Xbox Live Gold members have been able to use Last.fm to turn their game console into a stereo. Come November, those with a Zune pass can also do the Xbox stereo thing through the Zune library.

Being the parent of a 9-year-old boy and a gamer, I'm a huge fan of parental settings.

Sure, the new look for the Kinect-compatible Xbox 360 avatars isn't that different than the old look, but there is a certain je ne sais quoi.

My family and I are huge fans of Netflix on consoles. We use the service at least once a week for our movie nights. So I am delighted with the tweaks that the Xbox 360's Netflix is getting this November.