President's Day weekend isn't traditionally known as an excellent time to play games. Yeah, I'm lying, it totally is. Three day weekends are the best time to dive into something good. Microsoft is hoping that you'll spend most of this upcoming weekend away from the Cable News Network and on Xbox Live. It's unlocking online multiplayer for the long weekend. It's also partnering with a few studios to give users something to play with their temporary privileges. Xbox Live Gold Free Weekend is back folks.
Tonight on Xbox Live: Unlocked ‘Rocket League,’ ‘NBA 2K17’ and Xbox Live Gold Free Weekend
My mind hasn't gotten through the spring yet and already we're talking about this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. Microsoft is already gearing up for the coming conference. It's announced two Xbox E3 2017 related events in a single day. That's on top of the bombshell announcement show management revealed about this year's event earlier this week.
Remember the shivering cold days of late November? Every once in a while, we’d stop to think about all the games that’d just made their début. We'd sit in our arm chairs, finishing another Xbox One game on our bucket lists and luxuriating in all the free time we were going to have to enjoy them over the holidays? Jokes on you folks. It’s February and Spring 2017 games are just around the corner. It’s time to kick this bad boy into high gear. 
The happy times are here again folks, and I'm not talking about your snowy landscape either Seattle. February means Anime Month 2017, and Microsoft is back with super-sized discounts on Dragon Ball Z, Rurouni, Red Sojna, Digimon, Jubei Chan and more.
With just a week left until Halo Wars 2 reaches store shelves, Microsoft is kicking the game's release festivities into high gear. This morning the company let loose the Halo Wars 2 launch trailer, and it's looking better than that entire Halo 5: Guardians story we were treated to a few years ago.
For one night only, your gaming privileges have been suspended because everyone wants to use the big television in your living room to watch Super Bowl LI. I feel for you but don't be coy. You secretly want to watch too. Tonight on Xbox Live, you can. Actually, anyone can.
This weekend's big Falcons vs Patriots battle during Super Bowl LI isn't the only excuse you need this weekend to head to your local electronics retailer and purchase a television that roughly takes up 80% of your living room wall. The other event that some folks have waited a year for is almost at hand. This weekend on Xbox Live, at least some of you will be able to enjoy the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Beta. 
GameStop is getting a little attention this week for a community post that alleges the company has a ratio system that forces its sales teams into primarily selling people used products at all costs. 
The en isn't just about what you play, it's also about what you play. I'm talking about video people. My aim for this year is to add more culture and more games to this little operation. It's with that in mind that I bring you the first edition of The Culture for 2017. It involves Skittles and Marshawn Lynch, because this close to the Super Bowl, why wouldn't it?