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2005 has been a year of many things so far. Mac OSX Tiger, the High Def Revolution, and now onto console gaming. It seems like 2005 was the year for new things as technology gets better and better. For example, the three latest consoles announced all have wireless controllers. Bluetooth seems to be the technology of choice. Systems now have more than just “gaming” features. DVD players come integrated, aswell as CD players/recorders. The gaming system has now really turned into “entertainment systems.” Here is a brief writeup of what is happening in console gaming right now.

The XBOX 360 was announced last week. Wireless controllers, backwards compatibility with “certain” xbox titles.

The PS3 was announced this week. Up to 7 wireless controllers, Two HDTV outputs, an extremely complex graphics system, and backwards compatibility with all ps2 and ps1 titles.

The Nintendo Revolution was also announced this week. Also comes with wireless controllers, and plays full sized cds/dvds as well as backwards compatibility with gamecube titles. I havn’t come across much information on the Revolution, yet I’m sure there is lots out there.

Personally, I’m really excited about the PS3. Ideally in a world where I had lots of money, I would buy a nice huge HD Plasma TV, PS3, and hook up some kind of surround sound and my entertainment center would be complete. The only thing I don’t like too much about the PS3 is it’s shape. The silver is cool, yet I design wise the PS2 was more functional. At any rate, it’s an awesome looking system. I’ll be following it to some degree and be posting here.
(note: These systems may not actually be coming out to stores this year, yet they were announced this year.)

Just beat Halo 2 on Co-Op on normal. Quite the feat and lots of fun. It took around 10-20 hours. I don’t know the exact amount because we picked up ours on Thursday, and did things besides playing Halo between then and now, which is Sunday morning at 3:19am. I don’t want to give away the ending for any of you who care, just look forward to Halo 3.

Overall, lots and lots of fun. You will probably have more fun playing multiplayer with your friends or on xBox Live.

My Ratings:
Story and Play: 9.0 of 10
Artificial Intelligence: 9.0 of 10 (the AI was amazing compared to what I have seen)
Multiplayer: 11 of 10 (not possible but hey, if you have played Halo, you would agree.)
Overall: 10 of 10

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