Xbox live is a great invention and tool. It really has raised the bar of online gaming for consoles in terms of availability and over-all setup of how consoles should offer a multi-player experience to it’s players. With that being said, what comes with a huge online gaming community can be… weird.
With millions of people logging in every day, there’s ample amount of opportunity for strangeness & pirating to run rampant like bad dialogue in an episode of Saved by the Bell.
One example of this is the recent banning of over 1 million Xbox live accounts. It appears tha
t with the big release of Modern Warfare 2, there were a lot of pirates who also wanted to join in the fighting. Using modded systems to avoid DRM protection, they downloaded and played pirated copies of MW2. Microsoft decided this was a great opportunity to test out their ban-hammer, and they did so relentlessly. It won’t stop pirates from playing the game offline, but depending on their level of pirateness, the ban could be anywhere from a day to permanently and it effects your entire gamertag, not just online play for that game. Ouch.
Next is a new indie title coming up for download on Xbox live, it’s uniquely titled Bible Navigator X. We’re not sure if it’s trying to sound like a cool anime character, if it’s the tenth version, or a bad attempt at extreme marketing. Bible Navigator X will provide users with full digital versions of both the old and new testament with search options AND animations.
An executive producer of the publishing company responsible for Bible Navigator had this to say; “The Xbox isn’t just secular entertainment anymore,”
Hm, I didn’t know the Xbox was trying to be secular. This does open up the question of how far down-loadable Xbox content will now go, as this seems to be more like an educational app then a game. We all know how well apps worked out for the Iphone… Although we aren’t sure how many people will want to brush up on Biblical studies after killing zombie Nazi’s. You can check out a video on Bible Navigator below!
[Pic]
~~~
If you enjoyed this post, visit our illustrious Wandering Goblin main page. There’s lots more tomfoolery just like this. 
