Microsoft said Thursday it will recall 14.1 million power cords for its Xbox video game console after a defect gave some users minor burns and scorched carpets.
Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer for Microsoft, told Reuters the recall covered all Xboxes made for continental Europe before Jan. 13, 2004, and the rest of the world before Oct. 23, 2003.
As Joystiq puts this, ‘Stats Ahoy!’ A previously under reported feature of Halo2 is the ability to access gamertag and clan statistics as XML on Bungie.net. I haven’t fooled around with this, but it sounds quite intriguing. If I had more time to play the damn game, I might dig into this and add my (lame) stats to Trotz.com, but that will have to wait. Still interesting concept I’d like to see in more games. Bungie.net’s explanation of how this works and a page here with a collection of Halo2 stats tools.
Halo 2 – The greatest thing since sliced bread, right? We’ve heard it all. 9.4 rating from Gamespot editorial, 9.0 from their users. A whopping 9.8 from IGN edit, and 9.5 from their readers and their survey of other media types. Well, Halo 2 doesn’t completely float my boat. I do like it for short bouts. It’s run, gun and run some more in multiplayer, and while entertaining, doesn’t have quite the subtle gameplay I think it’s capable of. Well, in an enourmous review, this fellow offers up the most honest review of Halo 2 you’ll ever see. Take a gander – it weighs in at over 7,000 words, but it’s worthwhile.
While Kotaku.com dubs this perhaps the best ever stunt, I’m not so sure. But it is pretty amazing, and a testament to the fact that exploring this gamespace is just as enjoyable as following the ‘missions’ within. Beware low flying aircraft! Check out the video here.
