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Gamasutra - The new gen's most important question: Who cares?

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/205224/The_new_gens_most_important_question_Who_cares.php
It's unpopular to say you don't care about consoles, to suggest you don't need to care. It feels like disloyalty to the industry. But what's becoming clear, even if it feels controversial and treacherous to say -- even if it threatens the industry and its loyal consumers, galvanizes them to internet arguments -- is that the console business and the industry models that built it are no longer the main avenue for the medium of games. They're probably not even the most important, even though they remain the most visible to your average person.

Pizza Hut launching Xbox 360 app that lets console owners order pizza from Xbox Live | Polygon

http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/22/4252934/pizza-hut-for-xbox-360-app-kinect
The Pizza Hut for Xbox app makes the chain's entire menu accessible to users, who can then build their own customized pizzas and place orders via Kinect motion controls, voice commands or the controller. Users can link their Xbox and PizzaHut.com accounts and save their order settings to streamline future purchases, as well as view and take advantage of deals at local stores.

The Llamma's Game Console Forums • View topic - Trace Corrosion Repair Tutorial Part 2

http://forums.llamma.com/viewtopic.php?t=12694
It has been pointed out by chunkhead from the afterdawn.com and llama.com Forums that some X-Box motherboards have a corrosion problem on some traces. This corrosion is due to some sort of contamination from the factory. Due to this corrosion, it was found that some X-Boxes affected can produce the following symptoms: (1) The X-Box fails to power down using the power on/off button on the front panel. The power cord has to be pulled out to shut it down. (2) As soon as the power cord is plugged in, the X-Box powers up without pressing either the on/off or eject buttons. (3) While the X-Box is on for a certain amount of time, it shuts down by itself for no reason. The time factor before shut down can vary wildly.

Game Informer asks: Will Kinect work if you're Gwar? | Joystiq

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/21/game-informer-asks-will-kinect-work-if-youre-gwar
Sure, Kinect has been tested in plenty of super scientific ways over the past few months, and given plenty of secondary uses through impressive hacks, but will it work if you're ... Gwar? Game Informer had bassist Beefcake the Mighty and lead singer Oderus Urungus stop by its offices to capture on video a monumental 10-minute Dance Central session. If you haven't already clicked through excitedly, we should warn you the clip is a bit on the NSFW side of things, so viewer beware.

Microsoft Pulls Plug on Xbox 1’s Online Play - UNG» UnNamedGaming.com

http://unnamedgaming.com/?p=11136
"I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox. While I can’t comment on the specifics, this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features."

Video Games 2.0: Throwing A Party On Your Xbox (Three Minds On Digital Marketing @ Organic)

http://threeminds.organic.com/2008/10/video_games_20_throwing_a_part.html
Nerdy, but I could actually see this being kinda fun, wearing a headset on the couch MST3K'ing with some friends locally and cross-country. "Instead of only communicating, Microsoft is going one step further. They have partnered with Netflix to incorporate their streaming movie service into Xbox Live. This will allow one person in the party to select and start streaming a movie, which all people in the party room can watch, while communicating with each other in real time. Basically, it's a virtual, multi-person movie theatre."

iB::Topic::XBMC feature-freeze and bug-bash!

http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.pl?act=ST;f=1;t=19350
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. We are happy to announce that we have once again put the official XBMC CVS into a feature freeze and thus our third official public bug-bash has begun. This is the first step in the process of getting ready for anoth

TechFreaks v2

http://www.techfreaks.org/articles/modxbox.shtml
"Using code exploits in certain games, a user is able to load a phony gamesave that will boot into a Linux based operating system and allow a user to mod his Xbox... in under ten minutes."