Domo arigato, Mr. journauto

People always ask me on Xbox Live what my gamertag (name) “journauto” means. They don’t always pronounce it right, Basically, ‘journ’ comes from ‘journalist’ and ‘auto’ is short for, well, ‘automobile.’ That’s it really. And, when I’m not out test driving the latest and greatest on four wheels or writing about it for one of [...]

360-to-PC networking

Another great benefit of being able to communicate with my protected home wi-fi network is that the 360 lets me stream my music and photos stored on my PC to my HDTV monitor at roughly 54 Mbps thanks to Windows Media Connect software found on Xbox.com. Different versions are available for different operating systems, so [...]

Get on Xbox Live with cheap wireless-to-Ethernet tutorial

I played with the 360 a few weeks before subscribing to the XBOX Live service. After hours upon hours of playing PGR3, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo over and over again all by myself, I was ready to get onto Live.

My cable modem and, thus my Internet connection, is located two stories above in [...]

Project Gotham Racing versus real life

Though there really is no substitute for the real thing, video games are excellent ways to curb your own need for speed. You won’t die in a fiery crash. Your insurance premiums will never go up. You don’t even have to leave the house.

Although I haven’t been playing for a couple weeks now, PGR3 [...]