Comments on: The Best Xbox Headset For Free Phone Calls

By: Ole

Ole — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:38:58 +0000

Better yet, wireless will be a thing of the past. Like what Kramer was predicting in the year 2000, we will communication directly with our brains. (An excellent Seinfeld episode with Newman’s rival 2000 New Year party having Christopher Cross playing).

By: The Centaur

The Centaur — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:31:07 +0000

That headset actually does look pretty sweet.

And as a general rule: wires = lame.

As an oblivious male though, this needs to be outlawed at my house. I’d be wearing it at the dinner table, engaged in animated converstation with my buds, while my wife sits silently chewing her food. Already having to complete for my attention with the TV, she’d eventually snap when the only words I say to her for the entire meal are, “I said I wanted ranch dressing, not thousand island…”

A fork to the jugular would thus end the wireless headset experiment.

By: krusty

krusty — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:40:30 +0000

Finally a truley great leap forward in the world of gaming has taken place. This is the biggest thing to happen to my work ethic since the christbox was created. I picked it up also and am loving it. Macgyver would be jealous of the contraption I rigged up with my old head set. I installed the mike and ear piece into the seam of a hat. It worked awesome.

By: The Captive Lion

The Captive Lion — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:27:21 +0000

Hello Neo…

It’s me, Solo. You expecting Morpheous? Sorry, but I had to step it up a notch. I’m hacking into your headset so you can hear my voice. Where you at?

Seriously, Solo is really onto something here. I’ve tried out his headset and you’d be amazed at how light and easy it is to use.

Of course, this is like comparing an elephant turd to a bicycle because the original Xbox headset feels like putting a pile of dung on your head. That’s if it works.

Over the course of two years, I’ve gone through three rolls of duct tape to keep the microphone attached to the headband. (Yes, I call it a headband. It makes me feel ’80s.) With all the tape residue, the thing is stickier than Winnie the Pooh’s saliva. The glue has created a nasty hair ball on the earphone and a rather itchy bald patch on the side of my head. People think I had ringworm or something.

You know what… I will try to take a pic of my headset and put it up here later. I bet all you Xboxers can relate.