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I recently came across a post at Vicki Davis' Cool Cat Teacher Blog about students exchanging XBox Live gamer tags. Vicki was concerned about allowing students to do this based on safety issues. I posted a comment pointing out that both Microsoft provides a variety of ways to make gaming safe for children. Vicki expressed interest in learning more, and that turned into an email detailing how to enable parental controls. Vicki posted that email with my permission, and I'm cross posting a slightly modified version here as well.
Continue reading XBox 360 and XBox Live Parental Controls.
I recently completed Overlord (the 360
version). Released on 6/26/07, the game is very similar to Pikmin,
however instead of playing a lost alien trying to rebuild his spaceship
you play an evil Overlord trying to rebuild his tower. You control an
army of minions comprised of four different types, each having separate
abilities. The game consists mostly of exploration with some light
puzzle play as you figure out how to use the specific skills of your
minions to overcome enemies. Also, like Fable, you can make choices
throughout the game that have an effect on how evil you are. Find the village's lost supplies and keep them for yourself? Or return them to the village?
Continue reading Review: Overlord (360).
