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11.19.2009 4:52 pm

More bad news for Xbox owners

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reliability issues have plagued Microsoft’s Xbox 360 since its release in 2005. Now, days before the console’s fourth birthday comes another blow to its reputation.

A reliability survey out of Great Britain says 60 percent of Microsoft’s consoles there have suffered…

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10.19.2009 10:00 am

Are pink game gadgets sexist, silly, or neither?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’re a girl, does that mean you like pink things?

And if you like pink things, does that make you a girl?

Game Guy has wondered about this lately since a pink video game modification for an Xbox 360 controller, revealed…

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10.07.2009 6:02 pm

Your views sought on Xbox 360

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For those of you sick of reading Game Guy’s diatribes on Xbox 360, let him point you to someone else’s.

This account speaks of one Xbox allegedly repaired three times — red rings of death resulting each time. Now the affected console…

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09.24.2009 1:50 pm

3 reasons why Wii price cut won’t spur sales

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The rumors have matriculated into reality: Nintendo has confirmed it will trim the price of its Wii console by $50 starting this weekend, reducing the system’s overall cost to $199.99.

Speculation about the cut has lasted weeks following recent price reductions on…

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09.17.2009 10:49 am

Dates announced for ‘Fallout 3′ downloads

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dates have been attached to new downloads promised for the alternate-history action shooter “Fallout 3,” publisher Bethesda Softworks announced.

“Broken Steel,” the third download developed and the one that changes the game’s ending, will be made available via the PlayStation Network on…

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09.02.2009 6:49 pm

SquareTrade has more bad numbers for Xbox 360

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To all those who think Game Guy has gone overboard with his criticism of Xbox 360, there’s this:

The warranty provider SquareTrade reports that Microsoft’s gaming console failed on average about 23 percent of the time after just two years of use, according…

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08.28.2009 9:39 am

Price cut is last gasp for Xbox 360

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Weeks of speculation have come to this: Microsoft is officially reducing the price of its Xbox 360 consoles starting today.

Now, you’ll be able to purchase the higher end, all-black Elite model for $299.99, down from $399.99, and the all-white Pro…

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08.21.2009 1:04 pm

Xbox 360 needs Mad Men to ride to its rescue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Microsoft must make up its mind: Either fix Xbox 360 or hire Don Draper.

A recent survey of 5,000 readers in the September print edition of Game Informer magazine found that just over 54 percent of them have suffered an Xbox…

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08.11.2009 11:04 pm

Did Sarah Palin spell her name wrong on autographed Xbox?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Photo courtesy of eBay

Photo courtesy of eBay

If you were searching beneath the sofa cushions for the change to buy a $1.1 million Sarah Palin-signed Xbox 360 on eBay, put the coins in a bank or something. The listing, No. 300335581705, was pulled from…

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08.05.2009 7:21 pm

Sarah Palin-signed Xbox listed for $1.1 million on eBay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The governor’s gone but her legacy lingers — and part of it is up for sale to the highest bidder.

An Xbox 360 signed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin last month has an asking price of $1.1 million this week…

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