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You are now viewing a Special Limited Collector’s Edition of Thoughthead; an extra long blogger’s cut with over 2 paragraphs of never before read cynicism and wit. Only 5000 of these pages will be rendered before it will no longer be available. Expect the value to go up over time as eBay prices soar. In fact, the value of this article as already doubled in the time it took you to read that; of course two times free is still free. (more…)

          

The concept of hacking has been around as long as there have been things to hack. The concept of console modding has been around as long as there have been consoles to mod. Even back in the old Atari 2600 days people were tweaking their carts, writing unlicensed software and getting the console to do things above and beyond what they were designed to do. When the original Playstation became mainstream back in the late 90s, console modding experienced a significant boost in popularity. One that has only grown since, but with more complex system comes a system that is more difficult to tweak. How does the state of modding fare in the face of the new console generation? (more…)

          

I had an article nearing completion and ready to go and then Microsoft dropped a bomb on us all; they finally owned up to the 3 Red Lights of Death issues happening across a large percentage of the Xbox 360 Consoles. so what brought it to this point? (more…)

          

When the 360 launched it did so at a price higher than most people were used to paying for a console. By the time the PS3’s price was announced the 360’s price tag didn’t seem all that bad, though, the Wii reminded us that a new console can still have a reasonable price. There’s a lot of rumors flying around about when we’ll see price drops happening this generation. Here are my predictions… (more…)

          

A discussion has started on the International Game Developers Association forums that poses the question about whether Achievements add to the gaming experience or detract from it. The Core Argument is that Achievements and gamerscore change the way people approach games; changing even artful plot driven games into a just another high-score grind-fest. (more…)