He’s a paleontologist and stand-up comedian in Madison Wisconsin who named his cat after Sir Richard Owen. Tell your best dinosaur joke to Brontoraptor86 ! trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? Brontoraptor86: “Bronto-“ means “thunder” and...

Lots of things happening on Xbox LIVE this Wednesday, March 31. Oh, of course, you  might have heard of a little game add-on called the Stimulus Package for Modern Warfare 2 . Well, get ready to enter our Call to Arms 2 Stimulus Package Sweepstakes...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members running through April 4 is the Xbox LIVE Arcade game with the wild name. Get Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram for only 800 Microsoft Points, 33% off the regular rate.

After you’re all done crying over how you filled out your college basketball tournament brackets (why yes thank you, I did pick Cornell and Washington to go as far as they did; sadly, I also picked KU to win it all), dry your tears and have some fun on...

The hard rockers HIM , fresh off the release of their latest Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice , will play Rock Band 2 with Xbox LIVE Gold Members Thursday, March 25 . Check out their music on Zune Marketplace on Xbox LIVE, then join us for the...

If you’re headed to PAX (Penny Arcade eXpo) East in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston this weekend, be sure to drop by the Microsoft booth #811. The team will be there all three days, showing off a number of hot new Xbox LIVE Arcade games, some Games...

The team from Xbox 360 Digest will be playing Modern Warfare 2 tonight, March 24, from 8-11 PM ET. Check out their Gamertags and join us online! 

She’s a nurse’s assistant and Air Force vet in Ohio whose fabulous nerdery includes video games, comics, D&D, Doctor Who and cross-stitch. Say hello to elvenmageus ! trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag?    elvenmageus: I do...

Two big Game with Fame events are taking place the early half of this week.        On Monday, March 22 , play Rock Band 2 with the popular indie band OK Go . They’ll be online from 8-10 PM ET. And on Tuesday, March 23 , take...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members this week is all five of the game add-ons for Fallout 3 are now only 400 Microsoft Points, 50% off their regular list price. Explore the wasteland inexpensively!

The new Splinter Cell Conviction demo (add it to your download queue here ) marks Sam Fisher's re-emergence on Xbox 360 and his first appearance since 2006. Since then, it appears he's decided to forgo the agency and embrace his inner Jack Bauer while...

The snarks from Sarcasticgamer.com will be on Xbox LIVE Sunday, March 21, to play in our Community Playdate. They’ll be playing Battlefield: Bad Company from 8-11 PM ET, so check out their Gamertags and join us for some shootin’ fun!

This Indiana gamer is an illustrator and a musician. Check out Epoch Apostle’s band The Energy Commission, and his awesome (but not for kids or the easily offended) music video about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s effect on the love life. trixie360...

Team members from The Escapist website , home to some of the most entertaining game reviews, event coverage, and original video series including Zero Punctuation and Unskippable, will be on Xbox LIVE Friday, March 19. They’ll join us for a Community Playdate...

Prizes galore can be found on Xbox LIVE with some great sweepstakes that are currently running. One kick-ass promotion is the Kick-Ass The Movie Sweepstakes. There are four free gamerpics to download, and four different prizes for each of the entry periods...

It’s not just one great Deal of the Week, but three!                                 That’s right, three great...

Save some time this weekend to get on Xbox LIVE and join in on a couple of fun events. The group from Croteam , the developers of Serious Sam HD on Xbox LIVE Arcade will play their game with Xbox LIVE Gold Members on Saturday, March 13, from Noon to 4...

Economy got you down? There’s no need for tears, just participate in our Recession Proof Gaming sweepstakes. All you have to do is get the free gamerpic and then download or play online selected Arcade, Games on Demand, Game Add-On or multiplayer games...

This Pennsylvania gamer girl runs a William Control fan site and studies cannibalism. But not, y’know, the eating people part. Say om nom nom to Emmy has a Gun ! trixie360: What’s the story behind your Gamertag? Emmy has a Gun: Honestly, I have always...

What’s that strange image? It’s the logo of popular gaming website Abstract360.com. And members of that website will be on Xbox LIVE March 10 from 8-11 PM ET playing the game with Gold Members. Check out the participating Gamertags and have fun!

Set it all aflame in Call of Duty: World at War as the Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members is a special on that' game’s map pack. The World at War Map Pack bundle will be available for only 1600 MS Points, a twenty percent savings. Check it out...

Everybody loves stomping on the gas pedal and passing some other poor luck racer in Forza Motorsport 3 , but now you can do it and provide needed relief aid to the citizens of Haiti as well. Throughout the month of March, for every purchase of the VIP...

Gearbox Software will be on Xbox LIVE today March 5 from 5-8 PM ET to play their new Borderlands game add-on, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. Be sure to have the game add-on downloaded and ready to go, then check out the Gearbox Gamertags and play...

Major League Baseball 2K10 has arrived in stores with new player animations and retooled pitching and hitting mechanics (check out the free demo here ). To kick the new season off in style, 2K Sports has issued a challenge to the sports gaming community...

He’s half of nerd rock duo Kirby Krackle, owns Comic Stop comic book stores and is the organizer of Emerald City Comic Con (March 13-14 in Seattle—tickets still available!) Say Zing! Pow! To technogreek ! trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag...