**In Case You Missed it** 14 Free Kinect Games

Incase you missed the oringal post last year, folow the link on how to get 14 free mini kinect games for your xbox 360
Kinect Fun Labs 14 Free Kinect Games

Free Stuff on Xbox 360!

Full Games

Age of Empires Online (Games for Windows - Live)

Aegis Wing

Doritos Crash Course

Doritos Crash Course 2

Harm's Way

Hexic HD

Tinker (Games for Windows - Live)

Intel Discovered

Happy Wars

Microsoft Flight (Games for Windows - Live)

TotemBall

Avatar Props

Bing T-Shirt

PHT9P-KXR4Y-BB6BY-VFMPD-THT4T [Male]

VFH6P-9FJKK-KKP9G-H4DRH-WTCFM [Female]

Themes

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Villains Theme Pack (Gold Exclusive)
Call of Duty: Black OPs Worldwide Premiere Theme
Castle Crashers - Theme Pack 1
Charlie Oscar Delta Theme Pack
Champions of Gaming Theme
Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex Theme
Crimson Skies: Road to Revenge Theme
Fable Theme
Forza 4 BMW M5 Theme
Fuzion Frenzy Theme
Gears of War Multiplayer Map Pack 1 Theme
GTA IV Theme 1
Halo Theme
Kinect Premium Theme
Psychonauts Theme
Rare Theme

Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex Theme
Ford Rally Black Theme
Glory Daze - Theme Pack
MAZDA2
Myfuture.com
Reese's Halloween Contest Theme
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Theme
Shaun White Snowboarding Theme
The Big Bang Theory
US Air Force Theme Pack
Verizon Alan Wake Theme
Wendy's - It Happened FOR REAL Theme Pack

Gaming Survey - Xbox Wins

Editor – This story originally appeared on Dealnews.com.

**Update** EA Games Are Making ALL Online Passes FREE!

EA Games has officially announce that they are making ALL online passes free. This comes after the news last week that all future EA games will not require an online pass. I guess they decided to make it retroactive.

Free EA Online Passes

The following EA online passes are free to download:
Mass Effect 2 - Cerberus Network
Skate 3 -Skate Share Pack
Battlefield Bad Co. 2 - Bad Company 2 VIP
Dragon Age Origins - The Stone Prisoner
Kingdom of Almalur - Reckoning Online Pass
Alice: Madness Returns - American McGee's Alice
Dragon Age 2 - The Black Emporium
Shift 2 Unleashed - Online Pass
Bulletstorm - Online Pass
Medal of Honor - Online Pass

Xbox One & Uised Games Adressed by Major Nelson

Over the past few days, we have been reading comments and message boards following the Xbox One announcement. There are a few questions regarding used games. I wanted to clarify and provide this official statement:

The ability to trade in and resell games is important to gamers and to Xbox. Xbox One is designed to support the trade in and resale of games. Reports about our policies for trade in and resale are inaccurate and incomplete. We will disclose more information in the near future.

Injustice Deal of the Day!

On sale for $34.99 Today only CLICK HERE
Also the collectors edition is on sale for $64.99

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC free this weekend

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC pack will be made available free on Xbox 360 this weekend.

The pack will be made available free this weekend only. After that, those who downloaded the pack free will need to pay in order to continue accessing the content.
The news comes via Activision social media manager Dan Amrich, who said this is the first time Activision has offered temporarily free DLC.

Released in January, the Revolution DLC pack includes four new multiplayer maps, a new Zombies map and mode, as well as a new weapon in the Peacekeeper SMG.

Free $10 Microsoft Store Credit with eMail Sign-up for Xbox One

Does not state you actually have to purchase an XBOX ONE to receive the credit. 
CLICK HERE

Xbox One Event: News Recap

Here are the major events that were announced at the event that took place today.

Instant Switching


While playing something, you can instantly switch between gaming, to watching a movie or T.V show. You can grab your hands in front of your console and pull, and go back to what you were doing. On Xbox One, doing multiple things is going to be easy. Entering snap mode will put things on pause while doing other things.


Xbox One Features live T.V and Skype


While playing a game, you can talk to people on Skype from anywhere around the world on snap mode. You can do this while watching a movie as well. Everything is done by talking to your Xbox. You can also follow your players are fantasy like you would on Direct TV. You can check out different stats to your favorite players and teams.

Xbox One will have its own T.V Guide/Menu


By asking your Xbox to go to a channel, it automatically switches it. You can also ask where and what movies are playing without having a remote control. You can also add favorites and see what is trending on the Xbox.


Xbox One Hardware List


Marc Whitten hits the stage and instantly jumps into the hardware and technology that the Xbox One has. Without delaying it any longer,

- 8 Core CPU
- Native x74 Architecture
- 3 Operating Systems in One
- 5 Billion Transistors
- 8 GB System Memory
- 500 GB HDD
- Blue-ray Drive
- 802.11n Wireless with Wi-Fi Direct
- HDMI In/Out
- USB 3.0

Xbox One Kinect Details


Voice is more conversational than ever. In feeds 2GB per second, which means you feel like you're talking to the person in real life. It has a 1080p camera that gives the person on the other side a clear view of you. It recognizes your motions and slight movements to give you the best gaming experience ever.

Xbox One DVR, Servers and Achievements


Inside the Xbox One will be a new recording technology to capture, edit and instantly save your Xbox One footage to your cloud account.

300,000 servers for Xbox One, more than the world's computer power in 1999. Dedicated game DVR and save anything to the cloud now. Achievements tell your personal experience, now what you have done in the game. Game developers can take it to the next level using Microsoft's resources to have better matchmaking, more players. etc.


Xbox One and EA Technology


With all the new technology that the Xbox One is allowing the developers to work with, the games that we should be expecting within the next 12 months from EA Sports look like nothing we have ever seen before.

With some of the most detailed, personal, connected games that have ever been developed before, these games look like something you can't even imagine while playing on the Xbox 360. From the mesh on the basketball net, to the wind blowing in a Fifa stadium, this console is shaping up to be the biggest game changer the industry has ever seen.

Forza motorsports 5 to launch with Xbox One


Turn 10 has taken the best of the Xbox one has to offer, and they put all of it into Forza motorsports 5. Forza motorsports 5 will be one of the launch games for the Xbox one. Its Smoother, quicker and more detailed than ever before, at first glance we couldn't tell if we were watching a movie or gameplay.

Halo "Wake Up John" Television Series


Halo, which has been played for billions of hours, and by tens of millions of fans is finally getting some live action.

Steven Spielberg will be directing the new Halo television series, known as Wake Up John. As a huge gamer since pong dropped in 1972, it only makes sense that one of the greatest movie directors creates a vision that we will be able to watch week in and week out.

Xbox One 'Snap' mode lets apps run simultaneously


Xbox One, Microsoft's upcoming next-generation console, will allow multiple apps to run simultaneously through Snap mode. Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi demonstrated the functionality while watching Star Trek, allowing him to instantly access Internet Explorer through the Xbox One to research trailers for the sequel film, look up movie times and even purchase tickets.

The ESPN app also showed off some Snap stuff, letting Xbox One users watch live sports on ESPN, then using Snap to research stats on key players by speaking to Kinect. Xbox One will even let fantasy sports fans update their teams and interact with their leagues through Snap mode.

Free Disney Enchanted Broom - Xbox Avatar Gear

Disney Fantasia enchanted broom
Go HERE and download :)

Xbox Today!!!

CLICK HERE to watch online, more news to come after the event!

Next Gen Insider: Xbox Next Gen Reveal 5/21/13

Next Gen Insider: Xbox Next Gen Reveal 5/21/13: Dont forget to watch the Xbox next gen reveal tomorrow 10am pst. You can watch it at Xbox.com, on your console or windows 8 phone!

MS planning Xbox dashboard update in preparation for next-gen console

Microsoft is preparing to update its Xbox 360 with another dashboard update. Sources familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans have revealed to The Verge that the dashboard update will enter into a public beta in late June or early July, with changes and updates in preparation for the next-generation Xbox. We're told that the user interface will be refreshed alongside smaller Live Tiles, similar to what Microsoft is preparing for Windows 8.1. Microsoft is also said to be tweaking the look of the Xbox dashboard, with the possibility of darker or lighter themes.

We understand Microsoft is aiming to ensure Xbox 360 users can transition over to the next-generation console and interact with existing Xbox 360 users using messaging, beacons, and achievements. Microsoft will also phase out the use of its Points system with this dashboard update, replacing it with currency and gift card options. We're told that the final update will be made available, providing the public beta testing goes to plan, in August.

Microsoft is holding a special event at its campus in Redmond on May 21st to unveil the next-generation Xbox. Sources have revealed to us that the event will include details of the new interactive TV features that the company is building into its next console. Microsoft is also expected to show off a smaller and denser Xbox console with newly designed controllers that are said to be "flattened" in appearance.

Microsoft isn't commenting about any planned dashboard changes. "We don’t have anything new to announce at this time," says a spokesperson.

Play Atari Breakout In Google Image Search

Google newest HTML5 trick is Breakout built into its image search.
Go to google, click on images and search for Atari breakout.
You had nothing else to do today anyways.

EA Discontinues Online Passes

An important development in the business of used games happened yesterday: publisher EA has decided to sever its online pass program. If you haven’t been playing console games in the last two years, the online pass system effectively locks content behind a $10 paywall that ensured that even though publishers and developers wouldn’t receive money from the sales of used games, the opportunity to get a little money anyways. In an e-mail to the site Venture Beat, senior corporate communications director John Reseburg said that “None of our new EA titles will include the feature” and that the reason for discontinuing the program was due to fact that “many players didn’t respond to the format.”
While the $10 program was mostly used for multiplayer content by Sony, Ubisoft and THQ, some publishers attempted to gate single player games, like in the case of Batman: Arkham City and the Catwoman section of the game. Whether this spells the end for the now common paywall is yet to be seen.
Something else to keep in mind are EA’s CFO fairly recent comments on how many of their games will have microtransactions. Though he did step back from what he said and clarified that while most all mobile games will have microtransactions and bigger titles will have Battlefield 3 style season passes, Mass Effect 3, Dead Space 3, and SimCity all include micropayment options.

Free Minigore 2 Zombies for iTunes

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Need Help No Scoping?

For those who are not good at no scoping and need something to help level the playing feild I came accross this product that just might help. First tell no one you have this little gimmick unless you love disgrace and ridicule. Just stick this little target on your TV and now you know exactly where your scope will shoot with out having to zoom in on the sights.
CLICK HERE

A cheap and effective way for something you might already have it to use a Nerf bullet that has the suction cup on it and stick it on your tv... So I have heard...

Buy 1600 Miccrosoft Points Get 400 Free - Newegg

For a limited time Newegg is selling 1600 msp codes that come with a free 400msp code. Limit is 5, just add to cart and the freebie will be added with it. I ordered 4 yesterday to get some new season passes and save $20 :)
CLICK HERE

New Beginnings with Gamertag and Xboxes

After some trading in our local classifieds I got my 2 banned Xboxes relaced with non-banned consoles. So that is up and running again.

With the help of Batmanno I found my next gamertag. B4D W01F which is reference to my favorite TV show Doctor Who :)

 

Starting fresh again, still have some hurt feelings towards Microsoft but I am moving on.

I will resume posting more often so keep checking back and thank you for sticking around J

1 Step Closer

Did you know you cant win a battle when the other party wont even give you a chance to fight? lol
I had to move on, Microsoft has no inention of reversing my ban. So I traded 1 of my banned consoles for a PS3 Slim last night in hopes of then trading the PS3 for a diffrent Xbox 360.
So I am 1 step closer to acheiveing my goal... :)

I am so perplexed on choosing my next Gamertag, I have used Airik1 as my Tag since my days in High School (now my daughter is almost in high school ouch!).

I am hoping to be back over the weekend... TTYL

Striking Blow!!!

Just an FYI, I wont be posting over the next couple of days. As of yesterday my favortie past time changed for ever!

Yesterday morning my Xbox account was banned along with my sons account. As if that wasnt bad enough, 2 of my 4 consoles were banned as well. Find it odd that my 2 consoles that were banned where slims as were my remaining 2 consoles where the fat model.

So far I have been getting the run arround from Microsoft and the ban process and communication there after is a big joke.

First I cant message them from my original account because it no longer has access to online features. So you have to use a seperate account to contact them. The only contact they allow is by posting in the xbox forums. It took 3 hours yesterday just for my post to be approved asking why I was banned. 2 hours after that I get a response with a generic response referring me to the terms of service and code of conduct. After replying with 2 messages trying to get more information they respond the next day (12 hours later) saying I need to post a new thread in the forum to get my question address.

From what I have researched (which is what I have been doing instead of posting on my blogs) that there is 0% chance of me getting out of a 9999 ban.

My account also had 17,500 Microsoft Points ($220) and a Family Gold membership ($120) along with pre-purcahsed season passes for Halo 4, Black Ops 2, Borderlands 2 & Injustice. This is not including the thousands of downloads already purchased on my account and the loss of 2 xboxes!

I hope Microsoft will fix this ban but so far they dont seem to not only work with me but anyone at all.

Star Wars Pinball goes cheap for May the 4th

Zen has some big discounts available now through May the 4th on all their Star Wars Pinball titles in honor of Star Wars Day.

Now through May 4th (it actually started on the 30th of April), Zen is offering some very nice discounts on their Star Wars Pinball tables across a plethora of platforms.
The game, which just debuted on the Kindle Fire as well, includes a trio of tables based on The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett and The Clone Wars. It’s loaded with all the bells and whistles that you’d expect from a Zen title and is honestly a pretty great time even if you’re not a huge fan of Lucas’ used-universe.
If you skipped out on Star Wars Pinball when it was released, then the force really is with you as its on sale everywhere as of right now:

• Star Wars™ Pinball for Pinball FX2™ on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for 400 MSP
• Star Wars™ Pinball for Zen Pinball 2 on PlayStation® Network Europe PS PLUS Sale for €4.99
• Star Wars™ Pinball on the Apple App Store for $0.99
• Star Wars™ Pinball on Google Play™ for $0.99
• Star Wars™ Pinball on Kindle Fire HD for $0.99
• Star Wars™ Pinball for Zen Pinball™ 2 on the Mac App Store for $0.99

Call of Duty: Ghosts Camo ‘Unlocked’ Through Latest Black Ops 2 Update

According to GameStop, the Call of Duty: Ghosts weapon camo featured in Black Ops 2 is a bonus incentive for pre-ordering the game, along with a two-sided poster.

It appears that the latest multiplatform patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 did more than introduce a new game mode or fix some bugs.

As explained by YouTuber MrJamesGeary, his partner TheJaRniBoi was able to “unlock” the camo by exploring the game files found in the latest patch. According to his findings, it looks as though coding was put in place to eventually introduce the weapon camoflauge pattern based on the yet unannounced Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Presumably, this camo would become available through Black Ops 2′s recently introduced micro-transaction sometime after the next Call of Duty is officially announced.

Xbox Rewards Monthly Reminder

A new Survey is available today worth 20 microsoft points.

If you signed up for Xbox rewards, today you get 20 msp for completing the survey. Click Here for the Survey

If you havn't signed up yet, Click Here and sign in with your Windows Live I.D. (same info you used for your Xbox 360 Live account)