Beware the Frog
There was a time when I wanted to make a blog about video games, and this is that blog. I’m not really posting anymore, so there’s no point in this, but I can’t quite bring myself to closing this blog.
22 nov. 2008
More colors for your Xbox avatar
If you remain on the “Change my features” menu long enough, the hair icon will rotate; select it immediately and you’ll hear a chime and be able to choose from a dozen additional hair colors.
Wuh?
Okay, it’s taken me a while, to figure out what was going on: Microsoft thinks the avatars are a cool functionality (most people seem to agree to disagree). And that additional hair colors are a cool treat (more interesting facial features or clothes would be much better). And that the combination of both makes waiting for a minute in front of the avatar screen, doing nothing but listening to the dreadful Wii music in the background, ready to pounce on the “A” button when the icon rotates, a cool Easter egg.
I’d posit that it’s not.
And the colorful colors are dull.
By the way, Microsoft has confirmed that the forthcoming avatar updates, bringing new clothes every two weeks until the Avatar Store is available next spring, will be free. As you could already have inferred from the fact that there would be new clothes, but no Avatar Store yet. Hence the “confirmed.”