Microsoft’s biggest announcement to come out of E3 (at least for those of us who can’t fathom why you would need a chain-saw attached to a gun) would have to be the new and improved GUI for the Xbox 360. The old blade system has long needed a reworking; content was difficult to find due to unnecessary nesting, the colors were garish and the entire interface was riddled with ads. Now, when 360 users boot up their consoles this fall, they’ll be greeted with… the Apple TV GUI!

More importantly, Xbox Live Gold members will be able to instantly able to stream movies from Netflix straight to the beast box in their living rooms. No longer does anyone have to suffer through some antiquated and laborious process to display movies and TV shows from Netflix on their televisions. It’s now nothing more than a dashboard update away! The Internet is obviously very thrilled by the whole thing.

Silly me, I’ve been using these physical discs Netflix keeps sending me to enjoy their content in my living room. Maybe I’m the only one who knows about this feature. It’s a secret to everyone.

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