Uses of Xbox

If you've beaten Year 1 - The Sorcerer's Stone of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on the Xbox 360, then get ready for the LEGO-ized version of J. K. Rowling's second masterpiece, Year 2 - The Chamber of Secrets. Get every single achievement, every single collectible… everything y ...more

You will need a jailbroken iPhone to make this work (won't work for iPod Touches, sorry). When you get the MyWi app from Cydia, you can turn your iPhone into a mobile hotspot using the 3G network. You can even set up your new hotspot to have a password and protect it. This con ...more

Are you smarter than the average bear? Show the world by using Yogi Bear as your Black Ops playercard emblem. This clip will teach you everything you'll need to know to draw a custom Homer Simpson emblem in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Emblem Editor. Layer 1: Oval Thin (Page 1 ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to file a player complaint with Microsoft (Xbox 101). There is no tolerance for file complaints, cheating, rude remarks, and anything of that nature. The file complaint feature should only be used if someone really violated the code of conduct. W ...more

In this video, we learn how to install games to the Xbox 360 hard drive (Xbox 101). When you install a game to your console, it can have a lot of positive effects. The first one is: the disc won't spin constantly. This means less stress on the console, making it happier. Next, ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to get Games on Demand on Xbox LIVE (Xbox 101). You will find all the newest games as well as classics and downloading is easy. It's the same process as downloading the demos. Just head to the marketplace and select from the title choice. You hav ...more

This video will show you how to play on your Xbox 360 using your iPhone 3GS. In order to do that just follow these steps: You will need to get a Slingbox Solo, a composite cable and the Slingbox Player installed on your device. Now you will need to plug in the composite cable ...more

If you have the DLC Onslaught for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, try following along with this video walkthrough to see how to beat the Valparaiso map on the Onslaught Co-Op Mode. And you're not going to learn just how to beat Valparaiso on Onslaught, but you're going to see how ...more

After watching this two-part walkthrough, you'll be able to master the Atacama Desert map on the Onslaught Co-Op DLC mode for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. And we're not kidding, because this video guide is played on Hardcore Difficulty, the toughest of the difficulties. It migh ...more

In this two-part video walkthrough, watch and learn how to play the Nelson Bay map on the Onslaught Co-Op DLC mode for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. This is no easy task, especially when you're playing on Hardcore Difficulty! It might be a good idea for you to complete Hardcore ...more

If you are unfortunate enough to own one of the XBox 360's that shipped with a 20gb hard drive, then you've realized that that is way to little storage for everything that you want to have on your XBox. If you've decided to buy a larger drive from Microsoft, this video will sh ...more

Painting the console case of your XBox 360, or any other console for that matter, is a great way to customize you favorite toy. This video will show you how to paint a XBox 360 properly with spraypaint, including sanding, priming, and painting. Off-white is so boring, give you ...more

If you want to mod your XBox 360 at all, you're going to have to learn how to take your precious baby apart. This video will show you how to do so quickly and easily using only two simple tools: a flathead screwdriver and a Torx T-10 screwdriver. Now you can add a bigger hard ...more

If you've already flashed your XBox 360's disc drive, then congratulations, you've accomplished the most challenging step involved in hacking you XBox. You aren't done though. As Microsoft keeps updating it's firmware to try and fend off hackers, you must keep updating your cu ...more

Flashing the disc drive on an XBox 360 and putting new firmware on it so that it can read burned discs is the most challenging and most important part of modding your console. It will allow you to play burned copies of any game and load all sorts of nefarious software onto you ...more

Whether you're just starting out modding your XBox 360 or mod a lot of them, there is a good chance that you are going to brick one at some point, rendering the hard drive and console itself completely unusable for practical purposes. Well now you can even fix that! This three ...more

The XBox 360 Connectivity Kit is a powerful tool that you can buy for connecting your hard drive to a PC and sharing or manipulating saved game files. They can be a little tricky to figure out though. This two-part video will show you how to use CK3 (Connectivity Kit 3) to con ...more

Learn how to delete the game history on your Xbox 360 from Ryan Treit in simple steps. You can get rid of the nasty unused game history from your Xbox 360 by following the steps below: 1. First go to your profile, press the guide button and then slide to the left one tab to Ga ...more

Call of Duty? Nope. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs? Nah. Battlefield: Bad Company? Think again. This isn't any video game on the market, this is your own video game, well… your own video game logo - military-style. Learn how to make a military-style video game cover in Adobe Photosho ...more

In this video tutorial from Get Connected TV, hosts AJ Vickery and Mike Agerbo, will show you how to extend Widows Media Center to your XBox 360 using Windows 7. This video assumes that your XBox is already connected to your home network, so you may want to be sure to do that ...more

In this video from theXBox360GameReview we learn how start and join an Xbox Live party. Once signed into Xbox live, scroll to the friends channel, and select the friend you want to have your party with and press Y. Now that you have a party going, you can play some Halo wars. ...more

The most anticipated game of the year is here! Now you simply need to know how to get some of the achievements in the game. Never fear, achievement collectors are here! Achievements in Modern Warfare 2 can be used to boost your Xbox360 ego and impress your friends, so let's g ...more

Do you want to be able to play games for free on your XBox 360? If you have some time and patience, hacking the console is probably the next step for you, and the first step in that is flashing your disc drive. This will delete it's native firmware, which does not recognize bu ...more

The new Harry Potter movie is in theaters today, but while most of you are eating popcorn and enjoying the first flick of the last part in the series, others will be home getting their Harry Potter fix with the new video game, appropriately called Harry Potter and the Deathly ...more

There are several different kinds of disc drives that come in different iterations of the XBox 360, and each one has to be hacked a little differently. This video will show you how to flash the ms28 drive used in some systems, the second part of the video will show you how to ...more

Performing a proper dump and flash on an XBox 360 disc drive should not be attempted by those without advanced technical knowledge, including how to solder and work with computer hardware. If you want to though, you could not hope for a much better set of instructions than thi ...more

So you've watched this video, done your research, and decided that you want to flash the firmware on your XBox 360 with a LiteOn DG-16D2S rev. 7485 disc drive. Good for you! This video will walk you through the whole process. Be very careful, as messing up in small ways at any ...more

Save game editors have been around for ages, and are one of the most fun ways to extend the life of your PC games. Now you can edit saves on your XBox 360 too! This video will teach you how to do so in Fallout 3, giving yourself infinite of whatever items you want and all sort ...more

Want to play your video collection on any media extender, console or AppleTV? Step one is to get your movies off of the DVDs and onto your hard drive! If you're like most people you probably have a huge library of DVDs that you've bought and collected over the years. Unfortuna ...more

Purchase a silver XBox 360 faceplate from your local gaming retailer. You can also remove the faceplate currently on your XBox 360. Sketch out your faceplate design using a piece of paper and pencils. The design should incorporate both the memory card flaps and the USB flap; ...more

Would you like to mod Oblivion for Xbox 360? This video will show you how to do just that, using Horizon (download it here.) You'll also want to download Modio and WinRar. Using a USB drive you can mod Oblivion and improve your gameplay.

This video will teach you how to mod Borderlands for Xbox360 using Willowtree. Level yourself up, give yourself a few more weapons, do whatever you feel like with this simple mod for Borderlands. Using a USB drive and your Xbox 360 you can mod to your heart's content.

The guys from Achievement Hunter are here to help show you how to kill yourself 8 different ways in the Xbox 360 hit, Red Dead Redemption. Although this isn't being used to collect any kind of achievement, it can still be used to just have fun killing your character whenever y ...more

Battle in verses 1-12, killing Fairness and Angels, in the Xbox 360 game Bayonetta. In Chapter 3 - Burning Ground, you have to make sure you know what you're doing. In verse 4, the creature is called Fairness. A soon as it appears it will shoot a fireball at you, be sure to do ...more

This is a two-part series on how to backup and burn Xbox 360 games using an Xbox Backup creator 3.7. This is perfect if you ever lose your Xbox CDs! The drive used in this video was a Samsung DVD DRIVE SH-D162D SH-D162C inc Kreon V1.0. Part 1 of 2 - How to Backup Xbox 360 gam ...more

When it comes to playing video games, many people prefer using controllers like the Xbox 360 and PS3. Their sleek, easy to use, and look pretty cool as well. For some, when it comes to gaming on the PC, it can be a bit annoying having your hands away from each other and using ...more

Movie DVD that you buy are large in size. So you may need to convert the movie to other smaller formats to store them in your computer or other back up disks. This process of extraction the movie from the DVD into another format is called as ripping. To do this you can use one ...more

this video first shows a type of modem that can be used to connect Xbox Live along with a router. It is shown that you must already have an internet provider and router for connecting more then one device into your modem. An Xbox live account is also required to gain access to ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to connect to Xbox Live without a modem or router. First, you will need to take an Ethernet cable and connect it to your laptop and to your Xbox console. After this, go to your computer internet connections and then go to the properties. Create a ...more

In this video we learn how to open an Xbox 360 case. You will need some screwdrivers out first. Then, pull out from the USB port so the cover comes out from the console. After this, turn the console over and push a driver inside the tabs to remove the bottom vent from it. Afte ...more

In this video, we learn how to open an Xbox 360 with an unlock tool kit. First, pry back the part of the console near the power button. After this, remove the bottom ventilation area by using the tool to release the six tabs on the bottom. You can see the tabs through the shel ...more

Video game systems are always evolving, and smart gamers like to make sure they have the most recent one. Recently, Microsoft started producing models with a new chip called Jasper, that houses a 65 nm CPU, which runs cooler and uses less power. This model is not clearly label ...more

Have you ever wondered how to prepare a USB drive to flash an Xbox 360? Here is the how-to -video on how to create an USB drive for flashing your Xbox 360 benq drive. To make a bootable flash drive and to prepare it to flash XBox benq drive you have to download the “Xbox benq ...more

This is a video games tutorial where you will learn how to connect to XBox Live with your laptop for Vista and XP using a wireless network. Go to the Control Panel -> Network and Internet Connections -> Network Connections. Click on XBox Live. Once you have connected your Ethe ...more

In this video you will learn how to mod your Xbox 360 so that it will have rapid fire. He notes that the control he uses is a TP3 controller, you can tell if you have a TP3 controller by opening up you battery pack and on the bottom left on the micro chip it says TP3. He doesn ...more

This video is an excellent tutorial on how to system link with one's XBox 360. The author informs the viewer that there are four different types of ether net cables that one can use to connect the two consoles. The author then uses one of the cables to demonstrate how easy it ...more

To make a Mario avatar begin by going to change my features. Under hair go to pate three of ten and select the middle one. For color, go to page two of three and pick the bottom middle one. For the eyes, he used the right middle one, but says that you can use really any one yo ...more