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Category: The Xbox Reloaded J Allard convinced Bill Gates to take on the internet. Then he persuaded him to spend $2 billion to tackle the PlayStation, too. Now he's aiming at the future of gaming -- and the arrival of the mind-blowing broadband Metaverse. (Whoa.) By Josh McHugh from Wired magazine. Allard, who looks like a sturdier version of REM singer Michael Stipe, slows his bike just enough to squeeze past the bench and avoid the plunge. He leans into a turn and, with a howl, resumes his headlong descent. He makes it to the bottom without sustaining a life-threatening injury, which would have been a shame for a couple of reasons. Aside from Microsoft's losing the leader of its ambitious Xbox initiative, a crash would have deprived Allard of his favorite part of the ride, which he's been taunting his riding partners with all afternoon: the long haul back up the hill. "It's on - like Donkey Kong," Allard says over his shoulder as he starts the steep 500-vertical-foot climb. ...
Source: Wired News
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