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Is This PS3 Exclusive Trolling The Xbox 360?

8:00PM April 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Infamous 2 is a PS3 exclusive. Sony is publishing the game, and it won’t be on the Xbox 360. That doesn’t mean Infamous is devoid of Xbox 360 references. More »


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Bulletstorm Has A Red Ring Of Death (Joke)

7:00AM February 24, 2011 | StephenTotilo

The people over at Team Lag were playing Bulletstorm and found a red ring of death. Remember that? It was the notorious signal that your Xbox 360 was one towel-wrap away from complete failure. More »


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Power Company Warns Of Dangers Of ‘Vampire Energy’ With RROD

2:00AM November 10, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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The Alabama Power Company created this nifty television ad to talk about how some electronic gadgets still use power when they’re turned off. More »


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Marine Firing Squad Shoots Up Xbox 360

6:00PM October 25, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

A US Marine in shades stands in front of the camera, holding an Xbox 360. “This is how you fix the Red Ring of Death for Xbox,” he says. A pistol protrudes from the screen’s bottom. More »


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Apple Engineers "Totally Wrong", Nintendo Misjudged Excitement And Other Great Corporate Excuses

1:00AM July 3, 2010 | Brian Crecente

This morning iPhone owners woke to a very unusual thing: an apology letter from Apple. More »


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I Hope This Target Store Is Still Under Warranty

9:30PM June 28, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Because, y’know, things break. Thanks Tim! More »


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New Xbox 360 Warns You Of Possible Doom

5:00PM June 21, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

The new smaller Xbox 360 will not flash the “Red Ring of Death” — the iconic symbol of catastrophic system failure. It’s new warning mark is the “red eye”. Sounds… ominous. More »


In Real Life

The RROD Is A Monster Of A Problem

12:00AM December 15, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

As seen on TeeFury.


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Have Microsoft Stopped Sending Out Boxes For 360 Repairs?

12:30PM March 4, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

It’s been standard practice for a while now that, if your 360 broke, Microsoft would send you a box, so you could send your console back in. But a Consumerist report today claims otherwise.

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‘Worst Of Xbox 360 Hardware Failure Behind Us’

1:00PM February 18, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Three flashing red lights on the Xbox 360 represents “general system failure.” Nicknamed “The Red Ring of Death,” this system failure has plagued the Xbox 360 console for years.

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