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MC360 XBMC Superman Returns theme

Posted Jul 31st 2006 4:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Hacks / mods

The lameness of most of the themes available on Marketplace (shift a color here, shift a color there) makes this sweet Blackbolt Superman Returns theme for the MC360 XBMC skin look that much cooler. Once again the hacking community puts the pros to shame. Put some effort in it Microsoft, especially if you're going to charge us for this stuff.

Bloom off the Rumble Rose?

Posted Jun 8th 2006 2:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Xbox Live Marketplace

When Rumble Roses XX was released to catcalls months ago, I defended the game from snooty reviewers who were suddenly too respectable to admit playing with digital Barbie dolls can be fun -- especially when they're dressed in thongs and beating the crap out of each other. But after re-visiting the game via the demo on XBLM, I'm starting to wonder if the bloom is off the rose. Sure, the passable wrestling gameplay and "photo shoots" still hold a certain amount of Japanese perv appeal, but no amount of T&A is worth wading through the awful menus. Note to Konami: next time, more bouncy balls, less text.

Devil in the details for 360 modchip

Posted Jun 7th 2006 3:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: News, Hacks / mods

Devil360 may have generated enough hits to crash their site after bragging about a working 360 modchip (Supposedly unrelated to the known DVD firmware exploit), but they haven't generated much faith in the modder community. Most eager chipsters are taking a "show it or shut up" approach to the Devil's claims of hacking glory:

The Devil360 will be a modchip for the Xbox 360 console, the 'small' security hole has been found! This device is in no way related to the DVD firmware exploits - it's a totally different approach. However we did not manage to get the product ready for today (6/6/6), because we are working hard on improving it to:

* Try to protect it from any type of update
* Make it programmable via PC
* Boot unsigned code
* Allow to swap HD with larger drive with a special interface between the 360 and the HD (all types IDE/SATA).

After the ICE modchip fraud, nobody is going to believe this blather without concrete proof. The cutesy Devil-6/6/6 correlation doesn't help. Still, the prospect of unsigned code (Read XBMC360) is enough to make your inner geek self-delude for a moment, no matter how low your tolerance is for shady mod squads.

Video: XBMC MC360 "blades" looking sharp

Posted Jun 6th 2006 1:35AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: News, Hacks / mods

The 360 would be so much cooler if Xbox Media Center wasn't around to remind you of the next-gen console's crippled potential. In this video, Seth and Sean from ActionCorp show off Team Blackbolt's MC360 skin, a slick reproduction of the recently updated dashboard we all know and love. XBMC just keeps getting better. More info and high-res trailers here.

XBMC versus XBOX 360 and MCE

Posted Jan 24th 2006 5:00AM by Christopher Grant
Filed under: News

XboxSpace has an interesting, if cursory, comparison of the open-source media player for the original Xbox, the Xbox Media Center (XBMC), and the Xbox 360's Media Center extender functionality. The feature list on XBMC is monstrous, supporting many of the most popular codecs, streaming from SMB volumes, iTunes streaming, and more. The major shortcomings are that it requires a modded Xbox to run and additional storage capacities are strongly recommended.

The Xbox 360's functionality on the other hand is notably sparse in comparison, featuring limited codec support, video streaming only from MCE, and a similarly small 13GB hard drive. They conclude, "In sheer terms of Media Center functionality, XMBC is superior to the 360 in every respect. It is an application that you have to use to understand just how good it is."

What is upsetting is that this functionality far surpasses Microsoft's own, but they refuse to allow even trivial concessions like DivX support. Let's hope future Dashboard updates, and maybe even Vista, expand the feature set.

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