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Monday, June 16, 2008 6:16 AM

What one Xbox Dad got for Father's Day

This weekend was Fathers’ Day in the US – and I have three loving children (and a wife) who know that their daddy is an avid gamer. So, I thought I would share what I got for Fathers’ Day as an XboxDad . I did get some of the standard Fathers’ Day fare
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:39 AM

XBOX DAD post -- the power of Windows Home Server with an Xbox 360

As you may have seen in some of my other gaming posts, I love it when my favorite things overlap - e.g. Star Wars and Video Games. In this month's Xbox Dad article , my Windows Home Server hooked up with my Xbox360 and effect was beautiful (literally),
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:44 PM

What do the Fantastic Four, Harry Potter and DPM 2007 have in common ?

Answer - I wrote about all of them today. But since I am publishing in different places, I am posting a set of links for those that are interested. The topics are varied, so please read or ignore as you see fit. :-) XBOX DAD Recommendation for the Fantastic
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:27 AM

I am an Xbox Dad !

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that the only thing I enjoy more than Data Protection and storage technologies is gaming -- and specifically family gaming is an area that I think is less covered than it should be. Well, the kind
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:05 AM

Family Game Recommendation -- Cooking Mama

  For those of you who follow my gaming recommendations, you've heard lots about my two sons, ages 7 and 9 -- and the games that we play together.  But there are two other gamers in my family, whose ages are 3 and 29-and-holding -- and their
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Monday, March 24, 2008 10:52 AM

The best kids' game that I know of -- LEGO Star Wars

  These have been out for a while, so this recommendation is a little late -- but as I have been telling folks about it for a while, I wanted to get this in print. The first release, LEGO Star Wars , was actually for the last generation of gaming
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:52 PM

Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons has died -- Gary Gygax 1938-2008

source : http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9885383-7.html?tag=nefd.only Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died on Tuesday at the age of 69, due to heart problems. I never met Gary nor have I been to a D&D convention - and I think the
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:20 AM

Family Game Recommendation -- Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer

  My sons are 7 and 9 -- and we are routinely looking for 3-player games.  We've done party games like Viva Pinata : Party Animals , as well as Fuzion Frenzy2. We have games on our Nintendo GameCube and Wii. And we currently do a lot of tag-teaming
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Friday, February 29, 2008 4:57 PM

Game Recommendation - Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action

My wife and I recently unwrapped one of my Christmas presents to ourselves - the Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action game for Xbox 360. And the only complaint we had was that we wished we had opened it sooner. The kit comes with four controllers, each featuring
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Friday, February 01, 2008 4:50 PM

Heroes Happen Here -- Comics !!!

You know its a good day when two of your favorite universes collide. Peanut Butter and Jelly Steak and Red Wine Star Wars and Video Games ( usually ) Dungeons & Dragons and Video Games And now ... Comic Books and IT Professionals   Yes - as part
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:51 AM

You gotta get a Home Server!

My first "home server" was in 1992 - it was NetWare 3.11 and I distinctly remember paying $1,000 for the 1GB 5.25" full-height SCSI drive that would hold all of my data. I was working on my CNE certification and wanted some experience at home, while I
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:30 PM

Viva Piñata : Party Animals ... recommendation from a gaming dad

As most of you know, when I am not obsessing over Data Protection or Windows Storage concepts, I can often be found playing Xbox360 with my family. So, outside of my weekly backup/storage posts, I am intending to routinely offer my "reviews" (opinions)
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Friday, December 21, 2007 9:33 AM

Go make a Snowflake - and other Christmas gadgets worth checking out

I love the Internet gadgets that come out around the holidays.  My favorite so far has to be the " Go Elf Yourself " from OfficeMax... where you insert your own headshots on little elf bodies and they dance for you.  It will literally
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:39 AM

MOVIES - done by bunnies

I wanted to wait until Easter, but my buddy Matt Hester found these 30-second movie clips all performed by cartoon bunnies. James Bond, Die Hard, and about 40 other movies -- all in cartoon bunnies. If you are a movie buff (no pun intended), you gotta
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Friday, November 30, 2007 2:22 PM

It's time for some fun - in High Definition

Okay, with DPM's launch now complete, I am committed to getting some geek-fun back into my world. And it started with the epiphany that the video projector that I use for my gaming supports 1080 and I wasn't using it to its fullest capability. FYI - if
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