This is episode 8 of MODSonair recorded on August 28, 2005 and brought to you by MODSonline.com.

This week we chat with Stryder, Foyleman and Wyatt_Earp about Xbox 360 backwards compatability, EBGames and GameStop battle over biggest Xbox bundles, seeing the XBox interface, Toshiba gives up against Sony, Doom 3 movie, Halo movie, Gametrailers.com, TimeShift preview, Vietcong 2, MYst V demo, Tomb Raider coming, China regulating online games, worms and theiving bots, Quake Wars, 10 free games, AMD vs Intel, GTA weekly, Stryder’s tips and site topics.

Run time: 56:47

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Show Notes:

Xbox 360 will be 100% 99% backwards compatible.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143142
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000013056275/

First, EBGames announces the pricy Xbox 360 bundles.
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/systems/xbox360/default.asp

Then GameStop takes it as a challenge and tops them.
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=B020253D

You can see the Xbox 360 user interface.
http://www.fileplanet.com/…

Toshiba gives up on Sony in war between HD DVD and Blu-ray.
http://news.yahoo.com/…

The Doom 3 Movie is coming.
http://www.modsonline.com/News-more-1551.html

The Halo movie is not far off either.
http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=1205

There is a place you can watch tons of game trailers.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=11031
http://gametrailers.com/

We discuss the TimeShift trailer… uhm, movie.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/38411

Vietcong 2 MP demo is coming soon, we think.
http://www.pterodon.com/
http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=1184

The Myst V demo is here. It’s different, yet it’s the same.
http://files.filefront.com/…

Lara is coming back with Tomb Raider and it might be better this time.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/…

Take your regular breaks if you live in China. It’s the law.
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4913

Worms steal your login while bots steal your goodies in the virtual world.
http://news.yahoo.com/…

We have more information about Quake Wars
http://www.gamedaily.com/…

CNet’s list of 10 free games.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6464_7-6300449-1.html?tag=cnetfd.sd

AMD says to Intel, “It’s on!” Intel says, “It’s not on.”
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25632

GTA weekly
Stryder’s tip-of-the-week
Forum Questions

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