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The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Console Special No.9 – Microsoft Xbox 360

The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast

Cane and Rinse

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.8767 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 211 minutes

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Summary

“Jump In” In our latest free-for-all console special podcast we look at Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Leon, Jay, Tony, Jon and community contributors remember the flawed yet mighty machine’s 2005 launch through Red Ring of Death drama, Summer of Arcade celebration, 1 vs 100 hilarity and Kinect cackles. As usual among the talk of blades, chat pads and Inside Xbox, we also cover off a selection of the significant software titles from the 360’s eight year innings. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/console_special_xbox360.mp3   Console special no.9 was edited by Jay Taylor Remember our console specials become available here and on our regular feeds only when our next special is ready for release. You can get our next special and much more besides by supporting our Patreon for just $2 dollars per month

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome to the Canaan Rince podcast, and we've decided this time, after much deliberation, to talk about Microsoft's Xbox 360.

0:15.6

And joining me Leon Cox in this podcast are Jay Taylor.

0:18.9

Hello.

0:19.9

John Salmon.

0:20.7

Hi. And Tony Atkins. Hello. It's been a while Jay Taylor. Hello. John Salmon. Hi.

0:21.5

And Tony Atkins.

0:22.8

Hello.

0:23.9

It's been a while, Tony.

0:24.9

It has.

0:25.9

We couldn't make this one without you.

0:29.9

The Xbox 360.

0:32.9

There's a lot to be said.

0:34.5

Let's crack straight into some forum correspondence from Ashman 86,

0:39.4

who says the Xbox 360 launched my sophomore year of college. I had a console pre-ordered at GameStop,

0:45.7

but my friends and I, who'd all pre-ordered together, had learned that the store was only getting a handful of systems at launch.

0:52.3

Being young and impatient, I was frustrated that I'd

0:54.6

have to wait who knows how many weeks before stocks were replenished, but I made my peace with

0:59.4

the matter. To my surprise, I got a call from the shop on the day after launch, saying that

1:04.2

they'd had some no-shows and that they were only holding consoles for 24 hours. I'd told them

1:09.4

I'd be there in an hour and immediately rushed

1:11.7

out my door to collect it. Call of Duty 2 seemed like the real killer launch app. I'd not played

1:17.2

the series despite being a lifelong PC gamer. My friends and I played a good deal of four-player

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