Tonight is the night! Starting at 9PM EST, we’re giving you the exclusive opportunity to spend some quality time with TmarTn.

If you play first-person shooters like Call of Duty, chances are you’ve heard of YouTube commentator Trevor “TmarTn” Martin. Undeniably a legend in the YouTube community, TmarTn’s mission is to entertain and help you become a better player. His Tips with TmarTn and Interactive MW3 series are some of the best and most informative videos out there—and tonight you’ll have the chance to get in on the action LIVE!

To tune-in all you need to do is click here and watch.

If you’d like to join the conversation and ask Trevor a question—follow us on Twitter and Tweet your question to @KontrolFreek using the #KFLive hashtag. We’ll be filtering your questions and only asking him the best ones. If your question is used on the air you’ll be entered to win a prize—so make it good!

Optional: If you’d like to take the experience one step further you can use TweetGrid and set #KFLive as the hashtag and @KontrolFreek as the host.

See you tonight!

Recently Microsoft announced a 4GB Xbox 360 console with Kinect bundle for $99—a shockingly low price that’s sure to turn some heads. But, is it a good deal?

On the surface, a $99 price tag seems too good to be true. I mean really… a console with Kinect for $99? That’s less expensive than a PS3, Wii or even any handheld device out there.  Count me in!

But, as you know—if something sounds too good to be true it usually is—and that’s the case here if you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into.

If you’re a smart consumer who pays attention to things, you’ve probably already noticed the asterisk (*) next to the $99 price. This indicates something. In this case it indicates a required 2 year contract to Xbox Live Gold at $15/month. Ouch.

So let’s do the math:

A new 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect bundle costs about $300. Add 2 years ($50/year) of XBL Gold and you’re up to $400.

With this new bundle you start with a $100 for the console and then add $15 each month for 2 years (24 months). That gives you a grand total of $460.

Honestly, it’s not a bad deal as long as you realize what the total cost ends up being after your contract is up. Knowing that, what do you think? Do you find that a $99 + $15/month subscription model is easier to swallow than $300 + $50 + $50?

Let me know what you think via Twitter.

Join the gaming community this Saturday, April 14^th at 12:00pm CST to help one of our own, Katy Boyd (BunnyXablaze) raise money to get her life back.

Just 1 day ago, Katy’s house and everything in it was lost in a fire. She was able to save her dogs but lost most everything else including her gaming equipment and even basic things like towels and clothing. You can imagine that things are pretty rough for her right now and that’s why we need to group together and help her out.

Many top broadcasters will be participating in the 12 hour live donation stream including Kona, CaptnBarbosa, EatMyDiction, DrChiz, FragDolls and many others—so even if you can’t donate anything, it will be a good time. The stream will be held right here and will have prizes that you can win throughout the day.

For more information about the live stream and to see how you can donate and get involved click here.

Worldwide, Ernest was the first 10^th Prestige player across all consoles for Modern Warfare 3. He’s been dominating using our FPS Freek controller accessories for as long as he’s been playing and we’re excited to bring you this chance to learn some of his secrets!

To tune-in all you need to do is click here and watch.

If you’d like to join the conversation and ask Ernest a question—follow us on Twitter and Tweet your question to @KontrolFreek using the #KFLive hashtag. We’ll be filtering your questions and only asking him the best ones. If your question is used on the air you’ll be entered to win a prize—so make it good!

Optional: If you’d like to take the experience one step further you can use TweetGrid and set #KFLive as the hashtag and @KontrolFreek as the host.

See you tonight!

More than two years later, Heavy Rain for PS3 still stands alone as the most unique and best interactive experience on any current generation console. You can disagree with me if you want, but you’re definitely wrong.

There have been some great experiences since then—Skyrim and Amnesia: The Dark Descent come to mind—but neither one of those is necessarily what I’d call “unique”. Are they both superb games? Yes. Are they both really fun to play? Yes, yes they are. Unique, though? Not really.

I won’t fully rehash my enduring love for Heavy Rain here, but if you’d like to read my review from back in 2010, feel free.

The reason I’m talking about old games is because last week at GDC 2012, Quantic Dream, creators of Heavy Rain, showed off a tech demo for the PlayStation 3’s real-time rendering capabilities and a new motion capture method called full-performance capture. The demo brings to life a female android named Kara. Kara is being assembled by robotic arms and running through her initialization sequence when a spark of independent thought prompts engineers to begin disassembling her for being “defective”. After begging for her life, Kara is warily put back together and joins the other androids, promising not to cause any further problems.

It’s a captivating and emotional piece that provokes the imagination. It reminds me that too many games today fail to incite emotion and makes me wish more developers would take chances with the games they make.

Though Quantic Dream denies that the demo is tied to a current project, I really hope to see more of Kara someday soon.

It’s official! One of the most anticipated games of the year, BioShock Infinite’s U.S. release date is set for October 16th for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC (Oct. 19^th Internationally).

This is both good and bad news for people like me who’ve wanted this game since the original teaser back in 2010.

The good news is that we finally have a date to look forward to.

The bad news is that seven months is a hell of a long time to wait.

In the meantime, enjoy this rather pleasant trailer from December’s VGA's featuring the lyrical stylings of Courtnee Draper.