xbox Live
Wednesday, November 21, 2007I've obviously been busy, I never even posted a link to these articles here... I've written two new Xbox Dad article in the past few weeks, one all about Xbox Live (to coincide with the Xbox Live is Five event going on) and one that I wrote this week about Viva Piñata Party Animals. Viva Piñata Party is a great game, the 'party' nature of it means that it is quick to get started, even for non-gamers, and the quick little matches means that you can pick it up and play even if you only have a little bit of [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
New Xbox Dad column: My take on the Bee Movie Game
Saturday, October 27, 2007If you or your kids are all excited about the upcoming Bee Movie with Jerry Seinfeld, then you should definitely check out my latest article on Xbox.com. Along with the movie, an Xbox 360 game is also on its way.... and a demo is already up on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Not the most representative demo (more on that in the article!), but still fun and the game promises even more. [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Silverlight based Sidebar Gadget showing your Xbox Friends
Thursday, October 25, 2007Awesome gadget from Adam Kinney, great information and a nice slick UI done in Silverlight. Xbox Friends Watch - Get the Gadget! [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Custom Armor Configurations in Halo 3
Wednesday, October 24, 2007In Halo 3 multi-player you can customize your SPARTAN or Elite's armor, with different variations unlocked by various achievements/activities in game (including one that can only be unlocked by being a Bungie employee). You can find out more about the different variations here, but it turns out that your profile on Bungie.net knows what choices you've made and displays your current armor configuration on the web site. If you go to the Halo 3 Model Generator though, created by a community member, you can find the picture of any particular gamer you'd like (including yourself, which is how I found [read more...]Filed under | 2 comments »Share this -
Xbox 360 Arcade System announced
Monday, October 22, 2007For the price of $280, you can now get a new edition of the Xbox 360 console. This one is similar to the original core system, but with HDMI output, a 256mb memory card (so you can play and save your games right out of the box), a wireless controller, and five full arcade games. Perfect if you are more of a casual gamer or if: you have an existing 360 with a hard drive and would like one with a HDMI output you need a DVD player and/or a Media Center Extender (play all your Zune and Windows Media Center or [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Xbox Dad article on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is up
Tuesday, August 14, 2007I was a bit surprised to find that I enjoyed this game, although I enjoyed the last few books in the series and the latest movie, I really figured the game would only appeal to kids. The pace is slower than most adult/teen games, but that makes it into more of an exploration instead of just quickly moving from one task to the next. My wife watched it and thought it was similar to a much more interactive and complex form of the game Myst... there are some action elements where you have to move quickly, target the bad guys, [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
Ratatouille preview article up on Xbox.com
Monday, June 25, 2007My latest kid-focused game article, which happens to be yet another movie tie-in, is about the upcoming Pixar film Ratatouille. Cool game, very nice looking... and it has entire missions around making recipes by spilling ingredients... just like how I cook at home! [read more...]Share this
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