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New 'Gears of War' maps available for free
Special thanks to The Discovery Channel's new show, 'Future Weapons', for sponsoring two new 'Gears of War' person-to-person multiplayer maps (Raven Down and Old Bones) which are now available to download for free on Xbox Live. Oh, and there's a…

'Lost Planet' online multiplayer help
First, I want to apologize for saying that 'Lost Planet' debuts today. It has a weird street date of, Friday, Jan. 12 and I just assumed when I saw that it launched this week, that it'd be today. In order…

PS3 a bomb in Japan, Wii a winner
Enterbrain, a Tokyo-based video game magazine, is reporting on Japanese sales data for the PS3 and Wii. As reported in the NYT, Sony sold 534,336 PS3s in Japan, well short of the million they had projected. Meanwhile, Nintendo sold 1.14…

The PS3 — Part 1 — What went wrong
Writing up the Japan sales numbers for the PS3 got me thinking about why the PS3, and therefore, Sony, are in the position they're in. That is, disliked by the gaming press and the gaming community, stuck with poor sales…

The PS3 — Part 2 — How to save it
Yesterday I broke down what went wrong before, during, and after the launch of the PS3 in the entry titled, The PS3 — What went wrong. Today, free of charge to Sony, I'll lay out how to save the PS3….

Wii Death
It's a Death by Wii Tii! Buy it here: OrangeAlexander.com Hat-tip to WonderlandBlog.com…