The Xbox is being hacked so it can be used for more than playing video games.
I don't like the portrayal that people are "hacking" (in the media term) their XBOXes.. I'd call it unleashing hidden features.
Re:X-Box Troll Handbook
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not a troll but the following are true... re: # 3 - not all FPS on consoles EXCEPT (;-)) goldeneye are crap but many are. however, Goldeneye and Timesplitters 2 are both great and metroid prime (more of an adventure game that happens to be from the 1st person) is absolutely incredible. on the other hand, the "pride" of the xbox is Halo which i have played and have no desire to play again... very boring, very generic, etc and see #10 # 5 - the controller IS huge and very hard to use. especially compared to the ps2 dual shock and the brilliantly designed gamecube controller. #7 - XBox is 2nd in the US and 3rd worldwide. It's not selling well. It's outsold many weeks by the PSOne in Japan. #8 - The only good games for the XBox are out for the other systems, except for Halo which i was not impressed with #10 - A buddy bought an Xbox while I was visiting and picked up Halo and and an NHL game (dont' remember which one). No doubt, the graphics looked great (but don't they look great on all the systems?). We decided to stop playing though when the Xbox started crashing consistently. The screen just froze. This happened roughly 5-10 minutes into each game. Needless to say, my buddy returned it and picked up a Gamecube.
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I don't like the portrayal that people are "hacking" (in the media term) their XBOXes.. I'd call it unleashing hidden features.
not a troll but the following are true...
re:
# 3 - not all FPS on consoles EXCEPT (;-)) goldeneye are crap but many are. however, Goldeneye and Timesplitters 2 are both great and metroid prime (more of an adventure game that happens to be from the 1st person) is absolutely incredible. on the other hand, the "pride" of the xbox is Halo which i have played and have no desire to play again... very boring, very generic, etc and see #10
# 5 - the controller IS huge and very hard to use. especially compared to the ps2 dual shock and the brilliantly designed gamecube controller.
#7 - XBox is 2nd in the US and 3rd worldwide. It's not selling well. It's outsold many weeks by the PSOne in Japan.
#8 - The only good games for the XBox are out for the other systems, except for Halo which i was not impressed with
#10 - A buddy bought an Xbox while I was visiting and picked up Halo and and an NHL game (dont' remember which one). No doubt, the graphics looked great (but don't they look great on all the systems?). We decided to stop playing though when the Xbox started crashing consistently. The screen just froze. This happened roughly 5-10 minutes into each game. Needless to say, my buddy returned it and picked up a Gamecube.
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