It didn't take long before people started to abuse this system through a combination of believing anything they were told and the desperation produced by wanting something (almost) nobody else has. One of the most intriguing features of the game is the ability to save screenshots & videofiles to allocated storage space provided by the game maker, then share those files with other gamers. Halo 3 is one of the biggest titles on the XBox console - if you've never heard of the game, click here while the rest of us wait for you. Well, here's an interesting example of how unfounded rumours + pretty pictures = hours of wasted fun for all the family.
Not so long ago, I wrote about XBox Live Chain Letter Spam, and how it suddenly seemed to be the cool thing to do.
