Does Xbox Live Improve Or Impair Your Social Skills?

"What's up, man? Where are you from?" So begins an interaction during a game of Halo. It doesn't matter if you're from Sydney or Seattle - if you're playing on Xbox live, you can have a similar conversation with people from just about anywhere on the globe, typically people from western countries like...

Five Reasons You Should Own an Xbox and Not a PlayStation

There's nothing like good old-fashioned competition to stir up new products and innovation in the electronics industry. In the world of video games, it's the direct competition between two video game consoles - the Xbox and the PlayStation - that has ruled supreme over the past several years. The...

Nintendo Game Consoles: A Timeline

The history of video game consoles goes back through the 1970's, but many people believe that the Video Game Era properly began with the dawn of Nintendo game consoles in the form of the Nintendo Entertainment System. They're probably right. Ever since the launch of the NES, video games have been...