One thing I love about the games industry is all the fancy events that are held all over the world, all of them which I never get the chance to go to.

So you think you’re a hardcore halo fan?

“Xbox chief Peter Moore is pushing to extend the Live Arcade brands to retail, arguing internally that original games like Geometry Wars, retro hits like Smash TV and casual games like Hardwood Hearts will extend Xbox 360's appeal to non-hardcore audiences.

In a recent Podcast, James Woodcock talks to the developers behind 360voice.com which is a site that allows your Xbox 360 to blog to the world, showing everybody your achievements, gamerscore, games played and even lack of activity if you have dared to neglect your beloved Microsoft Xbox 360 console for 24 hours.