http://dir.salon.com/topics/xbox/?source=rss&aim=xbox en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/02/15/ps3_lead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/02/15/ps3_lead/index.html?source=rss Peek into one market research firm's video game crystal ball By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/01/18/npd_december/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/01/18/npd_december/index.html?source=rss The Tiger Woods of game companies. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/11/16/game_sales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/11/16/game_sales/index.html?source=rss Also, "Halo" looks less angelic. Oh, aren't gimmicky headlines fun? Catherine Price Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/04/gamerchix/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/04/gamerchix/index.html?source=rss An online community called GamerchiX attempts to create a friendlier environment for female online gamers. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/24/video_game_numbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/24/video_game_numbers/index.html?source=rss Despite its predictions of an end to the slump, Sony's Playstation 3 game console is still in third place, trailing XBox and Wii. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/09/xbox_hdmi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/09/xbox_hdmi/index.html?source=rss Lucky gamers who've recently purchased new lower-priced XBoxes find their systems capable of digital video output to high-definition TVs. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/07/xbox_cut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/07/xbox_cut/index.html?source=rss Microsoft cuts the price of its XBox 360 model by $50, a response to Sony's adjustment of the Playstation 3's tag. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/24/video_game_sales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/24/video_game_sales/index.html?source=rss New video game numbers show a pickup in sales of Sony's high-priced console. But it's the Wii everyone really loves. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/19/peter_moore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/19/peter_moore/index.html?source=rss The XBox head says he wants to spend more time with his family. It looks like he's telling the truth, too. By Wagner James Au Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/06/23/julia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/06/23/julia/index.html?source=rss America's most bankable female movie star confesses that she is a hardcore shoot-'em-up gamer. What does this mean? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/12/05/video_game_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/12/05/video_game_ads/index.html?source=rss When video games look as good as action films, commercials are more fun than cartoons, and everything screams "Buy!" it's easy to lose your bearings. By Daniel Drew Turner Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/15/nvidia1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/15/nvidia1/index.html?source=rss Keep the gamers happy, and the world is yours: How one 3-D graphics company shrugged off a recession and vanquished every foe. By Dean Takahashi Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/25/opening_the_xbox_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/25/opening_the_xbox_excerpt/index.html?source=rss Bill Gates presides as Microsoft's WebTV and Xbox development teams duel for the honor of attacking Sony. By Dennis McCauley Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/25/opening_the_xbox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/25/opening_the_xbox/index.html?source=rss Sales have been disappointing, and the co-creator of Microsoft's game console just quit his job -- a day before a book portraying him as a hero hit the bookstores. By Steve Mollman Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/17/xbox_japan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/17/xbox_japan/index.html?source=rss Nintendo, Sony and Sega have made Japan king of the game console. Can Microsoft make a dent in Nippon? Wagner James Au Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/15/xbox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/15/xbox/index.html?source=rss Microsoft's game-box revolution takes the path of mediocrity, while Sony's Playstation seizes the creative high ground. By Wagner James Au Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/22/e3_2001/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/22/e3_2001/index.html?source=rss The soft-porn fixation embarrassingly displayed at computer gaming's biggest convention, E3, is dooming the $6 billion industry to the nerd-geek ghetto. By Justin Hall Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/e3_hall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/18/e3_hall/index.html?source=rss At opening day of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft eye one another warily. By Jim Lynch Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/10/27/playstation_rant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/10/27/playstation_rant/index.html?source=rss It's overpriced and has no online access, and hardly any good games are available to play on it. By David Kushner Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/09/05/thresh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/09/05/thresh/index.html?source=rss Dennis "Thresh" Fong leaves the deathmatch arena to try his hand at building a business. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/01/xbox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/01/xbox/index.html?source=rss By Wagner James Au By Wagner James Au Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/29/xbox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/29/xbox/index.html?source=rss Quit whining. A Microsoft monopoly isn't always a bad thing -- especially if it kicks off a renaissance in gaming creativity.