Microsoft doesn’t get backwards compatibility

Link: GamesIndustry.biz Peter Moore on the Xbox/Xbox 360 backwards compatibility: "Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under promised and over delivered on that. It's a very complicated thing… very complex work. I'm just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible," he said. "Under promised" and "over delivered"? I don't […]

CoH Issue 7 active

Link: City of Heroes Well, it's out now. Issue 7 of CoH/CoV is now available. Unfortunately, this issue largely caters to the villainous side of the game. Grandville (Levels 40-50, PVE, COV only) – A vertical zone, Grandville contains Spider City, the capital of Arachnos™, where players encounter mutated Arachnoids and a huge new cast […]

ATI: Wii Graphics at E3 “Tip of the iceberg”

Link: Evil Avatar Despite Nintendo's stellar E3 showing with their playing = believing tagline, ATI is honor-bound to combat some of the negative response to the Wii's sub-(next-generation)-par graphics. Since, you know, it's their chipset. However, seeing what Resident Evil 4 accomplished on the GameCube, I have no doubt in my mind that there is […]

Gaming Media Alliance

Link: The Gaming Media Alliance Now this is an effort I can definitely get behind. The Gaming Media Alliance is a group devoted to communicating gaming news with the mainstream media accurately. Our purpose is if and when some gaming related content hits the mainstream news media, the facts and details are not misconstrued in […]

The future of the “chat room”

Link: Skypecasts A new update to Skype available today (bringing it up to version 2.5) will introduce a new feature called Skypecasts, which will allow for up to 100 simultaneous connections via a hosted user component. A Skypecast directory is available to allow you to search for discussion topics in which you can join in.

Coogle Galendar

Link: Google Calendar Heavens above, I’ve been waiting a long time for this. I’m a self-proclaimed Google-whore, I won’t hide it, but I’ve been holding out for a quality internet-based calendar that I could share with my friends that isn’t a monstrosity to manage. I used the damnable Hotmail calendar for a little while, but […]