I've been a racing fan since I first sat in the backseat of a friend's modified 5.0 Mustang in high school and since then I've done a lot of racing myself. I've owned several performance cars and driven all of them to their limits.

Kinect won't cater to the hard-core gaming market -- it's just not accurate enough. But it's rollicking great fun. Exhausting and ridiculous, you're guaranteed a giggle if you get the kids involved or set it up at your next party. Just bear in mind that you'll need plenty of space.

Fantastic fun; Simple; accessible gameplay; Easy set-up; Impressive motion-tracking technology

Demands plenty of space; Tracking is often glitchy; Two player maximum at launch; Expensive

Unless you've been living in a Buddhist Temple in the mountains of Tibet for the past few months you will be well aware that the Xbox 360 launches in the UK today. Although there has been a massive amount of coverage and speculation in the technology press regarding the X360 – quite a lot of it on...

The Powerful Xbox 360 Games Console The Xbox 360 is the ultimate games console, a sleek, stylish design houses powerful technologies and a host of interactive entertainment options. The Xbox 360 delivers next generation gaming. Highly advanced A.I.

e were fascinated to compare Microsoft and Apple set-top philosophies. Based on looks, the Xbox 360 loses out immediately; it's like a desktop PC from the 1990s, and yes, appearances matter if it's going to live in your living room.

Versatile connection options to TV; CD and DVD playback; removable hard drive; good integration of media capabilities into a ‘gaming' console

Ethernet connection; requires third-party application for iTunes support; it's ugly; hilariously large mains power brick; noisy fan

Unless you've been living in a Buddhist Temple in the mountains of Tibet for the past few months you will be well aware that the Xbox 360 has launched in the UK. Although there has been a massive amount of coverage and speculation in the technology press regarding the 360, the general marketing has...

Will you ever grow up? If this question sounds familiar to you, you're not alone. Do you need someone to blame for never growing up? How about video games? This time we can all lay the blame on Bill Gates and his second generation video gaming console, the Xbox 360.

When the Xbox 360 was released in November 2005, owners of the previous console were delighted to see that the online element would not only be preserved, but it would also be vastly improved.

Allows for chatting and messaging easily over Xbox Live; Solid tactile buttons; Light-up display; Comes with headset

Chatpad attachment takes some getting used to on controller; Backspace button location oddly placed

In every generation one video game console stands out as a leap forward in gaming. In the last generation it was the Playstation 2 which came to market, obliterating the Sega Dreamcast and revolutionizing the home entertainment market by making DVD the fastest growing medium in history.

Sexy Design; Incredible power; Music streaming and integration; Great controller

Some unsupported file formats; No HD-DVD drive; no non-MSC support; average launch line up

With the launch of the Playstation 3 just around the corner, the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is about to jump up a notch. The integrated Blu-Ray player in the Playstation 3 is expected to be a major driving force for the Blu-Ray camp, creating an immediate install base of thousands of...

Superb image quality; Elegant design; Simple to install; Easy to Use; Low cost

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