For those who don't know, today at CES, MS officially revealed the Xbox Game Room. An actual, virtual Arcade within your Dashboard, as opposed to the virtual, virtual one that is Xbox Live Arcade. So, it seems it will feature purchasable arcade, Intellivision, and Atari 2600 games. This. Sounds. So. Hot... To me. I'm far more adoring of classic arcade games than my blogospherical counterpart, and the additional feature that allows you to customize the classic virtual cabinets that come with the games makes it all the sweeter.
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Now, to the obvious worry. The cost. I'm not the kind of zealot you'll often find online who'll crap all over this idea cuz "YOU CAN GET T3H MAM3 FOR FR33ZORZ, MS!!!", or other such. I'm generally happy to be able to get something legally for a reasonable price. Problem is, MS isn't well known for being all together reasonable about pricing on things like, say, emulation of really really really old games. Please, MS, don't ruin this for me. Don't. And bring Bad Dudes. Bring it hard.
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Supplemental: Watched a video last night of Kotaku editors playing around with this thing. Apparently, there's even more options for customizing your Arcade than I'd initially thought. Looks like you have six rooms along two levels, each one with several options for theme and decoration. There also appears to be some historical literature that comes with each cabinet you buy. Like that. Also, saw someone commenting that games might be 40pts each. I could go for that, but that price seems so low that it had to be someone just shooting their mouth off, rather than the truth.
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In the dislike column, however, it appears that your avatar does not simply wander through your Arcade. You move the camera around the Arcade. Boo, but minor Boo.
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