Gaming it up with the Community

Last spring we had a wonderful family game night in the community. Game system's old and new were brought together and I had a chance to teach some Kinect-ing with some families. Young and old participated and enjoyed an evening of Xbox goodness from Rock Band to Dance Central, Minecraft to Hasbro Game Night.

Game systems were set up all around the room...

A young gamer is checking out the goods while the folks line up for pizza.

Split screen awesomeness...

Dance, dance...

Dance!

Little ladies playing Kinect Adventures

Of course the Gaems Case made an appearance (So easy to take and play!)...Yay Minecraft!

Good ol' Rock Band, still one of the best party games ever. :)

I think that most of the TV's and Xbox's came from my house ;) but I love to share fun and games with families, help them understand the system's a little bit better and connect with their children and friends. :) Some of my favorite overheard remarks: "Wow I had no idea!" "This is SO fun" and of course, "I have to get this!"

Mission accomplished. :)

Gavin the Famous!

Recently I was contacted by an amazing lady named Ali who said she was fascinated by my story working with Xbox and the Autistic One, who loves video games. next thing I knew we had gone Hollywood! ;)

A film crew came to the house and set up all of their cool gear, the hair and make-up lady did my hair and make-up and ACTION! We are a mini documentary for Xbox's 48 Million Stories campaign. You can find us on the Xbox dashboard under the new XboxOne or on YouTube.

Or you can find us here! :)



That was our 15 minutes of fame...and it was a lot of fun. Gavin is a lot more animated than this but I think he was a bit in awe of it all.

A few weeks later, Gav's very old Xbox was laid to rest. *sniff* Word got around that he was without and the next thing we knew a wonderful anonymous person had a shiny new XBox delivered to us via Kari Finn, my amazing Xbox MVP Lead.

A Very Happy Boy :)

It is lovely to know that this world has many giving people in it. Not only was Gavin thrilled but my other kids saw a lovely thing happen and will pay it forward one day.

Lots of NEW!

Sorry for the absence...had some computer woes but they have been turned to happiness. Lets catch up!

Xbox announced the coming of the beautiful XboxOne. It is an amazing machine to be released this coming November. There is a LOT that is different about this console and for you techie types here's the basic specs:
                                                    XBOX ONE                                           XBOX360

Processor	CPU: TBA eight-core, x86 processor GPU: D3D 11.1 chip with 32 MB embedded memory	CPU: 3.2-GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon GPU: 500 MHz ATI Xenos
Memory	8GB RAM	512MB GDDR3 RAM
Hard Drive	Built-in, 500GB HDD	Built-in, 250GB
AV Output	HDMI 1.4 in/out, 4K, and 1080p support; Optical output	HDMI 1.2a in/out, Analog-AV out, Optical output, Composite Video, S-Video, Component, VGA
I/O Output	USB 3.0 X TBA, AUX	USB 2.0 X 5, AUX
Communication	Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n wireless with Wi-Fi connect	Ethernet (100BASE-TX), IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
Controller	Unnamed Xbox One controller (similar to Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, but with dynamic impulse triggers and a redesigned D-pad)	Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
Camera	250,000-pixel infrared depth sensor and 1080p camera	640×480 @ 30Hz (RGB camera), 640×480 @ 30Hz (IR depth-finding camera)
Optical Drive	Blue-ray/DVD	12x DVD
Price	$500	$300
Availability	Later this year	Now

For more information XBox can fill you in! Here is the 360...

...and here is the Beautiful new XboxOne!

If you aren't ready for the new XboxOne, the Xbox360 will still have new games and support for years to come so no worries...it will keep being awesome for a long time!