Here's your heartwarming story for the day. Microsoft has teamed up with Companions in Courage in order to bring "hundreds" of Xbox 360 kiosks to children's hospitals across the nation, and the gaming stations have already been installed at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center of Seattle and the Children's Hospital of Orange County, California. The customized units are "hospital-friendly" and come pre-loaded with a variety of E and E10+ rated games, Y-rated television programs, G-rated movies and the Xbox Live headset / Vision camera in order for gamers to play online. Speaking of, each kiosk is wired to a private Live network which "allows hospitalized children across the country to play games and chat" with each other. There's no word on where the stations are slated to arrive outside of the three venues already mentioned, but those interested in broadening the reach of the endeavor can feel free to donate to the cause.
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posted May 5th 2008 2:29PM
RRoD and GTA jokes aside, I think this was pretty cool on Microsoft's part.
RRoD could also mean railroad of doom
Or Rick ROlleD
I'm wondering if this isn't exacly what hackers have been clamoring for: a 360 with games pre-installed on the hard drive. When they reverse engineer this, won't they be able to figure out how to rip any 360 game to a large hard drive, just like they did with the first Xbox?
Well, Xbox arcade games and movies are already stored on the hard drive, so it could just be similar to that.
Are Xbox360's still burning down houses? If so, sticking them in hospitals is a pretty dumb idea, but then Microsoft have rarely been smart about anything XBox
Where is the hammer? I need to fracture my skull. Then it's Xbox 360 time! For 2 months straight!
Oh look, they are finally doing what Nintendo has been doing for YEARS! These portable consoles systems have been around for years because of Nintendo. The more the merrier. Maybe Sony will get up off their ass for these kids....SICK KIDS!
Guess there is a good side for breaking a leg.
"That's right kids, step right up. What's that? It won't work? Well you forgot to put your 1.50 in!"
atleast when they die of red ring they will be in a hospital
Hospitals aren't that scary anymore kids, are they?
Yes, Nintendo and Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation have placed more than 5,000 mobile gaming units called "Fun Centers" in more than 1,200 hospitals across America. The new units, rolling out right now, feature the Wii. They roll right up to the kids' beds so that it doesn't matter how sick the child is or even if they are in isolation. Pretty cool. www.starlight.org/funcenter