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The Engadget Show with guest Steve Ballmer - now available for viewing

This is a pretty interesting show. Josh interviews Steve Ballmer about Microsoft and the projects we are working on. I’ve only watched the first 10 minutes but I thought you might enjoy it so here’s the embedded player and video.

You had me at Veyron

Full article at http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/02/forza-3-welcomes-1000-horsepower-bugatti-veyron-supercar/ .  SOLD.
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Halo 3 ODST Gamestop Tour Underway

  This looks like a fun promotion and the tour is coming within five miles of my house later this week.  See http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/h3o/default.aspx for more information or a list of the dates and cities .
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Halo Legends anime coming!

See the Presspass announcement .  I guess the Saturday morning cartoons are next.  Grin.
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Living in Texas has it perks for the Jonas Brothers

What do you do if you are setting up for a concert in the new huge Dallas Cowboys stadium?  Well, if you are the Jonas Brothers or one of their crew, then you have to test the huge 72’ X 160’ high def video screens with an Xbox 360 with none other
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Zune HD Announced

See the Press Release details at http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/may09/05-26ZuneHDPR.mspx .  Zune HD is the next iteration of the Zune device family and brings a new level of listening and viewing experiences to the portable media player
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You know you want me – compete for me soon…

Not me, the Xbox 360 silly.
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Halo Wars has gone GOLD !!!

See http://www.halowars.com/default.aspx for the latest news.  Congratulations Ensemble Studios.
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Halo 3 Master Chief Collectors Edition costume now available

Looking for an official Bungie Halo 3 licensed costume?  Well, the Rubies officially licensed costume is finally out.  Check out the detail on the costume.  Get the costume at http://www.odysseycostumes.com/master-chief.html .  High
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Halo 3 Recon Details Emerge

Bungie has several projects underway within the studio, one of which is a brand new campaign experience for Halo 3 that they teased about two weeks ago. They have lifted some of the shroud of secrecy and shed a little more light on what they’ve been working
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We are giving away a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Right now I am installing Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p. I’ll add all of the drivers, service packs and fixes, verify it works properly on my network, etc. Then we are going to give it away on or about December 19th, 2008. Just

Gears of War 2 – Special Edition 120GB Zune

If only it was a phone, too!!!  Click the pic for more pictures and information.
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Halo Wars – still planning to ship

In case you haven’t heard, Ensemble Studios is shutting down after they ship Halo Wars .  This is a sad development for gamers everywhere but I guess it underscores the dominance of the special purpose gaming consoles over the desktop computer and

I am not the target audience

It always amazes me at the “diversity” of opinion on all matters inside and outside my company.  As you might imagine, not only do we scrutinize what our competitors are up to, but we are world class at criticizing ourselves.  The new ad campaign
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