“Avatar Drop” is your typical simple party game and its gameplay basics are taken directly from the old flash game “Boneless Girl”… or Boneless Bush… Boneless Bin Ladin… whichever iteration you may or may not remember.

Time to try and revive our community game of the week series, and first out is “Border Wars”. The hand drawn art style is what made me look closer while shifting through the Indie game catalogue on Xbox Live.

The recent announcement by ActiVision to up the price for Modern Warfare 2 a notch in the United Kingdom has angered many gamers. Microsoft, quickly following suit with Forza Motorsport 3, didn’t do anything to stop the usual “don’t support this” and “I will pirate that” posts flooding popular gaming forums.

Fittest is a two stick shooter with a strong focus on co-op gameplay. Up to four players can join in the action either on the same console, or over Xbox Live. The action is fast paced, and there are a…

It seems that the “better safe than sorry” style of suspension going on at Microsoft has reached a ridiculous level. I’ve already discussed at length the discriminatory behavior going on in terms of gamertags and profile content on Xbox Live. But I…

No editing and a 20 minute + music Monday means this is the longest podcast you’ll never listen to! We’ve been away for a while and this show is sure to make you wonder why you ever listened in the first place…

We yell about Square Enix, Left For Dead 2 and Nintendo. We also wrap up our thoughts on E3, which of course involves discussing Peter Molyneux’s obsession with young boys.

With another year comes the renewed fervor caused by the Electronic Entertainment Expo. With surprises and disappointments often associated with the industry show, the Check Your Hud staff decided to make a few predictions about what they want, think, wish for the show to feature, as well as a longshot just for kicks.

Recently I criticized Microsoft for implementing polices that don’t give gay gamers a lot of faith that anyone at Microsoft has their best interests in mind. Microsoft has taken the firm stance that any Xbox Live member who states their…

Hexothermic is an easy to learn, but hard to master puzzle game. The concept is simple:, you have to clear all the atoms on the screen, and earn as many points along the way as possible. To clear an atom, you have to make it explode by firing electrons into it. Red atoms will explode with just one electron, yellow atoms take two, green take three, blue take four, and purple take five. When an atom explodes, it shoots electrons off into six different directions, dictated by the lines connecting that atom to those around it.

In today’s failing economy, my high-powered two figure income as a blogger just isn’t enough, so I fix various electronics on the side. I have a lot of experience with the Xbox 360, and I can say with confidence that something stinks about the official MS response to Joystiq’s poll on the topic.