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A novel approach to Xbox One backwards compatibility

Posted on May 22nd, 2013

Microsoft's decision not to support playing 360 games in the Xbox One is disappointing, but not surprising. Here I present a possible approach they could take to ease the pain as we make the transition. The Pain Migrating to a new console is a big undertaking for any gamer. Not only do you have a huge library of old game titles (both on dis...

Xbox Meh

Posted on May 21st, 2013

So I tried to follow along with the live blog of the Xbox announcement today. Nothing really excited me. That's not to say it isn't cool, or that I'm not going to buy one. It's just that nothing really jumped out and grabbed me. I don't think the problem is that it isn't cool, or doesn't have a pile of new stuff. I think the problem is that it...

John Marshall

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