...In order to get a jump on the competition, Microsoft pushed it's Xbox 360 product line out the door faster than it should have. The legacy of this is that over 30 percent of these products have experienced the red ring of death failure. The Xbox 360 is a fragile device full of design and manufacturing mistakes.

It's cooling system is marginally effective with absolutely no extra capacity to speak of. When it does overheat, one or more of it's design 'bugs' spring to life and eventually kills your machine. If you wish to prolong the operational life of your Xbox, you will have to baby it and keep it cool.

How you go about keeping your Xbox 360 cool is the topic of this article.

While you may not intentionally block the ventilation openings, there are several ways in which you may do this...more

XBox game Violence vs Pocket PC Pacifism

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The costly consoles typically sold for around $200.00 CAD at the time of these slayings.

Some may say it was small wonder that this would serve as a catalyst for grisly, unadulterated video game related horror.

If you typically fall prey to politician-like spurious leaps in logic, you'll be counting down the days to an XBox 360 related incident as prices for this Cadillac of consoles soar into the stratosphere.

In Toronto it's retailing for $399.00 CAD at my local Best Buy outlet.

It's just enough to expedite the trip from mild mannered Pocket PC game geek to drooling chainsaw-wielding psycho after considering PST and GST taxes.

You may recall that 360 console prices in the thousands of dollars posted on EBay during the initial release of this game system.

Microsoft had struggled to keep pace with demand due to an unfortunate decision to start manufacturing en masse ...more

Are Home Consoles Killing Arcades?

.../p>Somewhere along the lines, things have changed. It really became obvious when the past "next-gen" consoles (XBOX, PS2) came out. It was first time people could unequivocally say that home video games could compete with arcades. The sounds and graphics were razor sharp.

The popularity in arcades had been dropping previous to that time, but this was one might have been the last nail on the coffin.

Add that to the fact, that the days of 25 cent games have been dead for quite a while. It used to be that you could just walk into an arcade with $5 and you knew your afternoon was set. But due to the higher cost of games, arcade owners needed to be somehow be reimbursed at a faster rate than ever before. So the newer games cost 50 cents, 75 cents, 1 dollar per play.

People, now could get that similar experience at home without...more

Nintendo Wii - Who Loves The Nintendo Wii?

...es. The adrenalin just keep pumping. The games, too, can be played by more than one person and this add to the enjoyment.

The whole family can be actively involved in the games. During many gaming sessions the neighbours would hear laughters, hootings and plain howlings. The Nintendo Wii not only keep the young ones at home and away from the streets, but it also keep the parents with their children. It's spending quality time with the family and at the same time enjoying themselves tremendously.<...more

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