Looking back over my past few posts, I realized I have been alluding to something I never explained: Achievements. In my opinion this was one of Microsoft’s more ingenious designs with the Xbox 360. Every Xbox 360 game you play, with a few exceptions of course, comes standard with 1000 gamer points that...

1 st Person : The game takes place through the eyes of the character. Ex: Halo 3 rd Person : The player can see the entire character from a view behind. Ex: G.R.A.W. RPG : Role Playing Game. Generally the game is focused on storyline and character development. Player creates a character that the travel...

When it comes to video games a clan is often just a group of gamers who enjoy playing with each other. Others are more competitive and played ranked matches for clan pride off a site such as www.gamebattles.com . However, somtimes you will find a group who is sponsered and travels to tournaments and...

Host (player) – A player’s system contains the server being used. Host (dedicated) – Not part of any player’s machine, has better bandwidth, normally seen with mmog (massive multiplayer online games) In all reality host plays a large role in games. It can be the difference between a shotgun shooting...

Hopefully this article will cover the basics of what is cheating on XBOX Live and what isn't. Microsoft / Major Nelson, director of Xbox live programing, defines cheating as follows: "In a nutshell, we consider cheating to be the act of manipulating or interfering with aspects of the game or networking...