Today's most unhinged game video: Xenon 360 - hinged joint
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Jan 12th 2007 at 12:05AM }
It's short, simple, to the point, and quite frankly one of the sexiest videos we've seen in a long time. A see-through case for the Xbox 360 (how racy!) and bingo, a hinge get right inside and have at the goods. It seems that everyone wants to turn the 360 into a high school cheerleader, and be able to just ogle it whenever they want to. Where is your sense of decency?
Well, have at it you sick fiends. Check out the video after the jump, then be sure to visit the confessional both later in the week.
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Mitsuo @ Jan 12th 2007 12:29AM
.....this is shit! It would have been better if we actually seen the xbox itself in there and not just some empty piece of shit. For all we know this is just some hack job that's made to resemble it working.
brymo @ Jan 12th 2007 12:21AM
Pretty cool, wonder how much.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brymo
Rob Loblaw @ Jan 12th 2007 1:48AM
You can get them in other colors here
http://secure.llamma.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=73_94
Pointing_and_Laughing @ Jan 12th 2007 12:40AM
I'd like one of those badass chrome kits after I'm out of warranty.
samfish @ Jan 12th 2007 12:48AM
Al Gore is awesome. I hope to god he runs in 2008 because we need an adult in the White House...not a pea brained, coke using drunk.
Shame he'll have to deal with these right-wing pigs on again, shrieking and pissing up a storm about things they know aren't true.
bill pullman @ Jan 12th 2007 1:20AM
@4: moron.
Steve @ Jan 12th 2007 1:29AM
Love the pic!
I'm still waiting for the mainstream press to ask Comrade Gore about the whereabouts of all those hurricanes that "Global Whining" was supposed to generate. I live in Florida so I've been kinda curious.
Oh, that's right! I forgot! One of the inconvienent truths about the media is that you are never, ever, EVER supposed to challenge a famous democrat or enviro-fascist theory! Silly me!
But Gore-bashing aside, I think nearly anyone with a remotely openmind can admit that Gore is an unhinged leftwing fundamentalist nut. (Oh come on! I'm the first one to admit how much Nixon sucked or how neither Bush have a backbone)
thebiggameover @ Jan 12th 2007 1:44AM
please god change the pic before this becomes a right/left debate.
Rami @ Jan 12th 2007 2:02AM
awwwww..... Youtube is down with the message "Scheduled Downtime: We're busy pushing out some new conconctions and formulas. We'll be back soon...assuming all reactions are stable."
I really wanted to see this too :(
ill trooper @ Jan 12th 2007 5:51AM
"I'm still waiting for the mainstream press to ask Comrade Gore about the whereabouts of all those hurricanes that "Global Whining" was supposed to generate. I live in Florida so I've been kinda curious.
Oh, that's right! I forgot! One of the inconvienent truths about the media is that you are never, ever, EVER supposed to challenge a famous democrat or enviro-fascist theory! Silly me!"
Yes, silly you...
Cutting off the nose to spite the face: not listening to the message because Gore is the messenger.
Did you even watch his movie? Why not? It's got VERY VERY LITTLE to do with politics. Give it a chance. Two hours out of your life and you'll learn something... Like how there HAVE been substantial changes in the planet's climate in the last 20 years.
What the fuck is wrong with tending to the needs of WHERE WE LIVE? It's good business! Everyone benefits or loses, not just the democrats or liberals.
Zachary Hinchliffe @ Jan 12th 2007 7:34AM
"I'm still waiting for the mainstream press to ask Comrade Gore about the whereabouts of all those hurricanes that "Global Whining" was supposed to generate. I live in Florida so I've been kinda curious."
Here they are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season
"The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. The impact of the season was widespread and ruinous with at least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $100 billion USD."
crono141 @ Jan 12th 2007 9:11AM
Yep, and not a single atlantic hurricane made landfall in the US in 2006.
Sounds to me like 2005 was a fluke. If global warming was actually the cause of more destructive and more frequent hurricanes, we'd see a trend of more than one season.
There are very few people who doubt the earth is getting warmer. We are, after all, still coming out of an ice age. What many people doubt is the effects of humans on climate change.
My guess would be very little, as when Mt St Helens erupted, it ejected more pollutants and greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than the entire human race since the industrial revolution.
If a single natural catastrophic event does more damage to the earths climate than the human race since 1850 or so, then I have serious doubts as to whether we're responsible for global warming or not.
JJRR @ Jan 12th 2007 9:23AM
No politics! Stop the self-validating knob flicking.
LongshotX @ Jan 12th 2007 9:43AM
@Steve
"I'm still waiting for the mainstream press to ask Comrade Gore about the whereabouts of all those hurricanes that "Global Whining" was supposed to generate. I live in Florida so I've been kinda curious."
You obviously do not understand science, instead you rely on common sense, or what appears to be true, to explain phenomena; but it escapes you that common sense is not very common and that in most cases it cannot explain many things despite the fact that is its desired intent. Scientist overwhelmingly agree that Global Warming/Cooling is a natural phenomenon that has occured over geologic time, and has had
a substantial impact on climate and the species within those respective climate throughout the history of the Earth. They also agree that human induced inputs into our environment has altered many of the natural systems that have remained in relative stability over geologic time. In order to understand this you would need to read a few books or take a few classes in Ecology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Climatology, Atmospheric Processes, Geography and Oceanography.
I live in Jacksonville Florida, but I go to college in Tallahassee, Fl. As an undergraduate (Junior) seeking to complete my Bachelor's in Environmental Science I am well aware of the many natural phenomenon that shape not only Florida's climate but the entire Eastern Seaboard.
As someone pointed out "the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. The impact of the season was widespread and ruinous with at least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $100 billion USD."
The period was during very strong La Nina Conditions ( Look up El Nino/ Southern Oscillation or ENSO for details). If you are referring to 2006, the reason Florida or the United States for that matter didn't experience many hurricanes was because during that time we are (still are) experiencing El Nino conditions. El Nino supresses Hurricane formation in the Atlantic and spurs Typhoon development in the Pacific. Look up El Nino and its relationship to Wind Shear and Hurricane formation.
By the way for all you cheap college students like myself if you want to experience the Xbox 360 as it is meant to be played buy a HD VGA cable and hook it up to any monitor that can displayy at the very leat 1280*720 resolution. SD gaming for HD games sucks. And that case is pretty cool.
LongshotX @ Jan 12th 2007 9:58AM
@Crono141
Again another example of why common sense is not common and why you should know the science behind the natural events that occur when things such as Volcano Eruption occur.
Volcanoes release aerosols, very fine particulate matter, that actually reflect incoming radiation. The best example of this is Mt. Pinatubo. Here is what the Volcano did on a Global scale climatically:
The powerful eruption of such an enormous volume of lava and ash injected significant quantities of aerosols and dust into the stratosphere. Sulfur dioxide oxidised in the atmosphere to produce a haze of sulfuric acid droplets, which gradually spread throughout the stratosphere over the year following the eruption. The injection of aerosols into the stratosphere is thought to have been the largest since the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, with a total mass of SO2 of about 17 million tons being injected—the largest volume ever recorded by modern instruments (see chart and figure).
This very large stratospheric injection resulted in a reduction in the normal amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface by up to 5% (see figure). This led to a decrease in northern hemisphere average temperatures of 0.5–0.6 °C (0.9–1.1 °F), and a global fall of about 0.4 °C (0.7 °F). At the same time, the temperature in the stratosphere rose to several degrees higher than normal, due to absorption of radiation by the aerosols. The stratospheric cloud from the eruption persisted in the atmosphere for three years after the eruption.
Clearly Crono141 you have no concept of Climate versus Weeather. You also have failed to look at the overall trend or patterns in Climate over geologic time. True, The Earth did just come out of an Ice Age and it is in a Warming Phase but the warming phase is being accelerated at an unnatural pace. Please look up Thermohaline Circulation and ENSO in relation to Global Warming.
Arglor @ Jan 12th 2007 10:36AM
Wow. I would congratulate longshot on his posts as ending the discourse, but I have a feeling it is going to begin again as time continues.
What I would like to say is that this case video is a bit anti-climactic. I mean come on, who enjoys watching a man unclip plastic?
WillTheSecond @ Jan 14th 2007 1:36PM
Thank you, LongshotX, for that excellent explanation that completely avoided the pointless political debate and went straight to the hard scientific facts and shows exactly why it is ridiculous to deny that human beings cause climate change.
"There are very few people who doubt the earth is getting warmer. We are, after all, still coming out of an ice age. What many people doubt is the effects of humans on climate change." (crono141)
The only people who deny it are Bush and his Republican cronies (not all Republicans, just his ones). Almost all scientists agree that humans cause climate change, the ones that don't largely work for oil companies and the like.
"But Gore-bashing aside, I think nearly anyone with a remotely openmind can admit that Gore is an unhinged leftwing fundamentalist nut. (Oh come on! I'm the first one to admit how much Nixon sucked or how neither Bush have a backbone)"
My philosophy teacher was talking about having an 'open mind' the other day: he said that phrase was a problem because often people use it to mean "if you don't agree with me you're not thinking straight" which seems to me to be exactly how you're using it. He's a CAPITALIST for Christ's sake! He agrees (like practically everyone in the US) with the free market economy, privatisation, etc,etc. He's nowhere close to socialist, he's not even as left wing as the Liberal-Democrat party here in the UK, and they're described as centre-ist! (i.e. between right and left). By international standards he's even a bit right wing, hardly a left wing fundamentalist. I didn't know there were still people in the US with such Mccarthy-esque tendencies...
As for the video: a bit dull really, I'd prefer a traditional 360 cover myself. (Dare I call it 'Macintosh white'?)
Tyler @ Jan 12th 2007 4:27PM
OH GOD NO MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP!!
crono141 @ Jan 12th 2007 4:30PM
"You also have failed to look at the overall trend or patterns in Climate over geologic time. True, The Earth did just come out of an Ice Age and it is in a Warming Phase but the warming phase is being accelerated at an unnatural pace."
How can climatologists reasonably make this statement when we have only started recording weather patters about 500 years ago. There are lots of assumptions that are used when analyzing ice core samples and rock strata that may not be correct. Logical, yes, but may be incorrect.
How do we know the Earth isn't supposed to warm up at this speed? Because it doesn't match with scientists predictions, who admittedly don't know ALL the facts or even all the factors that go into climate change.
"The only people who deny it are Bush and his Republican cronies (not all Republicans, just his ones). Almost all scientists agree that humans cause climate change, the ones that don't largely work for oil companies and the like."
I'm sorry, but your just wrong. This is the kind of stuff that Al Gore puts in his movie, but its a blatant lie. Furthermore, just because a large portion or a majority believe something, doesn't make it a fact. I point you to the flat earth and center of the universe theory's of ages ago.
Scientific conclusions are based on observable and REPEATABLE data. Anything else is just speculating. There are numerous theorys as to why the temperature of the earth is increasing, from the few discussed here already to solar irradiance variation to the effects of the urban heat island.
LongShotX, I know this is what you've been studying, and that makes you the academic authority here. However, I've been thru college, in the sciences, and even I can tell you that political views of the professors heavily influence their conclusions and teachings. We are all humans. No one, no matter how much they protest, is unbiased.
Lets not forget the "Global Cooling" disaster theory of the 70's. If the earth has really been warming at such an alarming rate for the last 50, 100, or even 500 years, how could such a theory ever have been popular in the last 30 or 40.
jerry @ Jan 13th 2007 9:49PM
we're all going to die
thebiggameover @ Jan 12th 2007 6:18PM
hey guys! lets go to a gaming site to talk about AL FUCKING GORE. FUCK YOU INTERNET
Scott Winston @ Jan 12th 2007 9:07PM
Hey, nice job with the totally out of place pic Joystiq!
I guess if you listen to Rush Limbaugh for three hours every day of the week you have to spend a little bit of your time proselytizing to make use of it, eh Crono? I'll never understand why some people relentlessly hate and distrust Al Gore. I mean what wrong did the man do besides be a Democratic VP?
I'm glad a few people took the time to correct all of the bad information posted by this troll.
"However, I've been thru college, in the sciences, and even I can tell you that political views of the professors heavily influence their conclusions and teachings. We are all humans. No one, no matter how much they protest, is unbiased."
This is one step away from saying that you can't trust your neighbors because invisible aliens are controlling their thoughts.
Peter S. @ Jan 12th 2007 6:57PM
i'm on yur site,
4channin' yur posts
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Man, I'm so clever
LongshotX @ Jan 12th 2007 7:38PM
@crono141
It is clear now that you have a profound misunderstanding of the sciences: Environmental Science, Ecology, Atmospheric Processes, Oceanography, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Physics, Climatology, and Meteorology,and how they interrelate with each other and to work together in order to explain natural phenomenon.
The most glaring flaw in your argument is that you do not grasp the entirety of the concepts you speak of. You assume that you understand the concepts because you know bits and pieces of the science but you must understand all of it in order to see the true picture.
Take for instance your perception of weather and climate. Despite the fact that they are correlated, they are not the same thing. Weather is by definition
a phenomena which occurs in the atmosphere of a planet. The term usually refers the activity of these phenomena over short periods, such as hours or days. Average atmospheric conditions over significantly longer periods are known as climate. Weather is influenced by a variety of factors such as geographic location, sunlight, albedo (measure of a surface's reflectivity), terrain, etc.
Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the “average weather”, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. Thus Climatologist study patterns over long stretches over the course of geologic time.
Ice cores can be used as climatic temperature gauges because the stable isotopes (namely water) it contains condenses faster than the normal water molecules. The ratio between the water isotopes and the normal water molecules is used to measure [TEMP]. The ice cores also contain air bubbles which serve as a record for atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxides, methane gas, along with records of aerosols which are released in large quantities during volcanic eruptions [ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS].
Ice Cores are therefore of great importance when determining how climate has changed over geologic time. Using the ice cores as a reference scientist can pinpoint for example when a major eruption occurred such as Mt. Pinatubo or even as recent as Mt. St.Helen's. All of this information can be traced just as much as you can determine whether a tree experienced a fire during its life by studying its tree ring. They can also relate the ice core data with the fossil record and see the what occurred when certain phenomena changed such as the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases i.e carbon dioxide methane. During the course of Earth's existence their has been major climatic events that have subsequently eliminated a species or/and spurred on the evolution of a newer species. This happens all the time.
What scientist are saying is that the data is confirming the effects that Global Warming has on climate. You may not be able to feel it now because climate is over such a long period of time but the changes are accumulating ever so slightly that eventually the entire system will have changed whether you are still around to experience it or not.
You also severely misunderstand the scientific method which includes: Observation, Description, Prediction, Determination of a range of possible outcomes, Falsifiability, or the elimination of plausible alternatives (disproof of theories that do not hold up i.e Continental Drift), and explanation and identification of causes of natural phenomenon. Speculation is apart of the Scientific Method but it is not all that scientist do.
Lastly, you should not pretend to know "Global Cooling" unless you have a good deal of understanding on Thermohaline Circulation is a density driven process (saltier cold water is denser than fresher warm water, thus it sinks and displaces the water beneath it i.e upwelling) where deep water currents that move through the world's oceans. The entire process distributes heat and nutrients through upwelling zones around the world and also helps to set the major surface currents i.e Gulf Stream in motion. Global Warming could potentially disrupt this system because Thermohaline Circulation depends entirely on the sinking of denser water bodies i.e North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) and Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). If the system is disrupted it will weaken major warm water surface currents and spur colder temperatures especially in regions such as Europe that would normally be cold without the effects of the Gulf Stream (keeps temperature relatively mild despite higher latitude) i.e an Ice Age. The Ice Age experienced a period of Thermohaline Circulation shut down.
Before you get all political on me I am a Moderate, Christian, Evolution and Big Bang believing (Religion and Science can be one, God was the greatest Thinker), I do not like Bush's policies, and I don't believe America or even the rest of the world can continue to move on at a sustainable pace unless major issues that effect our environment are resolved.