Most modern consoles offer the ability to restrict kids to only playing games of a certain rating or for a given length of time, but parents often don’t know how to set them up. A series of videos from the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association shows how to do that. More »
TechRadar rounds up some useful tricks for getting the most of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console, offering 17 suggestions across two posts on how to make the machine a more flexible and useful device. Many of the tricks rely on the Xbox being networked to a compliant PC, and a couple sound dubious (wrapping an Xbox that has suffered the “red rings on death” failure in a towel, anyone?), but for new Xbox owners, it’s a handy resource. Check out our own guide for more hands-on ideas on how to spruce up your Xbox 360. 10 Xbox 360 tricks Microsoft won’t tell you | Seven more Xbox 360 secrets Microsoft doesn’t tell you [TechRadar]
As both Nick at Gizmodo and Logan at Kotaku reported this morning, Microsoft has dropped the Australian price of the Xbox 360, making the cheapest model $349. Those price cuts might well tempt you to add the Xbox 360 to your technology arsenal, but remember that the machine isn’t just a console and media player. Check after the jump for five mods you can make to your new discounted Xbox to render it more useful and more efficient.
