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Trapped In A Glass Ball With Your Xbox Friends

12:20AM Mike Fahey | It’s a non-stop celebration over on the Xbox 360, as folks around the world awake to discover that Santa left them a mystical torture device disguised as the Xbox 360 Holiday Snow Globe. More »

XBL Stalking: An MTV Guide

1:00AM Brian Crecente | MTV’s Stephen Totilo is a stalker, you heard it here first. OK, second, he actually recently posted about how he stalks his friends on Xbox Live, using the service to see what people are playing and when they play it. Here’s his bit about me: On Sunday morning, for example, I noticed that one friend was online but “away.” I checked his most recent Achievements and saw he had won some from “Ninja Gaiden II” but had done so seven hours earlier. I concluded that he had been playing the game late Saturday night and had let the game idle overnight, I presumed because he hadn’t found a save point yet wanted to retain his progress. I shot him a message proposing my theory. He didn’t respond. So my new theory is that I creeped him out. More »

Our Internet Friends (And Not-Friends!)

6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Real friends suck. We never listen to their whining, they never call, it all gets a bit messy. But internet friends? That’s where it’s at. To prove this, for the past couple of weeks, we’ve all hit up a certain popular social networking website and asked everyone we can think of if they’ll be our internet friends. Developers, platform executives, gaming journalists, the works. How’d it go? Everyone’s friendly on the internet! From senior Microsoft executives to Sony PR to noted development studio heads, Kotaku Towers are now virtually chummy (remember, we’re so over being actually chummy) with a whole bunch of lovely industry types. In fact, only one person has rejected our outstretched hand of friendship. One. Phil Harrison. What’s the deal, Phil? Why no internet friends love? We thought we were pals. We thought you liked us. We like you. Especially your magnificent shoes. You’re not still creeped out, are you? Come on, it’s just internet friends. We can’t steal your DNA over the internets. Everything’s cool. More »