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Xbox 360 E Teardown

Playtime is over. The Xbox 360 got an update and a place on our teardown table. Join us as we dive in and see what makes this round of the 360 tick.

fossilfern3760d ago

"A standard 2.5" SATA hard drive means I can safely upgrade my Xbox 360 E, right?

Unfortunately, no. Any attempt to "disassemble, decompile, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, or modify" hardware is a violation of the Xbox Live Terms of Use and may result in enforcement action."

What a joke.

Death3760d ago

HDD swaps are the number one way those scurvy pirates are circumventing anti-blackbeard measures on the 360. If you aren't happy with the policy, find the nearest jolly-roger waving frigate and thank them.

dazzrazz3760d ago

So many revisions, just look @ 05 motherboard http://www.free60.org/File:... :D

Wikkid6663760d ago

Anyone know specs on this? Is it actually smaller the the S model?

And does it have a dual wifi antenna for 5g?

dazzrazz3760d ago

read the article you will know 0_o

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More than a decade after launch, MW3 2011 is finally on its last legs

At the time of writing, the game, which once had more than 55,000 players on Steam alone, now has just 389.

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A thermos is upending the Alan Wake community

Remedy has Alan Wake merch on sale, including a pretty blue thermos. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone according to plan, and many players who want a thermos find themselves without one, though it does appear that Remedy is attempting to fix things. Nevertheless, it has resulted in a lot of upset, illustrating just how much the thermos means to Alan Wake fans.

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destructoid.com
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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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gameluster.com
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GhostScholar3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake3d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga3d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx3d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga3d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H93d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

MrChow6663d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens523d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott2d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens522d ago (Edited 2d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Christopher3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens523d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner3d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens522d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster3d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot3d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster2d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned3d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.