Written by J. Shaw
While some may think it’s too soon to launch a series of next-gen consoles from the two major industry players, others are always looking forward to the latest and greatest with cash burning holes in their pockets. Whichever side you sit on, this morning at the Microsoft campus, Don Mattrick of Microsoft unveiled their long awaited and much speculated about next-gen console with Yusef Mehdi and Marc Whitten fleshing out the feature details of the new console. Putting to rest all of the rumored console names ranging from Durango to 720 to Infinity…behold the “Xbox One“.
The new sleek black console (I’m sure a white option will be offered eventually) rests horizontally, is about the same height as the existing 360 console and slightly wider, is likely designed to take the place of and consolidate the footprint of your existing Blu-ray DVD player & 360 console in your entertainment center, in an all-in-one, space-saving endeavor. With a large portion of the top of the console appearing to be vents for cooling, perhaps this will aid what is hopefully a juiced up processor running a nice and cool, and have the console run a bit quieter than the existing 360 console.
Review by 
Players take on the role of different tribes in a post-Ice Age world. These groups must scavenge for resources and new members in order to become more powerful, with the winner being the player with the most populous tribe. The game comes with a variety of different cards organized a la Dominion. The cards consist of different professions: scavengers, brawlers, scouts, hunter, snipers, saboteurs, group leaders, refugees and thugs. People all have a printed number value which in effect indicates how many points they are worth. Each person also has a number value assigned to specific actions; if no number is printed for an action, they cannot take it. Tools give bonuses to certain actions. For example, spears give bonuses to hunting and combat while shovels give bonuses to digging and combat. Importantly, only one tool can be used at a time by a survivor and they cannot take actions on their own. There is also a deck of “contested resources” which are superior versions of the tools and other tribe members.
MILWAUKIE, OR, APRIL 30
CHICAGO, IL, APRIL 26 
