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Possible Spectator Mode for Xbox2

Posted by Zonk on from the watching-you-watching-me dept.

BlueMoon writes "Spong.com posted an article about a new Microsoft job offering. The job details not only confirm the internal codename of the next generation Xbox console is Xenon, but it also reveals more information about Live features. It looks like many games will have a 'Xbox TV' feature allowing some sort of spectator mode with tickers at the bottom of the screen featuring recent high scores and game highlights, a tournament system, and tradable trophies."

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  1. /.ed by wikdwarlock · · Score: 4, Funny

    For all the M$ sux0rs talk on here, that job link sure was /.ed quickly. I guess tech unemployment > Microsoft hatred.

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    "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." -Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear
  2. Re:What about just doing it? by GodHead · · Score: 3, Funny


    Watching can be just as much fun as participating. And sometimes having more people participate can be a BAD thing.

    Example:
    girl on girl porn
    vs
    girl on girl on CowboyNeil.

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    Just wait till some crappy band steals your nic.
  3. Re:Worth it? by Ayaress · · Score: 2, Funny

    I actually have a VHS tape sitting around of me playing all the way through Link to the Past. It runs about 5 hours, and its not very good quality, though. You can probably find playthrough movies in the ZSNES movie format for SNES games (you need the ROM to view them, though), but for most later games, the sheer length of the games adds up against this sort of thing. I have games that have taken me 80+ hours. I feel for anybody who would watch my playthrough of Morrowind, which took two years of fairly active playing, months of which consisted of me walking back and forth along the length of an uninteresting valley trying to find the cave to get the hell back out and being swarmed by cliff racers ten at a time.