Broken Xbox 360s Made My Baby Cry

My kid was just as upset as I was when my 2nd 360 got the RRoD.

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Red ring of death returns at GDC 08

Microsoft wants consumers to believe that its problems with the Xbox 360 console in terms of hardware failure are over.But wandering through the Game Developers Conference halls and it's clear that the problem persists.On Microsoft's own stand at the show one of the demo consoles has a rather familiar problem - the red ring of death.

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The man responsible for xbox 360 failing (red ring of death)

It's more or less the common assumption that Microsoft skimped a bit on product testing before unleashing the Xbox 360 on the world. We never realized that Microsoft had skimped this much. It seems Microsoft could have done a little more research before appointing their QA lead.

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Testing Xbox Video Games Is Fun -- And Hard. Very Hard.

Security at Volt is intense....a group of lockers at the end of the hallway holds boys' miscellany...One day...a cell phone rings. The tester takes the call...An uneasy silence descends upon the room. "That's probably the last time he'll ever work here," says one of the leads. Soon, someone collects his hoodie and takes it...he never comes back.

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Gamers Strike Back Against Cooper Lawrence On Amazon

After hearing the offensive and biased attack against Mass Effect on Fox News, I decided to check out some links on Cooper Lawrence, the psychologist who took part in the biased strike on the game. I came across her book on Amazon.com titled ‘The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever’.

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ABC and MGM join Xbox Live Marketplace video service

Yes, you can download HD episodes of "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" to your Xbox. Then, watch "Rocky" and "The Usual Suspects" in HD too. More details from CES.

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Starcraft 2 coming for Xbox 360?

Microsoft's Retail Training Site inadvertently hints at Starcraft II as being the greatest game ever, and maybe it will be coming out on the 360 also.

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Criterion Collection: Xbox 360 Games You MUST Own

There are few titles that every true gamer must own. These games truly belong in the Criterion Collection. Here are the titles that belong on every Xbox 360 owner’s shelf.

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Lawyer for the 'Xbox 3' speaks out

"These are not guys looking to get rich," Gibson said in a telephone interview from Houston Tuesday. "They are in their late 20s and 30s. They are college-educated. These are not young kids who just turned 18 and [want] to sue for the fun of it. This is, to them, a real issue."

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Microsoft Doesn’t Owe You Anything for Xbox Live Issues

Gaming Today writer Chris says his prayers and takes a deeper look into the Xbox Live Issue. In his research, he seems to have found something interesting in the Terms of Service of the Xbox Live contract everyone agrees to when they sign up for the service. It seems Microsoft doesn't own anyone anything. Why? Only one way to find out...

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