November | 2006 | Xbox Live's: TheMan661's Xcast Official Blog

The Xcast is now entering double digits, thank you for listening. This episode I talked about the PS3 and Wii launches, as well as the wireless steering wheel and HD-DVD Player being released and much more… This episode I also reviewed…

Sorry no interviews this episode but there are more coming don’t worry! Send all of your comments about the show to frank@theman661.com.

Download Episode 10 here!

Remember to Post Reviews for the Xcast on the Itunes Music Store! (this link will open Itunes and take you to the Xcast page)

Thanks for listening!

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

Links to Items mentioned in the show:

COD 3
Wireless Steering Wheel
HD-DVD Drive
Knuckles Dawson’s Podcast
Shoutout to CoolhandM3

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Zune Going to out sell Ipod this Holiday season?

16 11 2006

(Courtesy of a Google Image Search)

Alright here is what I think about this whole issue. It depends what people are looking for at what price. The Zune holds video,music, has a built in radio tuner and wi-fi capability*. The price point of the Zune is 250 dollars (not sure for how much storage*) Now an Ipod Video sells for around 350 dollars (I think base storage is a little more storage than Zune, not sure), If you buy music from the Itunes Music Store, it comes in a protected format so it cannot be used for any other device except if you burn it to a disk which gets kind of annoying after the first disk or two. But the Music Store supposedly is one of the biggest if not the biggest online music stores around. So I guess we are going to have to wait and see this holiday season, though a nice thing about Zune is since the dash update it is very compatible with the 360 (wi-fi). So thats my take on it, wait and see.

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

*Visit the Zune website for more information on the Zune and Apple’s website for more information on the Ipod.

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Happy Birthday to the X that started it all, the original Xbox!

14 11 2006

Wow can you believe it? I sure cant, on November 15th the console that started Microsoft’s jump into the console wars, the original Xbox turns 5 years old! Check out what some gamers had to say here. 6 days after this birthday, we have another birthday in the Xbox family, the Xbox 360 turns 1 year old and as we all now HD/Standard Definition Movies for rent and TV Shows are published on marketplace. So keep your eyes open for that!

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Xcast Episode 9

13 11 2006

Xcast Episode 9: Happy Official Emergence Day and the first Xcast Interview!

This episode as you can tell from the title was the first Xcast Interview with interview candidate Knuckles Dawson! Also Happy Emergence Day, Check out Marketplace for some new Gears Of War content. As far as news goes, Is Sony running there mouth, along with EA?-two seperate links. Also remember to check out Knuckles Dawson’s site. Feel free to email me: frank@theman661.com to let me know what you think. Ill see you around in the Gears lobbies! Download Episode 9 here!

Sorry about the shaky editing job with the beginning intro, I wanted to bring the content to you faster and I tried to launch it on Sunday, but server problems got in the way, so I didnt preview it as much as I normally would have.

Thanks,
Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

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Is Gears stealing the spotlight this week?

12 11 2006

Over the past week many great titles have been released. These titles are Gears Of War,Call of Duty 3, Tony Hawk’s Project 8 and Viva Pinata.(sorry if I missed any) Of all these titles, Gears is said to have been the most popular. I feel as though the other games released this week arent recieving as much attention as they should be. Gears is a great game, dont get me wrong but please be sure to check out the other titles that also released this past week.

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Episode 8

9 11 2006

Welcome To Episode 8 Xbox Live’s: TheMan661’s Xcast For the week of November 5 2006!

This episode I discussed the “console wars” and where I stand on that, I did a Gears Of War review,mentioned an upcoming interview (you will find out with who when it happens, you will find it very interesting!). I also went over some new halo 3 content that was announced, and much more newsbits. Movies and TV Shows coming in both high and standard definition on marketplace on November 22nd 2006 to celebrate the Xbox 360 Launch Anniversary.”Gamer Content”-custom made 360 faceplates and “Gamer Opinion” What do you think about gold members getting content before silver?

P.S.- While I was in gamestop picking up Gears, I saw a Wii display, I do not think it was hooked up though, so if you want you can check into that. I took a picture of it with my phone, but it is not that clear, I will try and post it later on.

Download Episode 8 Here

My email address: frank@theman661.com
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Links mentioned in the show:

http://www.nyko.com/gamefacecommunity/ “Gamer Content” Faceplates made by gamers!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25091223&sid=6160605 -Halo 3 content announcement
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv.htm -Movies and TV Shows on Marketplace!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161190.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6161190 -Best Buy cancels some PS3 preorders.

Thanks for listening!

Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

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COD 3 Launch! Today COD 3 was launched, I know I …

8 11 2006

COD 3 Launch!

Today COD 3 was launched, I know I made a post with Gears Of War that they were launched the same day, but COD 3 was shipped the day Gears launched. Sorry, my mistake.

(new episode coming soon!)

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

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