XBOX 360 - PREVIEW - Call of Duty: World at War

"Graphically, apart from the obvious character model textures now representing WW2 soldiers, not a whole lot has changed. Even after nearly a year since CoD: 4 the engine still looks stunning and runs at a consistent frame rate despite whatever chaos is ensuing."

The full preview can be found and read here at TALKXBOX.COM

XBOX 360 - EDITORIAL - Games You Might Overlook This Xmas '08

In this article, I explore some of the games that seem destined to be remembered as “also-rans,” yet at any other time of the year they could have well garnered some considerable excitement and attention amongst the Xbox 360 consumers. I wonder which of the following titles have slipped under your radar in your pre-festive planning?

The full editorial can be found and read here at TALKXBOX.COM

XBOX 360 - EDITORIAL - Ten Functionalities..

"While certainly not revealing any form of hardware or software holy grail per-se, such as magically enabling the connection of an external hard drive, enabling Blu-Ray playback on the standard internal Hitachi DVD drive or being able to no-scope at Halo 3, here is a compiled list of ten functionalities the average Xbox 360 newcomer may not know. Maybe you'll learn something too!"

The full editorial can be found and read here at TALKXBOX.COM

XBOX 360 - REVIEW - VIVA PINATA: Trouble In Paradise

"Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise believes heavily in the adage “If it's not broke, don't fix it.” The changes made since Viva Piñata are subtle yet still just about enough to be significant.

The full review for Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise can be found here at TALKXBOX.COM

Announcement - talkxbox

I've recently accepted a position as a trial writer at the website http://www.talkxbox.com/. While I have no idea of knowing if this will be a short or long term arrangement for me, the majority of my output will now be conducted at this address. While I am not allowed to post submitted articles directly into this blog (or any other website), my EIC has permitted me to post an excerpt and a forward link of which I will be doing here in the future. Any other content which doesn't get used for talkxbox.com will be posted in full as per-usual.

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~Mitzy
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