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    It's Beginning to Look a Lot ChrismaHannuKwanzika

    posted @ 12/21/2009 12:54:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    ...everywhere you look, including here in the land of ESH. We finish out the year with the end of our holiday buying guide wrap up podcast episode and Loserly from Dead Pixel Live

    In this, the final episode of the ElectricSistaHood podcast for 2009, we rehash our Holiday gift buying guide episode with a couple of editions including some from guest host Loserly of DeadPixelLive fame.

    We added some more audio equipment-type gifts like the Beats by Dre Tour in-ear headphones, some pocket-type synths from ThinkGeek. To give you an idea of how this show goes, here are some of the titles we came up with but didn't use:
    • Ninja's Tongue Needs a Wheelchair
    • AND It Helps If You Need to Move a Whale
    • Panda's Word of the Day: Facetious
    • Sandwiches in the Dark — How Romantic
    • Panda Says She Likes It From All Directions — And She Calls US Perverts
    • and finally
    • The Economy Needs You to Buy Stuff For Me

    It's a fun episode... chock full'o ladies [one of which may be slightly tipsy] chock full'o great gift ideas, just chock full'f fun. So grab a cup of your favorite drink and enjoy ElectricSistaHood podcast episode 177: Panda Likes Length, Depth and Girth

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    The Xbox Live Modded Console Banning, Thus Far

    posted @ 11/24/2009 09:14:00 AM by Douceswild

    If you haven't heard of Microsoft's banning spree of modded Xboxes over the last few weeks as well as the lawsuit(s) that followed, then you must've been hiding under a rock.

    Microsoft fired the first shot by hitting about a million modded console owners with the banhammer, locking them out if Xbox Live. Why the sudden lockout? Microsoft said that it was a long time coming, offendrs should know better, and there will be more to come.

    The victims (if you want to call the that) replied with a lawsuit that stated not all modded console owners know/knew there system were modded. Some systems may have been purchased from online auction sites, such as Ebay, or from a friend or aquaintance and was not told about the sytem tampering. They feel that they (the good) should not have to suffer for the bad. The lawyers are saying that Microsoft intentionally waited for for the release of the biggest game of the year, Modern Warfare 2, to begin the bans, hoping that those affected would run out to buy another system which makes the corporate numbers look good.

    Microsoft fired the first shot by hitting about a million modded console owners with the banhammer, locking them out if Xbox Live. Why the sudden lockout? Microsoft said that it was a long time coming, offendrs should know better, and there will be more to come.

    The victims (if you want to call the that) replied with a lawsuit that stated not all modded console owners know/knew there system were modded. Some systems may have been purchased from online auction sites, such as Ebay, or from a friend or aquaintance and was not told about the sytem tampering. They feel that they (the good) should not have to suffer for the bad. The lawyers are saying that Microsoft intentionally waited for for the release of the biggest game of the year, Modern Warfare 2, to begin the bans, hoping that those affected would run out to buy another system which makes the corporate numbers look good.


    What does Microsoft have to say about these accusations? Last week they released a statement pretty much telling the finger-pointers to read the Terms of Service, be careful who you buy your systems from, suck it up, and have a nice day. The spokesman also said that the company feels bad for those who have unintentionally come into possession of a modded console, but that number is very small in comparison to those who actually sought out a modded system and those who modded themselves.

    I'm on the fence with this one. I can understand both sides of the argument. It's really hard to say who is right and wrong in this one. Both sides are sticking to their guns. The only thing I can say for sure is that whoever wins will strike a mighty blow for their camp.

    What does Microsoft have to say about these accusations? Last week they released a statement pretty much telling the finger-pointers to read the Terms of Service, be careful who you buy your systems from, suck it up, and have a nice day. The spokesman also said that the company feels bad for those who have unintentionally come into possession of a modded console, but that number is very small in comparison to those who actually sought out a modded system and those who modded themselves.

    I'm on the fence with this one. I can understand both sides of the argument. It's really hard to say who is right and wrong in this one. Both sides are sticking to their guns. The only thing I can say for sure is that whoever wins will strike a mighty blow for their camp.

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    This Post is Oscar Mike...

    posted @ 11/16/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Or should I say, this fresh episode of the Electric Sista Hood podcast is on point and poised to keep you entertained and thinking for the next hour.

    In this episode of the podcast, the gals share [and spoil] Infinity Wards's latest belle of the ball Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. We answer an audience question about MW2, put the "No Russian" level controversy to bed, and end the MW2 section of the show debating virtual violence versus actual violence and how the issue affects the gaming community.

    Deep right? We thought so too, so then Pandalicious changes the topic to zombie hunting and how to prep to survive the zombie apocalypse. It's a good episode of the podcast, check out some of the titles we ended up not using:
    • If Artificial Intelligence is Getting Dumber, How Artificial Can It Be?
    • It Doesn't Glorify War, It Glorifies Killing Innocent Pixels
    • Showing Off My Shelf of Six
    • No Tooth Fairy? Who's Doing the Spoiling Now?

    Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy Electric Sista Hood Podcast Episode 172: It's My Party and I'll PWN If I Want To!

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    Kickin' Early Christmas Square in the Nuts

    posted @ 11/09/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Monday morning podcast freshness here for your enjoyment... get it while it's hot, like Chloe's ass.

    In this episode of the podcast the girls finish up their impressions on Activisions' DJ Hero title and Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 title but from the opposite perspectives this week. Pandalicious kicks off the hour running down her experiences with DJ Hero and then rolls her random self into her review of the new Disney movie, "A Christmas Carol: In 3-D." After a short rant about starting the Christmas season early by NinJaSistah, she picks up the mic and shares her rundown of the PS3 title Uncharted 2. Oh yeah, we talk about the lack of strong female characters that are both sexy and smart. Check out some of the titles we didn't use for this episode:
    • There's a Rash of Topical Creme Jokes
    • DJ Pandamic Won't Give You the Flu
    • My Flow Wants to See Me in Court
    • I Mentally Kick the Elderly
    • As the Stomach Turns: Panda's 3D Experience
    • and finally
    • So May Nazis, It Felt Like a Mel Brooks Movie

    It's odd, it's random, it's Monday so kick back and enjoy Electric Sista Hood Podcast Episode 171: If It Walks Like a Duck, It Must Be Chloe.

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    Podcastastrophe!

    posted @ 11/02/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Well, not really Podcastastrophe as much as new podcast episode for the win!

    In this episode we help kick off the start of November with a podcast full of gaming. Starting off with NinJaSistah's coverage on the new Activision title DJ Hero on the Xbox 360 while Pandalicious talks up both Uncharted 2:Among Thieves for the PS3 and Playlogic's new FairyTale Fights game.

    We are chock full of game goodness in this one ladies and gents. We even briefly mention the new Magic Mouse from Apple and Tekken 6 Here's a quick glimpse of what this episode is like:
    • Bobby Blue Bland — Say That Three Times Fast
    • Is It Possible to Spoil the Plot of Little Red Riding Hood?
    • Counting the Strokes Detracts from the Experience
    • and finally
    • It's Cartoony to Make You forget About All the Bloodshed

    Kick back, relax and enjoy Electric Sista Hood Podcast episode #170: It's Bright and Colorful, Yet Bright and Colorful.

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    No Entendre Title Here

    posted @ 10/26/2009 08:13:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Sure, it would be easy to make a double entendre title for this weeks new podcast episode but we take the high road here at Electric Sista Hood.

    Ok, actually we don't, but it was a fun way to start this podcast post. This podcast episode is ALL game, no anime, no gadgets. Pandalicious kicks off the hour with her final thoughts on the PSP game Obscure: The Aftermath by Playlogic, including a recommendation to play it on something soft. She says the game is scary, and you'll through your PSP around like a rag doll. Then she goes into a spiel about her first reactions to the new 2K Games title Borderlands and explores the parallels between it's gameplay elements and the PC title Diablo. We then have a spirited conversation about how to get PC gamers over to the console gaming side of the fence.

    Then I finish out the hour talking about my experience with the social stuff on the Xbox Live Preview including Twitter and FaceBook. Closing out the hour is NinJaSistah's review of the EA title Need for Speed: Shift on the PS3. It's a busy episode, here are some of the titles for it that we didn't use:

    • This One Made Me Sing to Barney 'Til Dawn
    • Beware Games With Boys Choirs
    • Skeeziest Line of the Year: "The Flower Inside Me Has Just Bloomed!"
    • There's a Monster That Will Snatch Your Attention
    • Ninja Likes to Mounth Things — CONFIRMED!
    • and finally

    • SixAxiS Is a Palindrome — So Is Dud.

    Grab a frosty beverage and enjoy Electric Sista Hood Podcast Episode 169: First Rule of Midnight Club: Forget the Name of Midnight Club

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    Law-Abiding Podcast

    posted @ 10/19/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    It's new podcast Monday and we have a full boat of topics in this episode.

    In this week's episode NinJaSistah and Pandalicious discuss some of the animated DC Comic movies that have been released lately as well as many of the DC based animated series and their impact on the mid-20-something crowd. The conversation that switches to some of the live action flicks including the Marvel options and then Pandalicious grabs the mic to talk movies.

    First up are Panda's post-viewing thoughts on the new "Where the Wild Things Are" movie, including who the best audience for the movie is and IS NOT. Then she moves on to "Law-Abiding Citezen" staring the very sexy [very Scottish] Gerard Butler. Finishing out the hour is NinJaSistah's post-mortem on the EA/Double Fine game Brütal Legend.

    Grab the beverage of your choice, kick back and enjoy Electric Sista Hood Podcast Episode 168: I Opted For the Gore AND Profanity

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    F.L.A.G. Deadline at Half Mast!

    posted @ 10/13/2009 04:49:00 PM by Pandalicious

    There is something about October...that makes me think about breasts.

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During this time many organizations and websites will dress in the shade of pink to commemorate those who have fallen to cancer. It isn’t something that us in the gamer universe are oblivious to either, especially since half of the population has breasts. With this said, gamers have been coming together for the last three years to participate in the Fight Like A Girl tournament. (F.L.A.G. if you didn’t get it.

    This is a Halo 3 tournament held over Xbox LIVE. All the money collected to participate in this event gets donated to Breast Cancer Research. Any organization that is in support of saving poor defenseless boobies is a friend of mine!

    So, if you just hearing about this now you only have two days left to register! Get on that? Cmon now…Halo 3, tea-bagging, all in the name of BREASTS!

    To get involved go to http://flagtournament.com/
    Spread the word! Because I said so!

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    Podcastaroni!

    posted @ 10/12/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    It is not the San Francisco treat, but it's just as yummy... it's a new episode of the ElectricSistaHood podcast.

    In this episode of the podcast, the ladies chat about various gaming news items and answer a couple of audience questions, and it's a good ride. We have another "what should I be for halloween" question, a question about the upcoming 2010 "Alice in Wonderland" release, and revisit how being being financially strapped in our youths has shaped how we purchase games in our adult lives from SlimTaurus78.

    Randomness doesn't escape the show, once again the Vampire/Daywalker/Twilight debate rears it's ugly head but it is counter balanced by upcoming video game releases for the month of October, the anime series "Alice Academy" and Pandalicious rounds out the hour with her late impressions of Call of Duty 4.

    Here is a better way to give you the gist of what this episode is like:
    • Let's Give Twilight the Silver Bullet
    • I Want to Spit Love, Peace, and Acid
    • ESHmom, sign This - Don't Read, Just Sign
    • Is Jay-Z Beyonce-Whipped?
    • Where Bastards Are Found, Wenches Always Follow
    • and finally
    • Soap McTavish Is Not the Scottish Version of Irish Spring

    Kick back and enjoy ElectricSistaHood Podcast Episode 167: Meh or Not Meh - Introducing Our New Rating System

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    Monday Freshness For You

    posted @ 9/21/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Start of a new week means it's time for a new episode of the ElectricSistaHood podcast, and in this episode NinjaSistah and Pandalicious talk games, gadgets, and cosplay.

    The gals kick off the episode by answering a question submitted by audience member KevinCrave about costly options for Halloween, hot now demo's for the Xbox 360 and PS3 Wet and Brutal Legend and what first impressions they were left with, and some giveaway goodness that is going on this week and next.

    Both the Need For Speed/EA folks and Inspired Instruments have some great things popping off this week. NFS is running a mission based deal from 12:00am PST on the 21st of September to the 25th of September until 11:59pm where they will be giving away a bunch of NFS: Shift goodies. Oh yeah, and a beemer. Inspired Instruments will cut you a $10 break for every friend you refer that buys a You Rock Guitar from them. Gear and goodies, gotta love it right?

    For a better picture of the episode, here are some of the titles we came up with, but didn't use:
    • Buy Our Magazine and Get a +5 to Purity
    • Inside: Girls Talking About Getting Wet
    • Every Roadie Is Named Eddie
    • "Jack the Bus" Shouldn't Mean Actually Jacking a Bus
    • Need For Speed Needs to Satisfy My Need For Car
    • Panda Hokey? That Pretty Much Describes It
    • and finally
    • I'll Be Broke For Christmas

    We enjoyed recording this episode a bunch, so enjoy the fruits of our labor and kick it with ElectricSistaHood podcast episode 164: When In Doubt, ALWAYS Go Awesome!

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    Podcasts With Punch

    posted @ 8/31/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    We aren't talking punch and pie, we are talking uppercuts and decks to the face in this episode of the podcast. I should clarify that statement. Pandalicious is talking uppercuts and face decking, NinJaSistah mostly just tries to stay out of the way.

    In this episode of the podcast Pandalicious lays bare her tale of woe concerning the temporary loss of her XBox Live account, and how the lack of connecting is affecting her life. From the bounce around treatment of customer care reps on both the XBox Live email and phone support, and quick response from the Windows Live ID groups to the soon-to-be-catch-phrase-of-the-end-of-summer, "...and then you get punched in the face!" Calling her segment a rant doesn't do it justice.

    Bringing a little bit of tranquillity back to the show, NinJaSistah adds some gadget/peripheral stuff to the mix like Ion Audio's new $199 DrumRocker Core Rock Band kit as well as some info on the new Star Wars comics coming to an iTunes store [and Dark Horse hopes] and iPod/iPhone near you. Capping off the hour is a bit on the Square Enix PSP title Final Fantasy Dissidia and a heads up for your PAX attendees on a Tekken 6 tournament for prizes that you should jump on.

    Want a better picture of what the episode is like? Here are the titles we didn't use:
    • From Now On, It's Panda-Phish-Us
    • LadyESH Is Secure in Her Chastity Belt
    • If Xbox Live Doesn't Get Their Act Together, They're Going to Be Xbox Dead
    • Remember What Happened to Bambi's Mom? That's What This Is Like
    • Something Like Tis Could Drive Someone Back to the Loving Arms of WoW
    • Screw Criminal Justice -- I'm Switching to Victim Justice
    • Perhaps the Perpetrator Was Someone From Sony
    • On CSI Miami, This Case Would Have Been Solved in 45 Minutes
    • Something's Rising at PAX Yeast
    • Don't Drive and DS
    • Hello Kitty's Already Doin' It
    • and finally...
    • I've Resorted to Playing My Wii -- and That's Not Gaming At All

    So kick back and enjoy, Episode 161: There's a Lot of Facial Violence in This Episode

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    "ESH"ACKED

    posted @ 8/27/2009 02:12:00 PM by Pandalicious

    BEWARE 360 owners...we are under attack!


    "PANDA"LERT "PANDA"LERT Yesterday at about 8:20pm EST My XBL [Xbox Live] account got hacked. Not once did I ever think this was possible but, like always I was wrong. I am taking this time out to warn you of the threat that this poses.

    This XBL msg only activates if someone on your Friends' List falls prey to it. The msg you get says "Go here to get 1600 MS points! It works and msg me if it doesn't!" [I'm paraphasing mind you...] next it shows a site that is..get1600mspoints4free.t35.com. If you type this in, it redirects you to a page that is identical to the XBOX log in page. If you...at this point type in your information you are screwed! that is right screwed! It will take your password, lock you out of your Windows Live ID and if your credit card/debit card is attached to it, well cancel those cards because you are....in serious danger! At that point this hack spams all your friends on your list with the same lethal message but with your Gamertag.

    This scam preys on your creditability and is a travesty! Do not look for a quick fix from Microsoft either. In order for them to fix the solution they will of course establish your identity to you....which apparently takes several days to do. On the sad side of this for the most part they can offer you to rename your Gamertag. You will lose your friends list and whatever MSpoints you had before the swipe. Hopefully your Gamerscore and achievements will be in tact....[When my salvation comes I will be able to confirm all this to you all]

    So as a final warning please! PLEASE if you respect what I do here, if you get this kind of message just DELETE it. You'll be happier you listened to me....

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    Inglourious Podcast

    posted @ 8/24/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Oh yeah! It's the beginning of the week, so you know we have to hit you with a new episode of the podcast right?

    In this episode of the podcast, Pandalicious kicks the show off with what she took away from the new Tarantino flick "Inglourious Basterds," followed by some open conversation about the Rock Band support for the Lips wireless microphones as well as the new PS3 slim. Then we back the conversation up to games and NinJa jumps in with quick reactions to both Live Arcade titles Trials HD and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.

    To give you an idea of what this episode is like, here are some of the titles we didn't use:
    • It's Not a Spoiler Alert If You Spoil It Before the Alert
    • It's Got T.I.T. Right In the Middle
    • Canada Isn't a Religion
    • Don't Waste Your Microsoft Points -- You're Going to Need Them
    • The PS3 Slim Is No McLovin
    • and finally,
    • The Only Girls On the Internet Asking for Stalkers

    Listen to this week's podcast episode: Episode 160: I Fought Physics and Physics Won. Then get started on Assignment Avatar!

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    Extra Bastard Aboard

    posted @ 8/10/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    This Monday, we have a special new episode of the ESH podcast. In this episode we welcome our very own King Baby Duck to the hosting chair to talk a bit about his new team project, The Boston Bastard Brigade, among other things.

    Those other things include EA's The SIMS 3, the new Gears of War 2 DLC, and some knee jerk reactions to the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo available via both the XBox Marketplace and the PSN store. Pandalicious even chimes in with her impressions of the new Xbox experience preview including the Avatar Store, Netflix parties, and even some games on demand stuffs.

    We are chock full of laughs, tangents, and maybe a Naruto dig or two. To give you an idea of what this show is like, here are some of the titles we didn't use for this episode:
    • What Did Cake Ever Do To Her?
    • I'm Gonna Touch It - No, I'm Not
    • Perhaps That's Why They Call it Project Natal
    • The Naruto Door Is Marked "Exit"
    • This Is a Warning For All Aspiring Spinal Tap Drummers
    • Your SIM Oughta Check Out That Julia Child Movie
    • Pana Will Work - For Microsoft Points
    • Avatar Marketplace - Isn't That What Started the Civil War?
    • and finally
    • Here's One Case Where Shrinkage Is Good

    So kick back, relax and enjoy Electric Sista Hood Podcast Episode 158: God of War Is Not Proper Sex Education

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    And Lo, The Planets Align...

    posted @ 7/27/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    No joking here folks, the heavens themselves moved in order to get Milk-chan from Ultimate Quest on this week's new podcast episode.

    Once more, the ladies run this thang and it's funny as hell.

    Pandalicious kicks the show off with her impressions of the XBLive community game 1 vs. 100 game and then Milk and NinJa chime in with some comic-con stuff which leads us down the path to COSplay. In case you didn't know, all roads lead to COSplay... and Zelda. Milk chairs the topic of Twilight Princess and adds the fun of Majora's Mask multiplayer.

    We let the COSplay get the best of us, but NinJaSistah ends the tangent line by bringing it back to gaming and talking a bit about the upcoming NXE updates due to hit the Xbox dashboard this August, including the upcoming Avatar Marketplace and Netflix Parties. This podcast is chock full of awesome folks, so sit back and enjoy it!

    It's coffee and funcakes time again, so kick back and enjoy Electric Sista Hood podcast 156: Drinking Helps Unity - And It's Also Where Babies Come From

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    Mmmm, It's a Podcast Episode

    posted @ 6/29/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah

    In this episode of the Electric Sista Hood podcast Ninjasistah kicks off the episode chatting about the anime series Eden of the East and then we try to get serious.

    We tried.While we do our best to keep it on the PG, Pandalicious starts a rant on achievement whoring which turns into an achievement glutton VS achievement whore definition debate that ends up running into a tangent of it's own. When we get back on schedule she talks about her new found love of completing games including the Ubisoft title Assassins' Creed and what we are looking forward to in the next installment of the game. Then Ninjasistah comes back with some bits about industry mergers and acquisitions with the announcement of the Tecmo Koei merger on the heals of the ZeniMax Media id Software.

    It's another fun podcast in the can so sit back and prepare to enjoy ESH podcast episode 152: A Romp in the Hay Should Be Fun

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    Microsoft Announces Cheater Branding

    posted @ 5/18/2009 09:21:00 AM by Douceswild


    Microsoft is not taking Xbox Live cheating lightly. If you're one of those who has done something underhanded to juice up you Gamerscore, then prepare to publicly wear the mark of shame.

    Stephen Toulouse, XBL Policy and Enforecement official says that besides dropping the Gamerscore of cheaters to zero, they're also marking their Gamercards as cheaters so everyone will know you're a dishonest gamer.

    "It also puts a tag that you've been caught cheating on your Gamercard. That's a pretty big Scarlet Letter.", says Stephen.

    So, I guess cheaters have an important decision to make. Is a few extra gamer points worth a permanent cheater brand?

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    Xbox Live Avatars Gets "Dem J's"

    posted @ 5/13/2009 09:26:00 AM by Douceswild


    Kotaku tipped me off to some new free kicks for my Xbox avatar.

    Not only do we have flip flops, socks and sandles, leather platforms, sandles, and white go-go boots, but we got the Air Jordans. Well, they're knockoffs, but they still look like DEM J'S! Now all I need is a Chicago Bulls outfit and a face feature with the tongue sticking out. Can you say "BALLIN'"?


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    More Podcast Goodness

    posted @ 3/16/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    It's yet another day day ending in "y" so why not give you a new episode of the ESH podcast? Yeah, there is no reason not to, so here you go.

    Went to a podcast and a fight broke out. I will be nice and call it a strong disagreement between two strong women and turns into Pandalicious needing to know her role...which is bring you guys some interesting perspectives on things like the XBLive game Peggle and micro-transactions while NinJaSistah drops the knowledge on ya about a bunch of stuff. From some Lego games in the works, to BioShock 2 known' and unknown facts, and the new Utah bill that so far away from what we really need when it comes to violent or sexually over-toned themes, that it won't go anywhere.

    To give you an idea of what you are in for, here are some of the titles that we didn't use for this podcast:
    • That's Quite An Empire State Building You Got There
    • Wo Watches The Watchmen? Not Very Many, Apparently
    • Indiana Jones and the Cold sore of a Movie
    • Scrambled Eggs Is Murder
    • For That Matter, You're Always Getting Thrown Into Jail In Monopoly
    • There's No Way You Can Get Pregnant From Peggle
    • I was Listening to the Sistahs, Then Suddenly Cheech & Chong Appeared
    • Will Work For Microsoft Points
    • and finally
    • Devil Dogs Are Not Chocolate Twinkies

    Oh yeah, we also rip Jack Thompson a new one, and jibber jabber about a few other things as well. Plenty of diversity here. So sit back and enjoy ESH podcast episode 137: Don't Make Me Turn This Podcast Around

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    Panda Love L4D long time.....

    posted @ 2/27/2009 09:25:00 AM by Pandalicious

    Panda loves many things....and here is one of them.

    Greetings one and all, Panda here bringing you some humor from her new found love for Left for dead. As much as I'd like to take credit for the artwork, but it comes all the way for Ctrl+ Alt+ Del..... Also I have to send a special thanks to Tofu! (She knows who she is. She was the one who turned me on to these. Say thank you everyone!)

    I hope you all enjoy.....we know I do!


    http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20081117.jpg
    This one makes me giggle inside.


    the second link is my personal favorite.
    http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20081121




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    Lesbian Gets the Ban-hammer from Xbox Live

    posted @ 2/26/2009 10:03:00 AM by Douceswild


    A female gamer, Teresa, has been banned from Xbox Live for identifying herself as a lesbian in her profile. Microsoft says that other players found her sexual orientation "offensive".

    Teresa wrote to The Consumerist with her side of the story:

    I just recently saw a thing on your site about someones gamer tag being banned because it had the word gay in the tag.

    I had a similar incident, only my account was suspended because I had said in my profile that I was a lesbian. I was harassed by several players, 'chased' to different maps/games to get away from their harassment. They followed me into the games and told all the other players to turn me in because they didn't want to see that crap or their kids to see that crap.

    As if xbox live is really appropriate for kids anyways! My account was suspended and xbox live did nothing to solve this, but instead said others found it offensive.

    Today I received a message from another gamer calling me a fag. I am a lesbian, so they aren't too smart if they cant get their anti-gay slurs right.

    Microsoft does nothing to stop this or prevent it, but instead sides with the homophobes. No one will help me get the word out about Microsoft's anti-gay policy. Not even the HRC who says Microsoft has a positive image with them. Not to me it doesn't!


    I have mixed feelings on this incident which I'll go more into it on the next Geek Aggro episode (#22). I'd like to know what you guys think.

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    NSFW Funday!

    posted @ 2/23/2009 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    No boring Monday's here, today we release one of our more totally NOT SAFE FOR WORK new episodes of the ESH podcast.

    I can't state this clearly enough, this podcast episode is NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

    Not only is there the requisite amount of swearing in this podcast episode, but Pandalicious and I spend a good chunk of time in the episode talking about a specific piece of the male anatomy. Yes, this episode focus on "that" thing you are thinking of and how it has recently made prolific appearance in gaming today. From digital pictures sent through the pipes of XBLive and PSN to the Stubbs character in the new Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & The Damned" DLC, DP has been popping up all over the place and needs to stop. We also chat a bit about the new Street Fighter IV game from Capcom and Panda shares some of her Left 4 Dead versus mode opinions.

    If you still aren't sure what we are talking about, here are some of the suggested episode titles we didn't use:
    • She Surely Misspoke When She Said Bean-gag
    • We Need To Stamp Out D.P. In Our Time
    • If I No Ask, You No Flash
    • If You Gotta Show It To Me, Please Shave First
    • Was It Flopping Around Like a Dead Fish?
    • and finally,
    • I Don't Care If YOu Talk To Me, But You're Going To Listen To Me

    So sit back, relax and enjoy ESH Podcast Episode 134: Don't Aggro The Toast!

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    This Is A Nerds World

    posted @ 11/10/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    May the Monday morning new podcast episode of victory be with you... and also with you, but not that guy behind you. He's kinda creeping me out.

    In this episode the sistahs talk about the driving forces behind anime franchises with a focus on the Gundam series, specifically Mobile Suit Gundam 00. We also talk a bit about the eastern animation style influence moving west and the New Xbox Experince interface. [NXE in the heezy fo sheezy]

    Want an idea of how this episode turned out? Check out the titles we didn't use:
    • It's a Nerds, Nerds, Nerds, Nerds World
    • We Don't Know How Green the Gundams Are, But Their Suits Are Shiny
    • Pick One: The Thermos or the Hello Kitty Vibrator
    • No One Makes Pases at Ninjas With Glasses
    • The New Xbox Avatars Look Like They Come From Stepford
    • Diversity Mech Misers: Now With More Germans!
    • How Green Was Your Mecha?
    • and finally
    • Celestial Beings, Not To Be Confused With Celestial Teas

    It's another fun filled hour with the ladies, so sit back and enjoy ESH podcast episode 120: The Xbox Experience Means You Can't Go Home Again

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    The Future Will Make You Blind

    posted @ 11/03/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Monday morning creeps around again, so the sistah's got to gabbing again to create a new episode of the ESH podcast for you. And this one is another single topic-er.

    We couldn't think of a better way to herald the return of NinJaSistah to the East Coast the girls get together to chit-chat about Fable 2. Actually, first they talk about Fable, then Fable 2, open environment games, and action RPG's, and a bunch of stuffs surrounding the Lionhead Studios titles.

    I'll warn you now, there are a bunch of spoilers to go around in this episode if you haven't finished either title, so you may want to download this episode and wait until you finish your game before you listen to this one. Don't say I didn't warn you. Seriously, look at the titles that we didn't use for the episode:
    • You Can Kick Chickens and It Doesn't Affect Your Purity
    • He Shoots Your Sister, Then He Shoots Your Dog...Bastard
    • Fable 2 Teaches the Horror of Eating Meat
    • I Want My Dog Back, I Really Don't Care About My Sister
    • The Future Will Make You Blind
    • and finally
    • Desperately Seeking Spot

    See, told you, spoilers poppin' off all over this joint, so sit back and open up your ears for Electric Sista Hood podcast episode 119: You Better Play Fable 2 Before You Listen to This One.

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    Panda Ponders Yet Again

    posted @ 10/27/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Monday brings along with it a new episode of the ESH podcast, and since NinJa had an at bat on an episode all her own, we had to give Panda equal time on this network.

    Ok, so we aren't a network yet, but we are growing in that general direction so stop raining on our parade already. Pandlicious spends a little time in this episode sharing her top 5 picks for best songs featured in Rock Band 2 by MTV Games/EA/Harmonix. By now you should have a firm grasp on how much the sistah's love the Rock Band but if you don't, just make a run through of our past posts and podcast for the last two months. You will lose count of the amount of times we talk about this game, so one more won't hurt.

    While I won't give away the list [what will make you listen to the episode if I type it all up here, eh?] I will tell you that it features some great all around songs folks... including stuff by Jonathan Coulton.



    So, grab your headphones and a cup of joe to sit back and enjoy Pandalicious' Top 5: Songs of Rock Band 2 [medium and hard difficulties].

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    Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout Ninja?

    posted @ 9/22/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    The start of the week brings another new episode of the ESH podcast, and this week we learn that caffeine and sugar do not sit too awful well with the sistahs.

    This is especially true if you add prescription drugs to the mix. poor Pandalicious and her messed up foot. But neither the pain nor giddiness of the two keeps them from chatting about Spore:Creatures on the DS Lite, RockBand 2 co-operative play on da interwebs, and how the lack of XBox Live can drive lonely ninjas nutzoid.

    If you want to get the gist of what the episode is about, check out the titles we didn't use for this one:
    • Bomb Ash Is Not Bomb Ass
    • There's Always a "Why?" At the End of Sex
    • I Am What I Bee
    • Double-Stuf Oreos -- That's the Team I Bat For
    • The Legend of the Three-Tiered Easy Bake Cake
    • The Love Toilet: Our Worst Tangent Ever
    • EA Makes Me Want to Use Three Condoms
    • Panda's Wielding the Stick of Righeousness
    • A Cramp Ruined My White Wedding
    • Mentos: The Memory Taker
    • and
    • I Failed Chemistry, But I Remember Ionic and Covalent Bonds

    So sit back and enjoy ESH podcast episode 114: I Said Finger Pluck. FINGER PLUCK!

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    Harmonix is a Hawt Cougar!

    posted @ 9/15/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    It's already "that time" of the week again...time for the ESH crew to drop a new episode of the podcast on you to help kick your week off right!

    NinJaSistah and Pandalicious once again hold the hour down talking about games and generally entertaining topics ranging from rhythm games in general to the final on disc track listings of Activision'sGuitar Hero: World Tour, Harmonix's Rockband 2, and Konami'sRock Revolution. Somehow David Bowie makes it into the conversation again as well as incest which is mostly Panda's fault for bringing Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise to the table.

    We didn't have a long list of titles to choose from this week, but if you want an idea of how the show stacks up to the others, one title on the list was "no pants, no WoW, no problem." That's all I got for you folks, so grab your morning or evening drink and enjoy podcast episode 113: Rhythm Game's Gonna Get Cha!

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    The Soul Still Burns Brightly

    posted @ 7/29/2008 12:12:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Today is the day people. Are your thumbs ready? Did you do your exercises? Were you able to decide between the path of the Jedi or the Dark Side? I hope you have, because today is July 29th which means that Soul Calibur IV has hit the shelves.

    To say that I am excited for the release of this game would be an understatement of gigantic proportions. I have missed playing a fighter worth the rental fee for over two years now. The last new release fighting title that I would even dare to put into the "good" category was DOA:4 which is now nearly 4 years old. Four years is way too long of a drought to suffer through, but I take solace in the fact that I am not alone in my misery.

    Now before the naysayers and fanboys get up in arms, I know that there have been many versus games based on the Dragonball series, and they have not all sucked. In earnest, the Budokai series has some great gameplay going on in the game itself. That said, the Dragonball titles to me have never really felt like a fighter game title. They are a franchise that appeal to only an existing anime fan base that potentially game as well. The Budokai games have not been able to bridge the game and draw the casual gamer in to join their "legion of the loyal." In many cases, the exact opposite happened; people that would normal pick up every and every fighter title initially shied away from the title. So because DBZ:Budokai focuses on such a small piece of the market of the fighting genre I do not believe it fair to use it as a representation of the whole genre. If you don't like it, you can suck it.

    You may say, "...Ninja? Didn't NamcoBandai release an SC title for the Wii? Wasn't that good?" My reply would be "Yes! And it sucked more wind than a brand new Dyson." [And the commercials for that thing say it never loses suction.] SC:Legends was a waste of time and money, and I'm sure NamcoBandai felt that way as well which is why it looks like they worked so hard in order to redeem the title's reputation. NamcoBandai press releases promise that,
    "Soulcalibur IV has been retooled from the ground up to provide a true next generation experience."
    And then go on to say,
    "...the wages of battle are shown as protective armor can be broken off and visible lacerations of clothing can be seen with the inclusion of the equipment destruction feature. Adding depth to the unrivalled combat system, players can unleash Critical Finish moves to defeat opponents in one stunning blow."

    The game sports an "improved" character creation mode that allows you to customize the hell out of an existing fighter or even create an original warrior. Oh yeah, it has online versus play as well.

    Get thee to thou localist GameStoppery and pick this game up. SCIV is available on the PS3 [Dark Side, Vader style] and XBox 360 [Path of the Jedi].

    You know the gamertag, let's star playing.

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    Alcohol Is NOT For Kids

    posted @ 7/28/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    If you ever sit and ponder on the idea of people of a young-ish age drinking, let this new episode of the ESH podcast be the proof you need to "just say nay!"

    This week, MagicMystic returns and brings with her balance to the force while Panda and Ninja enjoy some adult juice before, during, and probably after the episode.

    This episode starts with Ninja talking about the new XBLive Arcade title Go! Go! Break Steady that she keep calling "Go! Go! Beat Street" reports on some of the feelings around the industry about E3, and the hopefully triumphant return of the fighting genre on the back of Soul Calibur IV. Magic chimes in with her new found XBox-y goodness and general discovery of "the new" as she shares first impressions of her new XBox 360 Elite as well as latent desires for an XBLive account, and then Panda brings up the rear and talks about the anime and manga series, Full Metal Panic. The gals are back to normal and completely off topic as usual.

    Here are some of the random things said during the show that could have been used as titles, but weren't:
    • Wallmart, Baby Come Back!
    • The Big "E" Is Big
    • MagicMystic Is Back, And Out Of The Closet
    • Jobless Wonder To The Rescue-ish
    • It's Not The Size of Your GamerScore, But How You Use It
    • You Don't Wanna Waste Your Bombs
    • Don't Pay The Toll When 5-0's On Your Ass
    • This Podcast Is Abridged
    • and finally
    • FUSION DANCE OF PAIN!

    Hope you have a hot cup of coffee on hand, because you want to stay awake for this one folks. I give you, ESH podcast episode 107: Friends Don't Let Friends Drink & Podcast!

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    MagicMystic Still A No Show

    posted @ 7/21/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Who doesn't like new podcast episode Monday? Productive people that's who. Let us help you start your week off on the unproductive tip with this episode of our podcast.

    Sans MagicMystic yet again, the sistah's stick to the gaming topic covering both the new and upcoming starting with Panda's take on the game Project Origin and Ninja sharing some of what she was able to take away from the assorted E3 coverage.

    From talking about the survival horror game genre to specific experiences with titles like Manhunt and Silent Hill to the thriller-chiller types including the "I don't think NinJa is ever going to finish it" BioShock game. Ninja talks God of War 3, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Portal 2, and Oneechanbura.

    It's another one of our lively podcast episodes people, here are some of the titles we decided not to use to name it:

    • Don't. Stop. Waitin' Fer RockBand 2, Yeah
    • Who? Guess Who?
    • Don't Sell Your Soul For Tic-Tacs
    • The New Animal Crossing Lets Me Be Mii
    • Kratos Makes Ninja's Gamer Boner Hard
    • Kratos Was A Red-Headed Step Child
    • Panda's Birthday Is Another 11 1/2 Months Away
    • Killing Me Softly with Her Sword
    • We Will. We Will...Flock Ewe
    • Videogame Word of the Year: Booty
    • E3 Didn't Want Me? Well, They're Not Invited to My Place Either
    • We Have Nothing To Fear But the Sequel to Fear Itself
    • This Guy's Full of Beans, and That Is a Bad Thing
    • Don't Ever Attend a Zmbie Reunion
    • and finally
    • Brain Exlax, I Like that

    If that hasn't told you everything you need to know about this week's podcast, then saddle up and give a listen to ESH podcast episode 106: Did I giggle That Outside Loud?

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    If One Wasn't Good Enough....

    posted @ 7/17/2008 04:39:00 PM by Pandalicious

    When a Mommy RockBand and a Daddy RockBand love each other very much...

    Hey Hey Hey...Pandalicious on the scene bringing you the goodness that is. Rock Band 2! Now I know what you are thinkging.... ::cues flashback wave things::

    You: Panda....I know Rock Band is the hottest thing since pancakes on Saturday morning. But What makes this Rock band as awesome?

    Panda: Well Let me tell you. First let me tell you about the new gameplay changes. Remember how when we wanted to play online through XBL (XBox Live) and you were still a noob and didn't know how to invite me. THEN when you finally managed to invite me we could only do quickplay songs and it was just hours of masss hysteria!

    You: Yeah....

    Panda: Well not anymore. There is a new mode in Rock Band 2, that allows us to make a band with not only our local rockers but with outside rockers on the XBL interwebs. You know what that means right?

    You: You are never going to let me sleep?

    Panda: That's right! The Gameplay is still the same though. Same color nodes. Same overall feeling of rockitude and swagger. There is still single player mode however it is now extended to a solo bassist! Thats right, so now the sexiest component to a Rock Band (IMO) gets their chance to rock out with their COCKS out. [Yes I said cock, deal with it]

    You: What about for drumming? You know we all were exicted about being drum masters and realized that we all really sucked...

    Panda: Speak for yourself ! However if you weren't like me who went back into the drumming tutorial to help train my foot better to use the kick pedal, there will be something called the "Beat Trainer" which will generate beats to help you hone your rocking skills.

    You: Well Panda that sounds niffty and all but am I going to like the play list? Am I going to have to buy all the songs, load them to my iPod so I can learn them so I don't make an utter fool of myself when I come to your house?

    Panda: Well...Let me tell you the ones that I'm looking forward to and if you a GIANT loser and haven't been following the coverage of E3...the internet will be your friend and check out places such as. IGN, joystiq and of course, us, DUH. If you are new to the interwebs you should try www.fuckinggoogleit.com [Just kidding, Wikipedia.org is a nice place to start]

    In terms of the songs i'm looking forward to guitaring they are
    1) American Woman~ The Guess Who
    2) Down with the Sickeness~ Disturbed
    3) Chop Suey- System of a Down
    4) Lump~ Presidents of the United States of America

    In terms of Singing...
    1) Master Expolder~ Tenacious D [FUCK FUCK FUCK YES!]
    2) Everlong~ Foo Fighters
    3) Round and Round~ Ratt
    4) White Wedding~ Billy Idol
    5) My Own Worst Enemy- Lit

    You: ....

    Panda: I love our little interludes like this. I'm out of here!

    But now seriously guys

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    E3 Day One Summary

    posted @ 7/14/2008 08:31:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    If you are an avid listener of our podcast or frequent visitor our site you know that the ESH crew is not in LA covering E3 on the ground this year. We are there in spirit though, and I am more than happy to share what I have surmised from the day one coverage of the media bru ha ha.

    We kick off with Microsoft. From the land of online community comes the announcement of "Experience," the new online community framework that will be put into place on the XBox360 platform. Taking the hint from how successful the xbox.com community has been, "Experience" leans towards giving the user base a similar digital entertainment hub to that of MS counterpart/major competitor Sony with it's "Home" application. Through "Experience" users will have avatars that they create that can interact with each other over the internet, have access to an even broader base of electronic media entertainment [including the newly announced partner Netflix] and more.

    On hand were the pre-requisite hype game trailers for both Gears of War 2 and Fable 2 [both of which make have many of us in the gaming community salivating at the mere thought of them] upcoming titles. I will have a gallery collection of my favorite E3 released trailers up later on this week. The XBox camp was also proud to announce that the new Final Fantasy XIII title will launch simultaneously on the XBox360 platform as well as the PS3 platform. A huge win for MS in the fight to end PS3 exclusivity dominance over the Final Fantasy franchise. [Try saying that three times fast.]

    All in all MS tried to come out swinging at this event, making it known that that they are not afraid to jump into the brawl to be the best home entertainment system and not just gaming console. It's hard to not notice the trend towards a path of total digital media delivery package that the next gen systems seem to be moving toward. It is a road that competitors Sony and [to a degree] Nintendo have been marketing towards for well over a year now, but it still awaits to be seen if it is the predominant market for success here in the US.

    We will just have to see what day two brings us tomorrow evening.

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    Return of the Omnipotent?

    posted @ 7/07/2008 08:00:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    It's Monday again, and it's time once more for a new episode of the ESH podcast.

    I hope you guys and gals from the land of ESH had a happy and safe holiday weekend. I know I did, and I'm pretty sure that Panda did. Today we have another NinJa/Panda podcast episode where NinJa goes a bit in depth on the video game GRID and Panda shares some of her first impressions on the Diablo 3 announcement. It's a nearly all video game fun-packed episode, that you should totally pick up right now.

    Don't believe me, here are some of the titles we decided not to use that came from the episode:
    • Do You Question My Skills? (When don't I?)
    • You Shouldn't Rape Your Tech They Can't Say "No."
    • The Story of a Ninja Called Spanky
    • ESHDog Cannot Be Controlled
    • Lik eSands In an Hourglass, These Are The Races of Our Lives
    • Ive Got Anal Leakage, But I'm Not Anxious About It.
    • When ESHMom Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy
    • Omnipotent Does Not Equal Omniscient
    • Never Trust Cheese That Doesn't Melt
    • In Diablo 4, He Fights That Super Boxer From Russia
    • If She's Got Multiple Boobies, Who's Looking At Her Face?
    • If You Think That Anal Leakage Is Bad, Guess What Her Armpits Do
    • Is It Time For A WoW Siesta?
    • WoW Craves, Diablo Saves Saves
    • and
    • Coming Soon: Smackdown! Diable VS Bobby Flay

    It's a good episode, so grab your coffee and enjoy ESH podcast episode 104: My Senses Are There, My Balls Are Not Inert, Lock & Load, Let's Go!

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    New Podcast Episode: What the Bleep?

    posted @ 6/30/2008 09:53:00 AM by evermore
    You say you want a revolution? Well, Ninjasistah sure wants one. And that's just one of the topics of this week's ElectricSistaHood podcast.

    The Ninja has fallen in love with the free Xbox 360 demo of Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, even though it stands for all the things she normally hates in a videogame. But, as a fan of the Parker Brothers' board game Risk, Ninja is willing to overlook the game's natural shortcomings.

    For Pandalicious, a fan of turn-based, role playing games, Lost Odyssey is right up her alley, even though she's barely scratched the surface of the four-disc set. As you might expect, the Sistahs have plenty of fun with the game's protagonist, a 1,000-year-old man named Kaim.

    Along the way, the Sistahs talk about online guides and the unexpected malady that has befallen MagicMysticGrl, who doesn't appear in this week's podcast.

    And, about the title for the episode? Well, we might have left a word off the end. You'll have to listen to the thing to hear the whole title.

    Here are the titles we rejected:

    Just Say No to Drano

    The Finger of the Internet is Pointing at You

    Did You Just Get Hit With a Ridiculous Stick?

    RPG Battle: Fun vs. Emo

    Qu'est-ce que c'est Ninja Gaiden?

    Every Guy Says His Unit is Magic, But Kaim's Really Is

    Hot Kaim Action Inside -- Live!

    Death is Coming for Panda, and She's Relieved

    Dead and Gone to a Place He Can't Go, Kaim Must Be Emo

    Lost Odyssey = Lost Syllables


    So enjoy this week's ESH Episode 103: Throw Some Bleeps On That... and have a great Fourth of July weekend.


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    A Precipice To Look Forward To

    posted @ 5/23/2008 10:02:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Hothead Games has dropped Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One worldwide simultaneously via XBLive Arcade (except Korea) and via the Greenhouse digital distribution platform for the Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions.

    There's a video after the jump.

    Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is expected to offer players six to ten hours of gameplay, and is priced at $19.95 for the computer versions and at 1600 MS points on the XB360.

    Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is an RPG-Adventure game set in a very deranged 1920s universe of New Arcadia, delivered to gamers via accessible episodic releases. You join Gabe and Tycho, the crime-solving team of the "Startling Developments Detective Agency" to combat savage enemies [miniature fruit fuckers start you on your path towards the precipice] and solve mysteries hidden deep in the sinister heart of New Arcadia.

    The game is the bastard child of Hothead Games and Penny Arcade, featuring distinct artwork and characters designed exclusively by Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, story and dialogue by Jerry "Tycho" Holkins, both brought to life by the Hothead team. If you have an XB360, you should grab the demo now to see what it's about... then pony up yo money and get cracking. I've been playing Precipice during my GTAIV breaks and it's crazy fun which for me is saying something since we all know how much I loathe love RPG's.




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    SoulCalibur on XBLive

    posted @ 5/16/2008 09:17:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Yeap, NamcoBandai confirmed that SoulCalibur the first will be hitting XBLive this summer. I even have some yummy screen shots for you, finish what you start to learn a bit more.

    Originally released in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast, SoulCalibur remains one of the highest rated fighting game of all time.

    SoulCalibur will be back for a new group of souls to open ye olde can=o=whoop upon an unsuspecting online community! Prove you got skills against by laying down the smack old school style on the world with dozens of leaderboards spanning every character and mode.

    Seriously, prepare to make your thumbs ache, for a good reason. Visit the screens gallery here.

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    Win The XBox 360 Elite

    posted @ 5/03/2008 06:19:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Time has damn near run out people! You have until 8pm tonight to get your entry to the GTA IV All Games Radio Network giveaway.

    Seriously. Like we've been saying on the podcast and in that mini bar at the topic all our pages, you have a shot at winning a limited edition XBox 360 through ESH. All you got to do is make a 60-120 second [that's one to two minutes] promo for ESH in the guise of a radio station bump that would appear in the game.

    We will be picking the semi finalists to send on to the final round at AllGames.com Sunday Nay 4th.


    So get cracken, or don't bitch to me about not being able to play Ninja Gaiden 2 because you don't have a 360.

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    Ever Closer to the Precipice of Darkness

    posted @ 5/03/2008 03:44:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    In case you didn't know, the fellas over at Penny-Arcade are inching ever closer to completely changing the course of man. Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One went GM

    If you didn't know that Penny Arcade was making a game then shame on you. Precipice will be available for on the Mac, Pc, Linux, and XBox360 as a download.

    From the press release:
    "...[Precipice] is an RPG-adventure game set in the comic-book-meets-pulp-horror-meets-H.P. Lovecraft deranged 1920s universe of New Arcadia, delivered to gamers via accessible episodic releases. Players join Gabe and Tycho, the crime-solving team of the Startling Developments Detective Agency, to combat savage enemies and solve mysteries hidden deep in the sinister heart of New Arcadia. The game is the result of close collaboration between Hothead Games and Penny Arcade, featuring distinct artwork and characters designed exclusively by Mike "Gabe" Krahulik, story and dialogue by Jerry "Tycho" Holkins, and both brought to life by the Hothead team."


    Yeah, you know you want to get it. Precipice will be $19.95 on the Mac, PC, & Linux platforms, and available for 1600MS points on the XBLive.

    See you on the edge!

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    XBLive Wednesday: Mr. Driller

    posted @ 4/01/2008 09:58:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    He's coming to an XB360 near you tomorrow. Namco Bandai is releasing this Mr. Driller on the XBLive arcade April 2nd [tomorrow] and you know you know what that means: time to get you some more Marketplace points.

    Mr. Driller is a crazy addictive puzzle game that will have you avoiding falling blocks whilst trying to keep your air supply from running out. And not this Air Supply

    So make sure you have at least 800 MS points saved up on the XBLive, because Mr. Driller is coming!

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    New Podcast Day: Episode 87

    posted @ 2/25/2008 12:10:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Another new Monday equals another new episode of the ESH podcast. And this one gets, well, kinda girlie.

    In this episode of the podcast Pandalicious brings up the demise of the NewType magazine and notes the decline in printed review media focusing on anime or manga here in the US. Then MagicMystic chimes in with her thoughts on the very, very sugary anime series Shugo Chara by TV Tokyo. Not to be left out, NinJaSistah chimes in with some gaming news updates and continues on the sugary sweet anime series Sorcerer Hunters.

    It's a fun episode, but don't take my word for it. Let these rejected episode titles tell reveal the fun-ness of it all...

    • Don't Choke On Microsoft's Wad
    • This Is A Pimpless Podcast
    • Twelve F-Words Makes It Extra Explicit
    • NewType Has Contracted Magazine Cancer
    • MagicMystic Fives The Ultimate Spoiler
    • Panda Puts Out For Published Writers
    • Harry Potter Jumped The Shark At Book Four
    • Sporty Spice Is A Version of Me? Egg-zactly!
    • Yeah, But Can She Transform Into A Camaro?
    • Just Another Manic Chara
    • A Black Egg With An "X" On It? The EAster Bunny's Not Gonna Like That
    • When The Keymaster Met The Gatekeeper
    • You Gotta Be Sick To Watch Sorcerer Hunters
    • These Suspenders Defy All Laws of Physics
    • This Series Puts The "Con" in Necronomicon
    • You'll Be Like That's What Panda Was Talking About
    • Getting Guys Off In 30 Minutes Or Less
    • Panda's Got Too Much Blood In Her Alcohol System
    • I Ain't 'Fraid Of No Toast
    • NewType Kicks It's Own Bucket
    • and
    • Slow Entropy Sucks


    So, grab you a new cuppajoe and settle in to enjoy Episode 87: That's The Problem With Theology, Too Much Math

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    One Million Downloads Strong

    posted @ 2/11/2008 09:42:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    So I've gotten this email from the fine folks over at Capcom touting the amount of downloads the DMC4 demo off of XBLive.

    Well duh!

    It shouldn't surprise anyone that the DMC4 demo has been downloaded so much. First off, remember all the n00bs that got Xboxes [Xboxi?] for Christmas? Well they gotta have stuff to play, and I'm sure they haven't run off to the local game emporium to fill their little collection with $60 titles yet, so free demos and cheap Arcade games are welcome features of their new toy. Secondly, DMC fans are, well, fanatical. We love the franchise. We love the franchise enough to suck up the suck ass DMC2 to wait for DMC3 and DMC4. Give us the opportunity to play DMC on a new platform, with a new character, and we will flock to it like alcoholics to a happy hour.

    Yeah, DMC4 "el demo gigante" dropped into the XBLive Marketplace nearly predestined for greatness. Here's what the email to me said:
    Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 demo on the Xbox LIVE service passed its one millionth download, and is still going!
    According to Microsoft, not only is this the first demo of the year to hit a million downloads, but it’s also one of the fastest downloads to hit the one million mark in the history of the LIVE service. The demo appeared on the network January 24, and has been averaging over 25,000 downloads a day ever since. Additionally, the game has been a huge hit at retail, with reorders coming from major retailers within days of the game's release.


    I'll hold my judgement of whether or not the game is fun to play until I get it. But if you haven't downloaded the demo yet and you have an XBox, get thee to the Marketplace and join the million of people that have been playing the hell outta this demo.

    You can try to fight Berial!

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    New Podcast Day: Episode 84

    posted @ 1/28/2008 12:01:00 AM by Ninjasistah
    Monday brings with it yet another new episode of the ESH podcast, and we have another solid one for you guys.

    In this episode, the gals get together to talk about, well, a little bit of everything. From Pandalicious sharing some of her thoughts on the anime Paradise Kiss, then on to MagicMystic exposing us to the Persona: Trinity Soul anime, and then NinJaSistah talking about sex in video games, Devil May Cry 4 and the passing of actor Heath Ledger.

    It is a rollercoaster ride of an episode this week; lots of highs and lows, lots of tangents. If you don't believe me, just take a look at the titles we rejected:

    • It's What ESH Mom Wants Everyone To Know
    • Anime Dude Looks Like A Lady
    • There's Angst Everywhere
    • The Writers Laughed In My Face-They Can Stay On Strike
    • Franz Ferdinand? Didn't He Pay For Columbus' Boat Trip?
    • Plan B's Not That Shabby
    • The Jeopardy Answer: You Can Unscrew A Light bulb
    • It's Never Good To Shoot Yourself In the Head
    • There's No Racism In Reverse World, Everybody's Pink
    • That Crack/Mother's Back Thing Just Ain't True
    • Personas Can Leap Tall Buildings In A Single Bound
    • Everybody Hates Captain Planet
    • Magic Likes Her Anime Bipolar
    • Alien Sex: Now With Lesbians
    • Getting It On With Marvin The Martian
    • His Name's Shepherd-Not Johnson
    • Space Makes You Horny
    • Devil May Cry All The Way To The Bank
    • Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow+Force=Bad
    • Don't Make Me Sex Slap You
    • and
    • Blowing Persona Chunks


    So as you can see, you need to get a good cup of coffee and commence to listening to episode 84:Sparda Got Busy In A Burger King Bathroom

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    Tonight only special!

    posted @ 1/27/2008 04:22:00 PM by Monkey Doo
    To make up for how messed up X-box Live was, Microsoft is offering Undertow for free. There is just one catch though.

    It's only free until 11:59 pacific time tonight. So hurry up and start downloading. It seems kinda cool but I haven't even finished getting it myself. It's got 16 person multi player though. After I get it done, the multiplayer brawl is so on!

    The game is basically an underwater brawl for control of the ocean with three different races and four different units for them. It looks really shiny and cool. Check out the screen shots right here.

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    Get Thee To XBLive

    posted @ 1/24/2008 01:35:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Seriously, log into XBLive right now and get the DMC 4 demo goodness.

    Oh yeah, there is also an Army of Two demo up there and some car thing called Burnout Paradise, but you should just go and get the DMC4 demo and marvel at the beauty that the 678mb file brings.

    It's yummy, and will have to hold you over until the game ships on February 5th.

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    XBLive Demo Alert!

    posted @ 1/22/2008 02:24:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    SEGA of America announced a demo for their new shooter, The Club is now available via download across North America on XBLive and will be available via the PlayStation Network on Thursday, January 24.

    Developed by the fine folks over at Bizarre Creations, The Club mixes
    "cutting edge high definition visuals with hyper-addictive score based challenges to deliver the most intriguing and innovative shooter of early 2008."


    You play one of eight "misfit" gladiators and fight in a shadowy underground blood-sport a la, well, Bloodsport. Wanna know more? Click Here

    The final game will ship nationwide on Tuesday, February 19 for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PC.

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    Game Hard But Game Safe

    posted @ 1/10/2008 07:50:00 PM by Douceswild

    It’s a new year and ESH is still dedicated to bringing you as much gaming news as we can get our eager little hands on, regardless of it being good or bad. It saddens me to have my first article be on a not so joyous topic.

    I think a lot of us agree that online gaming is fun. It has certainly raised the gaming industry to a new level in the past few years. On the other hand, online gaming can get out of hand if not kept proper perspective. If not careful, the online community can become a bit too personal to the point of being potentially dangerous.

     Police investigation revealed that a 15-year old Spokane, Washington girl met 20-year old Joshua R. Stetar of Saratoga Springs, New York, while playing Halo on Xbox Live.

    Police say Stetar and the girl had been talking since 2006, and that several times he had sent packages and flowers to her home, only to have them returned by her parents. The victim had also received several hundred text messages on her cell phone in 2007, forcing the victim's mother to change her daughter's number. However, Stetar was able to get the new number from someone and started sending the victim messages again.

     One night the suspect sent a text message to the victim saying he was driving by her house at that moment in a gray Oldsmobile. The girl's parents were outside the home and in fact saw the car driving past.  A few minutes later. the victim received another text message from the suspect saying, "Tell the cops that I'm gonna rape you and your sister."

     The girl's father placed a harassment call to police, who later learned the suspect was staying at the Econo Lodge. Officers found the Oldsmobile Cutlass with New York license plates in the parking lot.

     During a police interview the suspect admitted he was able to get much of the girl's personal information such as her address and cellular telephone number by "Googling" her name. Stetar also said he flew to Spokane in October of 2007 and rented a U-Haul van to drive by the victim's house. The victim's mom says she was unaware of this visit. Stetar said he lived in New York and drove 40-hours straight to get to Spokane.

    Stetar was booked into the Spokane County Jail on a Friday of one felony count of stalking. He was released the following Saturday.

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    Ninja's Away, New Podcast Day

    posted @ 1/06/2008 09:59:00 PM by evermore
    Just before NinjaSistah flew out to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronic Show this weekend, she and Pandalicious recorded a new podcast.

    Pandalicious talks about a creepy new anime called "Ghost Hound." It doesn't contain ghosts (at least, not Casper-style ghosts) and it doesn't have any hounds, either, but Panda insists it's worth watching.

    NinjaSistah discusses several topics, including last week's Xbox Live outage, some free Rock Band tracks (but Playstation players are out of luck), God of War 3 and the HD movie format wars.

    And, as usual, there are plenty of rejected titles for this episode:

    Three Guys, a Girl and Their Suicidal Thoughts

    Anime's Psychic Friends Network

    Alien Butt Babies Make You Make an Ass of Yourself

    It's Like an Oreo Cookie for Your Ears

    There Be Dragons in HD&D

    The Farmer's Gettin' a Dell, Dude


    So, while Ninja's workin' her butt off in Vegas, you can sit back and enjoy Episode 81: Can Kratos Survive a Third Daddy?


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    Bad News/Good News

    posted @ 1/02/2008 06:00:00 PM by evermore
    Time for another segment of Good News/Bad News, but in the spirit of the new year, we thought we'd give you the Bad News first, followed by the Good News.

    Xbox Dead

    Bad News: Xbox Live players experienced dozens of hours of downtime this past weekend, believed to be due to thousands of new post-Christmas players on the system.

    Good News: The shut-out players returned to the holiday activities that they led in their days before video games took over their lives: football and that Futurama marathon they ran on Cartoon Network.

    Jack Thompson Hates Army Men

    Bad News: Videogame opponent Jack Thompson claims there is an "unholy alliance" between the gaming industry and the U.S. Department of Defense, teaching "an entire generation of kids that war is glamorous, cool, desirable and consequence-free."

    Good News: The IRS is hoping that computer programs like TurboTax will make an entire generation of kids think that paying taxes is glamorous, cool, desirable and consequence-free.

    Retailer Becomes Scalper

    Bad News: One videogame retailer took their allotment of Wii consoles and scalped them on eBay, rather than offering them at regular retail prices to their customers.

    Good News: At least they didn't make their female employees model the units in skimpy clothes. Remember this from last year?

    That Love Letter You Wrote In 1996 Is Going Away...

    Bad News: Microsoft is modifying Microsoft Office 2003 so Service Pack 3 can no longer open Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access files created in a format earlier than Office 97.

    Good News: You finally have the justification to stop using Microsoft Office. Instead use the FREE OpenOffice, which will gladly read all your ancient Office files now and in the future.

    ...And So Is Netscape

    Bad News: Development is being halted on the Netscape browser Feb. 1, AOL announced last week.

    Good News: Netscape hasn't been on the cutting edge of browser development since about 1997. In fact the latest version was just a reskinned version of Firefox.

    Now Everyone's a Crook

    Bad News: In a supplemental brief responding to questions from the judge in an Arizona music piracy case, RIAA lawyer Ira M. Schwartz says that the simple act of moving your music from CD to a computer is also an "unauthorized copy" that incurs legal liability.

    Good News: "By claiming that reasonable, legal behavior is theft, the RIAA trivializes piracy," writes Wired blogger Rob Beschizza. "This is a fatal act of self-destruction. This will result in more law-abiding people thinking 'screw it' and doing it themselves. After all, when everyone is already a pirate because they 'stole' music from their own CD collections, why not add a few more counts on top?"


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    Online Content Is King

    posted @ 12/03/2007 01:23:00 PM by MadameRoslin
    I thought that I would take a look at what was going on in the realm of online on the next gen systems.

    I started with the PS3, headed over to the Wii, and finished out the night with the XB360. I'm exhausted.

    I started out with the PS3 because I have high hopes for the system this year. I am hoping that the kick ass, "you're going to have a life changing gaming experience..." game will be hitting the shelves of the local big box stores leaving me bereft of funds in the old wallet. I am hopeful that games like Echochrome, Little Big Planet, and Haze make me glad for dropping $600 bucks on the thing. Add to that Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Wii Fit on the Wii and Fable 2, Mass Effect, and Lost Odyssey on the XB360.

    But new "console exclusive" titles are not the most fair or balanced way to compare the level of enjoyment one can have on the various systems. The way I see it, the console with the most diverse online content will end up being the ultimate victor.

    When it comes to retro game titles, all three of the console systems are equally balanced in what they offer. Just about every game that becomes available on the Wii Virtual Console shortly thereafter becomes available on the Playstation Network and XBLive Marketplace. With title availability being equal, the deciding factor will be playability, and online extras. XBLive as well as some PS3 game titles offer direct player to player interaction while the Wii has [of yet] no direct PvP action. Both the XBox and PS3 offer other downloadable online content in the forms of video game demos, TV show episodes, and feature length films.

    We've seen it with the success of games like World of Warcraft and EverQuest, and we will see more of it going forward on the gaming front. It won't the amount of polygons thrust at the player that will determine the king of gaming but the social networking piece of gameplay that will establish the victor in the video game arena.


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    Happy Anniversary!

    posted @ 11/15/2007 08:10:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    So today is the fifth anniversary of Xbox LIVE, and,
    As a gesture of thanks to the gaming community...
    members of the online XBox community will have the opportunity to download Carcassonne for free between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.

    Right on!

    As an added boner, I mean bonus, every active member who joined the service in 2002 will get 500 free XBLive points. Well, that's what the press release that I got said. What I found most interesting was the statement that came after all of the, "damn we're awesome" crap. There is an XB360 update coming on December 4th, and in this update will be the launch of something called "Xbox Originals." From what I can gather, Xbox Originals will let consumers download full-fledged Xbox games like Halo, Psychonauts, and Fable directly to their Xbox 360 for about 1,200pts per title.

    All I want to know now is when the 500GB XB360 HD is coming?

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    Halo 3…A Ring That Microsoft Actually Should Be Proud Of

    posted @ 11/03/2007 02:37:00 AM by Douceswild
    One of the most anticipated games of the year came out on the Xbox 360 a few weeks ago and I'm just doing a review on it now. What's this game? It's Halo 3. What's the reason for the delay in the review? I've been playing the damn game and didn't want to put it down.

    Millions of people stood outside of their local game stores at midnight for the release of Halo 3 and I was one of them. It was cold and the line was long. I grabbed my copy and raced home to fire it up. From that moment on, my days and nights have been filled with Master Chief mayhem and online multiplayer massacre.

    Graphics:

    Halo 3 does not disappoint in the graphics area. The Halo series is one of the most beautiful games in Microsoft's line-up. That's one of the things that drew me to the game.

    The game makes full use of the graphical power of the Xbox 360. The huge areas and detailed background seems endless. There's not much else I can say other than this is a gorgeous game.

    Gameplay:

    There have been some modifications and additions to the vehicles and arsenal. One example is the Spiker, which is an automatic pistol that fires quickly and destroys opponents, especially if you're dual-wielding it. Another is the mauler, which is a one-handed shotgun for up close pwnage. You'll even find weapons that will slow your movement speed due to the huge size of them. When you use these weapons, the camera pulls out to a third-person perspective with an over the shoulder view. Then there's the gravity hammer which was originally shown in Halo 2 but wasn't usable by the player. The gravity hammer is a large melee weapon that will totally wipe out most regular enemies in one swipe. All in all, the gameplay seems familiar while adding in some new features to keep things fresh.



    Online multiplayer is a blast, allowing up to 16 player to go at it. The only downfall, in my opinion, about this feature is that you can't host a game for other to see and join like the previous installments to the series. Someone from your friends list has to be invited or someone that you invited can, in turn can invite someone from their friends list. I guess this is a good way to keep assholes and idiotic kids out of your game, but what about those who have little to no one on their list? Not every member of Xbox Live has an overflowing friends list. Some just want to log on, jump into a quick open game, and be done with it after that.



    An addition to the multiplayer called the Forge puts map creation in the hands of the player. This mode allows you to change the geometry of the land and spawn equipment, weapons, and vehicles on the fly. This is a plus because the player can manipulate the gameplay in ways not intended by the developer.

    Halo 3 has a strong co-op campaign mode that definitely has replay value. Unlike Halo 2, which only allowed two player co-op, Halo 3 brings four players into the campaign via Xbox Live. I guess Bungie learned from Cliffy B.'s fumble. You and three comrades can choose to go through the nine chapters in any order, provided you've already played through it alone. You can also turn on scoring in campaign mode, in which you earn points for kills and lose them for dying. This brings a sense of competition to the co-op that awards achievements for finishing chapters with high point totals. You can also customize the game by turning on unlockable modifiers that open up as you collect hidden skulls that are stashed around the game. For example, you can increase the amount of damage it takes beat an enemy for and/or remove the heads-up display and make your weapon visable, and so on.



    A file-sharing function has been added to send screenshots and saved films over Xbox Live. The last 25 or so sessions are saved automatically and you can choose to save them more permanently from there. You can edit the films, showing highlights of your gameplay from the solo campaign to the various multiplayer modes. The camera is not locked to your perspective. You can switch to another player's view or move the camera around the whole battle to add a different viewpoint to your film. Being able to record and share your films is a great addition to the game, but I have to say that the rewinding sucks. You can fast-forward to whatever point in the video you want, but if you overshoot your mark, then good luck rewinding because it's not happening easily.

    Overall, Halo 3 is a solid game and loads of fun. It's definitely better than Halo 2. The game may take the average player between 10-15 hours to complete depending on the difficulty setting. Here's the big question though. Is Halo 3 a system seller for Microsoft? I'd have to say no. Don't get me wrong. It's a great game and definitely worth buying if you already have an Xbox 360, but I think the only people who will run out to buy the system just to play this game are those diehard Halo fans, and who are we kidding... those people probably already had/have the system and were waiting for the game to come out. If you want to talk system-seller then check back after Mass Effect comes out and we'll see what's what then.

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    Good News/Bad News

    posted @ 9/20/2007 01:30:00 PM by evermore

    For those of you who are tired of reading bad news about everything, today we present the first in a series of Good News/Bad News stories. For those of you who just like good news, pay attention to the left side. For bad news junkies, enjoy the right side of the page.

    News item: You can't go Home -- at least not until next year. Sony announced that it's Home virtual world for the PS3 will not be available until Spring 2008. "We want this to be a worldwide service," said Sony CEO Kaz Hirai. "We want to make sure that we have a range of services which can be satisfactory to our users throughout the world... so we decided to delay the service’s launch date... Please be patient in this regard."

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS

    It leaves more time to design Mii's on your Nintendo Wii.

    It leaves more time for Sony to develop add-ons to Home, such as in-game ads, email and other things gamers don't really want.


    News item: Nintendo has announced that starting with the December issue, Nintendo Power Magazine will be published by Future US, the folks behind the Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer, and Mac|Life.

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS
    Future already publishes a Nintendo magazine in Britain. Chopping down treees, turning the wood into pulp, painting the pages and shipping the results by snail mail is so 1929. Wake up, people. Magazines are dead.

    News item: Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, told the assembled audience at the Tokyo Game Show that he considers the PlayStation 3 to be "a game machine."

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS

    After a year touting the wide and varied uses of the PS3, it was refreshing to hear someone at Sony admit that the primary purpose of the PS3 should be to play games.

    From Wired: But outside of announcing the DualShock 3 controller, Hirai made no announcements of new products -- certainly nothing that would by itself represent a change in PlayStation 3's fortunes in Japan, where it is being outsold about three-to-one by the Wii.


    News item: It doesn't look any different, but reports say it feels heavier. What is it? Why, the new DualShock 3, a new controller for the PS3 that brings back the force-feedback "rumble" functionality left out of the original controller.

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS

    It'll be available in the U.S. in Spring 2008, and will replace the Sixaxis controller in new PS3 boxes. The list of games that will take advantage of the new rumble features is a long one.

    Ya gotta buy a new %&*$@#! controller!


    News item: LucasArts has announced Krome Studios will release a Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed that will let you use the Wii-mote as a lightsaber.

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS

    Although some bloggers originally announced that the lightsaber action was available only in duel mode, in actuality you can use the Wii-mote as a lightsaber throughout the game.

    You're going to have to push buttons to work the lightsaber in the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP and Nintendo DS versions. May the Thumb Doctor Be With You.


    News item: More anime is coming to Xbox Live. From Joystiq: "Beginning today (and continuing over the coming weeks) you'll be able to find titles from the Starz anime library like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Seasons 1 & 2), Street Fighter II V, Noein, Tokko, Virus and Astro Boy on the service."

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS

    Starz has a tremendous catalog of anime titles.

    I'm trying to code this item in a way that NinjaSistah doesn't see it. Between Xbox Live and iTunes, she won't even have to walk the three blocks to the local anime store to get her fill.


    News item: The E for All Show shoots itself in the foot by moving its 2008 date from October to the same weekend in August at the very popular Penny Arcade Expo.

    GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS

    This should put the final nail in the coffin of the badly managed spin-off of the old E3 Expo. It is a fitting end for E for All show host IDG, which killed the summer Mac Expo a few years ago by moving it from New York to Boston.

    This is all everyone is going to want to talk about in the run-up to the 2007 E for All event in October (which Sony and Microsoft have already vacated).


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    If You’re Reading This Review, Then I May Already Have Been Assassinated

    posted @ 8/12/2007 09:44:00 AM by Douceswild
    Ninja, stealth, bloodshed all wrapped up into a video game. What more could you ask for? How about for that game to actually be good? That brings us to my review of Tenchu Z for the Xbox 360. Anyone got a smoke bomb? I may need one after this.

    Before playing this game, I made sure to stay away from any reviews so I wouldn’t jump in with any good or bad expectations. So I load the game up and I’m getting ready for some ninja goodness. After tweaking my ninja’s gender, face, and clothing, I began the tutorial which was kind of clunky. The controls are awkward and the combat is horrible, but this isn’t a combat game. It’s more about stealth so I kept on playing because when I did manage to sneak up on an unsuspecting foe, the stealth kills were pretty sweet.

    Ok. We’ve got nice stealth kills but crappy combat. That brings us to the enemy AI. I’m sorry folks, but that’s another negative. It’s terrible. It’s extremely terrible. If I’m spotted while trying to sneak my way up to an enemy and choose to retreat instead of going through the painful combat system, then all I have to do is run a few yards and the AI forgets about me and goes back to his post. C’mon!! If I’m breaking into Lord Nobunaga’s fortress to assassinate him and I get discovered then all I have to do is run around the corner and they’ll forget I was ever there?? That’s just a hypothetical scenario, but still, C’MON!!

    The story was pretty lame as well. Wait. What am I thinking? The storyline was almost nonexistent. Once you finish the tutorial then you pretty much just start getting missions from “Ninja City”. Trust me when I tell you there’s not much interesting going on plot-wise. I’m just finding it hard to enjoy a game that I can almost stealth my way through every level.

    The online/multiplayer part of the game is loads of fun. Co-op story made the game a bit easier to swallow. Having partners to sneak around the vast compounds and working together to complete the objectives was intense. It took the monotony out of the game and turned it into a full-out shinobi raid with loads of bloodshed. That’s ALWAYS a plus in my book.

    I do have to say that the graphics are pretty sweet. The environments are stunning and sometimes I just find myself exploring more than anything else. The different outfits you unlock are nice as well. If only I could unlock that Naruto costume then I’d be set. BELIEVE IT! I’m just kidding…but not really. You start with a handful of basic assassin’s garments that are great for the ninja looking for a little “bloodwork”, but are able to unlock a crap-load of other outfits that are just killer…pun definitely intended.

    I really did give this game a fair shot, but there’s not that much depth to it. Tenchu Z pretty much revolves around two forms of gameplay. The first is sneak, kill, sneak, kill, complete mission and the second is sneak, sneak, sneak, complete mission. I’ll leave it to you to choose your own adventure. If you’re a fan of the entire Tenchu series, then you’ll probably love this one as well. As for me, it was great on the original Playstation, but after over a decade and a $350 increase in system cost, I really should not be playing the same exact game. No offense to any ninja out there, but Tenchu Z is a pass.

    OK…Who threw the shuriken at me?...


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    DMC4: Yeah, On XB360 Too

    posted @ 4/19/2007 12:36:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Oooooh, Sony's gotta be a tad peeved on this one but just in case you missed it, DMC4 is going to be on the XB 360 as well as the PC.

    That's gotta smart.

    So remember back a few months ago when Capcom SWORE that it was going to be exclusive to the PS3. Like, the pinky swore to Sony and before God that it was going to never EVER going to have any other home than on the PS3. Well, they lied. They are dirty, rotten, skinky, [I mean in desperate need of a bath] liars... but that's a good thing. Why? Because, more DMC4 madness on more platforms means more likely to have an online component.

    Can you imaging Dante and Nero and maybe even Virgil grudge matches over XBLive? What about those old mansion survival modes? Remember those? [I made it 35 levels once... once] Imagine rooms and rooms of those mansions filled with other Live players in a winner takes all type melee battle. Can't imagine it? I hope that Capcom does.


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    Bloody Hell!

    posted @ 3/27/2007 06:30:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Being one of my few days off from my regular daytime torture routine [a.k.a. the job that pays my bills] I decided to hit up ye olde XBLive in hopes of improving my Gamerscore...

    Two hours later my score has not increased a bit. I'm not a bad gamer, or even a being slightly lackadaisical. I didn't play anything because I couldn't play anything. Well let me rephrase. I couldn't play anything online against people because I *thought* my network was failing.

    See I had just bought this smoking new router from Apple because I heard it supports that nice new faster wireless protocol 800.11n. Screw those dawdling ass backwards 802.11 A,B, and G protocols. We are in the days of the new. We are on the precipice of the future, and um, we need a helluva lot more bandwidth for all the digital shit we are stealing using. The 802.11n spec sheet says that N networks have a max data rate of 540Mbit/s with an indoor range of about 165ft while the max data rates for G networks falls in at about 54Mbit/s and B networks at a meager 11Mbit/s and equal indoor ranges of about 98 feet. Now that I got that bit of geekiness out the way, I shall continue.

    So I purchased this router in order to lay the foundation for the next expansion of my entertainment system project. There will eventually be a box that will allow me to dish all of my digital content to my beautiful TV so I need fat pipe. Got the router in, hooked up, computers all connecting to the router with no problem [I will say that only one of my current computers can actually handle the N networks load, but I'm fine with that for now] and so it was on to getting the game boxes on the network as well.

    On the back of the new router are three ethernet ports for sharing the wi-fi connections which works out great for me: one for the PS3, one for the XB360, and one for my VOIP line, I should be golden. First I hook up the PS3 and other than needing a system update [told you I don't use the thing too often] it got right on the web. The Wii was easy because it saw my wifi network and connected to it without hesitation. So last up was the XB360. I figured this too would be a easy as getting a picture of Paris Hilton sans panties but this was not to be. Over and over again the XB360 would fail to pass the MTU test. I would reset my cable modem, reset my router, give each machine it's own IP address on the network, but nothing made my sad little world become bright. There was to be no joy in Mudville.

    I even went as so far to call up my ISP for help. I know they are clueless, but at this point I'd take anything... anything over not being able to get my Live on. After 20 minutes on the line I got a person who directed me to the companies website for instructions on how to setup my network for Live, or that I should seek help from MicroSoft immediately as this is a 3rd party product yada, yada, yada, and a boogity boo. After landing on the website I find that I have done everything I was supposed to in the order I was supposed to. I was going to have to go to the Microsoft site and ask them for help... and then a funny thing happened. The Xbox.com website was down for maintenance.

    BLOODY FREAKIN' HELL MAN!

    Why did no one tell me of this? Did they just assume that I was going to go to their stupid website regularly like some sort of lemming on a journey to get my daily ration of XBox news? Huh? Well? Because I don't. I have labors to attend to during the day that aide in my being able to fund my video gaming lust under the cover of darkness.

    Except for today, because XBLive is down till about 8pm. Just FYI.

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    Paperboy To Hit XBLive

    posted @ 2/13/2007 11:47:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    On Wednesday, XBLive peeps will be able to trade in some of their coveted MS points in order to download and play oldie but goodie Paperboy

    Yes, it's dog stopping, window smashin, people dodging, paper delivering time once again people. This time, it's on XBLive and you know what that means: Leaderboards, Multiplayer mode, and Achievements! You can add an extra 200pts to your gamerscore and deliver the paper in a new co-operatively mode together on the same console, or over XBLive.

    Supposedly, "... game also features new artwork that compliments and enhances the original style, and the audio has been modernized for today’s high performance sound systems..." I'll believe it when I see it, tomorrow.

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    What Does 800pts Get You?

    posted @ 11/21/2006 03:00:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Well, on Wednesday [22 NOV 06] 800pts will get you a download of Small Arms through the XBLive Arcade.

    Small Arms is a multiplayer brawling title from Gastronaut Studios and features some small not-so-cuddly little creatures waging all kinds of holy hell on each other. Think of it as Super Smash Brothers Melee but with hella weapons.

    I only heard about this game through an email I got, but after looking around on the web and finding this page on the Xbox website and then this video on YouTube...

    and I have to say that I'm kinda curious about the game now. As I stated earlier it only costs 800pts and will be available in the arcade this Wednesday. The thing about this game that has piqued my interest is something called "Six Degrees of Small Arms" which is some sort of achievement that you can only get by playing someone that already has it. From what I've read, it's some sort of social networking thing to get a bunch of folks playing the game from hour one of launch as the only people that will initially have this "Six Degrees of Small Arms" are each of the creators of the game.

    I don't know if I'll get Small Arms on Wednesday or not. I am really curious about it, and I think I have enough points to get it, but my Wii should be arriving that day... so I might be distracted.

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    One Word: Defender

    posted @ 11/15/2006 09:45:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Now, I'm more of a Missile Command kinda gal myself, but I have to say seeing more and more "classic" game title become available for download does my heart good.

    It hurts my wallet, but does my heart good.

    So needless to say when I got the release about Missile Command hitting the XBLive Arcade the heart of the little kid inside me went pitter and pat. I HATE micropayments only because they make me have to do math. I always have to sit down and try to figure out what a game download is going to cost me... and let me tell you, converting "points" to "dollahs and cents" sucks. I'm always wrong, but I get close enough in the ballpark to know that it doesn't make any damn sense to buy these classic games one at a time as opposed to just buying some "classic arcade game" compiled disc.

    But the damn convenience of it all makes it so hard to resist. It's because I'm not forking over cash out of my pocket but points which in my mind have no monetary value until I do that tiny bit of math, that I think I keep doing it. I've bought more games in the arcade that I've only played once or twice than I really want to admit to... especially since I've had my XB360 for a relatively short period of time.

    I'll talk about that more sometime later. For now, I leave this message for the Defender freaks: time's a wastin'!

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    So Notta Fanboy

    posted @ 11/08/2006 04:37:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    I have to say, I'm getting tired of being accused of being a MS fanboy. Seriously, I am really starting to take offense man.

    Allow me to explain why, with my top 5 reasons that I'm not a fanboy. [I'm too tired to come up with ten.]

    It seems like whenever we share an opinion that's pro-system, or pro-exclusive console title, we get labeled as a "fanboy" with that system. It would be cool if it was just being labeled as "a video game fanboy," that I could handle with minor objections, but the dismissal of the ideas and thoughts put together on the sole basis of being a mega fanatic, well, plain old pisses me off.

    So I've taken the time to compile this list of reasons why I'm not a fanboy to help those who like to use the "you're a fanboy, end of argument" clause know when it's appropriate and when it's not. It's a service I'm happy to provide you with so you can fight flame wars on a whole new level. Here goes.

    • No.05: All Consoles Are Welcomed
      I own or have owned at some time at least one hand held device or console from one of the major manufacturers. Sega Game Gear, Gamecube, Xbox, Playstation 2, Sega Genesis, owned em' all. In order to have the "fanboy" label stick, you have to be a console elitist.
    • No.04: I Read Many Gaming Mags, Not Just One.
      Yeah, you see that right, ok just wanna make sure. I do not have a paid subscription to any gaming magazine, but I do read many of them. EGM, OPM, OXM, CGM, Play, Game Informer, in addition to a few online mags. This means I hear about titles, games, and music from all the big [and small] development houses. To be worthy of the "fanboy" title, I'd have to pick one console and only read info about it... blocking out all other bits of info about other systems.
    • No.03: All System News Is News To Me
      New game releases on all systems are newsworthy or worthy of my attention. I'm going to be looking forward to Red Steel with the same amount of enthusiasm and curiosity levels that I have for Heavenly Sword and Halo 3. Not just the drawbacks or game glitches of other systems are worth noting or being aware of. I have to know a little bit about gaming in general in order to be able to form an opinion about it. If you haven't played Halo how can you honestly say it sucks? If you have never experienced the joy that is Amplitude, what is your basis for saying that your time is better spent kicking a dead squirrel? None, ya fanboy!
    • No.02: I Will Own All The "Next Gen" Consoles
      With very little need for thought I've already decided to own all of the next gen consoles. It may take some time due to lack of product on Sony or Nintendo's part, but as they become available I will buy them. I already own an XB360, but I'm already looking at ways to pick up the Nintendo and Sony boxes before the year is out. I like getting my hands on all the boxes so I can know what is fake and reality when it comes to each platforms ability, or lack there of. This way, when OPM says the graphics are 20 times better on the PS3 than XB360, I can fire up both systems and see for myself. I don't have to take the word of a possible "undercover fanboy" sway me one way or the other. It also keeps me from spouting off something I read as fact when it might just be wishful fiction.
    • and finally

    • No. I'm A Girl
      If you are going to accuse me of being a fanatic, get your terminology right. I can't be a "fanboy" as my physiology strictly contradicts this. I have boobs, and lady parts... that are all natural and if anything, would dictate the use of the term "fangirl" if you [after reading all of this list] still think the term applies.


    Now I'm not saying that "fanboys" exist, hell, some of my closest friends happen to be fanboys. They do lead [mostly] productive lives and are great members of society, but many of them do need to have much of what they say when it comes to their console "loyalty" kinda go in one ear and out the other. I had one of my friends swear before Bob that the new chip in the XB360 was a suped up secret chip that IBM developed for the government but as a personal favor to Bill Gates sold to them for use in the XB360 instead. If I'm lying, may Bob strike me down as I type.

    Well, I for one, feel better now. Enjoy your day... see you in Gears of War on XBLive bitches!

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    Rumble On Wii Warriors

    posted @ 10/29/2006 09:11:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    NinJaSistah in the spot to be on a fine, fine, football afternoon to share with you some news about the Wii. [Don't get all in a tizzy, I wrote this originally at 2 in the afternoon... Blogger was havin' issues again so just be glad I finally got this thing posted.]

    Moving on.

    In between beers [Guinness if you're curious] and football games [can't BELIEVE New Orleans lost to Baltimore, dammit Reggie, you're a receiver, not a QB!] I've spared a few moments to share with you some wonderful news I've heard about the Wii. Well, more directly, the Wii Nunchaku remote.

    There seems to be a debate about the Wii Nunchaku [the little analog stick dongle for the Wiimote] having a rumble feature. There was a post on the Gaming Tengoku blog that linked to a quote from the NeoGAF forum about a quote from the British magazine EDGE. The forum post didn't link directly to the EDGE article, but I'll help them confront all the naysayers out there. Nintendo's own website SAYS the Wiimote has a rumble feature. This should not be any big news. It's good to know, since SIXAXIS won't have the feature, and makes me curious if the lack of force feedback will be a big noticable difference or not. Now, from the looks of all the attention that this got on Digg with people calling this wrong, inaccurate, and a rumor, I thought I would run with my very own flaming rumors and unconfirmed speculative thoughts through untraceable links and pure flights of fancy, in order to show people what actual bullshit looks like. Maybe that way, when the real info hits, it won't be mistaken for bullshit. Let's test it.

    What is to follow is totally unconfirmed, in all liklyhood never going to happen and as such, should be regarded as incorrect, impossible, or as blatant lies for the sake of entertainment only.

    Not to be outdone by Nintendo, Sony has decided to add in the ability for your PSP to operate your PS3 wirelessly, anywhere. Got to pee? No need to stop the gaming fun, bring your PSP along and you can continue playing your game as you "drop the kids off at the pool." Gotta go to work? Again, not an issue as Sony has you covered with their new PLAYONOYALP system, you can continue to play your PS3 games from your cubical computer, LP2 printer, or fax machine! Sony really means it when they say "Play B3yond!" I heard this over at the forums on the d00dI'mJokin.net website

    Not to be left behind in the race for next-gen game console dominance, Microsoft and Take 2 Interactive in a joint partnership with Dairy Queen are going to create a new XBlive experience for the Gold level members. The new "Just Dip It!" program, not to be confused with Nike's "Just Do It" campaign, will reward XBLive Gold members that (1) pre-pay for 4 years of the XBLive service and (2) can teabag Jack Thompson in public with free small Blizzards, Single-Dipped cones, or Sundays each Friday during their tenure as an XBLive Gold member. Dive right in to the fun with XB360, Take2 Games, and Dairy Queen, and "Just Dip It!"

    You see my friends, THAT is what you can list as being "inaccurate" or "unreliable." Something that is listed on a manufacturers website that you can find by Googling the words "wii controller+rumble" and get in the FIRST FREAKIN RESULT... not bullshit.

    You all my now return to your previous gaming playing, anime watchin', and general geekin' out.

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    Diamond or Cubic Zirconia?

    posted @ 10/25/2006 02:45:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    I will let you be the judge... after I hand down my ruling that is.

    I recently received my Xbox Live Diamond Card in the mail, and first impression was it looked snazzy!

    Indeedy, this isn't some cheazy, sleazy laminated paper card like the ones you get from Blockbuster these days... no this sucker is standard credit card stock and build. The imprinting of my gamertag in the all caps is a nice touch. It pleases me, so it immediately went into my wallet with prominent placement. [which if you need to know means right next to my AMEX Gold card... I had to retire my black card because I was ballin' out of control... hence my broketude.]

    But now I had a dilemma: I needed to know where I could to use my new pretty little gamer status icon. Included with my "gamer extraordinaire" card, was some info on the site I could go to and see what places valued my gaming awesomeness enough to float a sistah a deal. I was all excited, because my broke ass is in serious need of some discounts let me tell you. The first two I noticed off that bat that looked cool were the 10% off of purchases made online at Target website and the 2-for-1 sammiches at Quiznos... which I have to say I hit up on a weekly basis. Toasty! Moving on. At this point I'm thinking to myself, "Self? Yes? Looks like getting that XBLive Gold package and signing up for this dealie was a good idea I had. Indeed self, congratulations on the stroke of genius which is you, me, er, us! Boffo!" But then I started looking through the rest of the vendors and "deals" and started rethinking that whole ego molestation thing that I did to myself. [I am a registered ego molester.]

    Many of the vendors are companies that I've never heard of like Golfsmith.com, AKA Gourmet.com, Chukar Cherry Company, and Furniture Medic to name a few. Now, while many of these vendors seem like great little services on their own... I'm not sure how many gamers need furniture restoration. Wait, I take that back. From all the accounts of people winging controllers about their domicile in anger, someone has to have dinged their wood interiors. [he he, I said dinged their wood...] But the more I went through the list of vendors I noticed that while the list was obviously still in it's "new" stage. Even more obvious is that MS is trying to line up as many vendors as they can to give card holders a good reason to keep the card on them at all times. You never know when you need to order someone some flowers or a gift online, so when you start adding in those 10% off and 30% with a coupon type deals, it can be very attractive.

    It helps to remember that the Diamond Card is free if you have a 1 yr Xbox live Gold subscription. Then the free foods from Papa John's, Popeye's, and Quiznos starts looking real good. The wine and micro brew company vendors out of Washington state really only resonate with residents of the respective Washington state cities those companies are in, but still... American's love discounts, so I think it's a good idea. I'm just a little disappointed that with all their clout, MS wasn't able to line up some more gaming related discounts. I mean, the only things listed under the "Video Games & Hobbies" banner are Hollywood Video and Gamestop. The Gamestop one is a tad disappointing: "Receive $10 off any online purchase of $75 or more, online only," while the Hollywood Video one is a rent one get one rental free with this coupon you have to print out right here. Really Microsoft? Is that the best you can do? Where's the reward for being an Xbox loyalist? Where's the $10 bucks off any MS 1st party game you buy from Amazon or even Gamestop? How about the buy a controller, get a controller half off? I get that it can be difficult to bring on new vendors [even though your online system has been pretty dang large and in charge for nearly a year now] but how does that stop you from offering some in house discounts to gamers that have been nickel and dimed to death for microtransactions through your online service? Throw us a frikken bone here!

    Now, as I said, I'll let you be the judge. Maybe with the holiday season about to start some new vendors can pop up on the Diamond list and make this well meaning idea something to resonate well with gamers and consumers that love gamers. [Mom, I'm looking at you... you know Christmas is coming right?] But as far as I'm concerned right this moment, this card and bonus service is CZ at best.

    What do you think? Any diamond card holders out there that have some stories of how they used their card to get something?

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    Girl Gamers: REALLY?!?!

    posted @ 10/23/2006 12:16:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    This is a picture of Kathryn Marie Holt. Kathryn is HOT! Looking at this picture makes me thirsty... I'm secure enough in my femininity to say that. I have no beef with hot women, make no mistake about that. My problem is that according to JoystickWidow, Kathryn is a gamer... I find this highly suspect.

    Not because I think that girl gamers can't be hot, I KNOW that can be and are in many, many, many cases. I find it suspect because my personal experience has told me that many models spend more time working and trying to get work than on gaming. A trip to this website only confirms my suspicions that the site is mainly setup for guy gamers, not girl ones.

    When you first visit the website, you will notice that their banner graphic is neat looking, until you look at the right side which has "Your Slogan Here" in big white letters. Whoops, forgot to adjust that template before we posted it to server eh? Oh well, accidents happen. Over all it's a good looking site. And there are some game image galleries and news bits from other sites and sources. [I found this site because it actually linked to one of our articles, else I would have never know a gem like this existed.] So I bopped around the site until I got to the widows section which has little profiles of GREAT looking dames who are all supposed gamers. Most of the ladies on this page have gamertags and one of the questions they have to answer is "what is your favorite game." While nearly every babe on this hottie roster of hawtness answers the fav game question naming a game or two along with her gamertag and a link to her personal website, I still found myself questioning their gamer cred. Awful of me I know, almost hatin' on these babes because I felt that something with the stats I was reading were off. A couple of the ladies just didn't look like Halo or Mortal Kombat fans. I know I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover... but when the cover looks like belongs on the front of FHM magazine instead of a "Brady Games" guide book. This brings me back to Kathryn.

    Kathryn's gamertag is Kitty. Being on XBLive myself, I thought I'd look her up and see what games she plays and what her gamerscore is like. Imagine my surprise when I saw that Kitty had no profile image, no achievements unlocked, no profile really... because she hadn't played any games. I told myself that Kitty, er, Kathryn just has been busy and must not have had any real time to settle in and get her game on. [You can click on the image above to see a larger view of the screenshot I took of Kitty's gamer profile on xbox.com] Yeah, that's it, or at least that was the thought until I checked out the gamertags of all the other hotties on the page.

    After going through all of the widows, most of the gamertags were completely bogus, of the ones that were actually found on Xbox.com community, only one actually had a gamerscore of 10. Now my gamerscore is nearly non-existent itself [it's only 520] but it's mostly because I don't have a lot of XB360 games [only own two] or time to really play like I'd LIKE to. But this site just pisses me off. Not because it's using sex to sell whatever it is that this site is selling [I'm all for that] but because it's selling you guys short. I doubt any dude visiting this site wouldn't guess that none of the chicks featured on the site are actual gamers, or could even tell you what system Halo is on, so why even try.

    For all the issues that I have with the PMS Clan, most of the member have gamerscores and records that you can honestly say, "OH HELL YEAH! She's definitely a gamer!" One does not rank up a gamerscore of over 20,000 lightly, and I have a lot of respect for anyone that can game on like that. But I think sites like JoystickWidow do more harm than good. I think they help guys not take girl gamers seriously, and pisses me off. It has taken me so long to get respect from the guy gamers I know and the ones I play online that the idea of stuff like JoystickWidow being out there and in some way helping to detract from that pisses me off.

    Don't get pissy with me about this, I'm not hatin' on these pretty girl gamers. They AREN'T gamers, they're posers... and I can hatin' on a fucking poser all I like!

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    Lumines Live on XBLive Tomorrow

    posted @ 10/17/2006 06:05:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    A Friendly NinJa FYI...

    The port of probably the most entertaining PSP game that I've every played [Lumines] hits XBLive tomorrow. Yeah boyeeeeee, grab your gamertag, get some MS points, and have a ball.

    Lumines Live will hit the arcade starting at 1am PDT so you might wanna snag it before you head off to class in the morning.

    Thus ends the Friendly NinJa FYI. [So would that be a FNFYI?]

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    Dig Dug On XBLive

    posted @ 10/10/2006 06:15:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    Just a quick FYI

    Dig Dug is dropping in on XBLive 11 OCT 06 [tomorrow] around 1am PST. It will only run you 400 MS points to pick it up. You need to get this one people. It's going to be in the arcade so you know what that means:

    IT'S DIG DUG BATTLE TIME!



    Before Ludacris was "droppin' bow's on em", Dig Dug was droppin' rocks on em! Drop em like it's HOT people!

    You know you want to. ;)

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    It's Gonna Be Ugly!

    posted @ 10/05/2006 04:00:00 PM by Ninjasistah
    That's what a Gamestop manager revealed to Ben Kuchera over at Opposable Thumbs there at the arstechnica website. And by the way, "Opposable Thumbs" is an awesomely clever name for a blog... wish I had come up with that one. But I digress...

    Again, having some time to bop around ye olde interweb to catch up on all the news that's out there in between working for the day job, and I came across this article on the arstechnica website. The people that Kuchera talked with paint a very bleak PS3 roll out next month that's for sure. I know it seems like I'm picking on Sony yet again, but I swear I'm not. It's just every time I hit up my regular game sites for news, most of the Sony stuff gives me pause. I don't have to make Sony out to be a bad guy or create a scenario to make them seem like they are out of step with the rest of the next-gen console makers, they do that all on their own on what seems like a daily basis.

    From the arstechnica article what sticks out to me at least is this continuing theme of Sony seeming to be less prepared for what is coming than it's competitors. While Nintendo comes across as having a well defined ramp up to roll out and subsequent roll out plan for the Nintendo Wii. Even though at this point I think the code name of "Revolution" will prove to have been a better choice if the system can reach it's potential. Same with the XB360. I make no bones about the complaints I have with the XB360 system [from the pay for tier of the XBLive system, or the freezing issues] but game development is picking up on the platform, and they have adapted to new technologies to try and be even a tiny bit cutting edge. And while I think Sony is well meaning, I can't escape this horrible feeling. To use a sport analogy [because I didn't get to watch any boxing this past weekend] lets say that the next-gen console war that's about to start is a heavyweight boxing match. Well, instead of taking their opponent seriously the "undisputed champ" Sony has come into the ring without going through training camp and having a wild orgy the night before the fight with 4 hookers and some dude that was down at the bus depot: ill-equipped and unprepared.

    But hey, it's just my opinion.

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