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a hair-band lovin', techni-junkie's banter about… whatever.

Boiling an XBOX 360 Game DVD

Recently, I ran into an issue where my XBOX 360 would not read a certain game disc. The disc itself looked pristine – no scratches, or smudges to be seen. All other game discs would read in the 360 with no problems at all. This particular game (LEGO Indiana Jones) had always acted up, and [...]

When is the right time for gaming?

MSNBC posted an article today, entitled “How young is too young for video games?” where they discuss the video game systems being created by companies like vTech & Leap frog with consoles aimed at kids 3 & up, and others which are being marketed for kids 2 and under.

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Update: Refurbished 360 received on November 21, almost 1 month exactly. Box is sitting on my desk, hopefully I didn’t get a DOA replacement. My 360 has succumbed to the dreaded 3 read lights of death.  Sadly, this is the 2nd 360 I’ve had that has suffered this fate.  The first lasted 6 hours, this [...]

Next-Gen Gaming?!

With all the hype about “Next-Gen” gaming lately, it’s been basically a question of whether “Next-Gen” is Graphics (Xbox 360, PS3), or Gameplay (Wii).  Well, my vote has got to go for Game play.   While I don’t have a Wii, I am very interested in getting one…. and, well… with games like this, the Wii [...]

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