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  • 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.…

  • Mom seduced 13 year old boy on Xbox Live

    A lot of people play on Xbox Live for different reasons, some to prove they are better at a game than others and others play just so they can spend some virtual time with friends, but one woman decided those weren’t satisfying enough for her.  A 36 year old woman by the name of Rachel…

  • Xbox 360 blown up with fireworks

    Have you ever asked yourself what the most entertaining way to say farewell to your Xbox 360 might be?  Running over the system with a vehicle, throwing it into a volcano, dropping it off a skyscraper, and dropping it out of an airplane are some ideas that pop into my head but these guys decided…

  • Amazing Halo: Reach statistics [infographic]

    Its safe to say people are going pretty crazy with Halo: Reach lately and nothing backs that up more than this infrographic with some shockingly big numbers.  Here are just a couple fascinating facts from the Halo Reach multiplayer between 9/14/10 and 12/10/10. 24 THOUSAND YEARS has been spent playing the game There has been…

  • The Kinect is watching you -CREEPY! [video]

    Not having a Kinect, the popular Xbox 360 motion control accessory (that is expected to be in short supply this holiday season) or any plans to buy one, I have not seen the terms of service for myself but according to Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak over at the No Agenda podcast (my favorite…