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IBIF is Headed to E3!

We may have been slighted a bit by not getting full blown E3 Press Badges this year, but the team here are IBeatItFirst.com will have at least a presence at E3 this year. Join us on June 10th for our coverage of the XBOX E3 Press Conference!
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May 15, 2013
RUMOR: Next Xbox to Require Always On Internet Connection *UPDATED*

Ok… to reiterate the headline, this is all a rumor since nobody from Microsoft will breathe about Durango to anyone. Kotaku has heard from devs that this is true so the below article is written as if this is fact in hopes that someone at MS will read it and know how dumb the decision…
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April 4, 2013
IllumniRoom, Because Your TV is Too Small

Microsoft and Samsung showed off IllumniRoom, which is being worked on by Microsoft Research for the Xbox. Yup, some worthwhile gaming news from CES that isn’t related to the PC. What is IllumniRoom? Well it combines the Xbox, the Kinect, and a projector to fill the room with images, going beyond what your puny “big screen”…
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January 10, 2013
Are Microsoft Point finally going the way of the Dodo?

DEAR LORD LET’S HOPE! According to sources, REAL CURRENCY will be used to make purchases on the Windows 8 Marketplace. Now while this isn’t a verification that the change will make it’s way over to the 360, one can certainly hope that MS gets rid of this horrible “credit” system. Seriously though, it’s like they…
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October 8, 2012
STFU & BUY AN HDTV ALREADY!

After reading THIS article over at Kotaku, which directly correlates to THIS article I wrote the other day, I decided a I would revisit my previous rant and give you morons playing HD games on an SDTV a little more help. This weekend Newegg.com is selling a 24″ Asus 1080p Monitor for $170. Sure it’s not a…
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May 25, 2012
PSA/Soapbox: Buy an HDTV and quit yer bitchin’!

You would think that I’d start getting dizzy by now, since I climb up on top of this thing so often, but gosh darn it I must be used to the altitude. Kotaku posted an article earlier today and I thought that I would give my 2 cents on this whole “problem” on here,…
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May 10, 2012
What once was rumor is now fact!

That’s right, you too can buy $265 worth of hardware for $460. WHY DOES THIS EVEN EXIST?!?!?!? We talked about this last week as rumor and now we know that Microsoft is in fact taking sales advice from the Cell Phone industry (thanks probably in part to their new found relationship to Nokia). So you can buy…
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May 7, 2012