This is what must be the third major iterative dashboard update since Xbox 360′s phased in existence, now that might seem a bit excessive, or imply that the Xbox has some real issues, but all that really means is that the Xbox 360 is actively keeping up with the frantically paced technological times and is once again making our experience fresh. That is not at all a bad thing.
To treat this week’s update as a major occurrence Microsoft intelligently decided to spark up a little press invited launch event to get us, to get you, all pumped for its release. How does a four course, TV dinner themed and live entertainment filled evening tickle your fancy? There, I’ve done my job.
It turned to be the event was a surprise within a surprise! The ambiguous invitational details were intentional so we’d be blown away by the event’s activities. I’ve got to give it to them, I was blown into bewilderment with intimate bed suites, tightly attired guitar grinders and paste filled macaroons.
Macaroons are colourful buggers! I mean, burgers!
Every meal that was had was then followed by a medium themed act of entertainment. So the first had been TV with an avengers theme, this had our tightly dressed dancer stroll in to do her business; that is to subtly dance and pose sensually to then pick up a guitar, not to strut, but to grind… with a hand saw. Yes, at the time it didn’t make too much sense either. The second was a movie tie in, we witnessed an androgynously dressed man perform a one person drunken play. A pretend shower curtain played a part here and was harnessed proficiently as climbing apparatus, which was an impressive physical feat indeed. Our final performance conveyed Youtube with, what I think was, robot break dancing. The most ‘normal’ of the three performances, yet still aptly impressive – my first ever adapted macaroon experience proceeding this though may have just skewed the normality balance slightly.
Although I was scratching my head through at least the first of our three and half hour attendance this shouldn’t at all suggest negativity, it was ‘different’ and will with utmost confidence leave a lasting impression instead of joining a hazed blur of ‘once-upon-a-time’ press event outings. And that I promise wasn’t the result of an open bar.
A number of new dashboard feature articles will be posted following the update’s release.
