...p>The Xbox 360 Media Center Extender connects directly with your PC either wirelessly (54MB/s 802.11g) or with a 100MB/s Ethernet cable. For serious video streaming, I'd recommend using the hardwired Ethernet option. Especially if you have multiple WiFi devices in your house, such as laptops.

If you purchased the Xbox 360 "Fully Loaded" package, you've already got the dedicated remote complete with a "green Button" for controlling the Xbox 360 media center extender functions. The media center interface should look familiar...more

XBox 360 Troubleshooting Tips

...If you are lucky enough to have yourself an XBox chances are that you have been unlucky enough to experience or at least hear of some of the issues that are plaguing the great little machine. With an estimated one in three consoles suffering some type of failure you should consider yourself very lucky if you have had a problem free run with yours and hopefully things will continue this way, however if you are one of the unlucky ones please read on for information on how to diagnose the problem and what can be done to rectify the situation.

The most common issue around is the dreaded red ring of death. So named by the gaming community because of the normally green lights on the front of the console turn to flashing red and the number of flashing red ligh...more

Achieve Great Health By Playing Video Games

...instead of sitting down and it is where Wii takes on the role of a perfect partner against children becoming obese. The game proves to be more entertaining than others and they are not likely to want to put their Wii down.

The Role of Wii in Therapy

The use of video games in therapy is currently being studied by a team at Toronto University in particular for children suffering from hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The child experiences bodily partial paralysis and if he uses his weakest side more often he is going to improve his motor skills.

Wii can help the child to achieve this and it, therefore, becomes easier for the therapists and doctors to convince both patients and parents to continue with therapy outside of the...more

Xbox 360 Advances Beyond Mere Child's play

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Sports games: A longstanding favorite of gamers, these include boxing, racing, football, hockey and more. Through 360 games, players can take on the persona of their favorite sports star or even head up and entire team. There's also the possibility of playing with or against friends in remote locations through Xbox's online service. This just adds to the fun.

Role playing games: These kinds of titles allow a player to create a new persona for themselves online or off. Typically heroes, players can get online and pal around with buddies from different parts of the country or the world as they take on challenges and bad guys together. Or, with a lot of titles, they have the option of going it alone, offline, as well.

Strategy: Ever w...more

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