Microsofts had a bad year, its been easy game to make fun of them but Kotaku does as much honest reporting as they do fun poking. Having been hear for 3 or more years now, They didnt let Sony off the hook with all the hacks a couple years ago. I think like every other gamer Kotaku is biased towards the…

I don't think quality assurance checks every single console, just a select few from each production run, usually at random like most products. It's entirely possible they found some, but the number passed their 5% or w/e failure rate, or they unluckily didn't find any.

Ill give that theres no better pronunciation for RROD but you could pronounce YLOD like "EELOD" or even "ULOD"

This exactly. Its annoying enough having my friends get confused when i explain Xbox controls to a PS player. "Press X, no not the a button... Damnit just press square" or "hit Left Bumper" *watch friend search controller* "...R1..."

Now its worse with all this start, options, menu, end, back, no go forward.. not…

Happily, the new D-pad is a substantial and unequivocal improvement. Microsoft has finally separated the four cardinal D-pad directions and made it easy to move your thumb between them. The new D-pad feels clicky and responsive, and I no longer worry that I'm accidentally hitting it at the wrong angle.

My screensaver looks a lot like this..

But don't you see the inconvenience in trying to organize a bunch of messages between friends to get into a single game together? Constantly pausing to check and send messages, rather then just be able to jump into one large party and argue over playing BF, COD, or maybe some Halo. Its extremely useful for clans…

I disagree, the beacon system on Xbox Live lets me tag a game and receive notifications when my friends start playing it, then I dont have to go look through a long list. I can also leave a message to let them know what game modes or achievements I'm after, so they don't have to bother loading up a game just to…

I very much was..

Three words: Pin To Home

Or a fourth: Bing

So now I have to watch the show?

Fifa? Kids? For real??

I work at a walmart overnight, I just finished setting up both our displays, and a little like testing zone. We open at 7am, before I left at 7:30 one display was completely empty and people were rummaging the second one for more characters. Mostly moms .

Anyone with significant lines had to be able to guess what game they were going to be in. "hmm, let's see, I was hired by R* and some of my lines talk about Coke Deals, Bank Robberies, and I sure say Liberty City a lot. Must be a new Midnight Club"

My first GTA Online epiphany happened last night when I finally started playing with people I knew. But getting to the point where I could reliably jump into their game worlds took some doing. It took almost 30 minutes of screwing around with options and invites in both the Xbox menus and GTA phone contacts before…

I really need to start watching anime.

Ahh ok.. I didn't see your comment below. I understand the type of person you mean, they give cannabis a bad name.

I'm not standing up against anyone. I'm relieving my anxiety and depression disorders without use dangerous and addictive medications.

You just brought gun to a... Cat Fight!!

It did indeed work out quite well... More often than not the explosions were well timed. That's just the first 3:30 seconds of the video I'm sure there would be better moments, when the explosions really start to pick up.