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When the Machines Talk, They Talk About You
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As for game consoles with blogs, I think I can see where this is heading. Eventually, all our gadgets and Web accounts will start blogging. Your gym membership card will have a blog.
This has already started: Netflix already has a neat-o buddy list that lets me see what my friends have in their movie queues, and Amazon.com lets me see what my friends have on their wish lists.
Eventually, somebody will put all these data streams together into one mega-blog, where my iPod will talk about the Supagroup albums I just fed it and my browser will report that I've been listening to WJFK online lately. Any GPS-enabled gadget in my collection will give up my whereabouts on the globe. Connect that with my Amazon.com account, and my friends will see that I ordered, say, the new Brad Meltzer book to read during a weekend in Ocean City.
And, eventually, someone will put all these mega-blogs together and make a profitable dating service out of all this information. What better way to check for compatibility with your potential soul mate? Some guy may boast that he likes to cook, but verification is a click away: Just check his Peapod account to make sure he's not buying mac and cheese every week.
If you're too wary to meet someone your blog is trying to set you up with, you can take the easier route and send your avatar out on the first couple of dates, maybe to attend a virtual concert while you stay home and defrag your hard drive or upgrade your router.
Anybody out there recognize a brilliant business plan and have a few million dollars of venture capital burning a hole in their pocket? Please -- have your Xbox get in touch with my Xbox. Gamertag: MikeShotgun.
Bonus Level
Reader Nik Carr-Voigt points out another item my Xbox 360 should be blogging about. This week, Microsoft updated the list of games that are "backward compatible" for the console.
Not all games designed for the original Xbox will play on the newish Xbox 360. But game companies and Microsoft are working through the back catalogue and making the old games playable on the new machine by way of downloadable software patches.
Odd thing is, the selections on the list include a bunch of games that no one ever wanted to play again, or play in the first place, such as Catwoman and Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis.
"Way to prioritize, Microsoft," grumbled Carr-Voigt via e-mail.
