Mat Harden

Microsoft have announced their new console - the Xbox 360. Promising launch by Christmas this year backed by an affordable price of around £160. It’s certainly a lot smaller and nicer to look at. Rare are developing Perfect Dark Zero, which will be a highlight for me. The original and Goldeneye both on the Nintendo 64 were pioneers of the first person shooter genre.
And at last they’re introducing cordless controllers - how long has that taken!?

Halo 2 gamertag emblem

… is blinkin’ awesome! Will’s been telling me to get a headset for my Xbox & get online with it for a while now, so last Thursday I eventually got myself a cheap one from Game, only to discover that I also needed the communicator pack which it plugs into. So Saturday & took it back & got the official headset & WAS THAT A GOOD MOVE OR WHAT?!

The only thing I’ve played online previous to this was the first Halo on my PC. That work fine. You log on, find a game that’s just started & join in. But I still believe that PCs are for working consoles are for games. Halo2 on my Xbox is seamless in connectivity, I was up & running in minutes. All I had to do was plug it into my router, enter my free 2 month subscription (& credit card details for when that expires) connect the headset & I was blastin’ gamer scum from all around the world!

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Not like many others out there, I’ve NOT been playing Halo 2 over the weekend. Because I haven’t got it yet. I do want to though… I do, I DO, I DOOOOO!

For now then I’ve been playing GTA: San Andreas. Which is very very good. But what’s going on with all the good games coming out at once. OK, maybe because Crimbo is just around the corner, but come on! Use simple gamers don’t have enough hours in the day to be playing all these games.

Other good games to play with mince pie in hand:

• Burnout 3
• Prince Of Persia 2
• Goldeneye 2

…hmmm.. they’re all sequels.