Anything You Can Do

Firstly an apology for the lack of posts lately. Holidays and work commitments have been difficult to work around and it may continue like that for the next few weeks.

Some more information is starting to come out on what Microsoft have up their sleeves for the Xbox. The title 'Lips' has been cropping up a lot lately and it's now revealed to be the Xbox answer to SingStar. In addition to the included 30 odd songs is a wireless microphone that features some kind of motion sensing which allows you to score points with your moves as well as your voice. You can also use and sing your own music apparently.

In another move towards trying to attract the more mainstream consumer, Microsoft are rumoured to be working on 3D avatars in a similar (very... very... similar) vein to Nintendo's Miis. You'll be able to create exactly the look you want, including hundreds of clothing options which sounds like micro-transaction heaven for Microsoft. It's possible they may be introduced into arcade and retail games as playable characters as well. I'm not really for or against the idea in principal, although if that's how they're going to look I must say I don't find them very attractive. Miis definitely have a certain charm these lack.

In other news Microsoft are starting to fear they are running out of ideas to copy from Nintendo and Sony. Several employees fainted due to the pressure of trying to come up with an original idea and the offices descended into pandemonium. Calm was soon restored when a nameless employee caught wind of a press announcement from Nintendo about a product that may be possible to duplicate making only minor alterations.

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