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Tag: Xbox 360

  • Xbox 360 Madden cake [pic]

    Yesterday, I posted a cool picture of a Playstation 3 cake and now I have a Madden 08 themed Xbox 360 cake.  I don’t hate the Madden franchise (I do hate EA) but I definitely don’t think I like it enough to make a cake out of it.  I wonder if this cake gets remade…

  • Kid accidentally hit by Kinect player [animated gif]

    I’ve posted a video in the past showing just how dangerous it can be to play your Xbox 360 with Microsoft’s Kinect accessory and this animated gif goes right along with that.  This is one of the reasons I prefer the old fashioned controller because you don’t have to worry about accidents like this.  Unfortunately,…

  • Xbox Live Arcade Deals of the Week for February 7-14

    Major Nelson has posted the Xbox Live Arcade deals for this week on his blog and there are definitely some deals worth checking out!  Below is the list of deals for anybody wanting to get their game on.  Too see some other goodies that will be up for sale this week, check out Major Nelson’s…

  • Kinect hack: Playing Angry Birds using the Kinect

    A YouTube user named griffindodd has uploaded a video of him playing Angry Birds using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect accessory.  He uses the KinEmote software that allows you to control your PC with the Kinect to accomplish this fun little project.  Check out this fun Kinect hack below!  What kind of Kinect hacks would you…

  • Xbox 360 and Xbox.com get some updates this week

    Microsoft is doing some tweaking with the Xbox 360 this week.  As of today a new (and required) update is available for the Xbox 360 dashboard.  The update brings back the setting to allow users to boot directly into a game rather than having to navigate through the dashboard first to get to a game.…