About the poll on the front page
 

The question of console games is always sure to rile up PC gamers, so Im going to weigh in with my opinion
First off, I play both console and PC games. I like having fun. If I can have fun playing Halo for the XBox, then what is wrong with that? But nowadays Im way more into UT2003 and Army Operations for my FPS fix. (got to blow something up and I want big gory death too! hahahahahah! not really)
Anyhow, the two platforms for games are different. So if I want to play Mario, I get me a console (or an emulator, and download roms, see, the PCs still have it in the end, just not the real money making end) Another thing, consoles are something of an extension of computers in that way. Look at the XBox or Gamecube. The XBox is nearly a PC in its own right, and it is using a lot of PC stuff. The Gamecube uses ATi parts, so overall it is getting money to some PC makers. Just because Microsoft is making the XBox I doubt they will stop making PC games.
In the end, it just boils down to having fun. Which lets me have more? I dunno, I like both a lot! But you can bet I will be buying more PC games, as most good games are on the PC.

Re: About the poll on the front page
 

I own an X-Box, but I hardly use it compared to my PC. As much as the xbox is like a PC, it still lacks three main things...keyboard, mouse, and resolutions higher than 640x480. If/when these things come to the xbox, I'm sure I'll be playing it more often. In the meantime, it makes a great DVD/CD player in my entertainment center.

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There actually *is* a project to make a Linux XBox, and it looks pretty successful. They've dumped the BIOS and stuff and have even run WinE in Linux, and run a windows game in it, with decent results I think. They've had to solder parts onto the Xbox mobos, but it sounds pretty cool.
Edit: they do have USB connectors for the Xbox too, you can hook up a keyboard and mouse, and there are even parts to hook the av port up to a VGA monitor.

[ November 18, 2002, 21:05: Message edited by: Instar ]

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I'm now running my XBox on my video projector which supports HDTV resolution up to 1080i. With the Component video kit on the XBox, it really looks sweet. However, so far no games support resolutions higher than NTSC. I read that Dragon's Lair 3D will support 1080i...I can't wait to see that on my 10 foot video wall!