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    Countries where XBL connection for Xbox One will be supported on launch day, now listed!

    How does this relate to the check in? Like, will you be able to play it all if you're not green on the map? Is it even on sale there?
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    Why the XBone is a good console

    I'd like to say up front, in your opening paragraph, you make a point that I'm tired of hearing people make. "You don't have to be any console." Yes, we could divorce ourselves from console gaming. Certainly. But if you go to gaming websites, you're going to find people who don't want to do...
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    Microsoft Exec: Offline Gamers Should Stick With Xbox 360

    It feels like Xbox is in panic mode before my eyes. Look how weary and frustrated he sounds. How he lets that slip with that borderline snippy, unprofessional tone and listen for the shocked "Stick with 360?" reaction of the interview. There's a half second hesitation where you can just feel...
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    PC versus Consoles - help me understand

    I often get a sense from PC gamers that they feel like console gamers aren't aware of how easy it can be to get a gaming rig with the right choices. We joke about the "PC master race" but I think they honestly believe that their platform is better and most people think it's out of their price...
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    Can We Just Use Friendzone to Describe a Situation, Please?

    I have issue with the word because it brings with it, to my mind, a sense that it isn't the default. People say that they've been "put in the friendzone". You weren't. You were always there. You were a friend, and the fact that you don't get to progress from that state is not strange or...
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    So, who else is abandoning Microsoft this console gen?

    I absolutely loved my 360 this generation. It was, to my mind, the best of the systems and I spent a LOT of money on them. I've had four different consoles at one time or another. I've bought countless games. I didn't jump on the kinect but I was a passionate fan and user of the system. I feel...