Posts tagged with “xbox”

Exhibitionist Strangers with Tourette Syndrome

By Erik Hekman on 11 March 2010

I am not a big fan of online cooperative gaming on the Xbox 360. It is not that I dislike these types of games, on the contrary; I like the thrill of working together and competing against a non-familiar non-artificial player. However in order to cooperate one has to communicate. And this is the part where I mostly mute the conversation rendering all opportunities to cooperate.

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The tempations of becoming a pirate

By Erik Hekman on 13 November 2009

Sometimes big companies force people into illegal activities. From a personal perspective I can completely justify why I am tempted to modify my Xbox 360, jailbreak my iPhone and download illegal navigation software and content. It is not that I have reached the stage where I cannot pay for these digital products. On the contrary, it even feels good to pay for them. However I am constantly tempted to pursue the pirate life.

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