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XBox 360 repaired, returning soon.

Just checked my repair status for my XBox 360. I only sent it off last Wednesday, but they’ve skipped phases 2 (received) and 3 (repaired/replaced) on the repair status list; phase 4 means it’s being returned. Damn, they do work fast at Frankfurt. Continue reading ‘XBox 360 repaired, returning soon.’

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Quite simply, lol. Yeah, it’s resolved now, but not through any intervention by Sony; we all know a firmware update would probably have made things worse.

+1 XBox fanboy ammunition cache.

Satoru Iwata: “no surprises” from iPad

Yes, Iwata is the boss of Nintendo. Full story.

It’s funny, Nintendo aren’t known for deviating from the same recipe so isn’t his comment a hypocritical representation of the company?

iPad = oversized iPod Touch/iPhone? Oh yes…

They’ve done it again. Those boys at Cupertino are going to ransack your wallet a second third fourth time with the iPad, a totally new and innovative (read: it’s been done before) perfectly hyped and marketed brick that is going to perform exactly the same functions as the iPod Touch/iPhone, but with a better specification and a larger screen size (that shouldn’t have borders, but I guess they’re there to create an illusion of scale).

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