I had barely reclaimed my breath from an exhilarating Thanksgiving Day 100mph-plus race through the streets of lower New York City when the notice came. "West-erby" wanted to chat-and race me head-to-head. I hadn't even realized that I was online. But I was starting to realize that this Christmas's most anticipated high-tech toy-promoted relentlessly by its impresario Bill Gates-might actually live up to its hype. Let me back up a bit, a process easier to do in print than in the Viper GTS that gave me virtual whiplash in Project Gotham Racing 3. I was testing Microsoft's new game console, the Xbox 360, hooking up to a high-definition set to see if the much-touted superpowered graphics could really jack up my blood pressure. They could, indeed.
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