Sean McNamara

Student / Programmer / Game Enthusiast

Entries for the ‘Gaming’ Category

E3 – Xbox Game Trailers

So since E3 started on Sunday videos are finally online of some of the games we have to look forward to this year. Starting with Halo Reach. I’ve already done a post on this so not much need’s to be said.. I felt complete sadness when the beta was ripped away from me!   Next, [...]

New Xbox 360 – Xbox 360 Slim

Update 14-06-10: This new Xbox Slim has just been unveiled at E3 and is therefore confirmed. What a shame! Also on my little rant of Red ring with a slimmer Xbox they have apparently reworked the cooling system [or so they say]. Only time will tell! So rumours have been circulating Twitter and the major [...]

Halo Reach – Beta Release Monday

So it seems like we’ve been counting down the days to the Halo Reach beta forever, yet here we are, it’s out tomorrow! Not been following the news? Here’s what to expect from Halo Reach; Reach will NOT follow the book, Fall of Reach. We play as Spartan IIIs. Jorge is the only Spartan II [...]

Gears of War 3 Announced – April 2011

Finally, an advertisement appeared on XBLA last night announcing Gears of War 3 to release in April 2011, seems to be an early slip on Microsoft’s part as the advert has now been removed. IGN also have speculated the following about the new gamely features through a trusted source of theirs: According to the source, [...]

Modern Warfare 2 – Stimulus Package

For anyone who’s wondering where I’ve been lately, modern warfare 2 has me! Infinity Ward just brought the new DLC for Modern Warfare 2, the Stimulus Package. This beauty of a map pack adds five (5) new maps. Bailout Crash  Storm Overgrown Salvage The map pack is out now on Xbox 360 and will be [...]

Assassins Creed II – New DRM

Ubisoft have now dropped Starforce DRM and are trying out an “always-connected” piracy plan. In a nutshell, the publisher’s new anti-piracy measures aim to disarm DRM’s more troubling aspects, removing install limits altogether and allowing you to play without a disc in the tray. Also of note: cloud saves. For the uninitiated, this means that [...]

Darwina+ coming to Xbox

Over thousands of generations the peaceful Darwinians have been evolving in a beautiful digital world, but now their whole way of life is under threat from a devastating computer virus that has infected their world and decimated their numbers. Without your protection they don’t stand a chance and it’s up to you to lead them [...]

Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2

I’m a new player to the Call of Duty series, but after playing this game I feel it deserves a review. To start where everyone starts off, the campaign is rather short, 8 hours or so to be exact and I wouldn’t be the fastest gamer going through levels. However “Spec Ops” [another offline mode] [...]

Video Game Timeline

Your going to have to click into this to actually be able to read it but I found this really cool timeline of video consoles by Online Education . Check it out if you get the chance!