To my surprise, my Xbox 360 decided to create its own blog. Every day, it goes online and comments on what I played, and sometimes, how well I played.
Of course, my Xbox 360 really isn’t sentient. 360Voice.com simply reads information from my gamertag and creates a blog for my Xbox.
Looks like Jon Maddox wrote a plugin for Xbox Media Center that enables XBMC to view photos you’ve stored on Flickr.
I’ve been playing a lot of Halo lately with some of the Lambda Chi Alpha staff. Co-worker Joe Klimek bought a nice plasma TV about a month ago, which seemed to have spured more Halo.
It’s really amazing that a game created in 2001 has a) kept my interest and b) is still the best game that I’ve ever played. We’re all eagerly waiting for November 9 when Halo 2 is released.
Some of us need you Master Cheif.
On a similar note, I continue to enjoy the Red vs. Blue episodes. RvB details the life of two rival camps of soldiers, the Reds and Blues, who spend their time ruminating about life, the universe and everything, stationed in separate bases in a creek called Blood Gulch; the most popular multi-player game within Halo.
The series is unusual because it is created using the actual video game. The animators simply use the high-quality graphics engine of the game to create a believable animation world. It is akin to digital puppetry.
If you play the game, you’ll love Red vs. Blue.
RadioParadise.com is the single-best radio station I’ve ever listened to. It offers a wonderful collection of creative, eclectic, and diverse music that no FM station would ever offer.
I’ve been listening to the station for about a year now. Often, as I would hear a song or artist that I liked, I’d pop on over to Amason and add the album to my Wish List. About a month ago, I decided to act on this list and decided to buy all of the albums that were priced (used) less than $5. $200 and 40 CDs later, I’ve discovered 20 new artist and rediscovered the other 20. What a fantastic collection.
I can’t wait to buy more.
I’m so hooked on RadioParadise that I’ve programmed my Xbox to automatically play the station when it boots up. And for those of you who know me, I turn on my Xbox quite a bit. Now when I come home, I just turn on my Xbox and instantly get to hear my favorite Internet-only station.
Here’s how I do it.
How did I find the URLs of the stations I like to listen to? Easy. Visit Shoutcast.com, right click on the “Tune In” button for your favorite station and select “Save Link As.” Open up that file in your text editor and you’ll find the URL. It looks something like this “File1=http://64.236.34.4:80/stream/1040″.
Next time you boot your Xbox, Avalaunch will automatically look to sample.sc and begin playing the first station if it can establish a connection. If you want to switch to the next station, press the left joystick in and Avalaunch will switch to the next station in your list.
Enjoy.
I recently learned about an animated series called Red vs Blue that pokes fun at modern video game culture, particularly one of my favorite games: Halo. It is hysterical for those who play the game. The BBC did a story about the online series. Here’s an excerpt:
A group of writers, performers and gamers in Texas have produced an increasingly popular and unusual cartoon cartoon series.
The cartoon details the life of two rival camps of soldiers, the Reds and Blues, who spend their time ruminating about life, the universe and everything, stationed in separate bases in a creek called Blood Gulch.
“Red vs Blue pokes fun at the basic tenets of modern video games,” explained Burnie Burns, the writer and creator of Red vs Blue, who also voices the characters Church and Tex.
The series, which has reached episode 14, is unusual because it is created using a video game called Halo.
Instead of running around shooting each other the animators use the high-quality graphics engine of the game to create a believable animation world.