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Microsoft Xbox 360

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Halo Wars: A Top Video Game Designer Moves From One Local Company to Another

    Dave Pottinger, back when he was still at Robot earlier this year​It's been more than a year since Microsoft shuttered Dallas-based Ensemble Studios, which was responsible for, among others, such top-selling titles as Age of Empires, Age of Mythology and Halo Wars for Xbox 360. From that wreckage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    A Love-Hate Relationship?

    Flipping through the whatweredoin.com blog the other day, I came across a discussion of our Top Ten Overrated Restaurants that included this comment from "Bread Winners": "Interesting that not a week later, City of Ate...named us one of 'Uptowns 10 Best Patios.' They love us, they hate us, they lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Sure, There's QuakeCon in August. But Sure to Be All the Rage? Id's Long-Awaited Rage.

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    From Ensemble's Ashes, a New Bonfire

    Aw, dang. Had hoped to break this in the paper version of Unfair Park next week, where we profile former Ensemble Studios music-maker Stephen Rippy; but, oh, well, no such luck. Regardless, the September shuttering of Ensemble Studios -- the former Dallas-based indie-studio-turned-Microsoft property ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 29, 2009

    Cadillac Ranch Offers a Bumpy Ride for Diners

    Aw, dang. Had hoped to break this in the paper version of Unfair Park next week, where we profile former Ensemble Studios music-maker Stephen Rippy; but, oh, well, no such luck. Regardless, the September shuttering of Ensemble Studios -- the former Dallas-based indie-studio-turned-Microsoft property ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Christmas Comes More Than Once a Year for Mexicans

    Aw, dang. Had hoped to break this in the paper version of Unfair Park next week, where we profile former Ensemble Studios music-maker Stephen Rippy; but, oh, well, no such luck. Regardless, the September shuttering of Ensemble Studios -- the former Dallas-based indie-studio-turned-Microsoft property ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    March 27, 2008

    Online Turnoff

    Who said first-person games need a second person?

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Guitar Hero Will Save the Economy

    Who said first-person games need a second person?

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    South by Southwest Bounty Overflows to Benefit Dallas

    This and next week are full of big-name acts making their ways to or from the Austin festival

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Kelly Law-Yone is Queen of Fake Rock

    This and next week are full of big-name acts making their ways to or from the Austin festival

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Guitar Hero Breeds a New Kind of Bar Band

    Videogamers are living out rock and roll fantasies on screens at your local pub

  • Home Entertainment

    December 27, 2007

    Gaming's Greatest Hits

    A look back at the best of 2007

  • Home Entertainment

    December 20, 2007

    Xmas Present & Past

    How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers.

  • Home Entertainment

    October 11, 2007

    Hype Machine

    Does Halo 3 live up to its billing?

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Halo 3: Dallas Finishes the Fight

    Does Halo 3 live up to its billing?

  • Home Entertainment

    June 7, 2007

    Three's a Charm

    A promising glimpse of the next Halo

  • Home Entertainment

    May 24, 2007

    Superzero

    Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity

  • Dining

    May 24, 2007

    Wine, Loin and Kiddie Tech

    Bin 555 is good for grownups too

  • Home Entertainment

    April 26, 2007

    This Is Madness

    PSP players, tonight you game in hell

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Tapes 'n Tapes Press Pause

    Indie buzz band on the three steps for breaking big

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2007

    Do You Wanna Die? (On Guitar Hero 2, Dude. Chill.)

    Indie buzz band on the three steps for breaking big

  • Home Entertainment

    December 28, 2006

    Resistance Isn't Futile

    It's just the only standout in an otherwise shameful launch

  • Home Entertainment

    December 7, 2006

    All Dressed Up . . .

    PlayStation 3 has potential--but for the moment, little else.

  • Home Entertainment

    November 23, 2006

    Encore Performance

    Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

  • Home Entertainment

    October 5, 2006

    Copycat Killer

    Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto.

  • Home Entertainment

    September 7, 2006

    Grateful Dead

    Dead Rising's zombies will eat your brain--and your free time

  • Home Entertainment

    July 6, 2006

    Pong 360

    Like the real thing, Table Tennis shouldn't be played alone

  • Home Entertainment

    May 25, 2006

    Next Big Things

    The five biggest attention-getters at E3.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 16, 2006

    A Real Knockout

    Fight Night Round 3 comes out a winner, despite taking punches.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 2, 2006

    Back to the Future

    The Xbox Live Arcade is a high-tech twist on the old-fashioned coin-op.

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Ryan Adams

    29 (Lost Highway)

  • Home Entertainment

    December 8, 2005

    Near Perfect

    Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2005

    Madden As Hell

    Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

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