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How many of us have ever heard our mother’s telling us that the TV will rot our brains?
Remember the first time you ever stayed up until the sunrise playing video games? Mom had a few choice words to say about that as well.

While it truly is not a good practice to stay up all night playing Halo 3 or staying up all night for any reason really. Video games have come a long way in providing not just entertainment but also educational games as well. You can find games for pre-school aged children all the way up to games to sharpen adult’s minds as well.

X-Box 360 offers many types of games that are educational for the young and old alike.
You can find everything from puzzle games like Bejeweled or even Tetris like games that require quick thinking and movement of shapes that sharpen decisions and reflexes to trivia games that test your knowledge of different subjects. You can play different versions of Scene It, the game that tests your movie and TV knowledge or you can play Are You Smarter that a 5th Grader. I guarantee you; you will walk away from that one feeling like you should maybe start school all over again.

There is even a game called Brain Challenge. This game offers a wide variety of activities that boost brain activity and develops stress management skills.
Even some of the strategy games that are available are useful. While at first glance they may seem like just another game to conquer, they are actually very good at helping to sharpen the mind to think ahead and plan strategically in situations to get to the end result. Like playing chess, you must always think 2 moves ahead and have a specific objective.

So, while not all games are considered educational. There are some that are out there to be more than just mere entertainment. So, rather than rotting your brain they may actually improve upon it.

Here is one of the toughest questions to ask any gamer. What are the top Xbox or Xbox 360 games? With there being so many different game styles and genres out there. It makes that question a very difficult one to answer. I guess the best way to answer this question would be to look at a few top selling games available now. We will start off with Call of Duty 4. This game offers both amazing story and online play. This next game uses the new Frostbite engine. Battlefield: Bad Company opens many new doors for gamers. With this new engine your able to destroy a building or level an entire forest just to take out one enemy. With single player and two different online modes Gold Rush and Conquest. This game will give you many hours of great play. For you racing fans I have a treats for you to check out. GRID it has everything that racing fans love to see. The wrecks and damage to the vehicles in this game are amazing to say the least. A competitive single player career mode will test your driving abilities. Now onto the role playing games. My personal favorite is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Although there is no online play. This game offers a rich environment complete with weather and seasonal changes. You will find yourself spending hours and hours lost in its deep story line. Lets not forget about you sports fan. Now there are a lot of different sports games available out there. Lets just go with one of the most popular and best selling games. The Madden football games are always a good buy for the sports enthusiast. It provides both single and online play. This series always manages to give you bone crushing graphics and game play. These are just some of my personal favorites available now. I have found a list of the top selling games for Xbox and Xbox 360. This link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Xbox_360 gives you that list. This list is generated by the millions of copies sold.

Everyone has there own opinion about what the best or top games are for the Xbox and Xbox 360. Before you just run out and buy a new game. Check to see if it is available to rent so you can try it out for yourself. Not all games live up to the hype or videos that’s thrown out there. You could also check to see if a friend already has it. Then just ask to borrow the game and make your own guess about if its worth buying. Now you can start making your own top games library.

There is only one true way to make money playing the Xbox or Xbox 360.  That is in tournaments.  What you need to do is practice and then practice some more. You need to find the game that your best at.  You will want to test your abilities online against other players.  Ask some of your friends if they play the same game then start playing online together building different strategies for different situations. After all of you are able to play together as a team, this means not every man for himself.  You will want to start looking for tournaments at  the local level.  If there isn’t any tournaments in your area this is what you do.  Just ask around to see if anyone else plays the game.

Then tell them you want to put together a tournament to see who has the better teams.  Once you have beaten all the other teams in your area you will want to expand.  When I say beat the other teams I mean there is no competition left for you.  Start looking at surrounding cities, try to find major cities that hold these Xbox or Xbox 360 tournaments.  This is when it will start to cost you some money to enter and travel.  There is a solution though.  Some stores in your area will gladly sponsor you and your team.  Just have some shirts or hats something of that nature made up with your sponsor logo’s on them.  Now your on your way to the big time.

The major city tournaments is when you will start making some money to help cover your expenses.  I have to warn you though if you don’t keep practicing you will not get very far.  These other teams practice all the time. Some have even made this there only source of income.  After you build your reputation there start looking out of state to even larger gaming events.  You will start to land bigger and better sponsors then too.  Your goal should be to make it to the MLG that is the Major League of Gaming.  Those are the best of the best compactions. Make it to the top of your game there and you will not only make great money.  You will also be recognized as one of the best in gaming.  This is where you land the best sponsors the biggest payouts and recognition.  It is the pinnacle of competition gaming.

Being a Game Tester is not the glamorous job everyone wants  it to be.  Some things you need to know before you apply for that position.  It is not about free games and hours of fun play.  Remember you’re a tester, this means you take a rough draft of a game and play it. The games that you test may not be your favorite style of games.  The game may not be a game you even want to play. Some games you test may never see final production.  The market may change before the game goes into production.  You will play the same level over and over again trying to find any imperfections in the graphics, sound, lighting and overall gameplay.

You will be looking for any glitches in the gameplay or environments.  Again these will only be rough drafts of the game, not a completed product.  So some of your testing will be done in black and white with grey shading.  Some games may or may not contain sound when you start testing them.  When the game does contain sound. You will be listening to make sure the sound is running with what is happening on screen.

Yes, some companies may provide you with a free finished copy of the game. But with all the hours you have spent playing the game in its roughest form and learning all of its little secrets.  This will probably keep you from playing the game in its final production.  Don’t let any of this discourage you from becoming a Game Tester.  This will lead to better opportunities in the future of gaming industry.  It is a huge stepping stone onto bigger and better things.  If the gaming industry is something your interested in then this is the job for you.