The Good The Bad The Ugly - Xbox One

Welcome to the inauguration of a new format here at Crash To Desktop. With The Good The Bad and The Ugly we will bring you a weekly review of the latest in gaming and tech, introducing you to the great and the downright rotten.

Firstly let me say I love my Xbox 360, not the PS3 and I will most probably own an Xbox One within a year or two of launch. I will, however, be buying a PS4 on the launch day and will be signing up for a pre-order after E3.

I’ll admit, I have not been playing many games recently and I did not watch the Xbox One announcement live. I have watched the full video and honestly I'm feeling very underwhelmed by the whole announcement.

Thats not to say that I am not interested in the console.

Gaming Under Ceej: Is DLC The Future Of Gaming Or A Shady Scam?

I’m not going to lie. I do like the idea that I can purchase video games without ever having to put my trousers on. But, then, it is rather obscene to sell DLC over the internet, which is why I just show up at GameStop, naked as the day I was born. I’ve gotten a few complaints for that, but a lot of phone numbers. Skyler, I’m not avoiding you. I lost your number. My naked body doesn’t have pockets.

There’s a funny thing about DLC. Its lifespan is limited by the whim of the developers. If I go to the store and buy Batman: Arkham City on disc, I have that game forever. Short of forcing their way into my home and taking it by force, the developers can never stop me from playing it. If I made copies and modded my system, I’m even protected from that. Though, to be fair, if they’re already going as far as I have them doing in this incredibly ridiculous scenario, I don’t see why they wouldn’t take the extra effort to destroy every copy and my system.

However, if I decide to purchase the game from the internet instead, I still get the unlimited play time, but only in theory. I mean, if my system spontaneously bursts into flames, as today’s generation consoles have been known to do (why did you think the colloquialisms for these errors always end in “of death”?), I’d be allowed to download it again at no additional charge...