Why Xbox 360 gets CoD DLC before PS3

January 26, 2012

The release of the official MW3 season content calendar has fired off a new volley of comments, questions, and confusion from PlayStation 3 gamers. The main question: “You said I would get content early. I paid for Elite just like the Xbox 360 gamers; why do they get content first?” A good question, and one that has a [...]

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One of Swords Podcast 105: Bizarre Effervescence

January 25, 2012

Time to catch up with our old pal Bernard Abellada — @ATVIBernard to his Twitter fans — to talk about 2011′s best games and what’s going on at Activision Customer Support. Aside from that, Kat and Hugh kick around costume dramas, MW3 DLC, bad habits, Ferris Bueller, dogs with Alzheimer’s, the Fastball Special, a Mactastrophe, [...]

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Slightly Used Skylanders Giveaway

January 25, 2012

Friends, have I got a deal for you. When you get your Skylanders from The One of Swords Skylanders Emporium, you’re getting the finest quality Skylanders ever to be previously enjoyed by gamers other than yourself. I’m talking top-notch bundles of plastic joy that simply have broken free of their packages and perhaps seen a [...]

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CoD Elite: MW3 Liberation & Piazza now available on Xbox 360

January 24, 2012

It begins! New MW3 maps Piazza and Liberation are now officially available on Xbox 360 to Call of Duty Elite premium members , and they are the first two bits of the 20 pieces of content coming this year. UPDATE: Here’s Rob Riggle to show you the two new maps! If you prefer stills: Just sign into MW3 and you [...]

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How to download Call of Duty Elite DLC

January 24, 2012

So, you’ve paid for your Call of Duty Elite premium membership, you know all your MW3 DLC is prepaid for the next nine months…now what? Now, you enjoy that DLC hassle-free! The Call of Duty Elite team has put together a video that explains the whole download process in case you’re a little fuzzy on [...]

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Call of Duty Elite: Join Up, Soldier video

January 23, 2012

Still not quite sure what Call of Duty Elite is all about? Look, listen and laugh: Hello, was that Air Force One in pieces on the ground? I think someone’s teasing us with content to come. First I’m seeing it. This video’s appearance is no coincidence, of course. The first content drops — two of [...]

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Playing With Swords: MW3 | PC | 1/20

January 20, 2012

I like to live in both the console and PC worlds, though dual citizenship makes me feel like I should always be where I’m not. So Friday, January 20, I’m committing to be in a non-MMO PC space: I’ll be playing Modern Warfare 3 from 6pm to 8pm Pacific and I encourage you to join [...]

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Personal: Hugh Sterbakov’s City Under the Moon

January 19, 2012

A purely personal note: My podcast co-host Hugh Sterbakov discussed his upcoming book for the first time on this week’s podcast. It’s called City Under the Moon and he describes it as a “Tom Clancy action thriller with werewolves in New York City.” It will be published in March and the website is just a [...]

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One of Swords Podcast 104: Losers Weepers

January 18, 2012

The incredible I-Wei Huang joins me to discuss not only his work in creating all the Skylanders characters — from sketch to sculpt to finished toy on the shelves — but also his fascinating other creations, such as steam-powered R/C cars. Then Hugh has a big reveal to cap off a conversation that includes Prototype [...]

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Editorial: SOPA/PIPA? No sir, I don’t like it

January 18, 2012

Today marks a big day for social protest online. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) are being discussed in the House and Senate respectively, and many sites around the internet are blacking out their content in protest. I support content creators and publishers getting their fair share, but I don’t think [...]

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