Category Archives: Microsoft

Things I’d like changed in Halo: Reach, based on the beta

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Josh Anderson

Y button to open friends list whilst searching for a game. I mean, come on! Bungie’s conditioned us to do that for 3 games now! In the beta it brings up that pointless menu to switch the Active Roster to … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged Active Roster, Halo, Halo: Reach, Halo: Reach beta, Headhunter, Y button friends | Leave a comment

“Select CD-ROM Boot Type :” prompt during Vista, Server 2008 (& R2) & Windows 7 x64 Boot on Macbook

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Josh Anderson

These instructions initially appeared at this url: http://blog.aproductofsociety.org/?p=13 but have since disappeared. As is mentioned on my primary blog with instructions for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, unfortunately, in order to complete this process you need an existing Windows installation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Computers, Microsoft | 40 Comments

Bungie Day – 2009

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Josh Anderson

So, evidently a year has passed since I was last doing this… This Bungie day is much more dull for us gamers though; last year we got a free map – Cold Storage, a ViDOC, podcast and, in what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged Bungie, Bungie Day, Bungie Day 2009, Bungie Day 2009 theme, Cold Storage, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, NXE, Seventh Column, ViDOC | Leave a comment

Xbox 360 Digital Game Distribution & a couple of thoughts about E3

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Josh Anderson

This was far from a big thing at today’s Microsoft E3 event, but it’s certainly a good thing to have. I foresee a future where there won’t be any optical media needed to watch movies, listen to music and play … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged 1080p, 360, E3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, last.fm, Marketplace, Microsoft, Microsoft E3, SPARTAN, Steam, twitter, Xbox 360, xbox live, Xbox Live Marketplace, Xbox motion camera, XboxE3 | Leave a comment

Halo Wars, Mythic maps and annoyance at (D)DoS…..

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Josh Anderson

It’s true, all three topics in the title are related to Halo; frankly I’m glad to write about something other than Lost, not that I don’t enjoy it. Anywho….. Halo Wars – Truthfully I’m surprised by how much I’m enjoying … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged Assembly, Denial of Service, DOS, Foundry, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 Denial of Service, Halo 3 DOS attack, Halo 3 Mythic Maps, Halo DLC, Halo DOS, Halo Wars, Halo Wars Demo, Lost, Midship, Mythic Maps, Orbital, Sandbox | Leave a comment

Windows 7 x64 on a MacBook Pro – Guide

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh Anderson

As I expected, installing the 64 bit version Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro wasn’t as easy as perhaps it should have been. You can’t just burn the x64 image to a disk and expect it to work. My MBP … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Computers, Microsoft | Tagged 64 bit, 7 RTM, 7100, Apple, Boot Camp 3.0, Boot Camp 3.1, Boot Camp x64 is unsupported on this computer model, Build 7000 on MacBook Pro, Build 7000 x64 Mac, Mac OS X 10.6, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro Windows 7 Hard drive, RC, RC1, RealTek Mac drivers, RealTek Mac Windows 7, Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard Boot Camp, Snow Leopard Windows Drivers, Snow Leopard x64 Boot Camp, Snow Leopard x64 Windows, Sound on Windows 7 x64 MacBook Pro, Windows 7, Windows 7 7100, Windows 7 7600, Windows 7 beta, Windows 7 build 7000, Windows 7 hard drive rating, Windows 7 MacBook Pro, Windows 7 RC, Windows 7 RC1, Windows 7 RTM, Windows 7 Sound MacBook Pro, Windows 7 x64 MacBook Pro, Windows Experience rating hard drive | 111 Comments

My (early) thoughts on Windows 7

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Josh Anderson

I’ve been trying out Windows 7 (build 6801) for a little while now, and I figured I would share some thoughts I’ve had: Holy shit! I could possibly live with UAC in Windows 7! [*see rant on UAC at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft | Tagged 6801, iTunes, Microsoft, New Tasbar on 6801, Rant, Synergy, UAC, UAC Rant, Vista, Vista WEI, WEI, Windows 7, Windows 7 Experience Index, Windows 7 new taskbar, Windows 7 WEI, Windows Experience Index | 2 Comments

Halo 3: Recon – A Prologue to Halo 3 revealed – from an ODST perspective – Prepare to Drop Fall 2009

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Josh Anderson

During the Tokyo Games show, Microsoft showed an ‘extension’ to the Prepare to Drop trailer which showed an ODST Marine leaving the drop pod that crashed. It was also stated that this will ship in Fall 2009. The trailer has … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged Bungie, Bungie's Next game!, Bungie.net, Halo 3 ODST game, Halo 3 Prologue, Halo 3 Recon, Halo 3 Recon Screenshots from Trailer, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 3:Recon now called Halo 3: ODST, I've tagged this post too much, New Halo Game, ODST, Prepare to Drop Fall 2009, Superintendant, Superintendent, TGS 08, TGS 2008, The Superintendant, The Superintendent, Tokyo Games Show, Tokyo Games Show 2008 | 1 Comment

Microsoft / Xbox Keynote at Tokyo Games show tomorrow – Something Halo this way comes?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Microsoft for the first time is keynoting at the Tokyo Games show which kicks off this Thursday and finishes on Sunday…. Will we be graced by the reveal of what ‘Halo 3 Prepare To Drop’ is? Click here to see what … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged Bungie, Halo 3, Halo 3 New Campaign Experience, Halo 3 Prepare to Drop, Halo announcement?, Microsoft, Prepare to Drop, Superintendant, TGS, TGS 08, The Superintendant, Tokyo, Tokyo Games Show, Tokyo Games Show 2008, xbox, Xbox 360 | Leave a comment

Will Xbox Live fail this ‘Holiday Season’?

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Josh Anderson

During the time up and around Christmas last year, Xbox Live had some serious issues. Sometimes the service was completely down, and sometimes it was just very flakey meaning that you couldn’t play any matchmaking games due to some sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Video Games | Tagged Gears of War 2, xbox, Xbox 360, xbox live, Xbox Live Downtime, Xbox Live Fail, Xbox Live Flakeyness, Xbox Live Phail | Leave a comment

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Category Archives: Microsoft

Things I’d like changed in Halo: Reach, based on the beta

“Select CD-ROM Boot Type :” prompt during Vista, Server 2008 (& R2) & Windows 7 x64 Boot on Macbook

Bungie Day – 2009

Xbox 360 Digital Game Distribution & a couple of thoughts about E3

Halo Wars, Mythic maps and annoyance at (D)DoS…..

Windows 7 x64 on a MacBook Pro – Guide

My (early) thoughts on Windows 7

Halo 3: Recon – A Prologue to Halo 3 revealed – from an ODST perspective – Prepare to Drop Fall 2009

Microsoft / Xbox Keynote at Tokyo Games show tomorrow – Something Halo this way comes?

Will Xbox Live fail this ‘Holiday Season’?

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