So long, March... Hellloooooo the top 25 gamertags served up on Xbox.com. (GamerchiX are starred for my own amusement)

 

 

Man you guys are downloading the crap out of Alyssa on Video Marketplace. I actually have seen Poison Ivy with Drew Barrymore 3 times, but have never sampled the delights of Poison Ivy 2. So I guess I'm going to have to see it for myself. Here's what IMDB has to say abou the plot:

 

 

But before I download PI2, first I had to load up on MS Points. I LOVE that I can do that right here at work on Xbox.com!! Sign in to Xbox.com's MY Xbox, choose Edt Profile and go nuts.

Find out the answer to this question and many more in this video interview with the Major. You might want to get a beverage...it's eleven minutes long.

 

 

Most of the questions came from the community. Some came out of my warped little head. BTW, VideoMonkey filmed us recording a podcast, so the entire interview with ALL the questions will be available soon for your audio pleasure...or pain.

 

 

Who? No, it's not the oldest Cosby kid. Shia LaBeouf played Keanu's sidekick in Constantine. He's also starring in the upcoming flick Disturbia--which looks like Rear Window for the ADD set.

 

Anyway, Shia's gonna be rocking Gears of War on April 1. If you want to curb-stomp an up and coming actor, send an email with your name and  gamertag to ShiaGWF@microsoft.com by 3:00 P.M. Eastern (12:00 P.M. Pacific) on Friday, March 30. Selected gamers will receive a confirmation e-mail and friend request with the time of the event and Shia's gamertag.

 

 

Black Wave - The Shins
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Black - Pearl Jam
Back in Black - AC/DC
Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
The Deepest Blues are Black - Foo Fighters
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
Black Cadillacs - Modest Mouse
Black Math - The White Stripes
Black Chick, White Guy - Kid Rock
Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls
Black and Blue - Van Halen
Lip Gloss and Black - Atreyu
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
Black Velveteen - Lenny Kravitz
The Long Black Veil - Johnny Cash
Black and White - Sarah McLachlan
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
Black Velvet Band - Dropkick Murphys
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Black Widow - Motley Crue
Black Leather - Guns n Roses
Black Sunshine - Rob Zombie
Black Mamba - The Academy Is...
Say it Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) - James Brown
White Men in Black Suits - Everclear
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Fell on Black Days - Soundgarden
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies

Blackbird - The Beatles

 

 

This is what shuffle served up while I'm waiting for Xbox Live and Xbox.com to come back up.

Crime Scene, Pt 1 - The Afghan Whigs
Honey Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
You Can Look - Bruce Springsteen
Torn and Tattered - Joss Stone
Perfect Situation - Weezer
Long View - Green Day
Push - Madonna
Watch Me Now, I'm Calling - Blake Babies
Love Machine - The Miracles
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
6'1" - Liz Phair
I'll Follow The Sun - The Beatles
Castles Made of Sand - Jimi Hendrix Experience
When Doves Cry - Prince
Carioca - Tito Puente & Woody Herman
I Will Buy You a New Life - Everclear
Just One of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald
Tilt Ya Head Back - Nelly & Christina Aguilera
King Creole - Elvis Presley
Nulla in mundo pax sincera: Aria - Capella Istropolitana

What are you listening to?

Check out my interview over at loot-ninja.com. Here's a sample:

 

drunk pandas: What’s it like working with and interviewing some of the biggest minds in the video game industry on a daily basis?

 

TriXie: Hmm, well to you they may be the biggest minds in the industry, but they’re just regular—if ubersmart—guys to me. It’s hard to be in awe of guys that fart in your office and then run away.

 

The guys here have been up all night working on the maintenance. I went home to watch The Departed (love it! It's the Irish Goodfellas!) but they were here pulling an all-nighter in the Xbox frat house.

 

I felt a little left out, so when I got in this morning I asked a very sleepy and bedraggled e if they had any fun without me. He said no. Apparently it was all hamsters and work ... no strippers, no tequila shots, no panty raids. There's not even a horse in Robbie Bach's office. How disappointing.

 

 

Check out my interview with LERESISTANT over at live360.fr. It's in English below the French. Even after 5 years of French (and I used to tutor les cretins) I can't understand the comments. I hope they're not nasty!

 

 

btw, one of the commenters called me "la miss trixie"

Last night my stepfather, Joe Winterhawk, passed away. He was a victim of early onset Alzheimer's, and it took eight, long tragic years of terrible decline to finally end. In his younger days he was a WSU frat boy, then a nuclear physicist. He loved to sail with my mom on their Columbia 42. He loved good food and wine. His customary toast was "To the Good Life." In the last year he was reduced to wearing diapers and being unable to speak, feed himself or recognize his family.

 

When Joe started dating my mother I was a rude and snotty 11 year old brat. Joe never was nasty in return. Instead, he always saw the good in me. When I grew up I realized that he made my mom happy, and that's all that mattered.

 

If your dad is still around give him a big hug. If he's far away, give him a call. If he lives close by, take him out for a cheeseburger and have a nice long talk. Thank him for loving and supporting you and teaching you how to get along in this world.

 

Thank you to the good people at Bessie Burton Sullivan Skilled Nursing Center and Mercer Island Care Center for taking care of Joe in his final year and a half. The people who do this work are saintly beyond belief.

You've seem him mentioned here before...the poor sap who has to work for me AND share an office with me.  Now you can learn what makes the snail tick.

 

Check out Jared in the Gamer Spotlight. P.S. his new favorite band is Prostitute Disfigurement.

 

Just look at him hiding his face in shame...

I saw 300 last night with my favorite buddy XShadowSandmanX. It was soooo good. Best movie I've seen in ages. Man was Xerxes a fa-reak or what?! I was awash in a sea of washboard abs... it was delightful.  Extra creepy/cool was the surround sound bloodsplatter sound effects. Yeesh. Then seeing as we were in a Frank Miller groove we watched Sin City on DVD, and noticed a remarkable similarity between the Hot Gates in 300 and the Sin City ambush in Old Town when Dwight trades Jacky-Boy's head for Gail. In this case Dwight = Leonidas. 

 

Anyway, if you haven't seen it yet... GO! Do NOT wait for DVD! See it in all its bloody glory on the big screen!

 

 

hello there, in case you just can't get enough of my voice (hi Dad) here are two places you can hear it.

 

Gamergirlsradio. (This was recorded back in December. Apparently it was aging like a fine wine) Click on Latest Podcasts. LINK

 

XBL Radio's Marketplace Minute. If you wanna fast forward the Texas Twosome, I'm on around minute 58. LINK

I hope you won't hate me for it, but I passed on the chance to sneak into Sony's party on Wednesday night. Though I later heard reports that it was fun. Instead we (Kitty and I) went to the AMD party at Asia de Cuba in the Clift hotel. There were many shots of Patron and laps were sat in that probably should have been left alone. Then on to XYX at the W for networking and asskissing.

 

Thursday night we hit Microsoft's Women in Gaming party which is thrown every year by MS's diversity peeps. It was super fun. Shane Kim, Laura Fryer and Kiki Wolfkill said profound words and then I went up and squeaked some nonsense about GamerchiX--but at least I didn't swear!!  I was so thrilled to meet my fellow GamerchiX who came out to represent: Lia Tortilla, iTara PMS, MechAngel, Dancing Erika, Batgirl PMS and PMS Tart joined Kitty and myself in these hideous last minute tshirts I had made.

 

On to the XNA event! Sushi was yum, music was great. I saw a lot of old pals that I haven't seen since last GDC, and met some cool new people and some jerks as well. Seriously, I totally love my job and there are great people, but how many hours can you be pinched, groped, an ogled before you get pissed off? The answer is three. The last straw was when a random dude from EA Canada stuck his tongue down my throat! My big Xbox bros Mark and Mark said they'd have him thrown out, but I don't need that kinda trouble.

 

Oh yeah, one of the coolest things to come out of GDC this year is Simian Escape! It's one of the XNA challenge games and it looks like the cave paintings at Lescaux have run amok. Check it out!