Disc Scratched?

Is your Xbox 360 disc scratched? Are you tired of constantly cleaning it and it still doesn't work? Alright I'm done with that crappy hook, but seriously, check out this youtube video I have done this on 3 of my discs. But, don't get disappointed if it doesn't work the first time. It usually takes 3 times to work. Click here. Or just watch the video below:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 will be coming out this November. Yes, Part 1. There will be 2 parts to the final chapter of Harry Potter. The second will be in July 2011 and I cannot wait until these movies come out! I have always been a HUGE Harry Potter fan! Ever since I read the first book, I have been hooked! Seriously, I have read the series 4 times... Anyway the movies seem really good and one thing I like about the Harry Potter movies is that the plot is almost exactly like the plot in the books. That's one MAIN reason why these movies are so good. Here's the trailer I hope you enjoy! :D

Netflix

Now you might have heard of it, tried it, or use it. But today I'm here to tell you that this is an amazing product that you should go try out if you haven't already. I just got it last week and I can't believe that I haven't bothered to try it before. I was amazed at how easily you can watch movies right onto your TV wether it be from an Xbox 360 or a Playstation 3.

The mail system is amazing too. I got my movie that I wanted to order in 2 days! Now your probably saying that I could just go up to Blockbuster, or another movie retailer, and buy a movie there without waiting. The only thing is, it costs as much for 1 movie at Blockbuster as it costs for UNLIMITED movies on Netflix. I highly suggest that you give this a try!!

FIFA World Cup USA Lost

:'( The reason for this is because USA has lost and is out of the world cup. For all you soccer fans out there give respect and your best to the US even if you wanted Ghana to win. They played a great game and played their best. But the question is also now, who will win the World Cup?

George Lopez

If your in to comedy and you want to laugh you @ss off every night, check out George Lopez (the sit-com). Every weekday night at 10 pm on channel 70, is an amazing sitcom called George Lopez and I HIGHLY recommend that you check out this show!!! You probably have heard of this show, but just incase WATCH IT!! The reason I'm writing this is because I am watching it now and am laughing so hard! Lol!!!

The Last Airbender Movie

I used to watch the cartoon all the time as a kid and now I can't wait to see the movie and how it turns out. I hope, though, that it isn't like many other cartoons or book that have turned into movies. By this I mean that most books or cartoons that have turned into movies aren't good and don't follow the same plot or they leave out a few major details that were originally in the book or cartoon. I can't tell you how many times that I have walked into a movie like this and it turned out bad. I just hope they don't mess this one up. Anyway, the trailers look good so i'll still see it.

Some good outcomes that I think they did really good on are the casting of the movie and the special effects. The characters look just like the ones in the cartoons and that gives me another reason to go see it. Also, the special effects look good. I'm glad that the bending looks real and not like some cheesy fog machine stuff.

The movie comes out July 1st and I recommend you see it if your into action, drama, violence, or a fan of the cartoon. Here's the trailer:

Bungie

Bungie is a way to see your detailed Halo 3 service record. It shows how many games you've played, you experience points, your rank, and much more! So if you want to check up on your stats, go to http://www.bungie.net/ ----------->Click on the search bar in the top right corner---------->Type in your gametag----------------------->Press enter--------------> and it should come to your service record

Major League Gaming (MLG)

If you want to get serious about you gaming abilities, MLG is the place for you to go! They host Halo 3, Tekken 6, SSBB, GoW, and WoW tournaments throughout the country! These aren't just ordinary tournaments, these are for lots of money and you can actually make a living throughout this. Halo 3 is probably the MOST popular and offers the MOST cash. It's very difficult to make it to the top 8 (pro level) though. But I encourage you to check out the site and see what it has to offer.

http://www.mlgpro.com/

If you want to play for more than fun and get competitive, this is the site to your future!

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

This was a great movie as I say so myself. I saw it opening night and it blew me away. The things I enjoyed most were the constant changing of scenes, the action throughout the entire movie, the plot, and the characters.

First of all the plot was amazing. With constant action and a bit of romance, I considered it fantastic. It starts out when an adopted child of the king invades an empire that they think is selling illegal weapons to their enemies. Dastan, the prince, raids the kingdom and conquers it. He then puts a cloak onto his father (the king) and he suddenly burns. Now he is accused of the murder and must find out who the scapegoat is. He then travels on a long journey accompanied by Tamina (the Princes of the raided city). Now I'm not going to reveal everything.

Second, the casting of the characters couldn't be better! They were very enthusiastic throughout the production of the movie. Inside the movie, they had great personalities and a sense of humor.

Third, the constant action really captured me. I loved how Jake Gyllenhaal, Dastan, got so much training for the movie! With hints of parkour here and there and the work of swordsmanship, this was really what made me want to stay in the theatre!

I highly recommend seeing this movie if you are into action films and constant troubles in films. I give this movie a 4.5 star rating and I WILL buy the DVD when it comes out.

The A-Team

Four American soldiers who are in Iraq are sent on a mission to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a billion dollars. After doing the job and returning to the base their commanding officer is killed in an explosion and the plates are stolen by another operative. They would be court martialed and sent to different prisons. 6 months later, the leader, Hannibal Smith is visited by a CIA spook who tells him he knows where the man who took the plates is and wants him and his men to recover it. So he helps him escape and he breaks out the others and they go after the plates. But after doing it, they discover that the spook might not be ok. And a military intelligence officer who was involved with one of them is pursuing them. Rated 3-4 stars by critics,

I suggest seeing this. It is also quoted, "Summer starts off with A blast!" I don't think anyone under maybe 12 should see this though. There is strong language and strong violence with bad language.

Percy Jack and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

If you love the books you'll love the movie. Although it doesn't stay on the same plot as the book, it is still very good. I suggest renting it if you aren't too keen about buying it. It come out in the U.S. June 29, 2010 on Blue-Ray and DVD.

Features Logan Lerman, Brandon T. jackson, and Alexandria Daddario, a teenager finds out that he is a decedent of a Greek god and must save the world from an evil Titan Lord.

Halo Montages

Hey everyone if you're a big Halo 3 fan, check out this guys channel he has some pretty good montages and he is a constant up-loader. You can also submit your own montages to him and he might upload it. Here is a sample trailer and link to his Youtube Channel:

http://bit.ly/ak21O4

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is the third (and most-likely last) installment in the series. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released Walt Disney Pictures Toy Story 3 is now in theaters and has a 4-5 star critic rating. The story begins when 17 year old Andy is going off to college and has out-grown his old toys. Andy's mom then throws them away, not believing that Andy wants them any more, but the toys escape and into a box labeled Sunnyside Daycare. You can see the trailer 2 below and I recommend you see the movie.

Pokemon Black and White

If your a Pokemon fan and can't wait to get your hands on Black and White, click this link below and it will take you to information leading towards these games. Also Japan WILL come out with the game before the U.S. Version.

http://bit.ly/dqGtOm

These will also be the starters and other pokemon that have been released so far:

http://bit.ly/alkNHb

Tiger Woods 11 is Coming!

Tiger Woods 11 will be realeased June 8, 2010. One of the biggest additions to this years game is not only Motion Control support for the Wii and the Sony Move Motion Controller, but also the fact that the prestigious Ryder Cup will be featured for the first time in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. As such, Rory McIlroy will appear on the cover along with Tiger Woods, representing the Europeans.

Gamers will select a team and square off to try and bring home The Ryder Cup for their squad in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 on all console platforms. The Ryder Cup is one of the last great sporting events to be founded in prestige rather than prize money. Choose from the U.S. or European squad and participate in the various competition formats – foursomes where players hit alternate shots, fourballs and singles which traditionally bring the biennial event to a close with players going head to head. When playing The Ryder Cup mode offline, gamers will have the option to swap matches, thus giving you the ultimate control over the outcomes of other matches.

The Ryder Cup, a competition hosted by Ryder Cup Europe LLP and the PGA of America, brings together the best American and European golfers in a team competition format, and the cover of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 is a direct reflection of the tournament – as Tiger Woods denotes the U.S. team and Rory McIlroy represents the Europeans. McIlroy, hailing from Northern Ireland and currently ranked 9th according to the Official World Golf Rankings, has posted several impressive showings early in his professional golfing career. Last year, McIlroy had five top 10 PGA TOUR finishes including a third-place tie in the 2009 PGA Championship and made the cut in all four majors. As an amateur, McIlroy also has a strong history in team play events, which include appearances in the Junior Ryder Cup and Walker Cup.

“This is a huge honor for me to be the on the cover with Tiger Woods as I grew up idolizing Tiger,” said McIlroy. “The Ryder Cup has always been my favorite sporting event and the tournament is being played at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales in 2010. Also, I’m hopeful to have an opportunity to represent the European team later in the year – it’s all very special.”

Not only will players have the ability to participate in team play but they will now be able to take a team online via the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A first for the franchise, this all-new mode will allow up to 24 players to compete head-to-head as members of team. Team members can also talk strategy with their teammates over Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network.

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 on the Wii brings the links to your living room with two all-new enhanced swing mechanics while using the Wii MotionPlus. The Advanced Plus swing difficulty will read rotation and swing angle while the Tour Pro swing mechanic assesses rotation, swing plane and point of contact. The Tour Pro swing features an innovative first-person camera angle from the tee box to the putting green called True View. True View creates the most immersive and authentic golf experience in any video game – you are no longer watching the golfer, you are the golfer! This will also presumably be available in the PS3 version of the game.

Kinect

Xbox 360 Kinect (originally project Natal) will be coming out this fall 2010.

Halo : Reach Firefight Trailer

Hey everyone check out the Halo: Reach Firefight trailer

NBA 2K11

NBA 2K11 is the latest installment in the best selling, and highest rated NBA videogame series. NBA 2K11 is the best way to plug into NBA culture. It’s the most fun, authentic NBA videogame experience and is for any sports fan with that competitive fire who wants to play the best NBA simulation on the market. It’s the NBA series that everyone is playing – from the most elite NBA athletes and superstars to the local court gym rats. NBA 2K10 delivered on its promise to TAKE OVER, and NBA 2K11 will on build on that momentum by dialing up all of its features – gameplay, AI, presentation, visuals, audio, online and more – to deliver the best basketball videogame experience EVER. Also Michael Jordan WILL be on the cover of the video game. More news on this at http://www.2ksports.com/nba2k11

Halo Reach Firefight (IGN REVIEW)

IGN Xbox 360 had a chance to go all out in Halo: Reach’s improved firefight mode and they bring us some new details about the enhancements along with the first ever gameplay videos. For the uninformed ‘Firefight’ pits anywhere between 1 -4 spartans in Combat against computer controlled Covenant enemies. These enemies arrive via dropships and are rolled out in waves. In Halo 3:ODST players could expect 5 rounds featuring increasing difficulties plus bonus ‘reinforcement’ dropships between rounds.

One of the biggest improvements being introduced in Reach is the ability for Firefight matchmaking. Similar to how the multiplayer system works. Players will be able to connect to Xbox Live and find partners to assist in their covenant slaying. It is unknown at this time if this feature will be available in the single player co-op campaign but it would be nice.

Bungie is also allowing players to control the individual parameters of a Firefight match. No longer are players subject to five or six rounds that can take upwards of half an hour per round. Now the host can chose a time limit, limit the skulls that have been activated and the number of rounds until the end of the game. Players can also expect to create their own custom sets of equipments – called loadouts – for their entire party to enjoy. Bungie has also coded in a default time limit – 10 minutes.

Individual expression also plays a huge role in the next installment of the Halo franchise. Players who took part in the beta already know that they will be able to create a custom Spartan that will appear in multiplayer and campaign. This Spartan will also carry over to the firefight mode both offline and online. It was not mentioned by Bungie whether or not the map editing ability of Forge will be available. As soon as more details turn up we will be sure to bring them to you.


Go to: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/22684/Halo-Reach-Firefight-Details/ for pictures and gameplay of this new system.

Look at Kinect

For Microsoft, E3 2010 was an opportunity to name and reveal the final version of its take on motion controls. It's called Kinect (formerly Project Natal), and unlike the motion-control system from Nintendo and Sony, it doesn't use any sort of controller. The Kinect camera technology detects and tracks your full body and corresponding movements, so when players swing their hands or kick their feet, the games that support Kinect read these movements and translate them into in-game actions. For example, in the game Kinect Adventures, you physically have to lean left or right to guide a raft down the roaring rapids of a river. In the bowling game found in Kinect Sports, players simply perform the bowling motion as they would in real life and Kinect will do the rest.

The Kinect has a self-contained camera and microphone.

What makes Kinect even more interesting is that its functionality extends beyond games and into the Xbox 360 dashboard. Kinect users can tell the Xbox 360 (thanks to a built-in microphone in Kinect) to perform various actions, whether it's pausing a movie or initiating a video chat with a friend. Additionally, users can navigate through menus by simply placing their hand in the air to a corresponding object onscreen.

Of course, with the motion-control systems found on the Wii and PlayStation 3, there's some calibration involved. With Kinect, we've seen games where players are prompted to stand in a specific spot for a few seconds while the camera retrieves general information about your position, but in a lot of cases, we've also seen players jump in and out instantly without the need for the camera to stop gameplay for calibration reasons.

Kinect is currently scheduled for release on November 4, 2010, in North America with a worldwide release before the end of the year, but neither an official price nor bundle options have been announced. Be sure to check out the highlights of GameSpot's E3 2010 Kinect coverage by following the links below.

NHL 2K11 First Look

There was a question as to whether 2K Sports would be bringing out an NHL game in 2010 at all. The long-running NHL 2K series has been struggling from a sales and critical reception standpoint on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and lagging behind its direct competitor at EA. NHL 2K11 isn't dead, however; it's just a Wii exclusive. 2K Sports announced the year-long hiatus of the 360 and PS3 versions of the NHL series earlier this year as it revamped the game, presumably for NHL 2K12. Yesterday, on the show floor of E3, we got a look at the Wii-only NHL 2K11 to see what 2K puck fans will have to tide them over before the series returns to the 360 and PS3.

As with 2K Sports' other big game--NBA 2K11--we didn't get a chance to play NHL 2K11 for ourselves. We did hear about the upgrades to the Wii MotionPlus controls (which producers are dubbing "Wii MotionPlus 2.0") and that it promises more one-to-one motion between player movement and onscreen stick control than ever before. Standard movements will be easy enough to pull off, but 2K is also promising the ability to pull off more advanced moves like poke checks, stick lifts, juggles, and even holding the puck on the end of the stick in midair. We saw the latter in motion during a one-versus-one practice session--it looked cool enough but we doubt there's much room for this kind of flair in a full six-on-six match.

From a presentation standpoint, NHL 2K11 will feature a more vibrant color palette with improved lighting in stadiums, touched-up player models, and improved jerseys and sticks. Speaking of lumber, broken sticks are in NHL 2K11. We didn't see any in our demo, but producers said players will skate to the bench to retrieve a new stick.

Love them or hate them, minigames have been a part of the NHL 2K series for years now. In NHL 2K11, minigames have been organized into a new mode known as Road to the Cup. Built off the superskills events from previous games, Road to the Cup has you traveling through NHL cities, trying to gain fans as you complete in a number of skills minigames. These minigames run from standard "hardest shot" competitions (where you swing the Wii Remote to take the shot, naturally) to more esoteric games, like a skating game where your goal is to avoid yellow barrels that are moving at random all over the ice. Each time your player is hit by a barrel, you lose a life and the last man standing is the winner. Winning a game will earn you fans on your Road to the Cup and the first player to reach 1,000 fans in the mode is declared the overall winner.

2K Sports producers pointed out that this is the third year of development for NHL 2K on the Wii, a point in the annual game cycle where developers typically really find their stride with a series. It remains to be seen whether or not NHL 2K11 will be an improved effort over last year's game or merely a bridge to whatever comes next from 2K Sports on the 360 and PS3, but we'll be keeping an eye on the game up to its release later this year

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Nintendo 3DS is coming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXDlE8YdYZ0 Check it out! E3 has told of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS! Enjoy!

Xbox 360 Slim

Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim is now launched in the U.S. and will be in the U.K. July 16th. It is whisper silent and comes with built in wifi! It also has a 250gb hardrive and for the low price of $299!

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