So, after making a little bit of noise on the interwebs following my last blog post – including some Twitter rallying and a mention on the blog of the esteemed Game Junkie – I ended up receiving a personal response from Xbox Live’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb. He...

In my native New Zealand – a nation of 4 million people tucked away in an isolated corner of the world – we were always rather jealous of the additional Xbox Live services and content continually added to the US marketplace. To this day, New Zealand still has no Netflix or any equivalent...

Shortly after 1am this morning I finally arrived back home in Seattle. It was a fitting end to a week filled with early starts and late finishes at the E3 gaming trade show in Los Angeles. It’s been a long-time goal of mine to get there one day, and thanks to the guys at Gameplanet and...

It’s a month to the day since we first moved to Seattle. And I’m pleased to report that today I was offered a job, which I accepted without hesitation. From June 11th, I’ll be the curriculum and project assistant at The Pacific Institute. After an interview, a writing test...