Nearly a decade after their release, both Counter-Strike and Everquest have been banned from sale in Brazil. The ban, which has recently been implemented, was ordered by the Brazilian courts last October. Some Brazilian gamers have written in to website about the bans. One of the readers claims that Counter-Strike has been banned because it teaches “war strategies”. For those unfamiliar with Counter-Strike, it is centered around battles between two teams called the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists. Everquest, a very popular MMORPG, has been banned because some experts fear that quests which are both good and evil may lead to antisocial behavior.
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Brazil Bans Sales of Counter-Strike and Everquest
Posted on Jan 21, 2008 12:01:47 PM
The Truth About Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” Failures
Posted on Jan 20, 2008 08:58:34 PM
No one really knows what has been causing these problems since the official lines never divulged the specific problems or rates of failure. All a person has to do is to press the power button on their Xbox 360 and there is a chance that it will just up and fail to boot up and shine the “Red Rings of Death”.
Q: So what do you think the real failure rate of the Xbox 360 is? Some have estimated it as high as 30%. I got my Xbox in early 2007 and so far so good but what do you think the chance is that it’s going to die on me one day.
It’s around 30%, and all will probably fail early. This quarter they are expecting 1 M failures, most of those Xenons. Some of those are repeat failures. Life expectancy is all over the map because the design has very little margin for most of the important parameters. That means it’s not a fault tolerant design. So a good unit may last a couple of years, while a bad unit can fail in hours. I have a launch unit and have not had a single problem with it. And it’s used a lot. But I don’t know anyone else with a 360 that hasn’t broken, except you now. There’s no way to tell when yours might die. But the cooler you can keep it, the longer it will probably last. So stand it up, keep it in free air, etc. :Note : Xenon was the code name for the first Xbox 360 mother board.
Inside Source Reveal the Truth About Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” Failures