The Word of Chaos

I’m normally very critical of Microsoft. My Xbox 360 works great as a heater, my Windows XP box dies almost non-stop, and I constantly have a huge line of Vista users wanting to know if I can fix their OS. As much grief as the Redmond firm gives me, I find ignoring the newest gesture on the part of Microsoft to be very difficult.

Today, Microsoft has announced a partnership with the Companions in Courage Foundation to deliver Xbox 360 kiosks to children’s hospitals across the United States. The kiosks will be stocked with an assortment of Y-rated TV shows, G rated movies, and video games rated E to E10+. Xbox Live headsets and Live Vision cameras will also be part of the set up. Microsoft, possibly aware that many users turn into total pricks after signing on to Live, has created a private network to link these kiosks so children without fear of being the victim of trash talking gone horribly wrong.

The first kiosks have been installed in the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center of Seattle, and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California. Individuals who would like to help bring more kiosks to other children’s hospitals can donate to the Companions in Courage Foundation at their website http://cic16.org/.

[via Microsoft]