video games

A New Experience For Xbox 360

November 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm by Matt Schuler under Entertainment

This guest post brought to you by one of my co-workers who has be gaming quite a bit with the new Xbox Experience.

Nate Hoekstra’s One week with the New X-Box Experience:

Some say that change is not always for the better, but Microsoft’s “New X-Box Experience” is a step in the right direction from the old user interface.
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Black Friday Door Busters (Updated Wed)

November 25th, 2008 at 9:22 pm by Matt Schuler under Entertainment

Updated: Wed. 6:24pm

As I said in the comments of my Blu-Ray post here are the deals you’re going to want to check out for Black Friday.

It covers gadgets, games, TVs, Blu-Ray players almost everything.

Read on and enjoy the savings. Updated Wednesday Night!

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Fallout 3 Review (PC) War Never Changes, Developers Do

November 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm by Matt Schuler under Entertainment

Maybe you’ve heard of the Fallout series.  It started more than 11 years ago.  Fallout and it’s critically acclaimed sequel, Fallout 2 were originally made by Black Isle Studios.

Both games are among my favoites, so could Fallout 3 succeed in the hands of a new development studio?  The game’s made by Bethesda who most recently released a pretty successful game in Oblivion.

So far, Fallout 3 has been given some high praise.  I have to say, I agree.

I picked the game up on release day a couple weeks back and have managed to play through to see several of the many possible endings.

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Not Made Of Wood: Games & Gadgets Blog

November 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm by Matt Schuler under Entertainment

What’s going on here?  Well, WOOD TV Managing Web Editor Tim Steele has given me the honor of providing something the website doesn’t have yet: a voice for the gamer and gadget lover.  So who am I?  That’s what this post is all about.

I’m a producer here at WOOD TV with a love for all things digital.  I’ve been a gamer for more than 20 years harking back to my childhood days with the NES.  I don’t go all the way back to the beginning of gaming, but over 20 years I think I’ve played my fair share.  I’m sure at some point I’ll do a Top X list of my favorite games, maybe even per system.

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