Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) If comedy equals tragedy plus time, this one is hilarious: Microsoft is now selling $25 “premium posters” to commemorate the “Red Ring of Death,” a systemic hardware failure in early Xbox 360 consoles that cost the company over $1 billion to fix. It may be a funny story a decade and a half […]
The original Goldeneye 007 remake team, hanging out with cardboard Pierce Brosnan; this photo was graciously provided to Ars Technica by original team member Ross Bury (bottom-left). [credit: Ross Bury ] At Ars Technica, our love of classic shooter video games usually revolves around the PC, but it’s hard to talk about that golden age […]
The canceled Xbox 360 version of Goldeneye 007 has now been laid bare—and this view of virtual Pierce Brosnan bungee-jumping from the first level’s closing section is a good indicator of its scope. Some of the basic geometry is identical, while some major aspects have been touched up, particularly the character models and background geometry. […]