Posts Tagged ‘Xbox Overdose’

And we’re back

April 14th, 2008

After a little (lot) of time off, I’ve decided to give Xbox Overdose another shot. I don’t think we’ll be doing any news posts, as that seemed impossible to stay on top of and there are better outlets for that information. (See Xbox 360 Fanboy, Joystiq and Kotaku.) I’m still not 100% sure what content we’ll be adding in the future, but for now, I figure we can handle some Deals and Reviews and maybe even some Giveaways. Hopefully, we can get some regular posts happening again.

Also, I’m wondering if any of you in internet-land are interested in being one of our reviewers. If you’re interested, use the Contact Us form and send us a review of any game you want to review. New or old, it doesn’t matter, however I’d prefer it be an Xbox 360 game. I’ll be looking for writing skills, spelling, grammar, etc, so be sure to proof read your post before sending it.

Anyway, if any of our regular readers are still with us, thanks for sticking around. Hopefully XOD won’t disappear again.

Changes to Xbox Overdose

March 3rd, 2008

As you may have noticed, news posts have been a little slim (read: nonexistent) the past few days. I’ve come to the realization that it’s near impossible for one person to keep up with the flood of news that’s out there. Perhaps if I didn’t have a regular job and a family, I could pull it off, but otherwise I just can’t do it.

That being said, I’ve decided to stop posting news on the site. Besides the fact that I can’t do it alone, I’m not sure that the inerwebs needs another Xbox 360 Fanboy, TeamXbox or Xboxic. As of right now, we aren’t much different from them or the many other enthusiast websites out there. I am not giving up on this website, however. We will still provide deals, reviews and giveaways. But we need something more. I’m currently working on ways to make Xbox Overdose special. I want to give people a reason to come here and stay here, in addition to websites like X3F.

I’m hoping that our (few) loyal readers might have some input to help make XOD better. What do you want to see our website offer? What do you want that’s not being done yet by other sites? What would make your Xbox 360 owning friends want to be part of XOD?

I currently have one idea in mind that I’ll present to you for consideration. I’m considering allowing user-created posts. Any registered user on the site would be able to submit news, reviews, etc. There would obviously be moderating on XOD’s part. Posts would need to be approved and possibly edited before appearing on the site. I think having community created content would be more interesting than another Xbox 360 blog, of which there are many.

Anyway, I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

Reminder: XOD Game Night Tonight!

January 9th, 2008

Just a reminder that we’ll be playing Gears of War in tonight’s XOD Game Night.

Link: XOD Game Night Info