8 hours on an Xbox 360

Let it never be said that Microsoft can’t throw a good party. Tuesday they flew me and 9 other gamers from various forums up to New York City, gave us a stay in a wonderful 400 dollar per night hotel room, and then gave us some hands on time with the Xbox 360 with several games, as well as a look at some of the system’s features.

So what follows is a litany of the good, the bad, and the stuff that makes the brow furrow.