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In case you haven’t heard of it (I literally learned of its existence last night), theX Factoris essentially the UK bred version ofAmerican Idol. At its base, it is a talent show filled with derisive judging, providing pleasure to a middle America like audience, served a la schadenfreude. Last week, American Idol announced it would incorporate online voting into its show. In response, X-Factor host Simon Cowell decided to up the ante, with a tool to enable paid-for voting via Facebook before the next US series....

Thus far in 2011 the Xbox 360 has kept its momentum strong, and is expected totop the sales charts in January, continuing a streak of hot numbers. In January, according to estimates from CVG, the Xbox 360 moved 380,000 units, a fair 14% increase from its January 2010 sales. Other consoles were not as fortunate. The second bestselling console for the month, the Wii, only moved 320,000 units, a 31% decline from last year’s numbers....

The Xbox 360 had an excellent year in 2010, and 2011 is already shaping up for a repeat performance. Not only is the Xbox 360 the bestselling consolemonth after month, it has theworld’s hottest gadgetin its ecosystem, and to top it off the Xbox 360 has thebiggest software and games retail sales numbersin the US for the console market. The ‘360moved some $3 billionin software and game sales in 2010 through traditional retail outlets, an impressive feat....

The Xbox Series S and X launch games reviewed Gears 5 Rachel:This year-old game proves to be a treat on the new Xbox, with stunning visuals and gorgeous character models. I loved this game because it finally made Kait the main character she was always intended to be, but I’m not a fan of its attempt to be more open-world. You can read my full reviewhere. Compared even with the PC release, the Series X version of the game has so much more visual bloom....

We have been covering the surely coming next Xbox as much as possible, grabbing a hold ofevery single detail and rumor that we can. Today we toss all that aside and return to the glory days of the first Xbox. But we are not interested in any normal original Xbox, oh no, in fact, what we have to show you today is most definitely a one-of-a-kind contraption. Ladies and gentlemen, the wooden Xbox:...