Since the release of the Xbox 360, Microsoft has touted the machine as more than a gaming console and preferred to describe it as a complete media center where Xbox Live subscribers could purchase music, feature length films, television shows, arcade & mini games and recently, stream their netflix rentals. But while Xbox possesses a mighty user community of 20 million worldwide, it’s suffered from an absence of original programming that is essential when competing with the likes of apple’s iTunes.
That all changes with the debut of Con Trek, a magazine-style web show that delves deep into the strange and glorious world of fan conventions. That’s right, the kind of coverage you’d expect from a professional sport’s league draft except all about Cons that feature geek news, interviews and hundreds of beautiful Summer Glau caliber women dressed in Slave Leia costumes.
And because this is Xbox Live, you can even get it in High Definition.
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