That’s the number of zombies I had to kill in order to finish Dead Rising, which is far and away my favorite Xbox 360 game so far this year. It’s a strong contender for my favorite game on any platform. Of all the games I’ve played this year–and the list is very long–ranging from BF2 [...]
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Another one bites the dust
07Sep06Back in February, my first Xbox 360 stopped reading discs properly, but five short days later and I was back in business. Keen-eyed readers might remember that I mentioned I was having some crashes in Dead Rising a few days ago. Tonight, the other shoe dropped, and the 360 totally conked out. Luckily, I [...]
Dead Rising is crashing
01Sep06Wow, what a drag. I’ve managed to change my play style to suit the Dead Rising savegame system, I’ve killed almost 8000 mindless zombies (and about 15 psychopaths), and when I get to the end of the game, my Xbox 360 hangs. That’s not a good sign. It looks like a heat-related issue, there’s visual [...]



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