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"Xbox On" (1x12)

: 23, 2013

The game console of the future will be a tiny box and a large connection to the cloud. Projections will illuminate across your living room, turning your furniture Pleasantville black-and-white to project the somber tone that the game detects from your heartbeat. "You are the controller" — but this is now more a medical distinction than it is a slogan. Intravenously entangled, from plasma to pixel. Welcome to the future. Let David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Ross Miller be your guide.