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I was perfectly happy with my PlayStation when Microsoft decided to get into the console business. I wasn’t looking for another system, and I certainly wasn’t standing in line to buy an Xbox. Then my roommate showed me Halo. And suddenly, owning another console didn’t seem like such a bad idea. On 15 November 2001, Microsoft launched the original Xbox in North America, entering a fiercely competitive market dominated by Sony and… Read more

Most shooters taught me to jump out of trouble. Gears of War took away my jump button, handed me a rifle with a chainsaw attached, and told me to stay behind cover. And I loved it! On 07 November 2006, Epic Games and Microsoft began releasing Gears of War for the Xbox 360, introducing a brutal third-person shooter that would become one of the console’s defining franchises. I didn’t pick it up… Read more