Xbox Media Center was declared the winner of Sourceforge’s Best Multimedia and Best Game. Operations like unpacking a movie are now done on the fly, and the system is gaining constant popularity. Xbox Media Center is a free open source multimedia player resource. It can be used to play/view most common video/audio/picture formats such as MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, MP3, AAC, JPG, GIF plus many more less known formats directly from a CD/DVD in the Xbox DVD-ROM drive or from the Xbox hard-drive. Xbox Media Center can also stream files from a PC over a local network and even stream media streams directly from the internet. Now all the programs runs faster and this application have a lot of new features. Maybe Xbox Media Center is not only one of the best existent SourceForge projects, but one of the most useful pieces of technology you can find nowadays. Xbox Media Center comes with a full Python install with extensions to access the menu system. A built in web server is also included so you can use your gaming console even for that.
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Reservoir Dogs to be made video game
The movies turning into video games or vice versa, are more and more in fashion. It seems even Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs is to be made into a computer game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PC.
According to the news the video game, which will follow the original plot of the movie ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and will also feature the full soundtrack from the movie, is set to be released this autumn. Gaming and movie fans will follow the progress of a diamond heist and enabling the player to take on each of the five iconic Reservoir Dogs characters.
‘Desperate Housewives’ made into game
According to BBC News Online, Desperate Housewives is being made into a PC game. The game, which will be release in late 2006, puts the player in the role of a new housewife arriving in fictional setting Wisteria Lane. Desperate Housewives game will resemble the Sims series, making players to take part in the domestic issues that trouble the show’s stars.
Distributors Buena Vista Games say they are currently negotiating with cast members whose vocals will appear in the game.